The Energy Gymtechnology
But what if there was a point to exercise, aside from the distant possibility of losing weight? Like generating electricity, for instance.—Fastcoexist
The Blind Changing the iPhoneculture
At first many blind people thought that the iPhone would never be accessible to them, with its flat glass screen. But the opposite has proved true.—The Atlantic
Forest in the Big Cityenvironment
This fact and the contrast of the lush, green patch that sprouts from the center of the concrete roughness of the city, make the small Trianon an incredible spot.—Treehugger
How Dogs Beat the Neaderthalsscience
Over 20,000 years ago, humans won the evolutionary battle against Neanderthals. They may have had some assistance in that from their best friends.—The Atlantic
Robot "Spider" Weaves Webtechnology
This three-week-old robot created at the MIT Media Lab’s Mediated Matter group is spinning a web.—POPSCI
Drug Seeks to Stop Alzheimer’sscience
Experts say the study will be one of the few ever conducted to test prevention treatments for any genetically predestined disease.—New York Times
The Environment & Creativityself
For most of human history creativity was something that came from the muses; it was about flashes of insight from another world.—Big Think
Encouraging Kidsculture
What could be wrong with encouraging kids to set their sights high?—Mind Shift
Shipping Container "Cities"architecture
Large, colorful, multi-family “cities” of work spaces and homes built from shipping containers in London, Mexico, Amsterdam and, perhaps soon, New York.—Sustainable Cities
Paralyzed Student Walksself
A team designed and built a robot exoskeleton that enabled Whitney to stand and walk.—GOOD
Informal Recyclers In Braziltechnology
Brazil is now trying to turn this army of informal recyclers into a crack recycling operation capable of collecting and selling a city’s recyclables without central coordination—FastCo
Mothers Are Specialculture
She taught me valuable lessons about the role of work in a woman’s life: I learned that work can be a solace, a refuge, a turning point.—Globe and Mail
Better Than An Iglooarchitecture
Building incredibly efficient buildings is hard enough, but it gets a lot harder when you have to make them be able to work in the freezing conditions of rural Alaska.—FastCo
Still Racing At 70self
I can still remember Julie rolling toward that start line as if she were part of a gracefully constructed piece of moving, three-dimensional pastel art.....—Bicycling
Artificial Retinas & Blind patientstechnology
Two British men who were completely blind for years have regained some of their vision—i09
Paralyzed Woman + Marathonself
It took 16 days and one impressive bionic exoskeleton, but she did it. Watch the video and try not to tear up a little.—POPSCI
Food Factory Transformedenvironment
Factory will become a zero-energy, food business incubator, research facility, education space, and working urban farm.—InHabitat
Wacky Designsarchitecture
The allure of the metropolitan lifestyle is creating an urban density nightmare for planners and those in the architecture sector.—DesignBuild
Eternally Motivatedself
Motivation is an attitude, it is a habit. It can be cultivated, nurtured, boosted and instilled like all other habits.—Pick the Brain
Unknown Inventor Saving The Worldscience
In his spare time, he’s come up with solutions for water, cooking, and energy quandaries, improving lives from the Sudan to India.—CO.Exist
20 Inspirational Quotesself
Scouring the web from time to time looking for awesome insights and super-inspiring words from the world’s great teachers.—FinerMinds
What Was Picasso Likeart & design
One of the aims of Picasso and Modern British Art has been to think about Picasso’s relationships with British artists and writers.—TATE
7 Viral Videos to Inspire Youculture
Thought leaders worldwide have taken to online digital media to spread important ideas that can change the world.—Life Scoop
Teaching Children Urban Designart & design
Together parents, teachers and professionals can teach future generations about the different ways to live and build a community.—Urban Times
Six-year-old Computer Experttechnology
Creating video game emulators since he was four and knows computers better than most adults.—Slash Gear
How Green Cities Clean Up Trashscience
It’s convenient to think of the trash can as a black hole into which scraps and discards and mistakes disappear. But these cities know better.—GOOD Environment
Students Invent a Pothole Repairtechnology
A little non-Newtonian fluid pothole filler could spare your wheel alignment after a harsh winter.—POPSCI
Making Smarter Computerstechnology
By studying how toddlers learn and adapt to the world around them, computer programmers are trying to create smarter computers--machines that think more like humans.—FastCo
Hitchcock on the Secret of Happinessself
In this brilliantly wise and articulate short excerpt from an archival interview, the great Alfred Hitchcock shares his definition of happiness—Brain Pickings
Deer-Shaped Electrical Towersarchitecture
The towering animal structures remind us of Jin Choi and Thomas Shine's Land of Giants.—Modern Met
Young Americans Are Driving Lessenvironment
Today's teens and twenty-somethings don't seem all that interested in buying a set of wheels.—The Atlantic
How 17 Equations Changed the Worldculture
Learn to value equations and uncover vital features of the world.—Brain Pickings
Life Reboot to Hundredsurban
Homeboy Industries, the passion project of an L.A. priest is helping to change lives for the better.—Fast Co
Why Every Monday Mattersculture
What if we all smiled more, planted a tree, donated blood, wrote a note of gratitude, or took better care of our health?—FAST COMPANY
Are You Happy?health
Happiness isn’t easy to quantify, but a lot of people have tried.—FastCo
Brilliant Management Ideasbusiness
A lot of these ideas may seem strange, but they result from a willingness to set aside convention and focus on the realities of the workplace.—GOOD
Popcorn Actually Good For Youhealth
If you think popcorn is just another salty snack, think again. A new study is bringing popcorn into the same arena as fruits and vegetables. They are nutritional powerhouses.—The Atlantic
Working Inside The Boxart & design
Today, when these containers aren’t moving cargo on truck, ship, and rail, they are being used for various methods of habitation: a home, office, and—in at least one case—an environmental education center.—Ecomagination
How Entrepreneurs Hirebusiness
Diving into a small business can be a shock if you are used to a larger organization. Consider spending time with entrepreneurs, and informally advising a few, to get a better idea of your unique value in the business.—Inc.
Timeless Commencement Addressesculture
It’s graduation season. Let’s use this as an invitation to remember some of the most compelling, provocative and deeply inspirational speeches of years past.—Brain Pickings
Delivering Tacos Via Quadcopterbusiness
It’s the kind of tech startup that we could really get excited about. A Web site has popped up that offers a unique service: tacos airlifted directly to your doorstep via unmanned quadcopter drone.—Pop Sci
Neuroscience at Early Agescience
Neuroscience may seem like an advanced subject of study, perhaps reserved for college or graduate school. Two researchers propose that it be taught earlier. As in first grade.—Mind Shift
What Will Be Obsolete in 2020culture
Expounding on the ideas of the wildly popular article '21 Things That Will Be Obsolete in 2020,' we asked a few of those who attended Big Ideas Fest, to predict what they think will be obsolete in 2020.—Mind Shift
Unconventional Cancer Treatmentsscience
Breast cancer patients have a number of treatments available to them these days, from surgery to hormone therapy to chemotherapy. But new research is leading the quest for a cure in some odd directions.—The Atlantic
Puzzle Play Improves Math Skillsart & design
Psychologist Susan Levine and colleagues recently conducted a study that found 2-4 year-old children, who play with puzzles, have better spatial skills when assessed at 4 1/2 years of age.—The Epoch Times
Footage from Cameron's Divescience
First video footage is surfacing from James Cameron’s record-setting dive to the deepest known point in Earth’s oceans, and the landscape down there is about what one might expect.—Pop Sci
Sparrows Change Their Tunescience
A new study confirms that sparrows in the Presidio District of San Francisco appear to have changed their tune and raised their voices to be heard over the increasingly noisy racket of the Golden Gate Bridge.—Atlantic Cities
Mobile Device Reads Thoughtstechnology
New mobile device, iBrain, can read the electrical signals produced by your brain when it thinks. The device's makers want to decode those signals into human language and use the device to monitor patients with neurological disorders.—Big Think
Fully Biodegradable Shoeart & design
Now a Spanish company called OneMoment is bringing that ancient, cutting-edge technology to the rest of us. Their completely biodegradable shoe--measuring only 2 millimeters thick on the sole.—Co.Exist
LittleSun Solar LED Lampart & design
The lamp's small size makes it easy to mount or carry around for charging during the day, as well as hang at night. On top of that, the LittleSun is less expensive and safer to operate than a kerosene lantern.—The Verge
Blind Use Sounds to 'See'technology
Scientists in Jerusalem have developed a visual-to-auditory SSD involving headphones attached to a camera. The images taken by the camera are converted into sounds through a known algorithm.—The Epoch Times
Dog Heroes of Iraq & Afghanistanglobal
Most of the dogs are trained at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas in a course that's grueling for both handlers and canines. Some smaller dogs enter into service too, like tiny Jack Russell terriers.—Fast Company
Lytro's Weird Designtechnology
The Lytro has tech nerds buzzing about its futuristic technology. But the design has just as important a role in selling such a radical leap for photography.—Co.Design
6 Habits of True Strategic Thinkersbusiness
You're the boss, but you still spend too much time on the day-to-day. Here's how to become the strategic leader your company needs.—Inc
Leadership from Dirty Harrybusiness
No matter how badly things were going, Harry got results. Here are his five leadership keys — and you can use them, not shoot anyone, and still be a good company man or woman.—Forbes
Scientist Videos Son's First Wordsculture
MIT scientist blew the curve for Flip cam-packing proud pops by capturing his son's every movement and word with a series of fisheye-lens cameras installed in every room.—Fast Company
Vertical Gardens & Urban Farmsenvironment
In response to global urban population, Terreform, Inc. has come up with innovative ways for New York City to deal with issues that arise with sustainability. The plan calls for total self-sufficiency.—Inhabitat
Bringing Comics to Musicart & design
Crumb’s covers for yesteryear’s forgotten masters were so influential in and of themselves that they spurred the rediscovery of many of these old records in the 1960s and 1970s.—Brain Pickings
Surreal Buildingsart & design
Victor Enrich is a Spanish photographer who rips all the science from architecture to create surreal and whimsical variations on existing buildings.—Co.Design
5,000 Bicycle Bells Sing With Windart & design
Amsterdam-based artist designs architectonical installations and sculptural art, and he just finished a project called Sound Architecture IV that is made from 5,000 repurposed bicycle bells set on steel pins.—Inhabitat
Be Free From Paralysis of Analysishealth
Self-analysis is not necessarily a bad thing. But there’s a difference between reflective positive self-analysis and brooding, perseverative self-analysis.—Psych Central
Eat Chocolate, Be Thinnerhealth
Good news for all! A press release from the Archives of Internal Medicine shows that chocolate eaters are thinner.—Reporting On Health
Why People in Cities Walk Fastculture
Most work on urban walking speed dates back to 1976, when psychologists Marc and Helen Bornstein published a provocative paper on the topic in the top-tier journal Nature.—Architecture Lab
Scaling Future by Blending Pastarchitecture
How will the city of tomorrow reflect adaptive reuse of the city of today?—Sustainable Cities
New Way To Think About Youscience
Connectome: How the Brain’s Wiring Makes Us Who We Are, proposes a new model for understanding the totality of selfhood, one based the emerging science of connectomics.—Brain Pickings
Leadership From America's Delibusiness
Zingerman’s new book, it’s stuffed full with ideas (more than you can digest in one sitting) that can apply in any work place, whether it’s a small business or a corporate department—Forbes
'Father of Video Games' Reflectsculture
Ralph Baer, who turns 90 this year, discusses his life's work, which includes creating the Magnavox Odyssey, the first home video game console, and the iconic pattern game Simon—The Atlantic
Hitchcock on the Secret of Happinessculture
In this brilliantly wise and articulate short excerpt from an archival interview, the great Alfred Hitchcock shares his definition of happiness.—Brian Pickings
Solutions for Homeless Housingurban
These 14 designs for homeless housing provoke thought as to how we can meet the needs of disadvantaged people living in our own communities, and ensure that the situation is only temporary.—Web Urbanist
About Faceart & design
Solar panels have a reputation as being unsightly, but this U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon show home sheds the stereotype that photovoltaic arrays are eyesores.—Dwell
Internal Clock Affects on Healthhealth
Not getting enough sleep leaves us tired during the day. But the body's clock also affects mood, mental alertness, hunger, and heart function.—The Atlantic
Einstein's Ideas and Opinionsculture
Albert Einstein’s Ideas and Opinions, the definitive collection of the great thinker’s essays on everything from science and religion to government to human nature, gathered under the supervision of himself.—Brain Pickings
Art of Colorful Mimicryart & design
We are always picking up habits of others and constantly adapting to our surroundings. In a series entitled Mimicry, a photography team works to explore and visually discuss these concepts.—My Modern Met
Find Purpose and Do What You Loveculture
“Find something more important than you are,” philosopher Dan Dennett once said in discussing the secret of happiness, “and dedicate your life to it.” But how, exactly, do we find that?—Brain Pickings
The New Rules of Innovationbusiness
In his new book, Vijay Vaitheeswaran argues that we’re thinking about worldchanging innovation all wrong: It’s not going to come from where we expect it.—Co.Exist
Microsoft Word's Affect On Workbusiness
Thirty years after Word was invented, we are no nearer to understanding the impact it has had on writing—Guardian
New York's First Subway in 60 Yearsarchitecture
The Second Avenue subway is seventy years in the making, with nearly as many false starts and delays. The last completed full route was the Eighth Avenue Line, in 1932.—Architizer
Survive with Energy Drinks and Knifeenvironment
Kite surfer found himself stranded in the open ocean being attacked by sharks. With only mineral water, energy drinks, energy bars, and, most importantly, a knife he survived.—Big Think
Strange Buildings Around the Worldarchitecture
Check out some of the strangest buildings from around the world, from baby grand pianos to exotic elephants. No inspiration seems too bizarre or out of reach.—Amazing Data
World's First Pedestrian Airbagtechnology
Volvo has come out with the world's first commercial airbag designed to protect pedestrians rather than drivers in a car accident.—Life Science
A Floating Wind Farmenvironment
Installing wind turbines in deep, turbulent seas is a laborious and expensive project. Here’s an idea: Put them on a boat.—Co.Exist
30-Story Hotel Built in 15 Daysart & design
A Chinese company has seemingly accomplished the impossible, putting up a 30-story building in half as many days.Construction on the 30-story hotel prototype was complete after 15 days of construction.—ABC News
40 of Don Draper’s Best Linesart & design
While we wait to catch up with Mad Men during season five, which premieres on March 25, we thought we’d host a little party to celebrate the passing of Hamm’s 40th year.—Flavor Wire
Best Countries for Cleantech Startupsbusiness
Where in the world does a solar company have the best chance of success? It’s not the economic powerhouse you might think, though the U.S. and China aren’t far behind.—Co.Exist
The Empire State Buildingculture
Helen Keller was asked what she "saw" from the height. She responded with the incredible letter, within which lies one of the greatest, most evocative descriptions of the skyscraper and it’s surrounding.—Letters of Note
Winner of Rethink Preservationenvironment
After 132 entries and 71,000 votes, The Union Depot in Keokuk, Iowa, won the grand prize of $10,000 to put towards its preservation and rehabilitation.—Dwell
Three Simple Words to Happinessculture
What do you need to make your dreams come true? Three wishes? Think again. Martha Beck on a goal-setting strategy that will get you where you want to go.—Oprah
Architecture Without Architectsarchitecture
From Rome’s theater districts to China’s underground cities, Rudofsky peels the pretense of architecture from creative and utilitarian acts of building to reveal a vernacular, communal architecture.—Brain Pickings
Drive a Wheelchair with Your Toungescience
Engineers are developing a wireless device that enables people with spinal cord injuries to operate a computer and maneuver a wheelchair simply by moving their tongues.—Futurity
The Lollipop Housearchitecture
Do you find this family residence in South Korea fun or a bit out there? If you were to live in a childhood-inspired home, how would it look like?—Freshome
Iconic Portraits by Top Illustratorsart & design
Check out Illustration Now! Portraits — a stunning new showcase of illustrated portraits by over 80 of the world’s most exciting artists.—Brian Pickings
Why So Long to Invent the Wheel?science
The tricky thing about the wheel is not conceiving of a cylinder rolling on its edge. It's figuring out how to connect a stable, stationary platform to that cylinder.—Scientific American
Pushing Innovationbusiness
Great ideas never die. They are put into freeze until they either are introduced by someone else and THEY make millions while your company follows suit. So take charge and make your millions.—Webdesigner Depot
Coffee Shop Buzz Is Goodculture
A new study suggest the ambient background noise or buzz of conversation in public places can fuel creativity.—Life Hacker
Weird Vehicles that Need No Trainingculture
You have to pass a test to get behind the wheel of a car, but by simply signing a lengthy wavier you can take off in a hover craft, tank, train and barge without one bit of training or testing.—Lonely Planet
Backyards Get Betterenvironment
From innovative projects about water use to simple neighborhood composting initiatives, Ioby is a Kickstarter for neighborhood improvement, and it’s expanding from New York to the whole country.—Co.Exist
Illuminating the History of Medicinescience
Technology has the potential to transform our concept of sickness. An expert demonstrates how the digital revolution can be used to change individual care and prevention, and even the economics of healthcare.—Salon
Water Tanks to Works of Artart & design
For three months in the spring of 2013, water tanks around New York City will be transformed into works of public art, thanks to a campaign to teach residents to be more responsible with water.—Taxi
Mapping Innovative Citiesculture
With key factors of a good mayor, ethic mix, education, and intensity innovative cities can flourish in creating a space for ideas and inventions.—Sustainable Cities Collective
10 Amazing Letters From Presidentsculture
"Letters of Note" archives publishes notes from men who would hold or were holding the highest office in the land. Here are ten of their favorite letters from the presidents.—Mental Floss
Hard Boiled Housing: The Blob VB3art & design
Belgian architectural firm designed the blob VB3, a smooth white structure that resembles a hard boiled egg. The egg-like living pod contains a bathroom, a kitchen, interior lighting, a bed and several niches—If It's Hip, It's Here
Fashioning Apolloart & design
The story of the Apollo spacesuit is a surprising tale of an unexpected victory: of Playtex, maker of bras and girdles, over the large military-industrial contractors better positioned to secure the spacesuit contract.—Brain Pickings
Infographics Powered By Sunbusiness
Austria Solar's 2011 annual report ships in a foil package. Open it indoors and find a tastefully embossed cover, followed by many blank pages. The magic happens when you expose it to the sun.—Co.Design
Redesigning Peoplescience
Radical human modification is coming, like it or not, by the end of this century—if not earlier. How much are you willing to alter yourself?—The Atlantic
Lego Prosthetic Armscience
Engineering student Max Shepherd has built a Lego prosthesis that accurately mimics the full range of motion of a normal human arm.—The Atlantic
Images of Single Molecule Chargesscience
Researchers have shown off the first images of the "charge distribution" in a single molecule, showing an intricate dance of electrons at tiny scales.—BBC
Stop Being a Slave To Dataculture
By their very nature, people are resistant to change. So if your goal is to innovate, why would you listen to them?—Co.Design
Chain-Link Lace Fenceart & design
Lace Fence — a high-end, metal fabric used to transform your average, industrial chain-link fence into a beautiful work of art (that’s still functional!)—Flavor Wire
Bandage Allows You To Save a Lifeculture
If you’re already bleeding, why not send some of your blood to the national bone marrow registry, which might be able to connect you with someone whose life your marrow could save?—Co.Exist
Newspapers Power Batteriestechnology
Old newspapers can be broken down into cellulose that can power batteries with producing byproducts that are as harmless as water.—PopSci
Cities Improving Citizensurban
The Living Labs Global Award was created to encourage cities to strive for excellence in areas of mobility, tourism, smart housing and many other areas.—Urban Times
Child Creates New Moleculescience
When teacher instructed his fifth grade class to build molecules with modeling kits, he didn’t expect one of his students to make a scientific discovery.—Humboldt State
The Boxx: Electric Square Biketechnology
The Boxx, the battery-powered moped, is geared towards people who would rather ride a Macbook than a Harley if they could.—Co.Exist
Love Ever Afterculture
Love letters are brought to life as a photographer unlocks the love stories of couples who have been together for over 50 years.—Kick Starter
The Sky Is The Limiturban
Extreme urban climbing has become a youth sub-culture and each year more young Russians are taking to the skies of their city.—The Telegraph
Waterless Washing Machinetechnology
The Orbit is a concept washing machine that uses no water and cleans clothes with dry ice in a matter of minutes. Is it too good to be true?—Digital Trends
Exhaustion Inspiresart & design
The faces of several climbers returning from Mount McKinley were photographed to capture the human reaction to such extreme elements.—Flavor Wire
The Boys Who Walked to Europeglobal
Out of war and desperation several young boys make the grueling trek from Afghanistan, across the Middle East, to Europe in search of new life.—The Guardian
Urville: The Imaginary Cityarchitecture
From remarkable architectural detail to the thoughtful cultural context, Urville offers a rare glimpse of the extreme frontiers of human ability and imagination.—Brain Pickings
Cities Make People Happyculture
The cliche of the mean and unfriendly city dweller is untrue. People in cities are happier. Which is good, because it’s where we’ll all be living soon.—Co.Exist
Incredibly Elaborate Tiny Buildingsart & design
Japanese artist creates astoundingly detailed sculptures of tiny buildings. The sculptures are inspired by the Japanese art forms of bonsai and suiseki.—Laughing Squid
Sleepbox: Mini-Hotel for Travelersglobal
A person stuck in an airport used to roll up a sweater like pillow and get a few minutes of shuteye.Now the Sleepbox has arrived as a saving grace.—Good
The Foldable Carurban
The first fold-up car is coming to a city near you.This 6.5 foot car runs on two rechargeable batteries and is changing the future of urban travel.—Big Think
Fleeting & Fabulous: Art of Dirtart & design
Museum features sculptures and installations of stuff an average person would wipe off with a sponge: mud, sand, rocks, twigs, grime, smog, and even skin cells.—Co.Design
Going Green Can Save You Greenbusiness
Company rewards recycling by tracking amounts of recycled material and offering you discounts at participating stores.—GreenBiz
Leave Your Leftovers for Charitybusiness
What restaurants don't put on the table, they donate as cash to groups working on food insecurity, homelessness, and hunger.—Co.Exist
Skydiver Breaking Sound Barrierglobal
A skydiver is set to become the first person to break the sound barrier during a free fall by leaping from a balloon on the edge of space later this year.—The Telegraph
Algae Could be the Future of Biofuelscience
Algae is no longer slime from a fish tank. Scientists and entrepreneurs hurry to turn the organism into biofuel on a scale that's commercially viable.—Good
Cathedral of 55,000 Lightsart & design
The Ghent Light Festival featured a cathedral of over 55,000 lights. Energy wasted? On the contrary, they were LED.—Fresh Home
Your Morning Coffee is Good for Youhealth
That cappuccino ritual? It’s full of antioxidants, isn’t a diuretic, and if the caffeine keeps you from sleeping, just try decaf.—National Post
The World's Best Long Walksenvironment
Forget planes, trains and automobiles. Check out the greenest and greatest way to travel using your own two feet.—Lonely Planet
The Bicycle Busculture
Kid friendly and environmentally approved. Children in the Netherlands are pedaling their way to school on the bicycle school bus.—Co.Exist
Year's Most Generous Billionairebusiness
Ms.Cargill died in 2006, but she contunies to be ranked as a generous billionaire. She left all her shares of Cargill stock to charitable foundations.—Forbes
Building Blocks of Happinessculture
City attributes do indeed make a difference. The more people feel as if their city is beautiful, clean, and safe the more happiness they feel.—Sustainable Cities
Arts Inspire a Sustainable Generationarchitecture
Boston student center, Arts for Humanity, encourages students to build with sustainability while building self-confidence.—Green Biz
By the City/For the Cityculture
New Yorkers are getting hands on with ideas to create urban improvement.—GOOD
Plastic Eating Fungusenvironment
An Amazonian fungus, found by a group of students from Yale, could eat our most durable landfill waste.—Pop Sci
Nashville’s Healthy Initiativeshealth
Nashville is mplementing programs for healthier lifestyles. Activities include a monthly mayor walk and companies offering healthy lunch choices.—Wall Street Journal
New Focus on Old Gadgetstechnology
Old gadgets get new life as U.S. Micro takes tossed phones, computers, and all things electronic and placing them in schools and communities.—GOOD
They That Laboredculture
The 50 or so learned men who labored in teams to create the King James Bible did not set out to create a literary masterpiece.—The Chronicle
The SuperCooperatorsculture
Life is based on competition — for the food, territory, mates, and other resources that will increase our own chances of survival and reproduction.—Big Questions Online
Going for Goldhealth
Hannah Powell went from ballet to weightlifting. She has hopes of beating the boys and qualifying for the London 2012 Olympics.—The Independent
Using Nature To Nurturehealth
Imagine if your health practitioner wrote out a prescription for kayaking, camping or rock climbing to help you through a health challenge?—The Globe & Mail
Smog Eatersarchitecture
When applied to aluminum panels, the titanium dioxide coating interacts with sunlight to break down the smog-causing compound nitrogen oxide.—GOOD
Blasting Garbage Into Gastechnology
Plasma gasification, a technology turns trash into a fuel without producing emissions.—WIRED
The Reason for Recessscience
Physical activity does the body good, and there's growing evidence that it helps the brain too.—TIME
Biggest Plane in Worldtechnology
The people who built the first private aircraft to fly into space are teaming up once again to construct the largest aircraft ever flown.—PopSci
Laughter Improves Healthhealth
Researchers have found that laughter can de-stress our bodies and improve heath.—ksdk.com
Green Transport Technologyurban
For years, bus systems across the country have been going green by switching over to vehicles powered by natural gas.—GOOD Environment
Smartphone Knows Your Thoughtstechnology
Context-aware computing has been around for decades, but it’s been gaining steam as costs fall.—The Globe & Mail
100 Years From Now?culture
Readers of BBC News Magazine give their predictions for how life will be 100 years from now.—BBC News
Robots Inspire Learningtechnology
Children fall in love with robots because of the bots’ ambiguous nature and relative autonomy.—Latitude
This Is Generation Fluxbusiness
The future of business is pure chaos. Here's how you can survive--and perhaps even thrive.—Fast Company
Tiny USB A Computertechnology
Norwegian developers have created one of the world's smallest computers on a USB-like stick.—Syndey Morning Herald
Synthetic Windpipe Breakthroughscience
Surgeons in Sweden replaced cancerous windpipe of man with one made in laboratory—New York Times
Rethinking Innovationtechnology
What led Darwin to the theory of natural selection is grist for his mill, but so too is what led Willis Carrier to invent the air conditioner.—BQO
Smartphone App Rewards Exercisetechnology
New phone tracking technology to reward walking and biking.—Co.Exist
Project Spurs Urban Renewalurban
Efforts helped create a local arts charity, the Heidelberg Project, and helped tame crime in the neighborhood.—Philanthropy
Urban-Development Legendsurban
The history of local economic development is a story of academic fads.—City Journal
Social Media Power Influencerart & design
Chris Brogan has an astonishing 122,000 identifiable followers on Twitter (up from 115,000 last week)—Forbes
Jobs Rise 15th Consecutive Monthbusiness
■December capped a solid year of job growth as the economy generated positive hiring every month in the year for the first time since 2005.—Marcus & Millichap Blog
Blogging Moby-Dickart & design
Kish carved out time for the Moby-Dick project around his full-time job as a librarian and the long commute that bracketed his work day on both ends.—Common-Place
Stocks Soar On Upbeat Dataart & design
The Dow rises 179 points after reports show that the manufacturing industry grew in December and that construction spending rose in November.—LA Times
The Rise of Local Mfg.business
The appreciation for local goods has begun to fuel a resurgence in local manufacturing.—GOOD News
Google+ Gains Tractiontechnology
Google’s mission to compete with Facebook in social networking may be gaining speed.—New York Times
The Joy of Quietculture
In barely one generation we’ve moved from exulting in the time-saving devices that have so expanded our lives to trying to get away from them.—New York Times
Rare species discoveredscience
A brainless and faceless fish was one of 15 rare species discovered during a series of marine surveys this year.—The Independent
Ecommerce Way Upbusiness
IBM Coremetric Benchmark’s snapshot of online shopping on Christmas Day revealed 16.4 percent growth over Christmas Day 2010—Portfolio.com
Freakonomics: What Went Wrong?business
The word “freakonomics” has come to stand for a light-hearted and contrarian, yet rigorous and quantitative, way of looking at the world.—AMERICAN Scientist
Music On Their Deathbedsart & design
There is usually something revealing about the music of a composer who feels death at his shoulder.—slate.com
How Smart Is This Bird?science
Pigeons have now shown that they can learn abstract rules about numbers—New York Times
7 Christmas Songs That Don't Suckculture
With the possible exception of Otis Redding, Ike & Tina Turner cranked out the best rendition of Merry Christmas Baby.—Mother Jones
People Are Awesomeculture
Movement growing around the country that finds wealthy donors secretly paying off people's layaway accounts at Kmart.—GOOD News
Cities Are Making Us More Humanurban
Harvard economist Edward Glaeser believes urbanization to be a solution to many unanswered problems.—The European
Attention Spans, After Allculture
Our preference for time-consuming entertainment options might also be seen as a reaction against sound bite culture—National Post
Visitors Changed Our Museumart & design
The Oakland Museum published “How Visitors Changed Our Museum: Transforming the Gallery of California Art"—ArtFWD
Window Wonderlandart & design
The term “window shopping” takes on new meaning as boutiques put their creative might into an unspoken competition for the most imaginative displays.—Financial Times
America's Most Generous Citiesculture
Overall, more than half (56 percent) of adult Americans live in a household that donated money to a charity of some kind.—The Atlantic
How Does the Brain Perceive Art?art & design
Our response to art is conditioned by all sorts of variables that have nothing to do with oil paint.—Wired
Quintillions of Possibilitiesculture
The Polish teenager recently won his title in Thailand, lining up all six colors on all six sides of the cube-shaped toy in an average time of 8.65 seconds.—Wall Street Journal
Thermostat for the iPhone generationtechnology
The Nest thermostat is designed to learn homeowners' schedules and surroundings.—Chicago Tribune
Creating Artificial Intelligencetechnology
In designing chips that bear some structural resemblance to the brain, so-called neuromorphic chips, neuroscience was a guiding principle as well—New York Times
Happiest (And Saddest) Countriesculture
Whatever happiness is to you, there’s some conditions under which it most readily blossoms.—FORBES
'Super Earth' existsscience
French astronomers earlier this year confirmed the first rocky exoplanet to meet key requirements for sustaining life.—NZ Herald
Chinese Stone Carversart & design
The town of Dangcheng once drew buyers from around the world for its ornate carvings and statues.—The Globe and Mail
Size Up Economic Indicatorsglobal
More than an examination of macroeconomics, though, Worldshapin is a fun, informative toy. Make fun shapes!—co.exist
Concept Is Half Car, All Drivertechnology
The car that just might foreshadow next-generation personal mobility in crowded cities.—Wired
Fluorescent Spray Identifies Cancerhealth
A group led by the National Cancer Institute has developed a fluorescent spray that can label cancer cells within a minute.—Technology Review
Organic Can Feed Worldscience
The current food production system, a 75-year-old experiment, leaves nearly 1B of the world's 7B humans seriously undernourished today.—The Atlantic
Become a British Spy?technology
The GCHQ — Britain’s secretive agency of intelligence experts — wants to find new spies.—Wired
Hotel From Shipping Cratesarchitecture
Each room comes with a trunk that hinges open to reveal a desk stocked with drinks, a logbook, information packs and electrical sockets.—Dezeen magazine
WWII Bunker To Energy Hubtechnology
A disconcerting reminder of the past is transformed into a constructive symbol of clean-energy.—Green Source
Skyscraper With A Forest Insidearchitecture
Architects are starting to craft biological buildings in cities that blur the line between green space and living space.—co.exist
Africa Unleashedglobal
A new Africa that bears little resemblance to the caricature of a "dark continent" that still rears its head in the media.—Foreign Affairs
Cyber Monday Biggest Ever In U.S.business
Monday was the highest-grossing online shopping day in U.S. history, with spending reaching $1.25 billion.—CNN
A Better Life In Sightscience
For Dr Khatun, 54, it is just another operation – but one that should spare a child from a lifetime of blindness.—Financial Times
Retailers See Record Numbersbusiness
American consumers opened their wallets over the holiday weekend in a way they had not since before the recession.—New York Times
Engineering the 10 000-Year Clocktechnology
Parallel computing pioneer Danny Hillis dreamed up the 10 000-Year Clock as a way to encourage long-range thinking.—IEEE Spectrum
Are We Getting Nicer?culture
The pace of moral progress has accelerated in the last few decades.—New York Times
An Underground Park In NYCarchitecture
The proposed “low line” park would take up three blocks underneath the Lower East Side, Manhattan.—CBS-New York
World’s Cheapest Plastic Lightbulbglobal
No electric grid but a simple solution - a plastic bottle.—Co.Exist
Crowdfunded Public Art Projectsurban
Crowdfunding has taken off among artists and entrepreneurs as an easier way to raise money.—The Atlantic
The Box Is the Thingbusiness
The growing focus on sustainability means that luxury providers are increasingly looking at containers through green-tinted glasses.—New York Times
Food As Artart & design
A cutaway image of a pot roast from Nathan Myhrvold's Modernist Cuisine. Photo: The Cooking Lab, LLC—New Statesman
The Tweakertechnology
His gift lay in taking what was in front of him and ruthlessly refining it.—The New Yorker
Stem-Cells & Heart Regenerationscience
Research demonstrated a 30-percent increase in healthy heart-muscle cells.—University of Buffalo
Keyed to Detailart & design
It’s a big challenge for a designer to come up with intelligent objects, which will last…—New York Times
The World's Longest Floating Bridgearchitecture
What does it take to get 230 tons of concrete to float?—Popular Mechanics
Car Steered By Thoughttechnology
German scientists develop new technology able to read the driver's brain waves.—Mother Nature Network
The Ground Botart & design
The GroundBot system by Swedish firm Rotundus is a remote-controlled, all-weather polycarbonate sphere.—BLDGBLOG
Google As A Visionaryculture
Space elevators, driverless cars and Internet-enabled household devices being produced in secret Google lab.—Fox News
A Life Saving Baghealth
2.6 billion people don't access to toilets and millions die from diseases caused by poor sanitation, Anders Wihelmson created a bag to change that.—PopularScience
EyeWritertechnology
The eyewriter project is a collaborate research effort that allows graffiti writers and artist with paralysis to draw using only their eyes.—Graffiti Research Lab
Man Made Tornadotechnology
The Mercedes-Benz Museum can repurpose its internal ventilation system to form an artificial tornado.—BLDGBLOG
Ball Of Energytechnology
Four Harvard students develop a soccer ball that covert the energy used during play to electricity for lighting.—Discovery.com
Pebble Breaks Sound Barrierscience
A pebble that is dropped into water ejects an air-filled cavity at supersonic speeds.—NewScientist
Playing With Firearchitecture
An outdoor fire place designed for children.—Contemporist
Revolutionary Wheelculture
MIT researchers have re-created the wheel to help change behavior.—PSFK
Bottom Up Diplomacyglobal
A movement started by Cuban artist, scholars hopes to change the United States policy toward Cuba.—The New York Times
Curing The Incurablehealth
Inspirations from unexpected sources is helping scientist discover new cures.—PopularScience
Alabama's Homeboysculture
Former gang members travel to rural Alabama to speak to kids about gang life and poverty.—LA Times
Freefall From Spacescience
A 'space diver' attempts to become first person to go supersonic in free-fall.—NewScientist
New Piano Manart & design
He goes by the Napkin Holder and he doesn't need sheet music.—Youtube
Its All In The Mindscience
Researchers use video games to determine the differences in learning rates.—BBC News
Free Moneyculture
Bank gives money for others to give away—Springwise
Sesame Street's 40thculture
Sesame Street celebrates 40 years on the air—New York Times
Next-Gen Costumeart & design
A different type of Halloween costume—booooooom.com
Keith Schofieldart & design
Keith Schofield hits the pause, rewind and fast-forward in his new music video—keithschofield.com
Immeasurable Intelligencescience
What does your IQ really mean?—newscientist.com
2010 Olympic Medalstechnology
Each medal at Vancouver Games to have unique design—reuters.com
Open Calorieshealth
Coca-Cola has announced global plans to include caloric information on the front of nearly all product packages—Designtaxi.com
Musical Hopeculture
Musician Changes Tone of Impoverished Village—New York Times
Color Blind Primatesscience
Possible cure for color blindness—nature.com
Beauty Evolutionscience
Women Are Getting More Beautiful—timesonline.co.uk
Human Glowscience
Imaging of Ultraweak Spontaneous Photon Emission from Human Body Displaying Diurnal Rhythm—plosone.org
Anti-Aging from Easter Islandscience
Easter Island Compound Extends Lifespan of Old mice, Scientists Report in Nature—San Antonio UT Health Science Center
Life Support Cokehealth
ColaLife—mrmattspangler.com
The Purple Bus Ladyhealth
Ground shifting on Rx debate—Atlanta Journal Constitution (ajc.com)
This Couple, 40 Years Laterculture
Woodstock Concert's Undercover Lovers, Nick and Bobbi Ercoline, 40 Years After Summer of Love—nydailynews.com (photo by Burk Uzzle/Courtesy
Saving Languagesculture
Linguist's Preservation Kit Has New Digital Tools—nytimes.com, July 27, 2009
Billboard Plantersenvironment
Green Sleeves—torontoist.com, July 22, 2009
Haiti: Decreased HIV Infection Ratehealth
From Haiti, a Surprise: Good News about AIDS—MSNBC, July 6, 2009
A Moving Facadeart & design
Mind-blowing 3D Projection on German building Created by UrbanScreen—freshome.com
The Dutch Masterart & design
The Dutch Master by Core77—core77.com, July 8, 2009
10-30% Longer Lifescience
Antibiotic Delayed Aging in Experiments With Mice—July 08, 2009 - The New York Times
Tooth-growing Cellshealth
4 Next-Generation Medical Procedures—July, 2009 - Popular Mechanics
The Benefits of Catastropheglobal
How Global Catastrophe Could Make Us Smarter—July 07, 2009 - Live Science
Eco-Friendly Houseplantsenvironment
Top 10 Natural, Eco-Friendly and Anti-Pollutant Houseplants—July 07, 2009 - The New Ecologist
Civilizationart & design
Marco Brambilla: Civilization—motionographer, June 28, 2009
Hydropolisarchitecture
Hydropolis Underwater Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates—design-buildnetwork.com
Computable Civilisationtechnology
An Invention That Could Change the Internet Forever—The Independent, May 3, 2009
How We Rememberscience
Sleep Helps Build Long-Term Memories—MIT News, June 24, 2009
SXSW Music Clipsculture
Tune Yards - Dig For Fire's SXSW '09—Babelgum
Hunting Dark Matterscience
Work begins on world's deepest underground lab—June 22nd, 2009 By DIRK LAMMERS , Associated
35,000 Year-old Flutesculture
'Oldest musical instrument' found—BBC News
Solar Shingles v.2technology
Flexible Solar Cell Roof Shingles Unveiled—archiCentral.com
Breakdancing Robot Manoiurban
MANOI GO—Youtube
Swedish Wisdomart & design
Malmö win for topless Swedish bathers—The Local: Swedish News In English
Curiouser and Curiouserart & design
First Photos: Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland - What Do You Think?—SlashFilm.com
African Sunlighttechnology
Holy Solar Funding: Project Desertec to Get $500 Billion Cash Infusion?—solveclimate.com, June 18, 2009
Annecy 2009art & design
Gobelins - Annecy 2009—YouTube.com, June 12, 2009
Empathy in the Middle Eastglobal
Palestinians Assist Injured Settlers—The Jerusalem Post, June 10, 2009
The High Lineurban
High Line Open!—thehighline.org, June 09, 2009
Beautiful Informationart & design
GOOD Magazine's Transparencies Archive—Flick, June 11, 2009
Virtual Twinsscience
Virtual Twins Could Bring the End of Animal Research—NewScientist.com, June, 03, 2009
Art Raftsart & design
'Swimming Cities' Art Rafts Arrive in Venice—AnimalNewYork.com, June 3, 2009
Spontaneityculture
Sasquatch Music Festival 2009—YouTube.com, May 26, 2009
Hyalinobatrachium Pellucidumscience
South America's Wildlife Wonders—BBC News, June, 16, 2009
Bananas Replacing Firewoodenvironment
Going Bananas for Energy in Africa—BBC, May 12, 2009
Quantum Entanglementscience
Can Positive Thoughts Help Heal Another Person?—National Public Radio, May 21, 2009
Breathing Ginculture
Bar Serving Alcoholic Mist Gets You Drunk as You Breathe—Fast Company, April 20, 2009
Starchitect Shoesculture
Zaha Hadid + Lacoste Footwear—HighSnobiety, May 11, 2009
Collaboration in Bb Majorart & design
Bb 2.0—YouTube.com, May 15th, 2009
Super Slo-Mo Surftechnology
Super Slow-Motion Camera Catches a Wave—Wired, May 7, 2009
Social Stock Exchangesbusiness
Markets with a Social Mission—Ode, May Issue, 2009
Building Blocks with Integrityarchitecture
The First Green Replacement for the Concrete Block—GAB Report, April 26, 2009
Farthest Object Ever Detectedscience
Exploding star is oldest object seen in universe—CNN.com, April 29, 2009
Wrinkle Removerscience
Is a scientist's face proof that a £20 skin cream really gets rid of wrinkles?—The Independent, April 29, 2009
Exploration is Alive and Wellglobal
British explorers discover the light at the end of the tunnel... in the world's largest cave—DailyMail.com, April 30, 2009
Chemical "Caterpillar"science
Chemical 'caterpillar' points to electronics-free robots—New Scientist, April 28, 2009
Space-Based Energytechnology
Sci-Fi Meets Cleantech: Space Based Solar Energy Becomes a Reality—Consumer Energy Report, April 30, 2009
The Lost Tribes of New York CItyculture
Urban Anthropologists, Andy and Carolyn London interview some of New York City's more overlooked citizens.—Vimeo
Shared Propulsion Carart & design
Shared Propulsion Car—YouTube
Ten Jews, One Piece of Woodculture
The Minyan Board—CNN
3d Printertechnology
Jay Leno's Garage—NBC.com
Cardboard Box Ovenenvironment
Inventor Turns Cardboard Boxes Into Eco-friendly Oven—CNN
Peter Zumthor, Pritzker Winnerarchitecture
Reclusive Swiss Architect Peter Zumthor Wins Pritzker Prize—Curbed.com
Cul-de-sac Communesenvironment
A Social Experiment: Communes In Cul-De-Sacs—NPR
Trees To The Rescueenvironment
Trees are growing faster and could buy time to halt global warming—Telegraph.co.uk, April 6, 2009
Segway, Againart & design
GM, Segway team up on 200-mpg 2-seater—USA Today, April 76, 2009
U.S. Trade Deficit Plummetsbusiness
U.S. Trade Deficit Narrows as Imports Fall Sharply—The New York Times, April 9, 2009
Good Fathealth
Calorie-Burning Fat? Studies Say You Have It—New York Times, April 8, 2009
Friendlier Concreteenvironment
Concrete Is Remixed With Environment in Mind—The New York Times, March 30, 2009
Nick Cave's Soundsuitsarchitecture
Nick Cave Soundsuits—YouTube
The Sexiest Electric Car To Datetechnology
Tesla Model S: $50,000 Electric Car that Seats Seven—EcoModder, March 26, 2009
"It Could Happen Anytime Now"science
Are We On the Brink of Finding a Second Earth? NASA/Harvard Teams Say "It Could Happen Anytime Now"—The Daily Galaxy, March 31, 2009
Nuclear Spring Cleaningenvironment
DOE to Spend $6B in Stimulus Funds Cleaning Former Nuclear Weapons Sites—GreenBiz, March 31, 2009
What Slow Down?global
Global box office hits record $28.1 billion in '08—Reuters, March 31, 2009
Free Pieculture
A Pie for a Pi: Belfast Hosts 'Irrationally Good Time'—Bangor Daily News, March 16, 2009
Transcendental Meditation for Kidshealth
The David Lynch Foundation—DLF.tv, March 12, 2009
We Saved the Ozone Layer!science
What Would Have Happened to the Ozone Layer if Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) Had Not Been Regulated?—Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 2113-2128, 2009
Downtown Pittsburghurban
Despite Recession, Pittsburgh in a Building Boom—The New York Times, March 26, 2009
Artists Investing in Detroiturban
In Detroit, Artists Look For Renewal In Foreclosures—NPR, March 18, 2009
You Have to Feel It to Decide Itscience
Feeling our way to decision—The Sydney Morning Herald, Feb. 28, 2009
Return of the Wild Rumpusculture
Where The Wild Things Are Trailer (HD)—YouTube.com, March 25, 2009
A Self-Healing Polymerscience
Self-Repairing Oxetane-Substituted Chitosan Polyurethane Networks—Science, March 13, 2009
3D Movies Without the Headacheart & design
The Next Dimension—Time, March 19, 2009
Russian Environmentalismarchitecture
Slaughter of the seals in Russia is stopped by Vladimir Putin—The Times Online, March 20,2009
A Cleaner Corporate Fleetenvironment
AT&T to Deploy More Than 15,000 Alternative-Fuel Vehicles—att.com, March 11, 2009
Skateistanglobal
Afghan Skate School—skateistan.org
SAME Cafebusiness
SAME Cafe: The restaurant Where You Pay What You Can—Westword Denver News, Feb. 25, 2009
Working for Freebusiness
People of the Week: School District Employees' Good Deeds—ABC News, Feb. 13, 2009
Crazy, But It Could Workscience
Amateur Dreams Up Way to Curb Warming of Planet—The Seattle Times
Prada Transformerarchitecture
Prada Transformer—prada-transformer.com
Money for High-Speed Railenvironment
What the Stimulus Bill Means for High-Speed Rail—Wired, Feb. 25, 2009
Neutralized Plutoniumscience
Israeli Scientists Suggest 'Peaceful' Nuclear Fuel—Israeli National News, March 6, '09
You-thru Mash Upsart & design
Kutiman—youtube.com, March 4, 2009
The People's Garden Projectenvironment
Vilsack Establishes the People's Garden Project on Bicentennial of Lincoln's Birth—United States Dept. of Agriculture, March, 3,
Gates on Polio, AIDS and Malariahealth
2009 Annual Letter from Bill Gates—Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Sushi in Hokkaidoculture
Kaiten (conveyor) Sushi Time in Real Japan—youtube.com, Feb. 28, 2009
Soft-hearted Ironworkersarchitecture
Steeling their Courage—The Boston Globe, Feb. 21, 2009
Homeless Shelter by Maxart & design
Design Squad "Trash to Treasure" Contest—YouTube.com, Feb. 19, 2009
Jonathan Harrisart & design
I Want You To Want Me—iwantyoutowantme.org
A Generous Bankerbusiness
Miami Banker Gives $60 Million of His Own to Employees—Miami Herald, Feb. 14, 2009
Urban Farmsarchitecture
Bloom Towns: Urban Farms are Taking Over America's Asphalt Jungles—I.D. Magazine, April Issue, 2009
When Great Companies Were Bornarchitecture
6 Companies Born During Downturns—CNNMoney.com, Feb. 5, 2009
Stuff Isn't What Makes Us Happyhealth
Study: Experiences Make Us Happier Than Possessions—CNN.com, Feb. 10, 2009
Cheaper Drugs for Poorest Countrieshealth
Report says drug maker GlaxoSmithKline to cut prices for poor countries, invest in clinics—Star Tribune, Feb. 14, 2009
Hilary Bersethart & design
The Hive Mind: How Hilary Berseth Makes his Buzzworthy Sculptures—New York Magazine
Copenhagen's Green Wavearchitecture
Green Wave—wikipedia.org
Malaria Vaccine Progressscience
Positive Study Results for World's Most Clinically Advanced Malaria Vaccine Candidate—malariavaccine.org
The Return of Short (Visual) Storiesart & design
Return of the Short (Visual) Story—The New York TImes
More Microfinancebusiness
World Bank, Germany to Aid Global Microfinance—The Economic Times, Feb. 6, 2009
Fewer People on the Golf Courseglobal
Deals Amid the Distress—The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 14, 2009
Practical Wisdomculture
Barry Schwartz: The real crisis? We stopped being wise—TEDTalks, Feb. 2009
Teddy Cruzarchitecture
Learning From Tijuana: Hudson, N.Y., Considers Different Housing Model—The New York Times
The Global Seed Vaultenvironment
Global Seed Vault Opens in Norway—Herald Tribune, Feb. 2, 2009
Post-Olympics Bird's Nestarchitecture
Letter From China: Olympic Retirement—The New Yorker, Jan. 27, 2009
Iraqi Citizen Journalistsglobal
New Iraq Emerges from Tyranny and War—iraqthemodel.blogspot.com, Jan. 9, 2009
L.A.'s Billboard Banarchitecture
U.S. Court Upholds L.A. Ban on Billboards—L.A. Times, Jan. 7, 2009
John Updike's 42 Novelsart & design
John Updike Interview—Charlie Rose, March 30, 1999
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