Mars

  • Warren Buffett's sweet tooth

    What does the Mars Inc./Wrigley's merger prove? In hard times, we cut back on the fancy dinners, but not the cheap chocolate bars.
    By Andrew Leonard April 28, 2008

  • Next stop, Mars

    Science writer Timothy Ferris examines the latest evidence of water on the red planet -- and why millions of people could end up living there.
    By Adrienne So December 8, 2006

  • The Rovers

    Watch them square off in a race across the most challenging environment in the solar system: Iowa!
    Cartoon by Mark Fiore January 15, 2004

  • The Mr. Peanut chronicles

    Burned by past disasters, icon managers have learned the hard way that the suave mascot must never wear a wetsuit and that Ronald McDonald cannot hang out in bars.
    By Ruth Shalit March 24, 2000

  • The inner Doughboy

    How an army of admen battle to define and protect the true nature of the Jolly Green Giant, the Pillsbury Doughboy and other advertising spokescharacters.
    By Ruth Shalit March 23, 2000

  • Island fever

    I was willing to spring my gay porn past on my unsuspecting family if it would get me on the TV show "Survivor." But would it?
    By Dylan James March 13, 2000

  • The right stuff for the Red Planet

    At 35, Dava Newman's an MIT engineer with a lab that would put James Bond's "Q" to shame and a passion for sending people to Mars.
    By William Speed Weed February 16, 2000

  • Welcome to Planet Pinkwater

    Who could resist a place where chickens sing, avocados think and real estate agents are extraterrestrials?
    By Paul LaFarge February 4, 2000

  • Write your name on Mars

    Space enthusiasts are signing their names to a CD bound for Mars -- where it will be radiated beyond recognition.
    By -- Jamais Cascio May 10, 1999

  • On to Mars!

    While NASA fiddles with robots, a grass-roots movement burns to put human beings on the Red Planet -- soon.
    By Rebecca Bryant January 7, 1999

  • Salon Daily Clicks: Newsreal

    And where lawyers go, venture capitalists and investment bankers are sure to follow.
    By Geoff Shandler August 13, 1997

  • SALON Daily Clicks: Newsreal

    The pictures from Mars are awesome, but what do they prove?
    By Kate Rix July 16, 1997
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