January 7, 2012

Red Flag on the Red Planet: China's Great Leap Marsward?

People have speculated for well over a century about setting foot on Mars, but is it likely to happen? We know that in prehistoric times, numerous groups of hominids ventured out of Africa into unknown lands at least once.  All eventually di...

August 27, 2011

Two Great Minds on World Peace

The year was 1932.  At the invitation of the League of Nations, the predecessor of today's United Nations, two world-famous scientists exchanged open letters addressing the issue of putting an end to all warfare.  Both men were Jews -- one ...