Today, obesity is poised to overtake tobacco as the leading preventable cause of death in America. More than a third of all Americans are obese and an additional third, overweight. Total U.S. health care costs attributable to obesity ...READ»
The New York Times's report on alleged anti-net-neutrality negotiations between Google and Verizon was shocking. And now Google, Verizon, and just about everyone else in the tech world have responded.READ»
Google's just popped up a blog posting that's absolutely, completely, utterly designed to tease: It's titled "Coming tomorrow ..." and it says Google's about to explain what Google does for the economy. All of the economy. Coming from ...READ»
According to a recent poll cited in Newsweek, the number of Americans who believe that global warming is caused by human activity is 36%. That’s down from 47% just a year ago.
Only 57% of Americans believe the world is warming at ...READ»
New York's new program for encouraging better public architecture has just born fruit, in a new community center designed by George Ranalli. As the Wall Street Journal's Ada Louise Huxtable writes:
...the Saratoga Avenue ...READ»
Food labels are mystifying: Even armed with data about nutritional content, consumers still can't seem to make healthier choices with the information, if the obesity epidemic is any guide. One idea for solving the problem is ...READ»
The new issue of GOOD magazine is a timely one, dedicated entirely to transportation. It includes an interactive, before and after graphic showing exactly how urban planners would go about making a forbidding city street ...READ»
Coming Soon: Nontrepreneur Nation
How parenting and education are killing American entrepreneurship and innovation
Despite how U.S. students continue to lag far behind those in
Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and ...READ»
