Patrick James
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A Geodesic Dome Promises Fish from the Sky
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Debunking 'Green Living': Combatting Climate Change Requires Lifestyle Changes, Not Organic Products
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TED's Taboo: What's Too Controversial for the Hipster Confab?
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Billr: The App for Dining on a Budget (Without Annoying Your Friends)
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What Country Has the Best Higher Education System?
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In a Majority-Minority Nation, Numbers Aren't Everything
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Facebook Doesn't Need Your Money; Invest in Africa Instead
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Juilliard Brings Online Music Education to the Masses
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Sleep Better: 4 Ways to Manipulate Your Melatonin Levels #30DaysofGOOD
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A Place in the Sun: 5 DIY Projects for Summer Lounging
Ah, liberal protestors. Three priests, dressed as clowns, hitting the top of a nuclear missile silo with hammers. That'll do it. They haven't...
Iran goes to the polls today, and people around the world are caring a little more than usual about an international election, because it would...
A prize winning book links drops in Iran's fertility with social and economic factors.
Interesting tidbit from a New York Times story about protesting in Iran: "A flier circulating in Tehran... asked people to turn on all their...
New York Times writer Jonathan Raban offers his take on William Langewiesche's new book, The Atomic Bazaar: The Rise of the Nuclear Poor. Raban,...
New York Times writer Jonathan Raban offers his take on William Langewiesche's new book, The Atomic Bazaar: The Rise of the Nuclear Poor. Raban,...
If the talking heads start their heads talking about the danger of Iran, and the seas of opinion get choppy and disorienting, here's something...
The Iranian women's soccer team has been banned from Olympic competition, all because of uniforms. Who's to blame: FIFA or the Iranian government?
Japanese officials are set to unveil a new "Sunrise Plan" tomorrow, requiring all new buildings to be covered by solar panels by 2030.
Meet the foreign-born reservist helping to keep Californians safe out of the goodness of his heart.
As the protests spread across the Middle East, it's worth remembering the suppressed 2009 uprising in Iran. These opposition leaders remain in jail.
Apps, excuses, and brutal honesty: what's your solution for splitting a restaurant check?
An 11-year-old from Michigan identified a labeling faux pas at the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History, providing empirical evidence for the...
This amazing video shows the long, arduous process of fact-checking reporter Kate Sheppard's new feature on the Climategate scandal.
Think you know when you're sick? You may not. You can have health problems like high blood pressure or STDs and be totally unaware of them. In...
What pomegranates say about a corrosive research practice.
Along with making ecosystem-devastating blunders, BP also produces an annual global energy review. This year's review just came out (though the...
The Gates Foundation looks at its own progress after five years of grants.
Supermarkets are designed to trick you into buying more than you planned to. Can marketing psychology be used to push healthy foods instead?
For those of you interested in graphic design, we'd like to tell you about an awesome design workshop that some of our former contributors are...
