by Gil Friend | Dec 3, 2002 | Uncategorized
A Carbon-Atom Combo: Diamonds Found in Crude Oil. Tiny diamond fragments found in crude oil might be just what scientists want: potential building blocks for the construction of molecular-scale machinery. By Kenneth Chang. [New York Times: Science] I’ve always...
by Gil Friend | Dec 3, 2002 | Uncategorized
Can Global Warming Be Studied Too Much?. Many climate experts say the perennial need for more study can no longer justify further delays in emission cuts. By Andrew C. Revkin. [New York Times: Science]
by Gil Friend | Dec 2, 2002 | Politics
The Secret Life of Henry Kissinger. Let me, as one of the world’s leading dissident Henry Kissinger scholars, tell you a few things about him that until now only I have known. By Neal Pollack. [New York Times: Opinion] Another opinion on the Kissinger...
by Gil Friend | Dec 2, 2002 | Uncategorized
‘Lost Discoveries’: The Non-Western Roots of Science. Dick Teresi has chronicled the contributions of Arabs, Indians, Chinese, Polynesians and Mesoamericans to modern scientific thought. By Stephen S. Hall. [New York Times: Science]
by Gil Friend | Nov 29, 2002 | Politics
In Media Res. Will the economic interests of the media undermine objective news coverage? By Paul Krugman. [New York Times: Opinion] And the informal rule against blatantly partisan reporting has also gone away — at least as long as you are partisan in the right...
