The Messenger
The best scientists, scrutinizing atmosphere, ice, earth, and sea, say global warming is approaching a tipping point. But we still have time to keep it from reaching catastrophic levels.
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It's Not Too Late: Special Report on Energy
The energy technologies that might forestall global warming already exist. Cleaner coal, smarter nuclear, bioengineered ethanol, and more.
The Oil Frontier
Don't expect the scarcity of fossil fuels to drive us toward alternative energy sources anytime soon: we're getting smarter about finding and extracting oil.
The Dirty Secret
Better technologies exist for extracting coal, a major source of carbon dioxide emissions. The challenge is getting people to adopt them.
The Best Nuclear Option
The U.S. Energy Department's fuel-recycling initiative could be a distraction from a more achievable goal: reviving today's nuclear industry and averting some carbon emissions in the short term.
Redesigning Life to Make Ethanol
Genetically engineered organisms that more efficiently produce ethanol from cheap and abundant sources of biomass, such as agricultural waste, could make it cost competitive.
It's Not Too Early
We know where we must go eventually. Why not head there now?
The Un-Coal
By investing in energy efficiency, we could vastly reduce carbon dioxide emissions and save money.
Seeing Your Pain
Learning to consciously alter brain activity through MRI feedback could help control pain and other disorders.
Homo Conexus
A veteran technology commentator attempts to live entirely on Web 2.0.
From the Editor
The Alternative
Catastrophic climate change is not inevitable. We possess the technologies that could forestall global warming. Why can't we use them?
Letters
Forward
28 Years Ago in TR
Energy from the Sea
Are we ready for a 19th-century idea?
Photo Essay
Brazil's Bounty
Life is sweet for the world's leading ethanol exporter.
Reviews
Is Defeating Aging a Dream?
A panel of independent scientist and technologists reviews criticism of Aubrey de Grey's antiaging proposals.
The Terabyte Zone
A thousand gigabytes of hard-drive space is a blessing. But how will we manage that much data?
Vinge's Singular Vision
Cyberfiction's founder returns with a preview of our virtual future.
Notebooks
DOE's Blurred Nuclear Vision
A consistent strategy is the key to a successful nuclear future.
Technology Design or Evolution?
The two processes for building complex systems are very different.
Engineering Biology
The time is now for developing biology into a full-fledged engineering field.
Q&A
Seth Lloyd
Is the universe a quantum computer?
Hack
Lego Mindstorms NXT
A simple but versatile robotics platform for hobbyists and educators.
Demo
Biology and the Engineer
Subra Suresh is borrowing tools from physics to understand nanoscale changes in diseased cells.
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