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Birth Control Costs More Than You Think—Even for the Lucky Ones
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Most Americans Want a Walkable Neighborhood, Not a Big House
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Give Komen the Pink Slip: Five Ways to Support Women's Health for All
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Is Sweden's Classroom-Free School the Future of Learning?
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What Would a Post-SOPA Internet Look Like?
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A 375-Year-Old French Bank Forgives Debts of Paris' Poorest
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Here's how to show support for Tim DeChristopher, aka Bidder 70, as he goes on trial today for his powerful and urgen act of civil disobedience.
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In most cities, abandoned bikes are an eyesore. A pair of Toronto artists made them into something beautiful.
A California woman's lawsuit over the existence of Cap'n Crunch's "crunchberries" might be ridiculous, but she's not the only one confused about...
Other than the short-lived joy we're sure to get from seeing Cheney in a courtroom, Scooter Libby's trial will be pretty pointless. That's because...
Who's getting removed from office this time?
Attack the process and the truth doesn't matter. This is the tactic currently being employed by the climate denying flacks of fossil fuels. With a...
Yesterday marked the first successful in-situ burn of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. However, the U.S. Coast Guard also stated that new...

An evening of intense drills at the French Culinary Institute results in a glue-y Roux, perfect short ribs, and another step toward a chef's toque.

A new book acknowledges the unique feats and fortitude required in modern relationships as a series of 40 hilarious medals.

Bursts of vengeance make for dramatic YouTube videos, but trials and testimonies go down in history books.
George Tiller has long been the anti-abortion effort's favorite target: The Kansas doctor's clinic was bombed in 1986; he was shot in both arms by...

It's Bike Week here in Los Angeles. Among the activities: a bike from work event at Angel City Brewing with GOOD LA.
Hopefully, this wont totally ruin the small amount of momentum that fighting climate change has built up over the past few months. But a report...
It's happened to most of us (some more often than others): You bite into an apple/pear/cucumber only to find that the perfectly ripe fruit or...
Sure, dense urban centers are efficient, but humans still need to find room for open space in the city. That's what made the High Line—a New...

The images in Carl Schoonover's "Portraits of the Mind: Visualizing the Brain from Antiquity to the 21st Century" (Abrams) will blow your mind.

Take a look into the fascinating science of cheese—from MRIs to microbes.

These German hackers seem to have developed a prototype of a bike lock that not only secures your bike, but also raises it above the street.

Send us a great bike photo and story and you could win up to $5,000 for a nonprofit of your choice.
