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Divestment seems to be the new fad on campus. But much of the argument over divestment has failed to look at problems that are intrinsic to resource wealth in poor countries. In almost all of the cases—Israel divestment excluded—the movement involves divesting from a...
Many of these experimental weapons, of course, may never find their way into the American arsenal. Some may prove impractical, while others may fail to win congressional funding. Only a fraction of past DARPA projects have been deployed. But the 27-year-old agency, which helped develop the cruise missile...
The countries that dot the southern half of the world's largest ocean are known for their peaceful, sand-ringed islands and their sun-drenched coral atolls. But the problems of the nuclear age are intruding on this tranquillity. Last week the 13-nation South Pacific Forum met in Rarotonga...
Tange's designs were unique, visionary, and hugely influential for their unapologetic urbanism and bold experimentation in both form and materials. A lifelong devotee of Swiss modernist Le Corbusier, Tange shared many of his idol's best and worst tendencies-his buildings could be brutal, cold and impractical, and have...
Lamborghini may be owned by Volkswagen AG, but don't let the fact that Germans hold the purse strings fool you: the Italians are still making blissfully impractical transport. Since 1998, VW has pumped $155 million into the brand, with Lambo currently producing two models (the Gallardo is the other...