Finish for trains and start for maglevs?

…these general principles, extracted from widespread observations of human behavior over long periods, and use them to explain past transport and to project the next 50 to 100 years. Our…

Chauncey Starr

Chauncey Starr, who helped launch the Program for the Human Environment, passed away on 18 April 2007, shortly after his 95th birthday celebration. In fond memory of Chauncey, we post…

PNAS Dematerialization

…with less harm to the environment has long moderated human impact. Does recent experience justify hope for sustaining this beneficial dematerialization, especially the decarbonization of national and global carbon emission?…

Joshua Lederberg

…Program for the Human Environment in 1993. Jesse was honored to offer recollections of Josh at his memorial service in February 2008 and a tribute to Josh’s foresight at the…

DNA House website

…Among other surprising results, the student investigators found 95 different animal species, 16% of human and pet food items mislabeled, and a genetically distinct mystery cockroach that might be a…

Update-Cardiovascular vs. Cancer

Using more recent data, we updated our analysis of Death and the Human Environment published in 2001 on competition between cancers and cardiovascular conditions as the leading cause of death…

The Hidden Majority of Marine Life

…still images and videos, visit the news release about “hard-to-see” creatures. Learn about a carpet of bacteria the size of Greece and 35 elephants of marine microbes for every human….

Farewell Smriti

The Program for the Human Environment bids a fond farewell to research assistant Smriti Rao, who worked with us beginning in October 2008 and now relocates to San Diego. We…