AltWeeklies Wire
A Bristol Nonprofit Wants to Replicate Your Brain and Bequeath It to a Robotnew

Some transhumanists are interested in eliminating certain diseases, or in slowing down the aging process. More ambitious ones, such as Bruce Duncan or the folks at the Willington, Connecticut-based World Transhumanist Association, believe that technology could eventually help us outlive death.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
07-18-2008 |
Tech
Taste-Testing Vermont's Prison Foodnew

Including "nutraloaf," a "loaf-style form of nourishment" that is typically served to prisoners who "misuse" food or "bodily waste."
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
04-14-2008 |
Food+Drink
rBGH Free?new
Montsano lobbyists attack consumers' right to know if dairy products contain milk from cows given rBGH.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
01-18-2008 |
Food+Drink
Vermonters Share Their 60-Minute Fantasiesnew
These thoughtful busybodies answer the question: What would you do with an extra hour if you had it?
Seven Days |
Mike Ives and Paula Routly |
12-28-2007 |
Culture
Hummer Happynew
Bob Tousignant, 58, is a semi-retired electrician and former Navy man. He lives in a modest, gray-shingled house at the top of a sleepy hill in Randolph, Vt., with his wife, Jane -- and his Hummer.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
06-15-2007 |
Culture
Rib-Eye Radionew

Farmers Chip and Kathy Morgan raise Black Angus cattle and run a radio station out of their kitchen.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
01-10-2007 |
Media