From the pages of Scientific American comes the latest information and explorations into the futuristic world of biotechnology. -Recent breakthroughs in human longevity and life extension -Tissue engineering and the regeneration of limbs and organs -Biochemistry, from transgenic crops to biological warfare -The results and ramifications of the Human Genome Project -The current and future state of cloning and artificial wombs -Radical biotech: head transplants, artificial intelligence, and virtual senses

The modern world is filled with debate and controversy, and science and technology - the most characteristic features of the modern world - are not immune. Science and technology are implicated in many if not all of the issues, troubles, and problems students are likely to come across in their classes and in their everyday lives. Science and technology serve as a primary pathway to understanding front page headlines on everything from war to AIDS, and from oil exploration to global warming. Battleground: Science and Technology examines the most hot-button issues involving science and technology and provides a balanced assessment of the arguments on all sides of the often strident debates. - Publisher.