The Genetics of Language
Researchers are starting to explain the genetic code that gives humans the gift of gab.
By Jon Cohen
MIT News: Jan/Feb 2012
TR: Jan/Feb 2008 PDF issue
Technology Review: January/February 2008
The Price of Biofuels
Corn ethanol is inefficient to produce. Better biofuels are a long way from your gas tank. But do we really have any other options?
By David Rotman
The Fleecing of the Avatars
Accusations of fraud in Second Life raise a questions: can virtual environments ever become a credible center of e-commerce?
By David Talbot
From the Editor
The Geography of Innovation
The global culture of valuable, fresh thinking.
By Jason Pontin
Letters
Letters
Letters from our readers.
Notebooks
Cellulosic Biofuels
Converting biomass to biofuels presents major challenges.
By Gregory Stephanopoulos
Second Chance for Second Life
Virtual worlds need the freedom to self-correct.
By Robert Bloomfield
Build from Scratch
Technology makes architectural innovation possible.
By William J. Mitchell
Forward
E-Paper, In Living Color
Materials advances could bring color, video, and flexibility.
Wire Power
One photovoltaic wire could power a sensor; arrays could yield cheaper electricity.
Of Hi5 and Orkut
Growth in social-networking sites explodes abroad.
An Eye on Despots
Images of camps and destroyed settlements bolster abuse reports.
Brain Circuitry, Alight
Neurons in 100 hues spotlight disease, development.
Your Future, on a Chip
Navigenics promises genomic testing and genetic counseling.
Essay
"You Don't Understand Our Audience"
What I learned about the business of network television at Dateline NBC.
By John Hockenberry
Q&A
Peter Norvig
Google's director of research talks about the evolution of Web search.
By Kate Greene
Photo Essay
The Building, Digitally Remastered
The rectilinear glass box has become a relic of the predigital past.
By Michael Patrick Gibson
Reviews
The Naked Ear
A fully implantable hearing aid in clinical trials shows promise.
By Michael Chorost
Green Revolutionary
Norman Borlaug, who saved the world once already, is needed again.
By John Pollock
The Tipping Jar
The English band Radiohead is messing with the business of music.
By Larry Hardesty
Hack
Bug Labs
A new company makes a modular electronic device.
By Erica Naone
Demo
Tiny Living Machines
Devices made of heart tissue could screen drugs and power implantable robots.
By Kevin Bullis
29 Years Ago in TR
Oil Rigging Elections
Politics continue to complicate energy policy.
By Michael Patrick Gibson
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