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The network of thought leaders, donors and corporations behind the TED conference's audacious projects.
Since 1961 the world's total meat supply has quadrupled from 71 million tons to 284 tons, and per capita consumption has more than doubled-rising...
A new AIDS vaccine being tested in Thailand turns out to be 31.2 percent effective. This is the first time a vaccine has worked at all. It's not...
A commonly accepted milestone in literacy is the threshold between the end of third grade and the beginning of fourth: That's when children...

Bill Gates says it will. Do you agree?
Last month, when the Los Angeles Times began revealing its value-added teacher effectiveness data—which culminated in ratings of 6,000 third- to...
The American education system is struggling and teachers are to blame. Since they get all summer off, teachers have no right to question what...
A new Girl Effect video turns up the heat on development goals. Plus: Hillary Clinton makes a promise.

See how investing in farming leads to larger-reaching, multiplied benefits for the farmer's entire community.

Los Angeles schools say no thanks to sweetened milk. You can thank (or blame) Jamie Oliver.
In the months leading up to the 2008 presidential election, there were big questions about Obama's potential impact on voter turnout. As...
The average American is both overweight and spends more than 100 hours per year commuting, that vast majority of those hours being spent in a...

Meet John Smith, who is apparently among the least effective elementary school teachers in all of L.A., according this weekend's story in the Los...

Bad dental hygiene isn't just bad for your teeth; it can harm your entire body. Most people already have chronic gingivitis by the time they're...

Tips from writers, filmmakers, comedians and consultants about how to work on your own.

A new report has ranked the cities that would benefit the most from high-speed rail. See if yours made the list.
UCLA chemists have created a synthetic "gene" that traps carbon dioxide emissions, according to research in the Feb 12. issue of the journal...
A study conducted last year provides yet another line of defense for the PACE programs shut down by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. According to the...

Last year, more soldiers committed suicide than were killed in Iraq. Artist Sebastian Errazuriz wanted to tell people about it.

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