Sci-Tech

The art of defeating science in four easy steps. And why it's time to stop calling those who question global warming "skeptics."

Millions of security cams are installed every year, few uninstalled.

A conversation with Rick Strassman on the sad state of psychedelic research, Albert Hoffman at 100, and the possibly cosmic pineal gland.

What's the connection between factory farming and genetic engineering?

Genetic engineering will feed the hungry, if the hungry can pay the technology fee. For those who missed it the first time, here again is the story of Terminator.

Do you trust these people with your food? You better. Chances are they're already making it.

Bill Joy and the Attack of the Killer Komputers. Remember when tomatoes were scary?

The anti-GM movement has caught fire throughout North America, Europe and the developing world. But despite the clear dangers of gene-tinkering, Ben Zaitchik urges us not to lose focus on toxic pesticides or the persistent threat posed by the larger agenda of agribiusiness.

Free speech on the Internet is once again under attack by Congress. The Child Online Protection Act and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act are two legislative threats to our existing rights. They are endemic of the will to place capitalism before democracy, foregoing the rights of the individual in order to create a commercially viable medium.

Y2K, even if it had come to pass, still small stuff compared to the Day After.