- May 9, 2007 • 7:01 pm PDT
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Most Americans Want a Walkable Neighborhood, Not a Big House
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Give Komen the Pink Slip: Five Ways to Support Women's Health for All
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Is Sweden's Classroom-Free School the Future of Learning?
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What Would a Post-SOPA Internet Look Like?
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A 375-Year-Old French Bank Forgives Debts of Paris' Poorest
today's top stories from our friends at pitchfork

A new study says reminding doctors and nurses of the greater good of hygiene can inspire compliance with hand-washing recommendations.

Just because the economy is suffering doesn't mean you should hold onto a job you hate.

With no internet service, protesters are getting messages of determination and desperation out to the world through voice to tweet tech. Listen here.

Strasbourg has a windy city center and a vision for shared streets. Residents will soon vote on lowering the speed limit to encourage more walking.

Wael Ghonim, a Google exec and political activist, was jailed two days after the uprising began, possibly for Facebook posts. Will he be freed today?
As part of PoverTee day, British nonprofit ActionAid has will create a customized video for anyone who participates in the global day of...
Goldman Sachs, which is about to announce enormous bonuses for its employees despite the fact that most of the rest of the country is still in the...
Casey Neistat's short movie, "Chat Roulette," offers a great first-hand account (and analysis) of the internet's latest phenomenon. It has bit of...
Remember all that talk about President Obama's Blackberry addiction prior to him taking office last year? Well, while his campaign may have been...
Researchers at the Cornell University Food and Brand Lab, conducting a study on behalf of the New York Department of Health, discovered that the...
What do the last eight presidents (including Obama) have in common? They've all made promises to end the U.S. addiction to foreign oil. Jon...
This is your house on the smart grid. What the future of home appliances will look like when we're managing our electricity better.
Seven easy ways to cram exercise into your day, without very much effort at all.

In response to unbearable congestion, China is setting up a lottery to determine who gets to buy a car this year in Beijing.

Algeria is bracing itself for a day of Egypt-like protests tomorrow. Are the dominos are falling in the Arab states?

Americans gave a lot more and a lot faster to Katrina and Haiti than to Japan. American corporations? Well that's a different story.

Maine is at the forefront of one-to-one laptop and iPad programs in the classroom, and they're sharing their best practices.

Washington D.C. council president Kwame Brown wants to require seniors to take the SAT or ACT and apply to college or trade school.
We believe that the solution to our transportation future lies not in increasing miles per gallon alone, but in overhauling the ways we get from...
