The first chapter from The Balance of Nature: Ecology's Enduring Myth by John Kricher. An excerpt from The Late Age of Print: Everyday Book Culture from Consumerism to Control by Ted Striphas. Blogs can be sloppy and vitriolic, but they are also a breeding ground for original voices. Will we decamp for the northern rim? Laurence C. Smith investigates. Should we be spending more money on fixing the banks or on a second stimulus? A review of books marking the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11. Can university subjects reveal terrorists in the making? Wire Power: How to send electricity across the continent, virtually for free. The introduction to When Experiments Travel: Clinical Trials and the Global Search for Human Subjects by Adriana Petryna. A review of God, the Best, and Evil by Bruce Langtry. The introduction to Schoolhouses, Courthouses, and Statehouses: Solving the Funding-Achievement Puzzle in America's Public Schools by Eric A. Hanushek and Alfred A. Lindseth. The reports of the death of science have been greatly exaggerated. What board games taught us about the economy: The not-so-great financial lessons we learned as kids.
