- September 30, 2009 • 6:26 pm 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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Do you ever get the feeling that some world leaders and captains of industry are simply suffering from an empathy deficit? Majora Carter, the...
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...
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Some truly terrible people end up getting treated really well just because they are, quote-unquote, attractive. It's unfair, and linguist John...
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,...
In our Neighborhoods Issue, we asked for your help in creating Neighbor Day, a designated holiday for spending time with the people we live near....

What the history of the word OK can tell us about American concision, psychology, and language.

The Boba Guys on the importance of mastering your product and figuring out the vision of your business.
