Elizabeth Alexander has been commissioned to write a poem for Inauguration Day. But the checkered history of the form suggests it's an almost impossible task.
Thursday, Jan 15, 2009 11:52 AM UTC 15From dull longing to document to electrical pulse ...
Tuesday, Mar 2, 2004 5:27 PM UTCA sonnet commemorating the 60th anniversary of the first laboratory-induced nuclear chain reaction.
Monday, Dec 2, 2002 6:30 PM UTCWhat new cocktails of toxic chemicals are brewing in the high-tech industry's "clean rooms" -- and will we ever know what harm they're causing?
Tuesday, Jul 31, 2001 8:45 PM UTCIs workers' health the price we pay for high-tech progress? First of two parts.
Monday, Jul 30, 2001 8:32 PM UTCLead, mercury, chromium -- that's what computers are made of. So why aren't electronics makers keeping them out of landfills?
Monday, Sep 18, 2000 6:47 PM UTC
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