Joshua Lederberg
Great scientist and friend Joshua Lederberg passed away 2 February 2008. Josh recruited Jesse to The Rockefeller University in 1984, promoted him in 1989, and supported the formation of the…
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Stasera leggiamo
The Italian website “Stasera leggiamo” (This evening let’s read) runs a favorable review of Jesse’s autobiography, “La liberazione dell’ ambiente”…
Our simulation game of
Our simulation game of the US university, Virtual U, is one of ten finalists for best game of the year 2000 at the upcoming Independent Games Festival! Can we outsmart…
English translation of Ausubel autobiography
In 2014, Di Renzo published in Italian Jesse Ausubel’s autobiography La liberazione dell’ambiente (autobiography) 112 pp. We now post an English translation as The Liberation of the Environment. The autobiography…
Taxonomy needs DNA, and quick, simple ways to analyze it
Lumpsuckers are globular, scaleless marine fish with bony tubercles on head and body, and a ventral sucking disc, derived from specialized pelvic fins, which allows them to adhere to environmental…
Standardized DNA analysis gives new vision of biodiversity, disturbing some
…small creatures that inhabit leaf litter. I look forward to learning more about whether these spiders are exceptions to the rule that deep mtDNA divergences signal species boundaries in animals….
Name the Scientist
The New York Times created an interactive game “name the scientist†in which Jesse Ausubel is the wrong answer to the 4th question. Richard Dawkins is the right answer. Still…
Breakthrough publishes Cars & Civilization
The Breakthrough Institute has posted Jesse Ausubel’s lecture “Cars and Civilization” in a linear, scrollable layout. This version may be easier to read on some devices, though less attractive to…
Perrin Meyer & Meyer Sound at Burning Man
PHE’s acoustic wizard, Perrin Meyer, and Meyer Sound created a scientific experience at ?#?BurningMan2015?. Bay Area artist Jon Sarriugarte and sound designer Kyrsten Mate created a rocket launch experience “Project…
A Decade of Deep Carbon Research
Nature has assembled a collection of papers originating under the auspices of the just-concluded ten-year Deep Carbon Observatory project, sponsored by the Sloan Foundation. An interview with two of the…