The Case Against Homework. Does assigning fifty math problems accomplish any more than assigning five? Is memorizing word lists the best way to increase vocabulary—especially when it takes away...

Girls Soccer Coach Resigns over hilarious (insane?) email to parents "Some say soccer at this age is about fun and I completely agree. However, I believe winning is fun and losing is for losers...

"Sexting": a disturbing new teenage trend...

Dead.AtYourAge.Com is a handy website that tells you about noteworthy people who died at exactly your age (or thereabouts). Like, in my case, Dimebag Darrell...

"I understand you want to make finance entertaining, but it's not a f*ckin game." After trading blows over the last couple weeks, CNBC's Mad Money host Jim Cramer appeared opposite...

Doug Rushkoff throws down the gauntlet in his "Radical Abundance" speech at the O'Reilly Web 2.0 conference. Some highlights of the speech: "The only real possible competition to Google and their economy of faux openness would be peer-to-peer...

Jan Fabre put 1.6 million irridescent beetles on the ceiling

5bis rue du Verneuil is the home of Serge Gainsbourg in Paris. This short film peels off the layers of graffiti left on the wall there.

You think you have a problem with baldness? Check out the bears in the Leipzig Zoo.

The development blog for the original Prince of Persia from Jordan Mechner.