Part One in a new series on smart-phone programs that have earned must-have status from real, grown-up women.

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Like many websites these days—The Atlantic, Slate, Salon, and National Public Radio, to name a few—we’ve been rethinking our site and how it’s [...]

The eternal blond has gone hi-tech geek, complete with Bluetooth headset and netbook. But in Silicon Valley, the news is not good.

For many of us, the word “date” reminds us of nervous high-school moments, our first dinner with our eventual mate, that first time after a divorce we agreed to have [...]

(Many observant WVFC readers are already fans of Julia Kay, who first told us of her Daily Portrait Project a year ago and this fall shared vivid memories of many Septembers. [...]

“She’s got blood on her blade, and her clothing smells of gunpowder,” wrote Chinese blogger Hecaitou after hearing of Hu Shuli’s resignation as editor of Caijing, China’s most important business [...]

The once-bustling newsroom of Caijing, China’s premier business news publication, fell silent last month, when the star editor walked out followed by the editorial staff, who resigned en masse. Disagreements [...]

I joined Facebook last week. A relatively late adopter but maybe not that tardy for my demographic (at least according to Business Week), I am a nearly 60-year-old woman with [...]

When Madhulika Guhathakurta was a small child in Bengal, India, she was torn by what she calls her ‘artistic side’ and her love of math and science. “I painted, [...]

by Dr. Elizabeth Poynor
President Obama, at a White House ceremony on Monday, announced a lifting  of the eight-year ban on federal support of stem cell research that was imposed by [...]