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...talk to] think we’re looking for UFOs, and I try to dispel that notion,” says Andrew W. Howard, a graduate student working on the project. So they’re not searching for giant saucers in the sky or some Twilight Zone-style phenomena. Instead, they’re hoping to identify extraterrestrial communication, in the form of light flashes from distant civilizations. But don’t look for ET and his friends to phone home any time soon. Bruce Betts, director of projects at the Planetary Society, the NGO funding the telescope...
...economics, biology, physics, chemistry, evolution, and so on. Neglecting these fields entirely would amount to effective disenfranchisement: without such vocabulary and analytical skills, we could not understand or ever hope to offer meaningful arguments about climate change or public health, nor could we articulate the beauty of everyday natural phenomena, or even understand presidential elections. I will not elaborate on the importance of a well-rounded liberal arts education; the case has been made more eloquently...
STEVEN JOHNSON: There are a number of really interesting phenomena that are happening all at the same time. In the middle, you have maybe the most interesting zone, and I just saw somebody call it "the magic middle," where you have people who started these blogs on specific topics like the azalea blog, the Porsche blog, whatever passions people have. And they have basically accumulated these readerships of maybe 1,000 to 20,000 people just by doing something they love for the fun of it. And they're starting to be able to make some money because the advertising...
...wide spectrum of topics ranging from bioengineering to government to English.These fellows are members of a group known as “New Americans,” a demographic that Warren Ilchman, director of the Soros Fellowships, characterizes as representing “a unique window on very important phenomena in contemporary American life.”The fellows exemplify “the creative and constructive side of immigration” during a time “when many are raising questions about the value of immigration,” the program’s press release reads.The Paul...
...Harvard undergrad. He tells jokes. He earnestly invokes “Chicken Soup for the Soul.” His demeanor is humble but authoritative; his points are delivered with tense conviction. He often recounts stories from his days at Harvard and gives examples that involve Harvard-specific phenomena like first-year blocking...