Science, Technology & Environment

The Living Beach

You can’t pin down a beach, Silver Donald Cameron warns: beaches have places to go, people to see, things to do, and we’re the least of their worries. Cameron’s fascination with beaches has already taken ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Inner Hunger: A Young Woman’s Struggle Through Anorexia and Bulimia

By Marianne Apostolides

After 10 years of struggling with anorexia, binging, and bulimia, Marianne Apostolides woke up one morning so disgusted and tired with herself that instead of carrying out her usual routine of gathering food and purging ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Undeclared War: Class Conflict in the Age of Cyber Capitalism

By James Laxer

Ten years after the collapse of communism, at a time of apparent economic resurgence, do we still need to talk about a struggle between the classes? In The Undeclared War, James Laxer forcefully makes the ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

WebTV for Dummies

By Brad Hill

Boy, this Internet thing must be frustrating for marketing types. After more than five years in the white-hot glare of media attention – five years as the Next Big Thing – the goose still refuses ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

I Want My WebTV

By David Fox

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Introducing WebTV

By Jill T. Freeze and Wayne S. Freeze

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Sacred Balance: A Vision for Life on Earth

By David Suzuki with Amanda McConnell

Only a few decades ago, human beings had their first look at Earth from space. Cities, skyscrapers, and other Guinness-Book-of-World-Records manmade wonders disappeared into a swirl of greens and blues shrouded in a white cape ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Spirit of the Web: The Evolution of Communications from Signal Fire to the World Wide Web

By Wade Rowland

On August 27, 1858, the first words sent by transatlantic cable were received on the shores of Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. The message destined to herald in the “noblest symbol of our generation,” a technology of ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Growing up Digital: The Rise of the Net Generation

By Don Tapscott

In a recent essay in Harper’s Magazine, contributing editor Mark Edmundson bemoans the passivity of his undergraduate students. Raised on TV, they seem to him to be virtually incapable of engaging in debate or even ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl

By John Colapinto

In the stories of the Brothers Grimm, children are cautioned not to stray into the forest, lest they be gobbled up by wolves or transformed by witches. As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

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