Searther (formerly blackle.org) is a way of getting news about the environment that is reliable, diverse, but not overwhelming or depressing. There is a points system and it is almost like a game, and there are also secrets in the site that you can find using clues. It is well done and continues to improve. [...]

Says Michael Pollan, journalist and author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma, as well as his newest book, In Defense of food. These seven words are his guidelines for a healthy diet, but, as he said, his publisher was looking for 60,000 words not a post card.
Fortunately, it is a lot more complicated than that. At the [...]

Scratch is a programming language— sort of. It has a super user-friendly interface, is designed to be easy for kids as young as six years old and still be fun for adults. All you have to do is snap ‘blocks’ together. You can use it to make 2D games, movies, simulations, and all kinds of [...]