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GOOD.IS/Ecosystem: The Road Map to Harmony
In the complex web of our world, each part of the system affects all the others. Today, multiple areas need improvement. Luckily, there are people, organizations, and businesses working to reset the...
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Finding India's Missing Teachers
By researching India's poorly staffed schools, this MIT group figured out how to fix them.A teacher-less classroom is an all-too-familiar scene for primary school students in many low-income...
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Serving Brain Food for Lunch
Giving up your lunch hour to read with kids could create a new generation of bookworms.According to a 2007 Department of Education study, only half of low-income fourth graders read proficiently for...
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Treating Patients to Talk Time
An ingenious scheme to encourage people to take their TB meds. Tuberculosis treatment is a drag. Patients require a six-month course of antibiotics to clear the lung infection, which plagues a third...
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Is the Doctor In?
Health providers are essential to preventing deaths from childbirth and disease. But "health providers" can refer to anything from nurses to midwives to physicians. Here we look at the relationship...
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Spinning a Faster Web
A technology that is speeding up the developing world's internet connections.Internet connections in the developing world are getting a boost thanks to a technology conceived to improve corporate IT....
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Searching the Web for Pandemics
Using search terms to track emerging influenza pandemics.When a handful of engineers can track the daily online searches of tens of millions of people (and protect their privacy) all for the...
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