Winners of 2009, 26 th. Aydın Doğan International Cartoon Competition announced. First place goes to Alessandro Gatto, Italy. Radikal, 2008, 2007 View full entry
Darryl Clem works at a landfill just miles from Eunice, N.M., where 2.5 million cubic yards of toxic sludge from the Hudson River in New York is to be buried. NYT View full entry
"We have invented the world's largest laser system. We can create the stars right here on earth," said actor-turned-governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Developed in National Ignition Facility, Super Laser could deliver breakthroughs in safe fusion power. But for now, its primary purpose is to help... View full entry
Where's the Beef? The Flemish city of Ghent, which has collectively decided to try vegetarianism one day a week. time View full entry
If you surf the web you know that Lego is releasing a new Frank Lloyd Wright collection to their lineup. NPR is now following suit with their radio piece about the new Lego venture, including this semi-amusing fake commercial for the new toy... View full entry
The artwork of music producer Brian Eno is illuminating the iconic sails of the Sydney Opera House as part of a sound and light festival in the city. BBC View full entry
Fresh off ranking the most overpriced cities in America, ABC News and Forbes Magazine are at it again, this time ranking the 15 Best Bargain Cities in the country. View full entry
"The overwhelming reason for this meeting was NEED-that was the issue that galvanized everyone to participate."-Gates Foundation. news + everyone is connected... View full entry
For decades, hundreds of people worldwide have been plagued by an elusive buzzing noise known as "the Hum". Some have blamed gas pipes or power lines, others think their ears are faulty. A few even think sinister forces could be at work. BBC View full entry
World's digital content equivalent to stack of books stretching from Earth to Pluto 10 times. Guardian View full entry
New York Magazine visits the home and studio of husband-and-wife design team Zoë Coombes and David Boira a.k.a. Commonwealth. View full entry
ABC News and Forbes Magazine ranked the most overpriced cities in America based on four factors: cost of living, housing opportunity, unemployment rate, and average salary. And...ding ding ding! It's Los Angeles FTW! View full entry
In their efforts to track the TARP bailout, the Sunlight Foundation and Pew have created a map of what counties depend most heavily on TARP-recipient banks, breaking down separately the percents of total bank deposits, bank branches, and mortgage loans held/operated/issued by bailout-recipient... View full entry
I am in fifth grade. This year I will walk from Atlanta to DC. Why? To draw awereness to 1.3 millon homeless kids living in this country. My House to the White House View full entry
Edward Said referred to "the universalising discourses", which only infrequently acknowledged "that the colonised people should be heard from, their ideas known". London, intellectual and political driver of colonialism, is about to offer exactly that infrequent acknowledgement, in the shape of... View full entry