Author: Nicolas Renier

  • 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…

  • Culture Corner: Chuck Berry and the American Songbook—An Appreciation

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    By Bernie Langs I saw Chuck Berry, the founder of the music genre of rock ‘n’ roll in the 1950s, in concert in the midst of my life’s blur of the mid-to-late 1980s at a fairly small New York City concert venue. He was paired up that evening with Ronnie Wood, the second banana guitarist…

  • Life on a Roll

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    All photos contributed by Elodie Pauwels. http://elodiephoto.wordpress.com I arrived late at night for a short weekend in Winchester, England. I discovered the city the next morning. On my way downtown, there was an old cemetery, which could have been there for centuries. Further, there was no one by the arches of the cathedral—it actually had…

  • Twenty-four visits to Stockholm: a concise history of the Rockefeller Nobel Prizes. Part I: Alexis Carrel, 1912 Prize in Physiology or Medicine

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    By Joseph Luna If there were an epicenter for a fascination with the Nobel Prize, The Rockefeller University, with 24 such awards, would be it. For its size, the university has the greatest density of Nobel prizes of any place in the world. The big-picture factors that have led to such a prestigious legacy are…

  • For Your Consideration – Ones to Watch, Vol. 1 Edition

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    By Jim Keller With the conclusion of last month’s Telluride Film Festival, it’s time to kick off our three-part “Ones to Watch” series. This year, I’m shaking things up a bit by beginning with the Best Actor race—primarily because there are about 44 men vying for five slots, currently more than in any other acting…

  • A One Day Jaunt: Whirlwind D.C. Trip on the Cheap

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    By Susan Russo A one-day trip to Washington D.C.? Are you crazy? No, I am just ultra-cheap. You won’t get to everything on your must-see list, but you can manage a lot with some planning. Maps of DC’s most popular tourist spots in what is called the “Federal District” are easily available on the Web.…

  • New York State of Mind

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    This Month Natural Selections interviews Danielle Little from the Brivanlou Laboratory. How long have you been living in the New York area?  47 years (all my life) I’ve been in New York. Where do you currently live? I live in the Bronx. Which is your favorite neighborhood? 167street Anderson Ave.When I was living around there…