The nutritionists are at it again…a new beverage study has been conducted. Oh, uh, and it was financed by a beverage company.

Futurismic is now open for fiction submissions. Go here to find our guidelines and webform. We look forward to seeing your work!

Demonizing smokers is so 2004. Evidently the next big health crisis–or one of them, anyway– is a looming obesity epidemic. The surgeon general is so concerned about it he’s invoking 9/11, which is sure to win him fans everywhere.

As Jeremy pointed out earlier, a review of David Marusek’s Counting Heads has appeared in the New York Times. Defending its turf, the SF field is having a field day on the reviewer, whom most consider a half-assed SF poser. I like Andrew Wheeler’s response, which also conveniently comments on (and links to) the other responses.