AltWeeklies Wire
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
Tags: advice columns
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
Tags: computers & technology
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
Tags: computers & technology
High Hopes for Wired Helmetnew
Cutting-edge helmet could help athletes anticipate concussions.
NOW Magazine |
David Silverberg |
12-21-2007 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
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
Tags: computers & technology
Alt.Health: Purging Bad Body Memoriesnew
Overcome trauma through eye movement and blue agate.
NOW Magazine |
Elizabeth Bromstein |
12-07-2007 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
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
Tags: 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
Tags: 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
Tags: 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
Tags: advice columns
Nerd Words Go Mainstreamnew
Technology has inspired vocabulary that's now in use every day.
NOW Magazine |
Joseph Wilson |
11-16-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
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
Tags: advice columns