Technology Review: November/December 2009
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Natural Gas Changes the Energy Map
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Vast amounts of the clean-burning fossil fuel have been discovered in shale deposits, setting off a gas rush. But how it will affect our energy use is still uncertain.
By David Rotman
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From the Editor
 Ghosts in the Machine- How my personal experiences prompted "Prescription: Networking."
By Jason Pontin
Notebooks
- Clean Gas
- Here's the policy we need to exploit our natural-gas resources.
By Daniel Weiss
- Do No Harm
- History can guide us on the wise use of technology in medicine.
By Stanley Reiser
- The Nature of Intelligence
- A look at the potential role of genes in Education.
By Robert Plomin
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Hack
- Modiv Shopper
- A device in supermarkets uses data mined from consumers to target instant advertising.
By Erica Naone
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Imaging
 Time Travel Through the Brain- Over the last 100 years, the way we visualize and understand the complexity of the brain has evolved.
By Moheb Costandi
Briefing
- Transportation
- After a century’s dominance, the fossil-fuel-powered internal combustion engine is facing serious challengers. What will the future of transportation look like? Explore articles, video, and interactive diagrams.
Reviews
- Nuclear Power Renaissance?
- Thirty years after Three Mile Island, nuclear is still too risky. But now the risks have shifted from physical to financial.
By Matthew L. Wald
- Green Genes
- The first transgenic primates able to pass on their foreign genes are both a stunning medical advance and a troubling peek into the future.
By Amanda Schaffer
- A Note on the Type
- Font designers imagine a better-looking Web.
By Joshua J. Friedman
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