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Cindy Sheehan to Install Anti-Obama Camp at Washington Monument

Camp Casey at Crawford, Texas, will be erected in Washington​ Looking back at the aughts, who can forget indelible images of a war and a president that should never have been, and the makeshift camp set up outside President George W. Bush's Texas ranch at Crawford Texas that challenged them ... More >>

I Think That I Shall Never See ...

Camp Casey at Crawford, Texas, will be erected in Washington​ Looking back at the aughts, who can forget indelible images of a war and a president that should never have been, and the makeshift camp set up outside President George W. Bush's Texas ranch at Crawford Texas that challenged them ... More >>

Green Scheme

The city's master plan for cleaner energy is fraught with risk. And, like it or not, you're already signed up.

Turks All Lit Up

The city's master plan for cleaner energy is fraught with risk. And, like it or not, you're already signed up.

Wiesel Attacker Cops Insanity Plea: Pure Evil Or Just Really Dumb?

The city's master plan for cleaner energy is fraught with risk. And, like it or not, you're already signed up.

Peace Out: The S.F. Weekly's Top-10 Suggestions of More Noble Nobels Than Our Pal Al

The city's master plan for cleaner energy is fraught with risk. And, like it or not, you're already signed up.

Future Games

She wants to harness the power of the communal cerebellum her games create and put it to work solving real-world problems

We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay!

This production of a classic protest play fails to capture the original's mania

Crying Whale

Environmental groups sent out a worldwide call to save the gray whale from a Mexican salt plant. They got millions of dollars and thousands of new members. But scientists found no threat to the whales.

Small Wonders

Local scientists are shrinking chips and wires to atomic scale, revolutionizing the electronics industry. But most of the nanotechnological advances you've read about are outsized hype.

How to Pie

Seven steps to ephemeral pastry fame

From Bang to Net

How Arno Penzias, who won the Nobel Prize for confirming the universe started with a Big Bang, turned his back on pure science and became an investment banker for Silicon Valley

Night Crawler

How Arno Penzias, who won the Nobel Prize for confirming the universe started with a Big Bang, turned his back on pure science and became an investment banker for Silicon Valley