MI5
The head of MI5, Ken McCallum, was recently joined by the heads of the U.S., Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand, security agencies in a meeting …
WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is considered highly vulnerable to rising temperatures, especially in the area around the Thwaites Glacier. The entire Antarctic ice sheet …
WHAT US SCHOOLS DO WRONG
“What US schools do wrong” is the title of an article I read this week about a simple reality of the teaching environment that could …
ROME RECYCLING ITS COINAGE
A recent article about Rome recycling its coinage brought home to me the idea that modern Western society didn’t invent re-cycling, as many of us …
PERFORMANCE OF US STUDENTS
The performance of U.S. students in the basic subjects of mathematics and English has been declining, or at best stagnating, over the past decade, and …
THE HISTORY OF THE AR-15
The history of the AR-15, is a fascinating story of an attempt to save American lives that turned into one of the most destructive elements …
ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
The latest outbreak of hostilities between Israel and Palestine seems to be a culmination of over fifty years of conflict, and unresolved issues. Territory, religion, …
SEAFLOOR
Tucked inside a federal government building in the American Rockies is the world’s best collection of seafloor maps. Occasionally a hard drive arrives in the …
HOTSAT-1
HotSat-1 carries the highest resolution commercial thermal sensor in orbit, enabling it to trace hot and cold features as small as 3.5 meters across. It …
ANONYMITY
Anonymity can be a powerful tool, as well as a description of non-existence. “How effective would anonymity be as a punishment, compared with regular judicial …