Author: Qiong Wang

  • 56-Downed-Up Charges

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    By George Barany, Christopher Adams, Martin Herbach, and Alex Vratsanos George Barany is a Rockefeller alum (1977) currently on the Chemistry faculty of the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities. Christopher Adams is a graduate student in mathematics at the University of Iowa, Martin Herbach is a retired computer scientist living in Silicon Valley, and Alex Vratsanos…

  • Quotable Quote

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    “It is to be a school of Political Prophets I Suppose — a Nursery of American Statesmen…I am making of it annual, for Sending an entire new set every year, that all the principal genius’s may go to the University in Rotation — that we may have Politicians in Plenty. Our great Complaint is the scarcity…

  • Life on a Roll

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    Musical Fountains Show in Versailles By Elodie Pauwels Imagine the magnificent Palace of Versailles under a clear blue sky. Imagine spring has just sprung. Imagine strolling in that environment, going from one statue to a pond, then turning left to discover a mysterious alley. Suddenly, as if by magic, classic music is played, and water…

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

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    Part XVIII: Robert Bruce Merrifield, 1984 Prize in Chemistry By Joseph Luna By the time Bruce Merrifield sat down to write in his lab notebook in May 1959, a scientific puzzle had been twirling in his head for quite some time. What he wrote next summarized a Nobel-worthy problem and offered a bold but totally…

  • Searching the Nobel Prize

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    By Susan Russo There is a wealth of enjoyment in exploring Nobel Prize information online. There are videos, such as a documentary of the four 2012 Laureates’ discoveries in medical research; Mother Teresa’s and Elie Wiesel’s speeches after their awards of their Peace Prizes; and a 1994 interview with John Nash (prize in Economic Sciences),…

  • Culture Corner

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    Six Perfect Songs By Bernie Langs I enjoy listening to music of all genres and styles and truly appreciate the efforts of not only good composition and musicianship, but of superlative production in the recording studio. On a visceral, emotional, tactile and maybe even soulful level, I have many favorite tunes that I deem perfect.…

  • New York State of the Mind

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    This month Natural Selections interviews Raquel Hernandez-Solis Research Assistant, Gilbert Laboratory Interview by Guadalupe Astorga How long have you been living in the New York area?  Two years, and I also lived here for three months during the Rockefeller SURF program (Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship). Where do you currently live?  Which is your favorite neighborhood? I live in…

  • For Your Consideration

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    By Jim Keller As we begin our fifth year of uncovering and examining the content that will eventually form the enigma that is the Academy Awards race, I thought it would be interesting to switch things up and break down my films of interest list by release date, festival appearance and production status. After all,…

  • Purple Reign

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    By DEANE MORRISON AND GEORGE BARANY George Barany is a Rockefeller alum (1977) currently on the Chemistry faculty of the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities. Deane Morrison, a distinguished science writer, is his U of M colleague. For more about this specific puzzle, including a link to the answer, visit here. More Barany and Friends crosswords…

  • “The Answers My Friend …”

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    By ROBERT MARK AND GEORGE BARANY George Barany is a Rockefeller alum (1977) currently on the Chemistry faculty of the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities. Robert Mark is a native New Yorker currently teaching in Thailand, and a long-time admirer of this puzzle’s theme.  For more information, including a link to the answer, visit here. More…

  • Quotable quote

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    Commonplace miracle: that so many commonplace miracles happen… A miracle, just take a look around: the world is everywhere. An additional miracle, as everything is additional: the unthinkable is thinkable. Maria Wislawa Anna Szymborska, 1923 – 2012, Nobel Prize for Literature 1996