Predictability: Does the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas?

Truth in science can be defined as the working hypothesis best suited to open the way to the next better one.

We supported East River Science Park. We supported the United Nations tower. We're not an anti-development board. But we do want planning input. We don't look kindly on commercial, nor on buildings taller than the U.N. Secretariat.

One planet, one experiment.

People tend to think that mathematicians always work in sterile conditions, sitting around and staring at the screen of a computer, or at a ceiling, in a pristine office. But in fact, some of the best ideas come when you least expect them, possibly through annoying industrial noise.

The science of today is the technology of tomorrow.