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From his line of Target homeware to his one-of-a-kind buildings, Michael Graves was inspired by the basic needs of everyday people.
Steinbeck highlights an insight all too often lost on many contemporary poverty fighters around the world: efforts to help sometimes turn out to harm.
Oil prices have plunged almost 60%, yet gasoline is only a third cheaper.
A hybrid approach to solar – using reliable silicon and new inexpensive material perovskite – shows promise for low-cost, efficient solar cells.
Electric utilities want to quash distributed solar because they don’t want the competition, right? Perhaps, but if you rely at all on the grid, you have a stake in this fight, too.
According to recent research, music is an evolutionary adaptation that helps us navigate a world rife with contradictions.
The Veterans Health Administration does a very good job of tracking costs for individual hospital stays.
Joint replacement surgery comes with a big risk of infection. New implant technology that can release silver ions inside the body could help – and without increasing antibiotic resistance.
While the US still dominates global arms exports, Russia takes a close second as rising instability increases demand for the latest high-tech weaponry and surveillance gear.
Got milk? Or: Just do it. Which is a more effective ad slogan? New consumer research probes how minds respond to questions in advertising ploys.
Transgender students have a higher suicide rate on college campuses due to the harassment they experience. Now women’s colleges, such as Wellesley, are showing the way forward.
Sound waves are made of particles called phonons. New research shows they’re affected by magnetic fields, with researchers able to steer heat magnetically.
Monica Lewinsky has given a name to her harassment 17 years ago: cyberbullying. New research shows just how widespread it is.
Rather than impose regulations to limit carbon emissions, policies should focus on innovation and systems change through social sciences.
While a surge in hiring by small companies is helping lower the jobless rate, larger firms paying higher salaries play a bigger role in keeping the recovery alive.
The Arab Spring began with a protest against police brutality. The dreams of those who took to the streets 4 years ago will not be realized until police forces change.
Levels of a male sex hormone known to influence aggression and a “love” hormone that promotes bonding both rise in traditional hunters headed home after the kill. What’s going on?
The US is just one actor in an important global non-proliferation regime that works towards preventing the spread of nuclear weapons.
It might seem strange, especially given the nation’s decision to sever ties with George III in 1776.
Social media is being actively used in the public debate on Common Core, with an unprecedented 35,000 to 40,000 tweets each month.
Meetings can be a real drag, but they’re still essential for certain types of decision-making.
By featuring girls who buck the conventions of their world – and ours – films like Insurgent inspire fans to enact real change.
The decision to phase out elephants from Ringling Brothers Circus reflects a shift in public opinion regarding captive wild animals.
“Oy givalt, don’t scare me like that!” But that’s exactly what candidate Benjamin Netanyahu did in the last five days of the campaign. And it worked.