Manipulating Memory
Drugs that alter traumatic recollections offer new hope for treating anxiety disorders. They could also change the way we think about memory.
By Emily Singer
MIT News: Jan/Feb 2012
TR: May/Jun 2009 PDF issue
Technology Review: May/June 2009
Can Technology Save the Economy?
The U.S. stimulus bill includes tens of billions to support energy and information technologies. It is intended both to create jobs immediately and to set the stage for long-term economic growth. So why are economists and innovation experts so skeptical?
By David Rotman
From the Editor
A Manifesto
Newspapers and magazines won't vanish. But they will change.
By Jason Pontin
Contributors
Letters
Notebooks
Stimulating Green Energy
How promoting renewable-energy technologies will help the economy.
By Joseph Romm
Internet Arms Race
Whether the Internet will help or hinder the spread of democracy is still uncertain.
By John Palfrey
Eschew Enhancement
Memory-boosting drugs should not be made available to the general public.
By Michael K. Ahlijanian
Essay
First Life and Next Life
Synthetic biology is a new field, but it's targeting an old question: How did life begin?
By David Deamer
Q&A
The Silver Lining
Entrepreneurialism and innovation during a recession.
By Jason Pontin
Photo Essay
Hunt for Dark Matter
New detectors may finally reveal dark-matter particles.
By Katherine Bourzac
Reviews
Light, but not Lightweights
Netbooks are more than just cheap laptops.
By Simson Garfinkel
A Lifelike Prosthetic Arm
Thanks to a new surgical procedure, arm amputees can intuitively control a bionic limb for the first time.
By Michael Rosenwald
Telling
To a few human experts, our faces--and deepest emotions--are open books. Now computer technology automates those experts' abilities.
By Mark Williams
Demo
Nanotubes Come into Fashion
Textiles coated with carbon nanotubes look like ordinary cotton.
By Katherine Bourzac
28 Years Ago in TR
The Webs We Weave
Lie detection has never been straightforward.
By Matt Mahoney
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