Doctors in Texas have found a way to save patients money, but the ACA threatens to quash their innovation.

Five links for your Saturday

A new method for collecting water from the air promises to bring clear water to dry areas. Human creativity continues to overcome the challenges we face.

Mass denationalization of citizens was a vicious aspect of 20th century totalitarian regimes, and it appears to be coming back.

S&P downgraded New Jersey’s bond ratings due to the state’s poor fiscal health. Only Illinois and California are in worse shape.

The Philippines and Vietnam are putting aside their competing claims on the South China Sea in order to present a united, and stronger, front against China. What better to break the ice than a beach party?

Twin reports from a commission of Los Angeles professionals show a city in decline but reluctant to change course.

Massachusetts universities have long been a magnet for planet’s best and brightest, but visa woes too often send them packing before they’ve hit their stride. Now Governor Deval Patrick wants to help them stick around.

Pakistan awards a disputed parliamentary seat to the leader of a banned anti-Shi‘a organization. This is bad sign for the country’s persecuted Shi’a minority.

While Japan may have expressed remorse over its wartime actions in the Philippines, it hasn’t yet offered an apology to China and Korea.