Science, Technology & Environment

★ Bones: Discovering the First Americans

Bones: Discovering the First Americans is about beginnings – specifically, the beginning of human habitation in the Americas. The official story says that aboriginal people crossed a land bridge – called “Beringia” – from Siberia ... Read More »

February 9, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Sea of Heartbreak: An Extraordinary Account of a Newfoundland Fishing Voyage

By Michael Dwyer

Despite Farley Mowat’s heavy-handed introduction, Sea of Heartbreak is a straightforward, harrowing tale of a commercial fishery gone horribly wrong. Michael Dwyer, a Newfoundland fisherman, is a first-time author, and that shows here. His prose ... Read More »

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Prescription Games: Money, Ego, and Power Inside the Global Pharmaceutical Industry

By Jeffrey Robinson

When it comes to health care, the public has high expectations. Patients demand strict ethical standards and believe that a certain degree of altruism should motivate not only health professionals, but pharmaceutical companies as well. ... Read More »

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Unnatural Harvest: How Corporate Science Is Secretly Altering Our Food

By Ingeborg Boyens

Given the lack of North American news coverage about food production, one could be excused for imagining that genetically engineered food is still science fiction, or that it is subject to strict controls and safeguards, ... Read More »

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Ugly Canadian: The Rise and Fall of a Caring Society

By Barbara Murphy

Anyone who wonders how Bay Street brokers can blithely zip their high-end cars past haggard figures on heating grates might ask whether Canadians have become less compassionate. It’s a question Ottawa social policy consultant Barbara ... Read More »

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Living the Good Life: Your Guide to Health and Success

By David Patchell-Evans

Many of us approaching 40 (or 50) are acutely aware of how we need to pay attention to diet, exercise, and general health. We may find we can no longer eat like teenagers without gaining ... Read More »

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Fat Wars: 45 Days to Transform Your Body

By Brad King

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Health Talk: How to Communicate with Your Doctor

By Mary F. Hawkins

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Database Nation: The Death of Privacy in the 21st Century

By Simson Garfinkel

Back in the old days before the Web was born, sometime around 1985, a Toronto computer dealer set up an online bulletin board. It was a modest affair that enabled his customers to post messages ... Read More »

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment