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I edited and wrote part of a short book published by New America in July 2015 and freely available online, about how drones are being used in new ways around the world. It's meant to be useful to people who want to fly drones.The Pioneer Detectives
I published a short book with The Millions.
It's the story of the Pioneer Anomaly, a long-standing mystery. The book is short and fun—the length of a novella—but also, in the words of Amazon's reviewer, "powerful and sad". If you've got any curiosity about how NASA works behind the scenes or why scientists believe what they do, I think you'll enjoy the book.
It is available on Amazon as a Kindle Single and also on Apple's iBooks.Drone Wars
I wrote a chapter on the long history of drone technology going back to the early 20th century in this edited Cambridge University Press volume.
Costa Rica
2 February 2006
After the fall
A familiar figure in a troubled country
Central America
tags: The Economist
Criminal gangs in the Americas
5 January 2006
Out of the underworld
Numerous, mysterious, and now spreading fast in the United States
Central America
tags: The Economist
Guatemala
3 November 2005
Swept away
Rebuilding after Hurricane Stan
Central America
tags: The Economist
Central America
4 August 2005
Nothing’s free in this world
What to expect from the Central American Free Trade Agreement
Central America
tags: The Economist
The Panama Canal
21 July 2005
Tight squeeze
Expansion plans hit political problems
Central America
tags: The Economist
Nicaragua
14 July 2005
Searching for a new combo
Outsiders challenge a deadlock
Central America
tags: The Economist