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When It Comes to Fighting Climate Change, We Need All the Tools in Our Tool Belt to Win

Heather Taylor-Miesle | Posted 05.01.2013 | Green
Heather Taylor-Miesle

The passing of another Earth Day seems to have some pundits waxing nostalgic. One such pundit, Nicholas Lemann of the New Yorker, wrote a glowing piec...

Documenting a Life in the Woods

Mary J. Loftus | Posted 06.15.2013 | Green
Mary J. Loftus

Ever wonder what it would be like to live deep in a forest for 50 years? Me either. But that's exactly what Harvard graduate Bill Coperthwaite has done, living a self-sustaining life in a three-story yurt in the Maine woods for more than five decades, attracting a near-cult status and fan following.

Hottest Summer Kitchen Gadgets

The Daily Meal | Posted 09.15.2012 | Taste
The Daily Meal

While the heat rises and our culinary juices start to flow, now is a better time than ever to stock up on some of the latest and hottest kitchen gadgets.

Intensive Geometry

Carla Leitao | Posted 06.18.2012 | Arts
Carla Leitao

Few would disagree the bare bone common language of design disciplines is Geometry -- a system to help measure, before being tainted by dimension, dis...

Scientists Discover Fascinating Human-Like Trait In Chimps

Posted 02.09.2012 | Science

By: Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor Published: 02/06/2012 03:06 PM EST on LiveScience Chimps know what tools others need to get work done ...

The Role of Mobile Apps in the Fight Against Intimate Partner Violence

Becky Lee | Posted 10.24.2011 | Impact
Becky Lee

We need to use technological resources to educate young people about intimate partner violence, especially as dating violence continues to be a big problem among college students.

Tim Leatherman, Leatherman Multi-Tools: My First Million

The Huffington Post/AOL Small Business | Darren Dahl | Posted 08.11.2011 | Small Business

While there are many knives on the market, most lack a key component: pliers. That's why Tim Leatherman's invention, which features pliers through its...

Watch: Is This Fish Using Tools?

Posted 09.11.2011 | Weird News

A professional diver has captured what are believed to be the first pictures of a wild fish using a tool. The picture shows a foot-long blackspot ...

The Most Important Discoveries In The History Of Food

The Daily Meal | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
The Daily Meal

"I simply couldn't cook without my..." Cast-iron frying pan? Ginsu knives? Immersion blender? Mickey Mouse Waffle Maker? Everybody who prepares food...

How Internet Tools Emphasize Our Priorities

Dyane Jean François | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Dyane Jean François

To say that the internet turns people into loners would be slander against this passive technology.

British Health Officials Blame Facebook for Syphilis Surge

Shelly Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Shelly Palmer

The sexually transmitted disease has flourished recently in the British towns of Teesside, Durham and Sunderland, with one official noting that Facebook made "it easier for people to meet for casual sex."

Our Real Health Care Goals

Erik Rothenberg | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Erik Rothenberg

Instead of looking for consensus on already politically programmed talking points, we could instead identify a high level goal that would be easy for everyone to agree upon -- "Universal Well Being for all Americans."

Tips From Real, Live, Breathing, Non-Professional People on Dealing With Stress

Liz Spikol | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Liz Spikol

Those of us who suffer from mental illness often seek advice on how to make it through each day. No matter how fabulous your meds are, it's still going to be rocky now and then.

Tools

Norman Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Norman Horowitz

Society does not work when it takes for granted the system's corruptibility. Make laws to protect society and expect them to be enforced.