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….

Hypotheses about the Novel Coronavirus

Thought-Provoking Hypotheses About the Novel Coronavirus: RearClearScience posts nine hypotheses about COVID-19 by our Guest Investigator David Thaler. The hypotheses span social distance, vaccines, super spreaders, and animal agriculture….

J Ornithol paper

PHE researcher Mark Stoeckle is co-author on Jan 2009 J Ornithol paper comparing Scandinavian and North American birds, which found divergent lineages in 19 (24%) of trans-Atlantic species, demonstrating DNA…

Our research is quoted

Our research is quoted extensively in an article on page A1 of the Sunday New York Times: Global Economy Slowly Cuts Use of High-Carbon Energy….

Passing of Janusz Kindler

Polish water resources engineer Janusz Kindler passed away on 8 December 2020 in Warsaw at the age of 86. Janusz served as chief of the Resources and Environment group at…

We post the papers: Five

We post the papers: Five Worthy Ways To Spend Large Amounts of Money for Research on Environment and Resources Jesse H. Ausubel The Bridge 29(3):4-16, Fall 1999. Dis The Threat…

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…

DNA Barcodes book

Jesse drafted a foreword, The Beep of the Barcode of Life, for the forthcoming book about DNA barcodes of John Kress and David Erickson. The final version will differ a…

Peak Farmland and Potatoes

We post Peak Farmland and Potatoes, Jesse Ausubel’s Plenary address to the 2014 Potato Business Summit of the United Potato Growers of America, San Antonio, 8 January 2014….