US & Americas

The amount of CO2 emissions due to human activities has grown over the years, as can be seen in Figure 1, with an increasing impact from Asia in the last decade compared to Europe and the US, which lowered their emissions levels. …

The electric grid has been classified as one of the largest and most complex machines in the world and ranks first as the “Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century” by the National Academy of Engineering. Delicately balancing…

The bombardment of the Gaza Strip by Israeli artillery has been described by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as required to “restore calm in the state of Israel”. This follows days of protests by Palestinians regarding an Israeli…

I well remember sitting through my dreaded methods class at St. Andrews, as I climbed the greasy pole towards my Ph.D. My brilliant professor, a man who was passionate about the art of thinking, told us a story about causation that has…

Just three-quarters of a century ago, the US charge d’affaires in Moscow, George Kennan, wrote a famous lengthy telegram, that was anonymous at the time, to explain to decision makers and the American public how the Soviet Union - an enemy…