Trying to hold back the onslaught of genetically modified foods -- or at least slap them with a label.

Why "Enlightened," which was recently canceled, was the best send-up of capitalism on TV.

"The Host" is all about aliens who invade both earth and the bodies of human beings. Ronan stars as one of the last human survivors who is eventually co-opted by a good-natured E.T..

Sanitation workers take center stage as a modern dance ensemble, inspire audiences.

A vision of what life in a sustainable United States would look like in 2100.

Entertainment isn't causing a culture of gun violence -- we are.

As Mardi Gras recedes in the rear view mirror and April looms large, it's near impossible for a fan of American roots music not to ponder a pilgrimage to the Crescent City.

Go Code has developed the means of creating technology to give each house and location a unique identification code, enabling some slum dwellers in India to apply for state assistance, many of them for the first time.

Ten years after the Iraq War, occasional, usually dimmed, strobe lights flicker on the real suffering of American soldiers and their loved ones. Numerically much larger, the Iraqi suffering gets short shrift, barely discernible in the shadows of U.S. media and politics.

From Mrs. Robinson by Simon and Garfunkel to "Forrest Gump" by Frank Ocean.

Bamboo Flooring Seems Preferable to Wood, but the Devil Is in the Details

The battle to focus Earth Day less on parties and more on cleanup.

Trying to hold back the onslaught of genetically modified foods -- or at least slap them with a label.

Portraying the flamboyant pianist Liberace proved to be the "hairiest" role of Douglas' career.

It is odd to commemorate John F. Kennedy's life and legacy in the place he was gunned down. But it had to be. The site would have been fetishized by curious tourists in any case, perhaps more ghoulishly.

Saveur magazine and the Food Network celebrate gluttony.

"Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet" should resonate with our apocalyptically minded time, and the author's aspirations may connect with young activists, technologists, and entrepreneurs.

What has happened in Africa is the same thing that has happened in the West: The idea of time has grown more linear, more compressed, and more accelerated as it pushes forward into the future.

"Olympus Has Fallen, which Butler produced, has already been nicknamed "Die Hard in the White House."

"Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead," a new book by social media mogul Sheryl Sandberg, fails because the author wants to accelerate the "race to the bottom" behavior that has become standard in American business and politics. She is not the solution to a problem. She is a problem.