- August 7, 2008 • 12:20 pm PDT
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What Does Teaching Creativity Look Like?
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Most Americans Want a Walkable Neighborhood, Not a Big House
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This Valentine's Day, Celebrate All Kinds of Love
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Don't Reinvent The Wheel, Steal It: An Urban Planning Award for Cities That Copy
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Birth Control Costs More Than You Think—Even for the Lucky Ones
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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
On the ninth anniversary of 9/11, we look at nine memorials designed in the last ten years that have gracefully and graciously commemorated...

This new ad paints a scary picture of a future in which America has collapsed and serves as vassals to the Chinese.

Nancy Lubin says charities have become like vampires. They ought to focus more on working themselves out of existence (or risk getting staked).

What do a flea-market ringleader, a popsicle maker, and an architecture nerd have in common? They have built successful careers doing what they like.
I know I, for one, would be seriously bummed. My thumbs would atrophy. I wouldn't be able to Google trivia at the dinner table. My best friends...

According to counselors, low-income black students need to be talked up into applying to elite schools. Well-off white students need talking down.
As terrible as the Gulf oil spill is, consider this: Over the past 50 years, Shell and other companies have spilled an estimated 1.5 million tons...
After an extensive confirmation hearing, the Senate will vote on Elena Kagan's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court this week. But what,...
Why Kaplan has the ability and the resources to be innovative in the realm of for-profit higher education. A case for first cleaning up their act.

It's smart to be skeptical of education studies that seem to support traditional practices.

Goodyear is developing self-inflating tires for trucks and cars, while a San Francisco startup wants to do the same for bikes
From The New York Times Green, Inc. blog: California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an executive order today requiring that the state get 33...

So you want to live near work, but moving is too much of a hassle? Perhaps it would be more appealing if it came with $12,000 dollars.

Sara Ferguson, a third generation teacher in Chester, Pennsylvania, gets a sweet surprise.
So apparently Kevin Costner (yes, that Kevin Costner) has spent millions of dollars over the last eight years developing a centrifuge-like device...

The results range from presidential candidates to religious leaders, with an occasional entrepreneur or pop-culture icon in the mix.
Listening to the news, you might have thought that BP was picking up the tab for this oil spill, but that's only true in a very limited sense....
Now that nearly every household object employs complex electrical inner workings, the importance of simplified interfaces is paramount.