The Futurist

Presents articles offering forecasts and ideas on the future in a variety of fields, including business, economics, and culture.

Is the universe hitting menopause?(Tomorrow in Brief)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2003

CPR made easy.(Tomorrow in Brief)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2003

Better music through science.(Tomorrow in Brief)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2003

Computers will master their masters' needs.(Tomorrow in Brief)(Brief A...
November 01, 2003

House of rubbish.(Tomorrow in Brief)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2003

Economic paradigms in transition.(About this Issue)
November 01, 2003

Books vs. other media.(Feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
November 01, 2003

Intellectual property rights.(Feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
November 01, 2003

Labor moves overseas.(Feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
November 01, 2003

Economics 101.(Feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
November 01, 2003

Is hydrogen the only answer?(Feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
November 01, 2003

An alternative to hydrogen.(Feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
November 01, 2003

World Future Society.
November 01, 2003

Climate change threatens food supplies: As Lake Tanganyika warms, food...
November 01, 2003

French firms fight oil slicks.(Environment)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2003

Britain buzzes with new wildlife.(Environment)(wildlife conservation a...
November 01, 2003

Demand for fish creates shortage of worms.(Environment in Brief)(Brief...
November 01, 2003

Where, oh where, have the good old songs gone? As schools cut music pr...
November 01, 2003

Policing the language police.(Society)
November 01, 2003

A model for fighting AIDS: when government talks about sex, people lis...
November 01, 2003

Megaprojects and megamistakes: when big thinking creates big problems....
November 01, 2003

Lake development: balancing the needs of man and nature; researchers e...
November 01, 2003

Preventing child deaths: can we stop the rising number of child deaths...
November 01, 2003

High growth in recreational regions.(Demography)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2003

Programming matter: a possible future; manipulating electrons could gi...
November 01, 2003

Modeling internet traffic.(Technology)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2003

A Planet Under Stress: rising to the challenge; we need to restructure...
November 01, 2003

Online music: the sound of success; the online music industry is turni...
November 01, 2003

Outlook 2004: recent forecasts from the World Future Society for 2004 ...
November 01, 2003

Genentically modified crops may surpass natural crops in acreage plant...
November 01, 2003

Africa may increasingly embrace agricultural biotechnologies to feed i...
November 01, 2003

More fish will be farmed than fished.(Agriculture and Food)(Brief Arti...
November 01, 2003

Coca will continue to trump legal crops.(Agriculture and Food)(Brief A...
November 01, 2003

More developers will find financial rewards in saving the planet.(Busi...
November 01, 2003

Corporations will become more creative about creativity--or they won't...
November 01, 2003

Corporations will become more civil.(Business)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2003

Small businesses will make big impacts.(Business)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2003

Population growth will decelerate.(Demography)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2003

The youth boom in Asia will bring on youthful problems now, elderly pr...
November 01, 2003

Poverty maps could increasingly solve social, economic, and environmen...
November 01, 2003

A future need for condoms.(Demography)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2003

The future of money may be digital, virtual, and universal.(Economics)...
November 01, 2003

Genetic engineering of farm products could lead to lower health-care c...
November 01, 2003

Will there be books in the future?(Economics)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2003

Choice of major affects post-college prosperity.(Education)(Brief Arti...
November 01, 2003

More students may find success without college.(Education)(Brief Artic...
November 01, 2003

A Better World Is Possible.(Education)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2003

Early education leads to more-responsible sexual behavior later on.(Ed...
November 01, 2003

Corporations may soon open their own institutes of technology.(Educati...
November 01, 2003

The hype about hydrogen could create a bubble--and a burst.(Energy)(Br...
November 01, 2003

Businesses could blast hopes for hydrogen as a clean-energy source.(En...
November 01, 2003

Electric power will get personal.(Energy)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2003

Waves may surpass wind as an energy source.(Energy)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2003

Gasses drawn from lakes could provide energy for hundreds of years.(En...
November 01, 2003

Polar bears extinct by the year 2100?(Environment)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2003

Silent skies: feathered futures are fragile.(Environment)(Brief Articl...
November 01, 2003

Forests may be more vulnerable to acid rain than previously thought.(E...
November 01, 2003

Our Final Hour.(Environment)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2003

The Short Path from Fiction to Science.(Environment)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2003

Glaciers are receding faster, with both good and ill effects.(Environm...
November 01, 2003

The war on pests is getting tougher.(Environment)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2003

Floating homes could offer homeowners protection against rising sea le...
November 01, 2003

Earthquakes will become deadlier.(Environment)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2003

Voters are vanishing worldwide.(Governance)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2003

More money may be spent on fewer votes.(Governance)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2003

Jury trials may disappear in the United States.(Governance)(Brief Arti...
November 01, 2003

The Wild Cards in Our Future.(Governance)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2003

The British government is losing the faith of its people.(Governance)(...
November 01, 2003

Globalization will create culture clashes that governments must learn ...
November 01, 2003

We may be able to engineer longer lives for ourselves.(Health)(Brief A...
November 01, 2003

Caring for others may extend your life span.(Health)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2003

Cells, tissues, organs, and even entire humans could be printed like b...
November 01, 2003

Physicians may soon have ways to help paralyzed people move their limb...
November 01, 2003

Virtual reality will make meditating easier.(Health)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2003

Yesterday's Art of Tomorrow.(Health)(Brief Article)
November 01, 2003

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