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The hacker-activist community seems to leave no safe place for women. Rosie J. Spinks asks: Can it grow up?

She only speaks a few words of her in-laws’ language, but she knows how to find the right thing to say.

The chutes, ladders, and waiting games behind a plan to restore a giant mammal to Alaska. Jenna Schnuer observes some of the first steps.

A book in the hand is worth two in the Nook.

Spring has nearly sprung, and the bumblebee is its harbinger, explains researcher Kent McFarland.

The forgotten art of proper tea.

A bit of twine transformed between two hands is an ice breaker that transcends cultures and languages.

There’s a weird schism between geeks who love sports and those who don’t.

Mexico is determined to convert its patrimony into digital form on its own terms.

CoderDojo promotes self-directed learning and local mentors to help kids teach themselves to program.

A truly filthy, wonderful genre of blues fails to get the attention it deserves. Leah Reich takes us on a tour.

A little pavement won’t stop Rob Pegoraro from cross-country skiing across his city. 

A responsible dealer of a radioactive element once pushed as a quack cure tried to keep the genie in the bottle, writes Theresa Everline.

Matthew Amster-Burton contends with the messy reality of books in an elementary-school library

It’s time to stand up for what’s important: not you.

A faster, egg-free flu vaccine becomes available to those with allergies, including reporter Jen A. Miller.

Atlanta’s urban form doesn’t cope well with ice storms. That doesn’t mean it’s going to change any time soon.

Sorting out the taxing dilemma of paying taxes on crowdfunding campaigns at Kickstarter and beyond.

San Francisco’s original scenester looks back on a half century of bohemian life with Colleen Hubbard.