Stories by Scott Thill
Scott Thill runs the online mag Morphizm.com. His writing has appeared on Salon, XLR8R, All Music Guide, Wired and others.
Too much CO2 in the air and not enough oxygen in the oceans may release a toxic dose of hydrogen sulfide -- an unheralded executioner.
Posted on Jul 3, 2009
Countries yoked to America's currency, and therefore its cratering empire, want to kick the dollar to the curb. And that's bad news for the U.S.
Posted on Jun 26, 2009
Nearly a third of the country's food supply comes from California, but drought there may be a catastrophe for farmers -- and the rest of us.
Posted on Jun 6, 2009
Ice cubes the size of American states are melting into the ocean; we face frightening scenarios and tough choices for coastal habitation.
Posted on Apr 17, 2009
At worst, it could spell the end of America as a superpower and destroy the global economy as we know it.
Posted on Apr 3, 2009
Once the topic of arcane science, defense research and conspiracy theories, wider questions emerge on the role humans played in recent earthquakes.
Posted on Mar 10, 2009
Global warming deniers keep pointing to snowstorms as proof that climatologists are wrong. But both extreme heat and cold are on tap.
Posted on Feb 16, 2009
Bill Richardson believes we need to "rethink and decriminalize" our cannabis laws. Now that he's in office, he has the chance to achieve it.
Posted on Dec 18, 2008
A dystopian sci-fi fantasy may soon be coming to fruition on a battlefield near you.
Posted on Nov 20, 2008
L.A. has two options: Pray for rain, or suck off Northern California's supply. Guess which one it's going to try first?
Posted on Oct 4, 2008
Failing banks? Endless war? Call Homeland Security.
Posted on Sep 30, 2008
The controversial oil magnate has made headlines for a supposed conversion to cleaner energy, but there's ample reason to be suspicious.
Posted on Aug 21, 2008
An American financier is pitching a vast theme park in Baghdad, not out of kindness, but as he says, "for profit."
Posted on Aug 1, 2008
With multiple crises on the horizon, survivalist views don't seem as marginal as they did before.
Posted on Jul 26, 2008
Bush has set about destroying the decades-old lenders for good, plunging his knife into the backs of programs that helped normal Americans.
Posted on Jul 21, 2008
In California there were 8,000 lightning strikes in one event, and that was months before fire season. There is more of that in store across the West.
Posted on Jul 18, 2008
The new book
Curse of the Black Gold shows how Nigeria may be the epicenter of the full-blown resource wars to come.
Posted on Jul 14, 2008
Google's motto is "Don't be evil." But when it comes to its environmental impact, some think the company can't live up to its own hype.
Posted on Jul 3, 2008
Will their ignorance ever catch up with them?
Posted on Jun 11, 2008
The fate of global food production has now become the chief terror of the future.
Posted on Jun 6, 2008
The rise of environmental disasters from climate change and destruction of ecosystems will create a surge of refugees across the planet.
Posted on May 27, 2008
Hedge funds exploited the misfortunes of those caught beneath currency, housing and internet bubbles, and got paid by the boatload.
Posted on May 13, 2008
For every Minuteman who beats his chest at the border, there are many more immigration rights supporters.
Posted on Apr 30, 2008
Injecting nitric oxide into the penises of sedated cats is just one of the newly discovered bizarre studies conducted by the tobacco industry.
Posted on Apr 26, 2008
By rewarding the criminals and screwing the victims, the Federal Reserve's behavior feeds into rumors and conspiracy about its true function.
Posted on Apr 7, 2008
While scientists hash out human growth hormone's health risks, stars like Sly Stallone and ordinary guys are shelling out millions for fast results.
Posted on Mar 25, 2008
Monsanto doesn't want consumers to know the truth about the milk they're drinking. The corporation's monopoly is at stake.
Posted on Mar 6, 2008
Despite the Clemens saga in Congress, money, not morality will determine whether human growth hormone becomes an every day drug.
Posted on Mar 3, 2008
The National Park Service is considering confining protests to a designated area.
Posted on Feb 27, 2008
The media pounced on his admitted love of weed and coke but did little to investigate the prescription drugs that did him in.
Posted on Feb 14, 2008
An experimental study that treats PTSD veterans with the drug MDMA could make life after war a lot more livable.
Posted on Feb 11, 2008
As housing markets tank, "trash-outs" are on the rise, leaving owners, lenders and banks fighting over who should pay the clean-up bill.
Posted on Feb 1, 2008
The government-backed lender is embroiled in a murky battle.
Posted on Jan 28, 2008
Meet the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act.
Posted on Jan 17, 2008
Desalination plants are popping up all over the world, but they may very well make the environmental crisis worse.
Posted on Jan 15, 2008
If our government really is a corporation and Bush is its CEO, we're all likely to be self-employed contractors out of a job.
Posted on Oct 26, 2007
Bush has a socialized health plan, yet he is against offering one to low-income kids. Find out why and how you can help overturn his veto of a children's health insurance bill.
Posted on Oct 17, 2007
Under Bush, terror has become a justification for any and every abuse of power.
Posted on Aug 29, 2007
Hedge funds have helped create a counterfeit economy that some experts say could lead to another full-blown economic depression.
Posted on Jul 26, 2007
It may sound like urban legend but it's not. A frightening trend of bee colony collapses could lead to everything from a radically transformed diet to an overall wipeout of the world's food supply.
Posted on Jun 11, 2007
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