Issue 2: Michaelmas 2007

Regulars
Cambridge Editorials
Climate Change: The Cultural Cost ![]()
Is Tree Planting More Than Just Show? ![]()
Time to Revoke Invalid Gene Patents? ![]()
International Features
Cambridge Features
What Open Innovation Means for Scientists ![]()
The CSI Effect: TV's Impact on the Future of Forensic Science ![]()
When we were told about evolution in biology classes, we were introduced to it as a process that species underwent over great periods of time. We were taught that evolution requires a selective pressure, something that causes the preferential retention of a heritable trait within the gene pool leading ultimately to the delineation between species o...
The Golem in the Room: Technology and its Central Role Within Society ![]()
From the first flints hacked into rudimentary blades to the latest satellites, attack helicopters and wiki-sites, technology changes society. But is technology itself an agent of change? Personifying technology gives the impression of a Faustian pact, of technology having a mind of its own. Some readers may recall a TV series in 2004 featuring Jere...