Lesson of the Small
Many of the new technologies recently developed in communications, agriculture and biotech raise some troubling ethical and sociological issues, and sometimes generate intense public controversy. One such field, nanotechnology, is generally unknown to the public, but has the potential to have a deep and irrevocable…
Seeing Into the Future
What will life be like in 100 years? This question used to be the exclusive domain of science fiction, but recently some bona fide physicists have taken up the gauntlet as well. Based on past experience as well as a growing array of scientific tools,…
Low Crime Wave
Over the last twenty years, residents of New York City have enjoyed an unprecedented reduction in crime – the greatest decline of any major city in the developed world. Over two decades, murders, robbery and burglary fell over 80%. In the late 80’s, most criminologists…
No More Brain Drain
The Israeli media has lately expressed much concern over the Israeli “brain drain” – the continued emigration of academics from Israel to greener pastures in other countries. Recently the Israeli government has taken steps to stanch the flow. The plan is to establish “Centers of…
Igrot Kodesh
