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Slow Cities

Urban centers that are going nowhere … slowlyREAD»

Complaining in Song

I recently paid a visit to the P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center in Queens that, through the summer, has hosted an exhibit entitled Arctic Hysteria: New Art from Finland.  As a native Finn, I generally consider it my patriotic duty to ...READ»

6 International Day of Climate Action Events to Watch

Saturday marks the first International Day of Climate Action, a grassroots protest spearheaded by environmentalist Bill McKibben and 350.org, an organization that gets its name from climate expert James Hansen's warning that ...READ»

Work/Life: Mountains and Stocks and Dogs, Oh My!

The weekend is on its way, and as always I should be life-ing as opposed to working, but when the stock market takes as big a hit as it did yesterday it just gets my mind going. I do have plans with my wife and daughters on ...READ»

The Business of Terminator

Like John Connor, the Terminator franchise should have died several times. A dark horse script from a then-unknown James Cameron, it could have easily been shelved in 1983. But the initial success of The Terminator brought the ...READ»

• The Terminator Economy

Commando Briefing

A crash course for conference commandos.READ»

7 Compact Hotels Big on Style

Hotels around the world are enticing guests by pairing high design with low prices, trimming costs by shrinking square footage and inclusive frills like room service and toiletries. Here are seven examples: Pod Hotel, ...READ»

Have Web, Will Travel

Don't fire your travel agent -- yet. But surfing the web before packing your bag lets you pick the right seat on a plane, check out hotels before you check in, and arrange a great weekend in a new city.READ»

Coming to America

For more than a century, the United States has celebrated and reviled its immigrants. Now tough questions are being asked about newcomers. In such unsettled times, Intel chairman Andy Grove is offering a candid account of his own journey to freedom.READ»

Hollywood's Rogue Mogul: How Terminator Director McG Is Blowing Up the Movie Business

How McG (yes, that's his name -- he directed the new Terminator movie) evolved from bubblegum auteur into a tinseltown killing machine.READ»

• McG's $2 Billion Machine
• The Terminator Economy

Here's an Idea!

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Some of the Greatest Inventors Are Women

digg_url = 'http://www.fastcompany.com/article/some-greatest-inventors-were-women'; digg_skin = 'compact'; Do you know who invented liquid paper or the first solar home heating system? Well, those inventors were women. And with ...READ»