Posts Tagged ‘controversy’

Freeman Dyson and the Great Big World

Freeman Dyson is a global warming skeptic. This should not come as a surprise. Last Sunday, the New York Times Magazine featured a profile of the physicist, now in his 80s, as its cover story. He’s been ensconced at the Institute for Advanced Study for the last several decades. I liked the piece. There are [...]

1st April 2009 | Tags: , , , , , ,
Posted in journalism, science | 2 Comments »



The Shanzhai Huaxiangji Question

An unusual video showed up on the Ifgogo blog that’s created a ripple on the internet over the last few days. It’s a video of a Chinese farmer piloting a flying machine that he is supposed to have built on his own. The shanzhai huaxiangji, or little mountain village glider, if the translation’s any good [...]

28th June 2008 | Tags: , , , ,
Posted in China, cool, really?, talent, technology | 2 Comments »