- October 5, 2009 • 9:05 am PDT
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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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The violence has primarily been perpetrated by seven drug cartels, all of which are vying for territory and power. This is who they are.

Drug addicts who take ibogaine, a potent hallucinogen, trip their faces off. When the drug wears off, so does their urge to get high.
Wouldn't it be nice to get in your car and be able to read the news or take a nap without the constant stress of actually operating the...
For our Inventions series, Nick Kroll wants to create the KtD 3000, a modified Toyota Tercel that can turn cats into dogs. Why? Put it this...
Our lives are becoming increasingly customizable. From Tivo to ring tones to virtual dashboards and RSS feeds, we can re-arrange and...
What do you love? Actress and author Diane Farr talks about the little things that keep her inspired.
You may not think about it all the time, but somewhere, in the back of your mind, you wish you could do a backflip. With Nick Thune’s...
Tomlinson Holman knows a thing or two about sound. He created the THX standard for sound systems (THX actually stands for Tomlinson Holman's...
As a cutting-edge video artist, Lincoln Schatz is familiar with the different ways in which we perceive the world. It is no surprise, then,...
Exercise and sleep. We need them both, but it's hard to find the time. What if we could just go for a jog and get a nap at the same time? A...
Yesterday voters in Oregon did something crazy: They voted to raise taxes on Oregonians. More specifically, they voted to raise taxes on the...
Most people seem to be in agreement these days that simple ideas often offer the best solutions. Here's an invention that fits the bill perfectly....
In the digital age we can send texts and pics to anyone, anywhere, instantly. But how might we share feelings? Through our feet, obviously....
On tour with her band Morningwood, Chantal Claret often has to find dinner on the road... at 3 a.m. That makes it hard to eat well. But...
Today's Times has a great article on the biology of sarcasm by Dan Hurley. Spoiler warning: there is some sarcasm written into the...

Douglas Gayeton creates detailed, annotated photo collages that tell stories about the people of Pistoia, Italy, progenitors of slow food.
One disadvantage of being an adult is you have fewer chances to sit around in rooms inventing strange gadgets. One advantage is that, should you...
Druv Boddupalli, a second-year medical student at Stanford, is a finalist in the NCIIA's national student biomedical engineering competition,...
Usually higher fees imposed by universities are protested by students, but at the University of Georgia students are imposing fees on themselves....

While debates about education policy rage on in Washington, D.C. many students are taking matters into their own hands.
