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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,...
Gates Foundation Funds Bold Ideas Including Dirt-Charged Cell Phones and Human Waste Fertilizer
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Thursday announced 88 new winners of $100,000 grants to support innovative research that has the potential to dramatically...
Soccer Ball Creates Usable Energy With Every Kick
25 percent of the world's population, more than 1.5 billion people, live in areas with no access to electricity. After considering this problem, four female Harvard...
She Wants Students to Take a Year Off to Do Good in the World
Volunteering abroad between high school and college helps students to learn teamwork and build leadership skills, says Abigail Falik who has launched a non-profit...
Hit Hard by Recession African Americans Still Big on Optimism
There is sharp optimism among African Americans in the wake of a dreadful recession according to the new the Washington Post-Kaiser-Harvard race and recession...
A New ‘National Civility Institute’ Will Try to Calm U.S. Political Rancor
Sparked by the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, a new National Institute for Civil Discourse has been established in Arizona by local leaders interested...
The Real Housewives of D.C.’s Stacie Turner Creates Extra-Ordinary Life for Foster Girls
You may know the Harvard Grad and mom, Stacie Turner, from her season on The Real Housewives of D.C., but one of her most...
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...
Meditation Changes Brain Structure In 8 Weeks, Helping Memory Loss, Stress
In just 8-weeks, a program of mindfulness meditation was able to make measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory, empathy and stress. A...
High School Boy Spends Winter Break Baking for Charity
While rest of the world was thinking about the gifts they would get from Santa, a 15 year-old boy in San Jose was dreaming...
Huge Parkinson’s Breakthrough: Disease Power Switch Found
Through its focus on the fuel supply that powers healthy brain function, a transformative study has uncovered both the key cause and an immediate...
4,100-Student School Busts Myth that Small Classes Are Better
A decade ago, Brockton High School was a case study in failure. Among the 4,100 mostly low-income students, one in three dropped out. Then...
Bill Gates’ Favorite Teacher
Sal Khan, you can count Bill Gates as your newest fan. Gates is a voracious consumer of online education. This past spring a colleague...
Top 100 Businesses Prospering in the Inner City
The Inner City 100 ranks the fastest-growing inner-city businesses in the U.S., a Who's Who of companies located in downtrodden urban areas...
Watch ‘This Emotional Life’ About Mental Health and Resilience
A three-part series ends tonight on PBS that explores improving social relationships, learning to cope with depression and anxiety, and becoming more positive, resilient...
NFL’s $45 million Man Helps Skid Row Teen With College Dream
Even as a teen while Kenneth lived in a homeless shelter on the destitute streets of Skid Row, he dreamed of attending Harvard to...
Massachusetts Health Care Honored as Government Success
As the Obama administration and Congress debate the details of a national health care plan, the state that paved the way for universal...
Rare Original Declaration Of Independence Copy Found In British Archives
A rare print of America's Declaration of Independence has been found in England among files at The National Archives outside London. Printed on...
Ending Poverty Starts in the Womb (w/ Video)
After years of government and faith-based programs to give people a hand up, there is one man who may have found a "cure"...
Life Expectancy Up, Thanks to Cleaner Air
Steps to curb air pollution in the United States are paying off, helping to dramatically increase average life spans, a new study says. ...