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• Design

  

  The World's Coolest Bus Stops

  Bus travel in the United States often finds itself the victim of unwarranted negative stigma. But as we've mentioned before, by improving the...

  by Patrick James

• Design

  

  Meet the Newest Geniuses

  The MacArthur Foundation has just released the 24 names of its 2009 class of fellows, who each will be receiving $100,000 a year for the next five...

  by Morgan Clendaniel

• Culture

  

  Chart: A Loose Affiliation of Literary Geniuses

  Lapham's Quarterly is responsible for this fun chart showing how luminaries of literature and art including Virginia Woolf, Jackson Pollock, and,...

  by Andrew Price

• Education

  

  Creating a New Generation of Computer Science Geniuses

  A network of developers, educators, and parents aren't waiting for schools to teach kids the basics of computer science.

  by Liz Dwyer

• Education

  

  Dean Kamen to Inspire Young Geniuses With Robots

  There aren't many things that make me wish I was a 7 year old again, but this new project by Segway inventor Dean Kamen's nonprofit FIRST kind of...

  by Siobhan O'Connor

• Environment

  

  The GOOD 100: The Kingsnorth Six

  Doing Justice to Climate Activism Michael Wolkind is the lawyer who defended the Greenpeace activists for disrupting operations at a British...

  by Michael Wolkind

• Education

  

  Six Neurocentric Industries

  From forensic MRI scans to neuromarketing, our advancing understanding of the brain will transform society. Here are six examples. In science...

  by Jake Dunagan

• Cities

  

  The Sound of Six Refugee Populations

  In our new series, The [Un]Observed on GOOD, we partner with the The [Un]Observed, a radio magazine that brings you candid conversations and...

  by Tania Ketenjian

• Environment

  

  Six Reasons Wired Is Wrong

  Hi Wired. We think you guys are great. We said you were one of the best magazines of all time. But we'd like to take some issue with your...

  by Morgan Clendaniel

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  LOOK: Six Thousand Feet of Rooftop Vegetables

  New York City has very little land that is not covered with buildings, forcing New Yorkers to find innovative solutions if they want to keep...

  by Morgan Clendaniel

• Education

  

  Six Steps to Squash Bullying

  Public outrage over the tragic suicide of 15-year-old Massachusetts bullying-victim Phoebe Price means educators and parents are looking for real...

  by Liz Dwyer

• Culture

  

  Six Strange New Planets Discovered

  Since 1995, astronomers have discovered about 450 exoplanets that exist outside our solar system. Recently, they found more than they bargained...

  by Mother Nature Network

• Lifestyle

  

  The Six Craziest Things In Your Cosmetics

  Quick disclaimer: We are patently against fearmongering, so don't anyone start panicking. That being said, when you look at some of the...

  by Siobhan O'Connor

• Culture

  

  Video: 270 Films from 2010 in Six Minutes

  One ambitious cinephile took 270 films that were either produced or distributed in 2010 and edited them into the following video, "Filmography 2010."

  by Patrick James

• GOOD Blog

  

  Punxsutawney Phil Predicts Six More Weeks of Winter

  Happy Groundhog Day, folks. We don't know whether that clairvoyant critter known as Punxsutawney Phil has a working knowledge of climate...

  by Patrick James

• Environment

  

  Hold the Traffic, Please: Six Cities That Could be Car-Free

  Imagine strolling through your favorite big city and being able to cross streets without staging a dangerous reenactment of Frogger. While some...

  by Alicia Capetillo

• Environment

  

  Six Reasons to Care About the Ocean's Well Being

    The dire state of our oceans goes well beyond the scope of the Gulf Oil spill; major pollution, rising sea levels, and the encroaching...

  by Brittany Wong

• Culture

  

  No, Thanks: Six High Profile Award Renunciations

  A look at honorees of major awards who said, "No, thanks."  

  by Patrick James, Sasha Jones

• Design

  

  Intermission: New Orleans's Abandoned Six Flags

  Six Flags New Orleans closed for Hurricane Katrina five years ago and never reopened.

  by Alissa Walker

• News

  

  Intermission: The Gay Rights Movement in Six Minutes

  Fair warning: may result in eyeball rain.

  by Wylie Overstreet