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…

Hurford Initiative on Science & DIplomacy

Rockefeller University graduate students Avital Percher and Devon Collins wrote a short essay about the 2015 short course and field trip as part of the Hurford Initiative on Science &…

We have newly posted on-line

We have newly posted on-line an earlier paper for which we continue to receive reprint requests: “Verification of International Environmental Agreements .”…

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…

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…