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A Student’s Very Basic Guide to Utilizing Tech: What I Carry around
I’m not a tech guru or a public figure who is of great interest to people working and studying all around the…
Post-Sandy, a Brooklyn Neighborhood Turns to Tech for Resilience
Nearly two years after Hurricane Sandy’s record-breaking floods, Red Hook – one of the New York neighborhoods…
BTW: Your Great Idea
Why not sit at the computer, write my novel, find a publisher, call it a day? Because I kept stopping at Step…
Turkey sent refugees back to Kobani
While, according to official figures, Turkey hosts at least 180,000 refugees from the Syrian-Kurdish Kobani, w…
Video: A quick Xhosa lesson
Remember Sinazo and Linda from Monday’s story about youth unemployment? That same day, they gave Adam a little…
Will global warming bring more snow to the Rockies?
A new climate change report by the Colorado Water Conservation Board suggests that parts of the Rocky Mountain…
Late in the Desert Day
It is as though the passage of the hours has washed the air. The mountains all around you seem better-defined…
The disruptive power of genomics
The Human Genome Project paved the way for medical researchers to probe the genetic causes of disease. Unlocki…
FCC Used Title II To Fine AT&T For SMS Cramming And The World Didn’t End: Why Would It For Broadband?
Earlier this month, the FCC and the FTC fined AT&T for years of profiting of off cramming — a scam in which us…
Planet quest
Two teams who have thrown their hats into the ring for the European Space Agency’s next medium-class mission a…
Riding for Remembrance
A street justice group is raising awareness about traffic safety by spray painting striking sidewalk memorials…
Week in Wolves #7 Counting Wolves
Some stories this week about how many wolves there are in Lithuania, Bulgaria and Turkey; how many wolves are…
Reader poll: Should Frack Lab articles be freely available?
Beacon has changed its default for articles, so that they’re public (available to everyone, subscribers or not…
Crohn’s Disease Vs Plants
This week I am going to show you some very exciting research on Crohn’s Disease and plant-based nutrition. Thi…
When gap years turn into unemployment
Sinazo Nxoko plans to study multimedia journalism at a local university, but she has struggled to find work th…
Your Weekly Climate Update
We hope you enjoy the following roundup of what’s new, interesting and important in climate and the environmen…
Hack Education Weekly News: Yes, #Gamergate is an Ed-Tech Issue
Ebola ebola ebola. MOOCs MOOCs MOOCs. College sports scandals. Violence against women online. More violence ag…
The State of the American Catch: an interview with Paul Greenberg
In his most recent book, heralded seafood writer Paul Greenberg turns a critical eye to the international seaf…
As US Drops Arms Into Kobane, Echo of Turkey’s UNSC Loss, Awaiting UN Praise
The US air-dropped weapons into Syria on October 19, to Kurds defending Kobane. Afterward on a background call…
A Yank Explores Melbourne
I make my way from the capital city of Australia, Canberra, to the bustling hipster’s paradise of Melbourne. A…
Why Mexican wrestling is the REAL greatest show on earth
Combining the acrobatics of Montreal’s Cirque de Soleil, the theatrics of Broadway’s Lion King, and the whoop-…
Is The Players’ Tribune changing the game?
Derek Jeter’s new post-retirement website aims to bring athletes closer to fans with first-person features fro…
South Korea’s Distinctive Brand of Escapism
This is part one of a two-part essay in which I consider the idiosyncratic culture of escapism in South Korea….
Introducing: Photo of the Week
There are many photos from our reporting that don’t make it to our posts. We figured a way to let some of them…
Trouble for the Bakken? Oil prices reach four-year low
With oil prices falling over the past couple of months, then falling even more steeply in October, suddenly th…
Ebola catches Britain at its best and worst
The UK is joining other globally-minded countries including the US and France in tackling Ebola in west Africa…
As Turkey Loses Race for UNSC Seat, Dark Talk at UN of Kobane and Censorship
When Turkey lost its race for a UN Security Council seat, garnering only 60 votes compared to 132 for Spain, d…
Bug-Inspired Solutions for Climate Change
In the quest to reduce our carbon footprint and deal with the fallouts of climate change, researchers are turn…
Bed-Stuy’s Haunting Silhouettes
A New York City councilman plans to erect solemn memorials that commemorate lives lost due to gun violence in…
Lamborn Leadership
This week, The Colorado Independent cartoonist gives his take on 5th District Republican Congressman Doug Lamb…
Amy Arbus Explores the Intersection of Visual Art, Mental Health, and Narrative Medicine
At a talk at Columbia University Medical Center, Amy Arbus, the editorial and commercial photographer and daug…
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