September 22, 2003
Out of Their Right Mind
For centuries, statesmen and philosophers have argued about just what modern political conservatism really is:...
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September 22, 2003
Edward Teller, RIP
Before the first test of the atomic bomb in the New Mexico desert in July 1945, the senior scientists who worked on the...
September 22, 2003
Neil Postman, RIP
On October 5, 2003, Neil Postman, one of America’s most insightful critics of modern media and technology, passed...
September 22, 2003
The Science Journal Crisis
The first scientific journals were printed in the seventeenth century, and the subsequent development of...
September 22, 2003
Paper and Pixel
Not long ago, it was common to speak of the “paperless office” and a digital future in which bits and bytes...
September 22, 2003
Was Blind, But Now I See
The cure for blindness has long been one of medicine’s holiest grails. But unlike the ancient Egyptians, who...
September 22, 2003
The Future of Satellites
Over the past four decades, satellites in orbit around the earth have become absolutely critical to commerce,...
September 22, 2003
‘We’re the Dreamers’
On September 30, 2003, a subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs held a hearing on copyright...
June 21, 2003
Notes & Briefs
The world’s first cloned mule was born on May 4, 2003. A team of researchers from the University of Idaho and...
June 21, 2003
Mercy and Drugs in Africa
The Bush Administration has launched a $15 billion initiative to fight AIDS in Africa. The initiative, called the...