Author: Nicolas Renier

  • Thanksgiving’s Traditional Main Course

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    By Susan Russo Benjamin Franklin, an American founder, philosopher, diplomat, and bon vivant, famously wrote to his daughter Sarah, “I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen as the Representation of our Country; he is a bird of bad moral Character….The turkey is a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original Native…

  • Culture Corner

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    Concert Review: Steve Winwood and Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers at Madison Square Garden, Sept. 10, 2014 By Bernie Langs Suffice it to say I expect a lot from music, including filling the need for a communal experience of substance now that I’ve shed the tedium of liturgical gatherings of the established religions. Not only…

  • Life’s a Parade!

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    By Aileen Marshall Have you ever watched the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and wondered who all those people under the giant balloons were? I had the privilege to find out for myself in 2002. A Macy’s employee I knew invited me to join the balloon vehicle team. It has been a real thrill these past…

  • New York State of Mind

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    This Month Natural Selections interviews Fred Leon from The Darst Lab. How long have you been living in the New York area?  I was born, raised and grazed here in New York City. Where do you currently live? I currently live in Woodhaven Queens but I grew up in Jamaica Queens. Which is your favorite…

  • Over the Moon

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    By George Barany and Ellen Ross George Barany is a Rockefeller alum (1977) and Ellen Ross is a Chicago-based writer/humorist/blogger. This puzzle, which celebrates a recent birth in a well-known American family, may be found specifically at http://tinyurl.com/moonpuz, which includes links to on-line solving, the solution, and a “midrash” that explains much about it. More…

  • Ten Years of Natural Selections

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    By Daniel Briskin Continuing on with our salute to the tenth anniversary of Natural Selections, here is a comic republished from 2004.

  • Life on a Roll

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    Photos contributed by Elodie Pauwells http://elodiephoto.wordpress.com On a Sunday afternoon, I decided to have a walk in Paris, to enjoy the city, take a few pictures, and keep an eye open: what has changed in the past years? As my footsteps were inexorably leading me towards the river Seine, I was struck by the evidence:…

  • Twenty-four visits to Stockholm: a concise history of the Rockefeller Nobel Prizes.

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    Part II: Karl Landsteiner, 1930 Prize in Physiology or Medicine By Joseph Luna “Blood is a quite peculiar juice.” When the German poet, statesman and erstwhile scientist Goethe wrote those words in the early 1800s, he might as well have been paraphrasing a problem that physicians had been encountering for at least 150 years prior.…

  • For Your Consideration– Ones to Watch, Vol. 2 Edition

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    By Jim Keller This month we examine the leading ladies of the Best Actress race. The category remains ever flimsy—especially with comparison to the number of men competing for Best Actor this year. It is sadly a sign of the times: there are not a lot of leading roles for women in Hollywood. But the…

  • TED Talks

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    By Susan Russo You may already know that, with more than 1,000,000,000 free views online, TED Talks (www.tedtalks.com) have become a worldwide medium for pondering new ideas, creating discussion on areas of serious concern, enjoying humor with an edge, or just taking a break from your normal (or abnormal) way of life.  TED stands for…

  • Ebola

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    By Aileen Marshall Are you like me and you’ve heard about the Ebola virus in the news, but didn’t really pay attention? Do you wonder if there’s anything to worry about? In doing the research, it seems there is little chance to be infected in the US. Here is a summary of what’s going on…

  • New York State of Mind

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    This Month Natural Selections interviews Nicholas Riedinger, Information Security Analyst, Information Technology. How long have you been living in the New York area? All my life! I was born in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Where do you currently live? I live in Glendale, Queens. It’s sort of on the border of Brooklyn. When I leave the house…