Special Report

…to raise the standards to fight global warming, major U.S. auto makers say the public doesn’t want to drive econo-boxes on wheels. “In this market, fuel economy isn’t a driving…

Visions of the 21st Century

…of toxic waste. The really bad news is that most of the planet’s 6 billion people are just beginning to follow in the trash-filled footsteps of the U.S. and the…

The Census of the Fishes: An Update

…disagreement about the definitions of the levels. The result is ecosystem models precariously balanced to fit what data we have today. However, if the upper trophic levels once stored much…

Deep Carbon Observatory News

Way back in 2007-2009, inspired by the late Tommy Gold, Jesse Ausubel joined Robert Hazen and Russell Hemley in launching the Deep Carbon Observatory (DCO). The program is now at…

CoML – 10 Years!

…released materials visit the CoML portal or the site of the news release. Jesse served as leader editor of the Highlights report. For a more personal view of the program,…

CCSTG

PHE helped convene a November 2002 reunion of participants in the Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology, and Government (1988-1993). To read comments reflecting on the work of the Commission and…

Barcode of Life

…Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. On this site you can Read Mark Stoeckle’s September 2003 Bioscience essay on “Taxonomy, DNA, and the Bar Code of Life” and the “Barcode of Life…