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• Q&A;: Jason Goodman, CEO, 3rd Ward

  

  The proprietor of a 20,000 sq. ft. coworking space and classroom in Brooklyn discusses entrepreneurism, expansion and education without degrees.

  1 | January 18, 2013 1:20am | By Rachel James

• Q&A;: Siobhan O'Connor and Alexandra Spunt, authors, on the future of cosmetics

  

  Siobhan O'Connor and Alexandra Spunt took on the dangers of the largely unregulated beauty and personal care industry in their book, No More Dirty Looks.

  January 4, 2013 3:00am | By Rachel James

• Q&A;: Mark Frauenfelder, editor-in-chief at MAKE magazine, founder of Boing Boing, DIY legend

  

  Stuck in the "velvet rut"? Not sure what that is? Do-it-yourself legend Mark Frauenfelder explains.

  2 | December 21, 2012 3:15am | By Rachel James

• Q&A;: Daniel Gluck, executive director, Museum of Sex

  

  It takes a special kind of business sense to run a world-class institution about a taboo topic. We drop in to chat with its founder.

  8 | December 7, 2012 3:15am | By Rachel James

• Q&A;: Download a new best friend with Soundwalk

  

  These critically acclaimed "sonic nomads" offer urban travelers a way to enter foreign neighborhoods as insiders.

  November 23, 2012 3:15am | By Rachel James

• Q&A;: The rebirth of the Occupy movement

  

  With little media coverage over the last year, the Occupy movement's immediate response to Hurricane Sandy came as a surprise to many. Is this the movement's defining moment?

  19 | November 9, 2012 3:30am | By Rachel James

• Q&A;: Is Whole Foods Market spearheading a new form of advertising?

  

  Old-school ad buys look old. The food chain's new magazine, Dark Rye, is not about food at all.

  15 | October 26, 2012 3:30am | By Rachel James

• Q&A;: What Disney can teach us about urban planning

  

  Can the secrets behind Disneyland's facades act as oracle? Where do we draw the line between Disney-fied experience and authentic, noncommercial social interactions?

  9 | October 12, 2012 3:30am | By Rachel James

• Study shows CEOs might be lonely, but they are not stressed

  

  It might be lonely at the top, but middle management employees are more stressed out than CEOs.

  3 | September 28, 2012 3:20am | By Rachel James

• Serial killers haunt U.S. highways

  

  Ginger Strand's "Killer on the Road" tells the epic tale of America's soulless Interstate System.

  September 28, 2012 3:15am | By Rachel James

• An "extra-ordinary" floating cinema in London

  

  East London is animating its waterways. Check out images of the winning design for the next Floating Cinema.

  September 27, 2012 4:37pm | By Rachel James

• Toronto builds the most skyscrapers in North America: images

  

  Check out these renderings of what Toronto's skyline will look like in 2020.

  1 | September 26, 2012 4:26am | By Rachel James

• What is missing from the history of the world?

  

  BBC offers 10 overlooked moments in world history. Throw your opinion in the mix.

  2 | September 26, 2012 3:30am | By Rachel James

• Soon your dead body will be dissolved or frozen to dust

  

  Future thinking players in the corpse disposal industry take on the environmental and geographical problems of burial and cremation.

  12 | September 25, 2012 3:02pm | By Rachel James

• Is Britain asking for a squatter revolt?

  

  A subcultural rite of passage since the 1960s is now the only option for the down-and-out. A new law criminalizing squatting in Britain may be missing the point.

  7 | September 25, 2012 1:38pm | By Rachel James

• Would you save a baby or keep your Prada shoes?

  

  SmartPlanet reexamines The Examined Life, a mind-blowing film featuring prominent philosophers in unexpected urban landscapes.

  September 20, 2012 3:06pm | By Rachel James

• What is Cosmopolitanism?

  

  SmartPlanet reexamines The Examined Life, a mind-blowing film featuring prominent philosophers in unexpected urban landscapes.

  1 | September 20, 2012 2:25pm | By Rachel James

• The iPhone 5 could have changed everything

  

  Questionable labor practices at Apple factories continue to be unveiled. Should consumers mobilize? Just imagine the power in numbers.

  2 | September 14, 2012 7:56am | By Rachel James

• The 5 deadliest roads in the world

  

  Contrary to popular belief, America does not have the safest roads in the world. In fact, it has some of the deadliest.

  3 | September 11, 2012 12:49pm | By Rachel James

• Edible coffee cup soon to hit European market

  

  Will coffee brand Lavazza's cookie cup arrive in North America, or will America's obsession with fitness trump concerns about the environment?

  1 | September 11, 2012 9:07am | By Rachel James