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Shelves Stocked With Fakersnew

Thanks to a flood of cheap Chinese ingredients, "local" food is like local cars assembled from foreign parts.
NOW Magazine  |  Wayne Roberts  |  01-11-2008  |  Food+Drink

Alt.Health: Where There's a Will ...new

So it's like almost halfway through January and your New Year's resolutions are so busted, right?
NOW Magazine  |  Elizabeth Bromstein  |  01-11-2008  |  Advice

Why a Hike in Food Prices is a Good Thingnew

Cheap food has been one of the leading causes of global poverty, hunger, disease and pollution -- that's why one of the biggest stories of 2007 is also one of the best: food prices are shooting up.
NOW Magazine  |  Wayne Roberts  |  01-04-2008  |  Food+Drink

Perhaps We Can Make Ourselves Invisiblenew

Invisible cloaks like the one imagined in the Harry Potter books are in the realm of possibility.
NOW Magazine  |  Joseph Wilson  |  01-04-2008  |  Tech

2007's Top 10 Tech Trendsnew

To help you sort through the year's major tech crazes, here's a handy list of what you should know about in case you're in a conversation filled with words like "streaming video" and "fuel cell."
NOW Magazine  |  David Silverberg  |  12-28-2007  |  Tech

High Hopes for Wired Helmetnew

Cutting-edge helmet could help athletes anticipate concussions.
NOW Magazine  |  David Silverberg  |  12-21-2007  |  Sports

Google Expands the Heavensnew

The sky equivalent to Google Earth lets us map the stars and galaxies.
NOW Magazine  |  Joseph Wilson  |  12-14-2007  |  Tech

Alt.Health: Purging Bad Body Memoriesnew

Overcome trauma through eye movement and blue agate.
NOW Magazine  |  Elizabeth Bromstein  |  12-07-2007  |  Advice

Detroit's Rep on the Risenew

The city that once typified urban blight is changing its identity.
NOW Magazine  |  Ron Stang  |  12-07-2007  |  Travel

Geek Chic Sketch Troupe Strikes Comedy Goldnew

To describe Knock Knock. (Who's There?) Comedy! as a sketch troupe that does comedy about comedy suggests their material is full of in jokes and isn't, in the end, funny. That's not true.
NOW Magazine  |  Glenn Sumi  |  11-30-2007  |  Performance

Big Food's Local Distastenew

If supermarket giants get their way, local foods will never get out of special interest section.
NOW Magazine  |  Wayne Roberts  |  11-26-2007  |  Food+Drink

Bottoming Out in South Americanew

My Argentine trek takes me to the world's most southern port accessible by road.
NOW Magazine  |  James Burt  |  11-16-2007  |  Travel

Ecoholic: Don't be Fooled by Fishy Statsnew

"New research says pregnant women should eat more fish. What's the green perspective? Can we eat albacore tuna or not?"
NOW Magazine  |  Adria Vasil  |  11-16-2007  |  Advice

Nerd Words Go Mainstreamnew

Technology has inspired vocabulary that's now in use every day.
NOW Magazine  |  Joseph Wilson  |  11-16-2007  |  Tech

Alt.Health: Toking Your Way to Successnew

Are those who inhale really smarter than those who don't?
NOW Magazine  |  Elizabeth Bromstein  |  11-16-2007  |  Advice

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