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American pig farms basically act like "flu factories," says an article in Scientific American. It's another unintended consequence of cheap meat.
You have probably seen the new PSAs on TV, urging you to "Feed the Pig," i.e. to put money in your savings account rather than spending. You can...
It’s deep August—a season of forgetting, a time when we’re all at the beach, at least mentally. No surprise that major sporting events slip past...
After months of silence, Jeffrey Hollender discusses his sudden, emotional ouster from the company he built into a model of corporate responsibility.
Blackwater USA, the private security firm with contracts and operations in Iraq, is in big trouble these days. They're under investigation for a...
We're still trying to figure out exactly how to read this chart, but it seems to have condensed the last 200 or so years of American history down...
Hey, science nerds. Here's a fascinating piece by Olivia Judson, an evolutionary biologist who is exceptionally good at making science interesting...
Watch. And laugh. And then enjoy the weekend!
Think your Facebook profile is private? So did former teacher Ashley Payne, till she got fired for posting pictures from a European vacation.
The board of News Corporation needs to act. And if it doesn't, shareholders might.
Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain was fired yesterday by his new bosses at Bank of America. You, like I, may have missed this, because you were...
Wal-Mart's plans for a "Sustainability Index," a rating system that will assess its suppliers on their energy efficiency, responsible use of...
Fast Company followed up on a 2008 story it ran on D.C. schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee with a short item in its February issue. Noting that...
Youtube user Brusspup spent weeks creating this grid of candles and recreating vintage video games with the flames. He describes it as "a lot of...
Morning Roundup: From The Washington Post: Rhee dismisses 241 D.C. teachers; union vows to contest firings D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A....
Paris's Vélib’ program was one of the first large-scale bike-sharing systems when it launched in 2007. Now Paris will be home to Autolib, one...
"The Wilderness Downtown" uses Google maps and the band's music to create a personalized online experience.
How a young man in Tunisia ousted a dictator using one of the oldest, most painful protest methods in history.
Reports coming out of Bahrain say that police shot into a crowd of sleeping protesters early Thursday morning. One person is dead.
Over a year later, Angeles National Forest has still not recovered from the worst fires in L.A. history. TreePeople is leading tree-planting efforts.
