Science & Technology
The Viking in the Wheat Field
How much do you know about Ug99 and other threats to the world’s food supply?
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
Burning Down The House
The Little Red Schoolhouse
Catastrophe in the Making
Rework (July/10)
Hypochondriac’s Handbook (July/10)
God Made Me Do It (July/10)
