Slideshow: Habitable Bridges of the Past, Present, and Future

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• Issue 015

  

  The Transport of Future Past

  We have built ourselves into a mess. An over-abundance of demand for personal mobility is rapidly draining our supply of fossil fuels. How did...

  by GOOD

• Lifestyle

  

  Why the Past Matters for the Future of Fish

  As we eat further down the food chain, what will the future of fish look like?

  by Peter Smith

• Education

  

  School of the Future Plagued by Problems of Past

  Last year, we ran a feature on a three-year-old school in Philadelphia, partially funded by Microsoft, which sought to replace pencil-and-paper...

  by Nikhil Swaminathan

• News

  

  America's Electrical Grid, Present and Future

  NPR just released an extremely good interactive map that shows how America makes and moves electricity. You can see what our current electrical...

  by Andrew Price

• Environment

  

  The Colorado River: Demand Has Now Outstripped Supply

  The Colorado River has been a water source to 30 million people in seven states and Mexico. But it might not be for long. Alarming chart inside.

  by Ben Jervey

• News

  

  Slideshow: Bin Laden Death Draws Celebrations, Flags, Champagne, Pets

  Cheering, chanting, climbing and a flag waving hound dog. See who converged on Ground Zero after Osama Bin Laden's death.

  by Alex Goldmark

• News

  

  Bridging the GAP

  Part 2 in "Village of the Dammed," a blog mini-series from Turkey, on the country's controversial Ilisu Dam. Self-defined as a "rather...

  by Alexandra Marvar

• Lifestyle

  

  Mapping America's Eating Habits

  What state spends the most on fast food? Or drinks the most soda? Or eats its vegetables? Check out this fun set of maps from the Daily Yonder...

  by Andrew Price

• Design

  

  Slideshow: The Seven Habits of Highly Obsessive People

  Nicholas Felton has spent years compiling and graphing data about himself. We got the stories behind the charts.

  by GOOD

• Lifestyle

  

  Infographic: Health Food and Weight Loss Around the World

  People from different countries and cultures generally agree on how to lose weight and what foods are the healthiest.

  by Column Five Media

• GOOD Blog

  

  Bridge To Terroristia

  Sheikh Tarek bin Laden (the non-terrorist brother of Osama) is endeavoring to link the African and Asian contents with an 18-mile bridge across...

  by Patrick James

• Culture

  

  Your Media Habits, Explained by Science

  Peter Renfrow, a social psychologist at the University of Cambridge, tracked the media consumption habits of 3,000 people and used the results...

  by Andrew Price

• Design

  

  Dubai's Big New Bridge

  As if Dubai wasn't already chock-full of architectural superlatives, the city has decided to tack the world's largest and tallest spanning bridge...

  by Daniel Riley

• Design

  

  Intermission: Bridging the Generational Divide

  German photographer Frauke Theilking shows the differences and similarities between parents and children in a striking photo series.

  by Nina Lincoff

• Business

  

  Blast From The Past

  There is more and more talk of the U.S. returning to a coal-based energy economy, with very little seeming to actually be done about it....

  by Lillian R. Mongeau

• Business

  

  Has the Recession Taken Its Toll On Your Eating Habits?

  If the answer is yes, you would obviously not be alone, so there are no shockers in this bit of news: Organic farmers, reports the New York Times,...

  by Siobhan O'Connor

• Cities

  

  Syracuse Bridges Become Love Letters

  The artist Steve Powers has been painting "love letters" on a series of bridges in Syracuse, New York. Phrases like “NOTHING TO DO IS...

  by Andrew Price

• News

  

  The Longest Bridge in the Western Hemisphere

  Although not as iconic as the Brooklyn Bridge, the Verrazano is famous in its own right as the longest bridge in the Western Hemisphere.

  by MacKenzie Fegan

• Environment

  

  Infographic: The Darker Side of the "Bridge Fuel"

  Natural gas is being touted as a "bridge fuel" that can help us move on from coal. But it sure ain't perfect. Here's why.

  by Ben Jervey

• GOOD Blog

  

  Back To The Past

  Browsing through these color photographs of American cities from the 1940s and 1950s is as close to time travel as we can imagine. We actually...

  by Andrew Price