Under the Volcano: A New Look
More than 1,300 active volcanoes threaten the lives of a half-billion people. And, given population pressures, that number will continue to rise as the areas bordering many of these potentially explosive sites succumb to development. Several new technologies offer great promise in improving scientists’ ability to forecast catastrophic eruptions. But there’s still the question of how to adapt this new- found know-how (and the uncertainties that go with it) to the needs and resources of the developing world, where most of the danger lies.
Chaos/Music/Image
"Whither music in our time?" mused Charles Ives. In the 1980s, a concert pianist wondered much the same. Perusal of a journal devoted to tomorrow’s music left her puzzled. The contributors were primarily engineers and scientists, not professional musicians. What, she wondered, if a pro were to acquire their tools? She set about doing just that, mastering the principles of chaos and inventing a variation technique that has opened the way to a fresh hearing of music both old and new, as well as a novel look at image.
CASW Reception and Annual Banquet
Presentation of the National Association of Science Writers’ Science-in-Society Journalism Awards. |
