We have posted an article by Greg Easterbrook that appeared today in The New Republic magazine, “America the O.K. -Why life in the U.S. has never been better,” that quotes…
…to emerge. Help sometimes comes from unexpected places. Sailing ships had trouble getting through the Suez canal and thus lost a crucial market. What might be the Suez canal for…
Galatee’s The Seasons, on which Jesse Ausubel served as a science advisor, earns good reviews. Review: The Nature Documentary ‘Seasons’ Looks at Land Animals New York Times ‘Seasons’ takes a…
…who had the privilege of working with him.” The Washington Post ran a good remembrance. The New York Times also runs an obituary: Robert M. White, Meteorologist Who Revolutionized Weather…
…PSAT in 10th grade, then various SAT subject tests, AP tests, and the SAT or ACT achievement test (sometimes taken two or more times). Fortunately for students and their parents,…
…edition of the Italian financial newspaper, Il Sole/24 Ore, on 17 November 1999; also in Italian as Benvenuti nel millennio nucleare, pp.163-168 in Duemila: Verso una societa aperta, M. Moussanet,…
…name in quotes in case readers didn’t get the reference, hard to imagine today!). One year and a second Banbury workshop later the Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL)…
…to create a constantly evolving encyclopedia that lives on the Internet, with contributions from scientists and amateurs alike. To transform the science of biology, and inspire a new generation of…
…of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia (not just the eastern half of Russia as highlighted in map). Note added 24 March 2011: Map corrected to show collecting region for eastern Palearctic…
…Project (UBP) is a science competition spanning the five boroughs of New York City made possible by funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Just as a unique pattern of…