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Extreme Placemaking: Inside the Army's Mock Afghan Villages at Fort Polk
For several years now, the U.S. military has been trying to replicate Afghan and Iraqi towns on U.S. soil to prepare soldiers to go there.
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Charts
Where Families Go After Foreclosure
What's the connection between foreclosures and homelessness?
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Turning Old Beer Bottles Into Garden Mulch
Is there anything high-speed flexible impactors can't flail into gold?
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Democracy in America
This Week In Bans: Alabama Chokes on 'Dirty Bastard' Beer
Also outlawed around the world: "gay cure" ads in London, discrimination on the basis of sexuality in Indiana, South Carolina yarn bombing.
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The Dark Cloud Hanging Over the Feel-Good Inner City Education Story of the Week
You'd think the national champion chess team at Intermediate School 318 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, wouldn't have to worry about their program's continued funding. But you'd be wrong.
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Postcard
Siberia's Ice Floaters
The winter swim club of Krasnoyarsk gets in one last hurrah before the spring comes.
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Should Seattle Really Be Growing Goji Berries and Jujubes?
The city embarks on an ambitious plan for an urban forest, with free food for all.
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The Big Fix
Why Tourists Rarely Explore the Rest of Las Vegas
The city's famous marketing success highlights its primary appeal.
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Videos
Feeling Tired? Take This Giant Slide to Class
A university in Munich installed two four-story slides in their student center.
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Bad Zoning Can Ruin Your Kid's Life
A new report examines the link between standardized test scores and restrictive zoning regulations.
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