Space
Doom and Gloom by 2100
Unleashed viruses, environmental disaster, gray goo--astronomer Sir Martin Rees calculates that civilization has only a 50-50 chance of making it to the 22nd century
Stories by Julie Wakefield
The Sciences
Science's Political Bulldog
Representative Henry A. Waxman blasts away at the White House for alleged abuse of science. Sure, it's politics--but it could restore confidence in the scientific process
Tech
The Ultimate Clean Fuel
A start-up contemplates nonpolluting cars powered by an ingredient of soap
Sustainability
Telecom's Man of the Moment
Heir to a famed military and political legacy, Michael K. Powell tries to make his mark on the federal agency that regulates cell phones, television and the Internet
Tech
Mimicking Mother Nature
Marrying art and science, Nekton Research has developed an underwater robot inspired by a one-celled organism
Tech
Catching a Buzz
New Internet traffic watchers aim to elevate marketing to a science
The Sciences
A Mind for Consciousness
Somewhere in the brain, Christof Koch believes, there are certain clusters of neurons that will explain why you're you and not someone else
Tech
Complexity's Business Model
Part physics, part poetry--the fledgling un-discipline finds commercial opportunity
Space
The Search for Extreme Life
If microorganisms exist on other worlds, the head of NASA's fledgling Astrobiology Institute plans to find them
