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Candy Chang's Looking For Love Again involves the citizens of Fairbanks, Alaska, in formulating a new vision for how to reuse their city's largest abandoned building.

Hacker conference DEF CON is, in information-security circles, a big deal--which is why it's pretty astonishing that in August it will launch its first event targeted at the younger hacker . You know, the kind who's still in school and may not yet be old enough to drive, but is quite adept at managing SQL injections, DDoS, and password cracking. The kind of hacker who may be as young as 8

Charter the modern, well maintained and equipped SPIRIT OF TUSCANY this summer and enjoy the following deals: 4-11 July, now only € 18.000 per week in the French Riviera, or a 10 day one way charter for only € 23.000, available from the French Riviera to Sardinia or to Corsica.

Stanford University physicist Leonard Susskind revels in discovering ideas that transform the status quo in physics. Forty years ago he co-founded string theory, which was initially derided but eventually became the leading candidate for a unified theory of nature. For years he disputed Stephen Hawking’s conjecture that black holes do not merely swallow objects but grind them up beyond recovery, in violation of quantum mechanics

Fifty-six million years ago, enough carbon leaked into the atmosphere to alter the climate and acidify the ocean. The same thing is happening now, much faster.

Few causes bring chefs together like GrowNYC, a nonprofit that sponsors farmer’s markets across most of the five boroughs.

In the beginning, Web site owners posted words and pictures on their pages. Today we refer to that primitive time as Web 1.0.

David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim stuck to a positive message, and made Uglydolls into a household name. The story of Pretty Ugly begins with two people who never wanted to work at a toy company. When David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim met at Parsons School of Design in 2001, the pair quickly bonded over their love for design and their hope to create toys with a meaningful message.

Fast Company introduces a new series of interviews, in which we ask CEOs and others to don the futurist's wizard hat and gaze into our crystal ball. Our first interview, on the future of music, is with Drew Larner, the CEO of Rdio. News is, rightly, about What Just Happened.

It was a big night for the ladies at The James Beard Foundation annual awardsfest, which took place May 9 in New York City: Prune chef (and best-selling Blood, Bones & Butter author) Gabrielle Hamilton proved the third time's the charm when she won Best New York City Chef after being nominated in 2009 and 2010. Hamilton was unfazed by the event's ritziness

Reinvention, innovation, and cultivation make Houston our City of the Year for 2011. IT'S PAST 11 P.M., AND I'M walking with my husband in downtown Houston. We've just seen a play at the Alley Theatre, and the stroll to our car, which I'd left at my office, gives us time to dissect the show and enjoy the city at night

Dear EarthTalk : What’s the nutritional difference between the carrot I ate in 1970 and one I eat today? I’ve heard that that there’s very little nutrition left. Is that true?

Early May brings the promise of fresh auction records as the New York branches of Sotheby’s and Christie’s unveil highlights from their marquee spring evening sales. This week, Robbreport.com previews a few top items from the Impressionist and Modern art auctions that are likely to garner great attention

The recession has highlighted the need for affordable, efficient, quick-to-build structures in urban areas. Because while many of us want to live in pricey cities like Seattle and San Francisco, few people can afford the steel and concrete structures that are nice to live in (and hold up in earthquakes).

As the automotive world searches for the ultimate alternative to gasoline-fueled engines, the big three premium German automakers (Audi, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz) continue to build a case for clean diesel cars here in America. It’s been roughly three years since Mercedes-Benz led the modern-day diesel charge with the E320 Bluetec—designed ...