Environment
Can we get off oil now?
How many wars, deaths, recessions and environmental disasters will it take before Americans, and their Congress, finally make a decisive move to reduce the country's dependence on oil?
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Environment
Business and ex-military leaders caution against U.S. supporting Middle Eastern oil "cartel"
Just a few weeks after issuing policy recommendations aimed at weaning the U.S. from foreign oil, a group of business executives and retired military leaders known as the Energy Security Leadership Council (ESLC) seized on the political turmoil in Libya and other oil-rich nations to press its case...
Environment
Despite the Stimulus, High-Speed Rail Still Rides the Slow Track in the U.S.
Among the reasons public transportation has not taken off in the U.S. as it has elsewhere are Americans' love affair with cars and a well-developed highway infrastructure
Environment
"Chemical body burden" researchers and advocates raise questions about biomonitoring studies and hazards regulations
WASHINGTON—The catchphrase "chemical body burden," or the presence of hazardous chemicals and their residues in humans, has started to be teased apart by researchers and environmental health advocates in recent years...
Technology
Anecdotes from the Archive: Map-making on wheels
Have you ever found yourself stumbling upon some great new restaurant or hiking path and, having no idea how you got there, realize its impossible to get back a second time?
Environment
Raising the Volt-Age: Is Obama's Goal of 1 Million Electric Vehicles on U.S. Highways by 2015 Realistic?
Although waiting lists for EVs rolling off the factory floors are growing, the president's State of the Union target will be impossible without help from the federal government
Policy
Readers Respond to "Climate Heretic" and Other Articles
Letters to the editor from the November 2010 issue of Scientific American
Technology
The Immortal Ambitions of Ray Kurzweil: A Review of Transcendent Man
A documentary about Ray Kurzweil's belief that technology could conquer mortality reveals the futurist's emotional life but fails to question his bold claims
Environment
Pay-Off: Have E-ZPass and Similar Toll Programs Reduced Traffic and Pollution?
Studies have shown that automated systems result in major decreases in toll plaza delays and air pollution. But does taking the inconvenience out of paying tolls encourage more driving?
Environment
Inventing Batteries from Air
ARPA-e and others aim to fund development of a battery that relies on lithium and air
Technology
Personal Technology in 2011
Video games, smart phones, apps, e-readers--people are fitting digital gadgets into all aspects of their lives
Environment
A Tale of Two U.S. Electric Car Companies
Can the U.S. grow a domestic electric car industry?
Mind & Brain
Mind Out of Body: Controlling Machines with Thought
In an exclusive excerpt from his new book, a pioneering neuroscientist argues that brain-wave control of machines will allow the paralyzed to walk, and portends a future of mind melds and thought downloads...
Technology
Anecdotes from the Archive: A ride fit for a shah
In a December 8, 1900, article about a new steam automobile, the "Serpollet Carriage," we learn that the inventor, M. Serpollet, had the honor of cruising around with some royalty...
Technology
Circuit Breaker? Electric Car Popularity May Depend on Home Energy Management
Never mind electric-vehicle range anxiety, how will power utilities and home systems handle the growing load of a burgeoning fleet of electric cars? A maker of home battery-charging stations partners with networking giant Cisco Systems to enable energy monitoring and management from a single touch-screen device...
Policy
Gizmos Galore: The 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Pictures [Slide Show]
Here is a bit of what an estimated 140,000 attendees saw at last week's CES
Policy
Gizmos Galore: The 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Pictures [Slide Show]
Here is a bit of what an estimated 140,000 attendees saw at last week's CES
Environment
M.I.T. Panel Says a Charging Infrastructure May Be a Bigger Roadblock for Electric Vehicles Than Technology
The infrastructure challenges include installing tens of millions of charging stations, strengthening the grid to handle electricity demand by plug-ins, and changing utility regulations to promote nighttime recharging...
Technology
What Is the Watson Jeopardy-Playing Supercomputer, Alex?
Scientific American editor Michael Moyer talks about the sneak preview he caught of IBM's Watson Jeopardy! -playing computer. And ScientificAmerican.com 's Larry Greenemeier spoke with Ford's Brad Probert about the new all-electric Focus at the Consumer Electronics Show last week in Las Vegas...
Automobiles
Wired Wheels: Taking a Spin in the Future of Urban Transportation
General Motors offers a taste of its Electric Networked Vehicle at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show
