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Facebook Doesn't Need Your Money; Invest in Africa Instead
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A Geodesic Dome Promises Fish from the Sky
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Debunking 'Green Living': Combatting Climate Change Requires Lifestyle Changes, Not Organic Products
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TED's Taboo: What's Too Controversial for the Hipster Confab?
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GOOD Maker Challenge: How Would You Use Storytelling to Improve your Community?
today's top stories from our friends at pitchfork

A Tanzania-based nonprofit that trains rats to sniff out land mines is seeking to expand to Thailand.

Roger Ebert says Idiot with a Tripod, which was created in just one day earlier this week, should win an Oscar award.

Sometimes you have to study some weird stuff to learn how to make life better.
It sounds like it was ripped from the pages of The Onion, but a new study confirms it: Driving while talking on a cellphone can seriously...

A peek inside the lives of social networking site users

We challenged our Twitter friends to come up with the best No-Chart. See the winner.

An online service allows people to easily design their own solar system for free and figure out how much energy they'll be able to produce.
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We're giving a round of applause to super-finder Morf for his 1000th find on GOOD Finder

Will social networks become platforms for civic engagement? Facebook's experiment with organ donation is a step in the right direction.

A new report shows that police have secretly searched dozens of Facebook profiles since 2008. How's that Google+ invite looking?

The new Zagat-y guide for socially-conscious dining.
The history of YouTube in 9 videos, from some lip synching to a joyous announcement..

Last night's rallies were reminders of how drastically media has changed since 2001.
With his virtual YouTube school, former hedge fund manager Sal Khan is on a mission to provide an excellent, free education to anyone, anywhere.

What was the first time you realized the internet would change the world? A new podcast wants to share your story.
On this heals of our Twitter question soliciting statements to world leaders at COP15, YouTube has an even better opportunity: Ask them a question...

Teachers are often thought of as the problem with schools, so replacing them with videos can seem like an easy solution.
Chad Hurley, speaking at Davos over the weekend, announced that YouTube will begin a revenue sharing program in the coming months. Nerds...
We're still a long way from realizing Obama's promise to put all earmark requests in a big, searchable database, but one congresswoman is fighting...

President Obama kicked off his 2012 presidential campaign this morning. In a sign of the times, he did it with a YouTube video recruiting volunteers.
