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Tracing the causes behind the 2003 blackout reveals just how unwieldy and vulnerable our electric grid has become. When that first transmission line in northern Ohio went off-line, it wiped out the redundancy and excess capacity built into the northeastern grid - and more things went wrong. First Energy, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can We Prevent Another Blackout? | 8/11/2008 | See Source »

"I was leading the SMERSH men through the circular upper concourse of the Byelorussian-Radial subway station on the Moscow circle line, with its white-ceilinged dome and brilliant electric lights, and opposite us two parallel escalators, thickly packed with Muscovites, rising from below. It seemed as though they were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn | 8/7/2008 | See Source »

That may explain why Obama and his wife have visited the state five times since he clinched the Democratic nomination and have made more stops in Oakland County than in any other part of the state. McCain has been to Michigan six times since mid-March, stopping in Oakland once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battle for Michigan | 7/31/2008 | See Source »

And why shouldn't China expect to get its way? It's used to Western companies becoming morally flexible rather than risking lucrative business. The Games are worth $1 billion in advertising to NBC, and that's not counting parent company General Electric's investments in China.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Panda Paradox | 7/31/2008 | See Source »

Still, the launch of two such good-looking cars is a milestone on the way to wider popularity. "It's all about consumer acceptance," says Scott Brownlee, a spokesman for Toyota and Lexus in Britain. "If you build something which is fantastic, does 1,000 miles to the gallon, but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New (Good) Look for Electric Cars | 7/28/2008 | See Source »

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