Bronx Green-Up Initiative: Reviving Urban Agriculture
Founded in 1988 to support urban volunteers who began transforming vacant lots into green spaces, Bronx Green-Up has become a cornerstone for community gardening...
Leonard Susskind: The Scientist Who Studied Black Holes
An American theoretical physicist and one of the leading scientists in modern fundamental physics. His research focuses on string theory, quantum field theory, quantum...
Bruce Ames: The Scientist Who Developed the Ames Test and Fought Cancer
A distinguished American biochemist and geneticist, Bruce Ames revolutionized toxicology by creating the Ames test to evaluate the mutagenicity of chemical compounds. His method...
William Jacobs: The American Microbiologist and Geneticist
A professor of microbiology, immunology, and genetics, he developed a method for introducing foreign DNA into mycobacteria. This paved the way for creating genetic...
Norton Zinder: The Famed Geneticist and Molecular Biologist
His name entered the history of science thanks to the discovery of transduction—a process where bacteriophages, or viruses that infect bacteria, transfer genes from...
Eric Sanderson: New York City Nature Historian, Creator of the Mannahatta Project
An American landscape ecologist, New York City nature historian, and urban environment researcher. He is best known as the author and leader of the...