Yantovski on Tommy Gold
Under PHE auspices, Evgeny Yantovski, one of the originators of the concept of Zero Emission Power Plants, has written a startlingly imaginative tribute to the late Tommy Gold, “Thomas Gold…
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IIASA Softball (circa 1981)
Recalling the 25th anniversary of a memorable banquet of Laxenburg softball players, Judy Wagstrom sent Jesse the IIASA team photo from the 1981 party in Vienna….
Modern India
A pair of articles from the same day’s newspaper about hospitality for elephants and landing an Indian on the moon show the beautiful span of contemporary India, which Jesse enjoyed…
Forests Podcast
Ira Flatow interviewed Jesse for a live radio segment (mp3) on NPR Science Friday 17 November 2006 about the PNAS paper by Kauppi et al. on Returning Forests….
Alexander (Sandy) Mather
We note with great sadness the passing of Alexander (Sandy) Mather on Tuesday, November 14, 2006, aged 63 years, Professor, Department of Geography and Environment, University of Aberdeen. Sandy passed…
Criminal Feminism
Feminism involves the entry of women into occupations from which they were excluded. A report on the imprisonment of women in the US provides data on convicted women that presumably…
CoML Showcase Public report
The Census of Marine Life released its annual highlights, now called the “Showcase Public Report” (5 MB). Jesse Ausubel and Paul Waggoner prepared the report with Darlene Crist and Darrell…
Working Less WSJ
Todays Wall Street Journal has an article “Back to the Future: Mixing Work, Home Is a Very Old Dilemma” that quotes Jesse and references our work “Working Less and Living…
Barcode Zazzle Stamps
PHE’s geneticist and artist, Mark Stoeckle, has prepared a beautiful stamp for the All Birds Barcoding Initiative, available for viewing at Zazzle….
Marine Barcoding
In a May 2006 workshop in the Netherlands we helped join the Census of Marine Life and the Consortium for the Barcode of Life to advance barcoding of marine organisms….