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On this day 46 years ago the Time Lord (aka Doctor Who) hit television screens, sparking several generations of hick British science fiction.
An army investigation has unearthed another unmarked casket at the historic burial site at Arlington, prompting fears that unofficial burials are taking place.
Microsoft has been in talks with News Corp over a possible move to de-index its news websites from Google.
The Gamburtsev mountain range, buried beneath a kilometre of ice, has been mapped for the first time by an international team of experts.
The US Senate has narrowly voted to hold a full debate on a landmark bill designed to overhaul the country's healthcare.
The social networking site Twitter has taken off this year. According to Alexa it is now the 15th-most widely used site on the web. Its micro-blogging format—users post 140 character […]
Harvard is teaming up with Pennsylvania State to deliver a series on the future of journalism given the increasing role of NGOs in producing news. Can NGOs fill in for […]
The story by Evelyn Theiss of The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer has been online since Friday and I can't stop wondering how Vietnam will react to it. The headline: "My Lai […]
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Renewing a spiritual connection with nature is a must not only for average Americans, but also for green activists locked in offices.
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Environmental activism is largely the province of the white upper-middle class. How can this change?
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For Alex Matthiessen, resisting the temptation to micromanage keeps his Riverkeeper organization afloat.
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The American consumer lifestyle may be incompatible with a sustainable civilization. Then again, it may be incompatible with happiness as well.
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Unless a realistic, responsible national energy policy can keep it current, "green" may prove to be a passing fad.
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The Middletown power plant tragedy raises concerns about the potential for far deadlier catastrophe. In a 2009 video, Alex Matthiessen weighs the risks of maintaining New York's Indian Point plant.
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The inside story of one of the most successful environmental restoration projects in U.S. history.
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Where does NYC drinking water come from? How is it kept safe from toxins and terrorists? Alex Matthiessen clears a few things up.
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A discussion with Alex Matthiessen, Riverkeeper of New York's Hudson River and President of the organization Riverkeeper.
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George Halvorson, the CEO of Kaiser Permanente discusses how the new healthcare IT infrastructure paradigm can drive new strategies within the healthcare vertical industry and beyond.
David Small's graphic memoir, "Stitches," may not have won the National Book Award in Young People's Literature this year. But it did break new ground in a rapidly evolving medium, […]
For the first time, according to Gallup's latest tracking poll, less than fifty percent of Americans approve of the job Barack Obama is doing as President. That's down from 60% […]