An anonymous do-gooder in Berlin transforms a city-street eyesore (and improvised public toilet) by building a Givebox, a cheery phone-booth-sized structure where community members can donate, take, and trade items from books to high heels. Now, Giveboxes are catching on....

The doctor who invented the relaxation response on the science of stress relief...

A Japanese manga book makes learning about wine tasting fun...

A new brand of CSA is offering a different type of sustenance: fresh, local art...

As Susan G. Komen defunds free breast cancer screening programs, women come out in hordes to tell their stories of how Planned Parenthood saved their lives..

Honesty has ceased to be a virtue, and in its absence "our society risks a future of moral numbness," writes William Damon.

Guitar manufacturers are shredding the rainforest faster than a Van Halen solo...

This week's link collection includes Charles Bukowski in California, presidential grandchildren, and writing advice from George Orwell...

Closure is big business, with wacky funeral options, for-hire autopsies, and divorce parties all promising the sweet relief of grief's final stage. Some experts, though, say that the concept of closure is a (profitable) myth....

Try to imagine Iranian aircraft carriers anchoring in the Gulf of Mexico. Preposterous, right? So why does our military get a free pass to camp out in the Persian Gulf?...

A study finds that postpartum depression hits just as many new dads as it does new moms..