by Gil Friend | Dec 16, 2002 | Sustainability
Flexibility Nature’s Secret to Building for Strength: Flexibility. With an experiment of soap film and a short glass fiber, mathematicians have worked out how something like a willow tree withstands powerful gusts. By Kenneth Chang. [New York Times: Science]...
by Gil Friend | Dec 16, 2002 | Politics
Inspect the Brains. To learn about germs and nukes in Iraq, knock on the doors of the country’s 50 leading scientists. By William Safire. [New York Times: Opinion] Unfortunately, he may be too late, according to Debka-Net: According to reports reaching...
by Gil Friend | Dec 15, 2002 | Sustainability
A First Step to Cutting Reliance on Oil. Fuel cells could ease the threat of global warming without taking away freedom and mobility. By Tom Redburn. [New York Times: Science]
by Gil Friend | Dec 12, 2002 | Uncategorized
Butterflies’ Flights Disclose Free Spirits. Scientists at the University of Oxford have taken high-speed digital photographs of free-flying butterflies and the intricate, swirling patterns their wing beats make in wisps of smoke. By James Gorman. [New York...
by Gil Friend | Dec 7, 2002 | Sustainability
How Green Is BP?. The world’s second-largest oil company is advertising itself as environmentally responsible a tough sell when you make most of your billions drilling the earth. By Darcy Frey. [New York Times: Science] Long and worth reading. Comments to...
