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For Graduates: Words of Wisdom from College Commencement Speeches
Samantha Power warned against multi-tasking with electronic devices: "You've got to be all in. This means leaving your technology behind occasionally and listening to...
John Edwards’s Adult Daughter Sticks by Father and Family
In a display of loyalty that surprised many outsiders, 29 year-old Cate Edwards walked into a North Carolina federal courthouse last week with her...
Stranded Whales Now Far From Alone
Volunteers have been pouring into a Florida marine conservancy center to help care for a group of stranded whales.
Three remaining pilot whales from a...
Iraqi Donkey That Befriended U.S. Marines Arrives In U.S.
A donkey that wandered up to the Marine camp in Anbar province soon became such a part of the unit that he received his...
Mind Reading: Technology Turns Thought Into Action
Doctors have been using electrocorticography, or ECoG, since the 1950s to figure out which area of the brain is causing seizures. But now, by...
College Class Builds Apps — and Fortunes
Stanford students took seriously their homework assignment in 2007: Devise an app. Get people to use it. Repeat.
The students ended up getting millions of...
Judge Gives Immigrant in Same-Sex Marriage a Reprieve From Deportation
An immigration judge in Newark on Friday suspended the deportation of a Venezuelan man who is married to an American man, responding to an...
The Greenest Colleges in America
A U.S. Green Building Council partnership released its third annual report listing the greenest colleges nationwide. The online-only guide, available as a free download,...
Inventing a Second Life for the Spent Electric Car Battery
Scientists are expecting big breakthroughs in battery technology over the next five years that will increase the range of electric cars while reducing their...
10 More of America’s Richest Join Gates and Buffett in ‘Giving Pledge’
Yesterday, 10 more of America’s wealthiest families committed to giving more than half their wealth to charity, bringing the total number who have joined...
Bionic Yarn From Plastic Bottles: A Rapper’s Green Investment in Fashion
Rapper, record producer and clothing entrepreneur Pharrell Williams is a key investor in Return Textiles, the the New York manufacturer of Bionic Yarn –...
Protections for Long Island’s Last Wilderness Expanded
New York state officials chose Earth Day on Friday to announce purchase of a large tract of land in Long Island's pine barrens as...
Ford Auto Parts Made of Mushrooms, Rather Than Plastic
Eben Bayer of Ecovative announced a new partnership with Ford to create compostable car parts from mushrooms.
Instead of wasting an enormous amount of energy...
At Particle Lab, an Awe-Inspiring Glimpse Has Physicists Holding Their Breaths
Physicists at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory announced Wednesday that they have found a suspicious bump in their data that could be evidence of...
Japan Mayor’s YouTube Plea Gets Big Response for Isolated Residents Near Fukushima
After the Japanese government ordered the people of Minamisoma to stay indoors when the nearby nuclear plant started leaking, all the food stores shut...
Time’s Most Heroic Animals of All Time
Time compiled a list inspired by the story following the Japan tsunami, where a dog remained alongside its trapped canine companion until it was...
My Vote Finally Counted: Flying Home for Egypt’s Referendum
I got excited as the plane approached the tarmac. A wide smile overtook my face as I contemplated my last-minute decision to travel from...
Four NYT Reporters Released in Libya
Four New York Times journalists were released unharmed by the Libyan government on Monday, six days after they were arrested and held. The four...
World Landmarks Light-Up With ‘End Polio’ Message in Final Push to Eradicate Disease
What do the Trevi Fountain in Rome, India’s Charminar monument, and the New York Stock Exchange building have in common? Each of these iconic...
President Obama Honors 15 Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients
Today, President Barack Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation’s highest civilian honor, to fifteen diverse recipients. The Medal of Freedom is...