One of those somewhat suspect trend articles in the Times says wristwatches are back.
One of those somewhat suspect trend articles in the Times says wristwatches are back.


With the economy sputtering along again (for now), carbon emissions are back up. It's our current Catch-22: Good economic news is bad climate news.

Thomas Weller had been driving San Diego's highways since 1966, helping people in need of roadside assistance—until his car was totaled.
Before we get to the goodish news, a caveat: Let's not for any reason allow this kind of thing to make us feel like we can run the A/C all summer...

Banned books return to Tunisia and Egypt, signifying an ease on censorship in the newly dictatorless countries.

As a group, states are already doing more to support clean energy development than the federal government ever dreamed of.
This is the 12th post in The Back Garden Project, one GOOD community member's effort to turn a neglected corner of the city into a thriving...
Our taste for tuna rolls is depleting the oceans, so Bamboo Sushi wants to add new fish to the sea for every one you eat.

A new study shows that Americans vastly overestimate how often they attend religion services. Why?
The purveyors of water filtration systems at Brita have, by accident or design, found themselves riding a profitable wave of anti-bottled-water...
Photographer Lucas Foglia has a fascinating series of prints of the "re-wilding" movement in the southeastern United States. His subjects are...
USSR kitsch has always seemed a little risky. There are probably some people in the world who find happy hipsters sporting the logo of the regime...
We like recycling. Sure, society's habits need to change in some fundamental ways to make life on earth truly sustainable, but disposing of our...
Merry Christmas: Old holiday cards from Mother Russia.Via Boing Boing..
Ross Perot's back, and this time he's bringing all of his charts. We like the approach: short on ideology, long on facts.
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...
President Bush last week signed a bill that contains new railroad safety regulations, as well as more than $2.5 billion per year in funding...
We all know that jobs making cars are drying up in Michigan. But alternative energy industries are starting to hire. By training former auto...
A few days ago we told you that the hole in the ozone should start shrinking soon, just from the work we're already doing. But now we're hearing...
Last night's American Idol was a charity special, and despite the best attempts of the producers to make it unbearable, it was actually a moving...