Perspectives
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Reducing systemic racism.
“Addicted: physically and mentally dependent on a particular substance, and unable to stop taking it without incurring adverse effects.” –...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Fair Weather, version 2020.
“Nothing can be truly great which is not right.” – Samuel Johnson Some twenty years ago, the Weather Enterprise[1] –...
Perspectives
The Observationalist
Editor’s note: Whether you’re in isolation or reemerging, we hope this guest column feels like a perfectly meteorological way to reconnect with the world....
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Equal.
The killing of George Floyd has triggered a global lament over the racism that pervades and persists throughout the world,...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Scientists! Don’t just stand there; dance!
“Dance with your heart, and your feet will follow.” (variously attributed.) “Make love your aim.” –the apostle Paul (1 Cor....
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
A sextillion little grey cells, all thinking fast-and-slow, all needing to up-their-game at both.
“Our comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore our...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Look to the little grey cells.
“It is the little grey cells, mon ami, on which one must rely.”– Hercule Poirot (speaking literally under the authority of...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Keep your eye on the (climate-change) ball.
“The trick is this: keep your eye on the ball. Even when you can’t see the ball”– Tom Robbins In...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
BC and AD: today’s new meaning for legacy acronyms?
“What shall I compare the kingdom of God to? It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Seeking your help – to build the AMS Summer Policy Colloquium v2.0
“Our progress won’t be in science alone. It will also be in our ability to make sure everyone benefits from...

