Ghosts in the Machine

How my personal experiences prompted "Prescription: Networking."
By Jason Pontin

Contributors

Letters from Our Readers

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

David Blumenthal

Health IT's billion-dollar man.
By David Talbot

Modiv Shopper

A device in supermarkets uses data mined from consumers to target instant advertising.
By Erica Naone

Biomedicine

Information Technology

Materials

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

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.

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

Mining Fool's Gold for Solar

Cyrus Wadia is using abundant materials to grow nanocrystals for cheaper photovoltaics.
By Katherine Bourzac

Making Solar Cells with Pure Pyrite