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The World Happiness Report Explains What Makes People Happy

BY Ariel Schwartz | 04-09-2012 | 10:00 AM | WORLD HAPPINESS

What are the secrets from the happiest people on Earth? Some make sense: Be wealthy, married, and have a job. From there, though, it gets more complicated. READ MORE›

Bracket This: March Madness To Save The World

BY Alice Korngold | 03-20-2012 | 8:53 AM | ETHONOMICS

Whether or not you filled out your NCAA tournament brackets, you have a chance to fill out an even more important one for another competition of talented college students. This one features 16 student Commitments to Action that will be presented at the Clinton Global Initiative University later this month.READ MORE›

Nerd York City: Why Bloomberg Wants A NYC Tech Campus

BY Neal Ungerleider | 10-27-2011 | 9:00 AM | INNOVATION

Bids are due Friday for a proposed, new applied science university campus in NYC. Mayor Bloomberg says City Hall will donate land and more than $100 million in infrastructure for the project... but will it change New York's tech sector?READ MORE›

To Design A Gym For Columbia, Steven Holl Looks To Football Diagrams

BY Suzanne LaBarre | 10-25-2011 | 9:10 AM | CAMPBELL SPORTS CENTER

Columbia University broke ground on a bold new sports complex in northern Manhattan recently. The design, by New York starchitect Steven Holl, riffs off of football and basketball diagrams, turning the cryptic stuff of a coach’s ... READ MORE›

This $1 Plastic Chip Can Diagnose HIV In 15 Minutes

BY Ariel Schwartz | 08-02-2011 | 5:04 PM | ETHONOMICS

In Africa, waiting for blood work can take weeks, and many people don't bother getting their results. A new device could make testing in remote villages a possibility, and that could lead to drastically improved treatment.READ MORE›

Could It Happen Here, Here, or There? A Map Of Nuclear Risk

BY David Zax | 04-22-2011 | 11:49 AM | ETHONOMICS

Nature News and Columbia University team up and produce a Google Earth map that makes nuclear risk stark.READ MORE›

Mr. Darcy Wants to Be Friends on Facebook

BY David Zax | 02-24-2011 | 12:45 PM | INNOVATION

Computer scientists and an English literature professor teamed up to map social networks in 19th-century British novels. In the process, they upended a tenet in literary theory. Welcome to Jane Austen's Facebook.READ MORE›

Americans Don't Have a Clue About How to Save Energy

BY Ariel Schwartz | 08-17-2010 | 7:59 PM | ETHONOMICS

Think you can save significant amounts of energy by turning off the lights when you leave the room? Think again. READ MORE›

BBC Launches U.S. News Site: Is It Time for American Journalism to Catch Up?

BY Austin Carr | 07-14-2010 | 8:08 PM | INNOVATION

BBC.com originally forwarded visitors to BBC.co.uk, but before long, the British news service will have a home away from home in the U.S. Launching soon, BBC.com is aimed at expanding its American audience, and will feature ...READ MORE›