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As with any kind of giving, it's wise to verify that the cause you are donating to is a legitimate organization before pledging funds. This is especially true when you learn of a nonprofit on Facebook, where phishing and other scams can give the impression that your friends are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Donating by Text: Haiti Fundraising Goes Viral | 1/13/2010 | See Source »

Legitimate organizations send a confirmation text moments after you donate to verify that you really want to give the amount specified, typically $5 or $10. If you say yes, then the amount will appear on your next cell-phone bill. If you did not intend to donate, you can cancel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Donating by Text: Haiti Fundraising Goes Viral | 1/13/2010 | See Source »

So what does this have to do with you if you don't gamble? It's the wrong question because, actually, you do. Investing, driving, buying a house and merely crossing the street are all acts that involve discernible risks and uncertain rewards. The more small returns you get from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Winning Can Mean Losing in Poker and Life | 1/13/2010 | See Source »

And unlike the risks at the poker table, where your losses are just yours, in the larger world, you can take down a lot of other people with you. "Organizational malfeasance in general depends on this kind of risk analysis," says Siler. "Look at a place like Enron. People took...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Winning Can Mean Losing in Poker and Life | 1/13/2010 | See Source »

For now, the best the USGS and other organizations can do is use the global web of seismometers and other instruments that are already in place and always being improved to build the best map possible of the planet's interior and at least narrow the predictive window of when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Could the Haiti Earthquake Have Been Predicted? | 1/13/2010 | See Source »

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