Author: Qiong Wang

  • To Dubrovnik, with love

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    By Qiong Wang Photos: Qiong Wang If you are not very familiar with the city of Dubrovnik, Croatia, you must have heard of “Game of Thrones.” Yes, the HBO series was filmed there. Dubrovnik is located on the very southern tip of Croatia by the east coast of the Adriatic Sea. The entire city is…

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

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    By Jim Keller This month we begin our four-part series that will take us all the way up to Oscar nominations in January 2016 by discussing the leading ladies of the Best Actress race. While it was slim pickings for last year’s crop, this year’s appears to feature some strong, bona fide leads out of…

  • Where have all the bees gone?

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    By Aileen Marshall Perhaps you’ve heard in the news about the mystery of the disappearing bees. It seems no one knows exactly why, but we do know that it’s serious. While bees may be an annoyance that can mar your outdoor activities, they are very important for pollinating crops. Some estimates say the drop in…

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

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    Part X: H. Keffer Hartline, 1967 Prize in Physiology or Medicine By Joseph Luna While strolling along a beach one day in the summer of 1926, a young physiologist named Haldan Keffer Hartline came across a living fossil. Before him was a horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, with its domed carapace shell, spiked rudder tail and…

  • New York State of Mind

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    This month Natural Selections interviews Lola Yu, Research Assistant from The Kapoor Lab. Interview by Melvin White How long have you been living in the New York area?  –Almost one full year. Where do you currently live?  Which is your favorite neighborhood? -I currently live on the Upper East Side but my favorite neighborhood has to be the…

  • Quotable Quote

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    “If I have learned anything in my life, it is that bitterness consumes the vessel that contains it.” – Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, former middleweight boxer From Grothe, Dr. Mardy, Ifferisms: An Antholog y of Aphorisms….” Collins Reference, 2009  

  • Alfred Nobel and the Prizes

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    By Susan Russo Alfred Nobel was born in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1833. He is best remembered for the invention of dynamite and for leaving the major part of his fortune for the establishment of prizes for a person or persons who accomplished discoveries resulting in the “greatest benefit on mankind.” Nobel’s father was an engineer, manufacturer,…

  • Horsefeathers

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    By George Barany, Charles Flaster, and Brent Hartzell Introduction: George Barany is a Rockefeller alum (1977) currently on the faculty at the University of Minnesota—Twin Cities; Charles Flaster is a retired school teacher now living in Atlantic City; Brent Hartzell holds a master’s degree from the University of Minnesota and works in the areas of public policy…

  • Free Summertime Fun

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    By Susan Russo One of my top picks for a great summer spot in Manhattan is Bryant Park at Sixth Avenue between 42nd and 41st Streets (behind the main New York Public Library) www.bryantpark.org/plan-your-visit/calendar.html. On this website you will find pages and pages of events for all ages, abilities and temperaments – ping pong, arts…

  • Life on a Roll

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    By Qiong Wang The city of Dubrovnik.