Technology

Peak Oil Is Dead. Long Live Peak Oil!

Peak Oil Is Dead. Long Live Peak Oil! Peak Oil Is Dead. Long Live Peak Oil!

The eulogies for peak oil came too soon. 

Jan 9, 2014 / Michael T. Klare

Nuclear Hubris: Could Japan’s Disaster Happen Here?

Nuclear Hubris: Could Japan’s Disaster Happen Here? Nuclear Hubris: Could Japan’s Disaster Happen Here?

The US has twenty-three reactors of the same design as the Fukushima No. 1 reactor that is now in partial meltdown, and our federal regulators are captives of the nuclear industry.

Mar 14, 2011 / Christian Parenti

The Big Green Buy

The Big Green Buy The Big Green Buy

How Obama can use the government's purchasing power to spark the clean-energy revolution.

Jul 15, 2010 / Feature / Christian Parenti

Robot Rock Robot Rock

Video may have killed the radio star, but the vocoder liberates her voice.

Jun 9, 2010 / Books & the Arts / J. Gabriel Boylan

Gaming Your Brain For Violence Gaming Your Brain For Violence

What effect does training soldiers to "dehumanize" the enemy have on us? And are video games giving us in some part the same training?  

Apr 9, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Minority Opinions on the iPad Minority Opinions on the iPad

The iPad -- It's very strange. It started arriving in stores April 1 and the reviewers are already calling it a game changer but one aspect of the new device is causing conster...

Apr 1, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Searching for CCS Searching for CCS

Will carbon capture and sequestration help us avoid runaway climate change?

Nov 19, 2009 / Feature / Holly Wren Spaulding

Invest in Innovation Invest in Innovation

The US economy rewarded the finance industry at the expense of our most creative problem-solvers. We need an innovation revival to grow our way back to health.

Oct 30, 2008 / Feature / James S. Henry and Jim Manzi

Facebook’s About-Face on Privacy Facebook’s About-Face on Privacy

 

Dec 6, 2007 / The Nation

Networked Networked

Think you've read everything about Myspace? Think again. Social network expert danah boyd breaks it down.

Jan 24, 2007 / Kate Sheppard

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