Mars

Warren Buffett's sweet tooth 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.
Next stop, Mars 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.
The Rovers The Rovers
Watch them square off in a race across the most challenging environment in the solar system: Iowa!
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.
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.
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?
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.
Welcome to Planet Pinkwater
Who could resist a place where chickens sing, avocados think and real estate agents are extraterrestrials?
Write your name on Mars
Space enthusiasts are signing their names to a CD bound for Mars -- where it will be radiated beyond recognition.
On to Mars!
While NASA fiddles with robots, a grass-roots movement burns to put human beings on the Red Planet -- soon.
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And where lawyers go, venture capitalists and investment bankers are sure to follow.
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The pictures from Mars are awesome, but what do they prove?

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