From Seed, five experts debate the roots of GM opposition, the role of big agribusiness, and whether we’ve achieved real scientific consensus; protecting the environment, some say, is a drag on economic growth — Kristen Sheeran aims to prove them wrong; and a new nanoscale storage device could preserve all the digital information you want, for as long as you want — and longer. Kids today have unprecedented access to pornography — most of them seem to know how to handle it. After "Bruno", Hollywood depictions of gays may never be the same — that's a good thing. Douglas Wolk reviews Pixu: The Mark of Evil by Gabriel Ba, Becky Cloonan, Vasilis Lolos, and Fabio Moon. The first chapter from Pythagoras' Revenge: A Mathematical Mystery by Arturo Sangalli. A review of The Empire Stops Here: A Journey Along the Frontiers of the Roman World by Philip Parker. A review of The Other Side of Desire: Four Journeys into the Far Realms of Lust and Longing by Daniel Bergner. Hemingway revealed as failed KGB spy: Notes from Stalin-era intelligence archives show "agent Argo" as a willing recruit in 1941. The pilot issue of the literary journal The New Anonymous has hit newsstands with one very striking variation: The entire production of the magazine, including the articles printed, is anonymous.
