Eye of the Oil Slick?
What will happen if a hurricane hits the Gulf's 20-million-gallon oil spill?
The 25 Most Striking IEEE Spectrum Covers of All Time
We dug through our dusty archives to bring you the best cover images-and also some strange ones-in IEEE Spectrum's history. What's your favorite?
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DIY: Replacing the Water Grid With Rainwater
How a Maltese engineer modified his centuries-old home to be water self-sufficient
The Editor's Take: June 2010
IEEE Spectrum's Editor in Chief Susan Hassler and Senior Editor Sam Moore Introduce the Water Energy Nexus.
The Power of Batteries
Author Henry Schlesinger talks about the birth and evolution of the battery
Romantic Robots
Robots are not only staffing factory floors, they're making their way into our most heartfelt moments
iCandy: 2010 Shanghai World Expo Edition
This month, we look at the world's vision of Earth's future
A Black Thursday For Computer Systems
Last week, computer gremlins struck at both democracy and capitalism
A Mile Deep
The technologies of drilling for oil have superseded those for undrilling it
Tesla's Power Tower
At the turn of the 20th century, Nikola Tesla built a laboratory and a huge tower for transmitting electrical power, only to abandon the site a few years later