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When it comes to initiatives, Western states lead the way. California, Oregon, Colorado, Arizona, North Dakota and Washington are responsible for 60 percent of ballot initiatives that have appeared over the last decade. The trend seems to be caused by a combination of the West's willingness to experiment and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making Policy Without Politicians | 7/30/2002 | See Source »

These converging trends could lead to a move back toward the historical norm--working until you drop--and away from the experiment of the past few decades, the only time in history when healthy people have stopped working for the last 20 or 30 years of their lives. Working longer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will We Ever Retire?: Everyone, Back in the Labor Pool | 7/29/2002 | See Source »

After reading their bank statements, many consumers may need a stiff drink. Perhaps with that in mind, Smile, a British online bank owned by the Co-operative Bank, has launched drinks2u, a home delivery service of alcohol, supplied by Co-op supermarkets. But Smile's management also has reason to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anything You Can Do ... | 7/21/2002 | See Source »

Unfortunately, an ECG by itself won't necessarily pick up any signs of blockages in the coronary arteries unless there has already been some damage to the cardiac muscle. Hidden cases of heart disease can sometimes be spotted by performing an ECG while the subject is exercising on a treadmill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Death of an All-Star | 7/8/2002 | See Source »

Well, the cow experiment shows the way to even more human betterment. Fetal tissue offers a far simpler and more promising way to produce replacement tissues--it skips all the complications of stem-cell biology and gives you tissue that you can implant right into the human patient. Millions are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fatal Promise of Cloning | 6/24/2002 | See Source »

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