The onslaught of new technologies -- cell phones, video games, social networking sites, the Wikipediazation of information, the reach of YouTube and Skype, you name it -- have ushered a seismic shift in education: how our kids learn, how our teachers teach, how curriculum is shaped and presented, how individual students, powered by technology, process and experience what they're learning.
As with many poorer countries, Peru is bearing the brunt of a problem it has done little to cause. Its emissions account for only 0.1% of greenhouse gasses, but climate change has affected all aspects of life there.
Audrey Hepburn style lovers should run, not walk, over to Sotheby's this weekend for a rare chance to see some of her iconic clothes. Whether you fell...
Today's announcement by NASA of significant water on the south pole of the Moon is scientifically critical, economically astounding and extremely important for the long-term future of humanity.
After the events of 9/11, I realized that the world of Navy SEALs was still shrouded in secrecy. I wanted to explore and shed light upon this culture that most people had never seen nor fully understood.
On the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street, New York declared Nov. 10 "Sesame Street Day" with a temporary street naming near Lincoln Center.
If someone invited you to a dinner party, and told you that the other guests would include poet Maya Angelou, designer Stella McCartney, Ambassador Susan Rice, and comedienne Amy Poehler (oh, and Michelle Obama might just stop by for appetizers), how long would it take you to leap out of your seat and scramble over to the fete?
Whether it's lack of forethought amid the euphoria of a baby's birth or blunders by parents who simply hadn't thought it through a lot of children acquire names that you or I might wish to change.
Editor's note: This quiz was originally published on February 7th, 2009. We're running it again now because, well, it's awesome. First Ladies have al...
In celebration of the anniversary of Obama's election, we put together some of the best Obama iPhone Apps. Let us know what you think and suggest your own favorites!
On October 29, Mark Ronson and Georgina Chapman received the Arts Leadership Award presented by Music Unites and the Young Patrons of Lincoln Center at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall.
New York's subway started 105 years ago, on Oct. 27, 1904. Ever so often, the subway distances itself from the stereotype of a noisy metropolis, providing freeze frames of silent symmetry.
Are you ready for Halloween? Is your iPhone? If not, better take a look at this list for the top related apps.
I've read books about it, meditated regularly to achieve it, chanted for it, talked about it, but in Kona Village, after one full day of just letting myself go, I found peace.
Getting ready for holiday travel? Don't forget to update your apps! We've tried every travel app out there to put this top list together.
Among the styles recently returned from the dead are micro minis, skinny belts, jumpsuits, platform shoes -- and, now, just in time for Fox Searchlight's Amelia -- the Amelia Earhart look.
A slideshow from the Saturday March by Develop, Don't Destroy Brooklyn.
Detroiter Tim Burke calls himself an artist, a scavenger, and a non-practicing alcoholic. Devoted to the reuse of refuse, the 40-something sculptor us...
We've got apps to wow your date, apps to prepare for date disasters, and apps to find the latest hot spot.