Science and the Presidency

During the 1992 election, Josh Lederberg and Jesse Ausubel authored an editorial for The Scientist magazine about Science And The Presidency: 1993 “Each four-year presidential election cycle frames an era…

Economist article, “Working miracles”

The Economist magazine has an article in the current survey on the environment that draws heavily from our research and our friends at IIASA: “Working miracles: Can technology save the

Chauncey Starr

Chauncey Starr, who helped launch the Program for the Human Environment, passed away on 18 April 2007, shortly after his 95th birthday celebration. In fond memory of Chauncey, we post…

St. Hubert posted

We post a PDF version of “Maglevs and the Vision of St. Hubert”…

Encyclopedia of Life

On May 9, Jesse took part in the launch of The Encyclopedia of Life, a global effort to document all 1.8 million named species of animals, plants, and other forms…

Gowanus eDNA

Our Gowanus eDNA Project, carried out with RockEDU SSRP high school student Alla Zeidyyeh, found surprisingly diverse DNA evidence–19 fish species–in the Canal, including the endangered shortnose sturgeon. The project…

CoML speech, Time Magazine mention

We post a short general talk Jesse gave in the spring about the Census of Marine Life, “The Census of Marine Life: A Global Partnership for Sustainable Development”. Our work…

Martha’s Vineyard Gazette 12 July 2007

The Martha’s Vineyard Gazette covered Jesse’s 12 July 2007 talk to the Vineyard Conservation Society about the Census of Marine Life….