Science & Technology
The Viking in the Wheat Field
If you’re like most people, you probably know next-to-nothing about the threats to the world’s food supply, not to mention the scientists who devote their lives to protecting it.
Published 03/10/2010
The Edge of Physics
Extreme science meets extreme travel/adventure in Anil Ananthaswamy’s “The Edge of Physics.”
Published 02/27/2010
Eye on LASIK
The FDA is taking a close look at LASIK, focusing on the prevalence of post-surgical complications, which can include severe dry eye, blurry vision and double vision.
Published 02/17/2010
Fault-y Predictions
In “Predicting the Unpredictable: The Tumultuous Science of Earthquake Prediction,” seismologist Susan Hough of the Southern California Earthquake Center explains why the ability to predict earthquakes remains elusive.
Published 01/25/2010
A World Without Ice
In the following Failure interview, geophysicist Henry Pollack talks ice, nature’s “most sensitive and unambiguous indicator of climate change.”
Published 01/11/2010
On Thin Ice
Richard Ellis’ “On Thin Ice” is a book-length celebration of the polar bear.
Published 01/06/2010
Failure of the Year 2001
A Plea to the Television Gods
The Failure of Detroit Lions G.M. Matt Millen
Flawless (March/10)
A Brilliant Darkness (February/10)
The End Of Influence (February/10)
