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A new interactive map from the Sierra Club lets you see just how close you and your loved ones live to the toxic emissions from coal-burning plants.
Whether it’s Steven Tyler, Miley Cyrus, or sorority girls all across the country, demand for long "saddle feathers" is way, way up.
Community health workers—trained practitioners who provide health care for pregnant women and treat newborns—give lifesaving care.
Recyclebank wants to reward people for "everyday green actions." But is it really green if the rewards just push members to buy more stuff?
An interesting discussion has broken out at Planetizen, about whether or not cities are really the golden examples of sustainability that they are...
Here are a few more tips, from making the most of your doctor visits to spending time with your loved ones-that could make easily improve your life.
Get a glimpse of how we'll all soon be walking around with augmented reality glasses swinging our hands around like crazy people.
The Water Issue: An Introduction Before the dawn of civilization, there were 326 million trillion gallons of water on Earth. Today, after...
How designers are helping to turn around struggling schools. Going to school is a right of passage, a common denominator in the experience of...
Financial mismanagement and declining enrollment are ringing a death knell for Detroit's schools.
Almost half of all college graduates are from the United States, China, and Japan combined, but graduation rates worldwide are on the rise.
The American Lung Association's new State of the Air report finds terrible air in cities all over the country. But it isn't all bad news.
Forty-seven percent of Motor City residents can't fill out a job application or read a newspaper.
The Facebook billionaire joins Gates and Buffet. Who else signed up today?
Despite the wall-to-wall coverage of the protests, most Americans aren't paying attention.
Shocking numbers of middle and high school students are experiencing sexual harassment.
Getting "super-seniors" to finish and ensuring that incoming freshmen graduate has to be a central focus of the nation's colleges.
