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Drones and Aerial Observation
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
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A tale of two Mexicos
24 April 2008
North and south
Why can’t its stagnant southern states catch up with the rest of Mexico?
The Race to find the World’s Biggest Underwater Caves
15 April 2008
In the April 2008 issue of Discover magazine, I wrote a story about two explorers, one British and one German, who are among the world’s leading cave divers, and of how they found the connection between Sac Actun and Nohoch Nah Chich, in the Yucatan peninsula, finding what was at the time the world’s biggest underwater cave.
Mexico’s energy reform
10 April 2008
Regeneration
Felipe Calderón sends a modest plan to Congress, which girds for battle
The Caribbean Economy
3 April 2008
A storm brews
Worrying about an American recession, inflation and Venezuelan aid
The Caribbean
tags: The Economist
Guatemala and justice
19 March 2008
A test of will
A new UN body tries to fix a broken justice system
Central America
tags: The Economist
The Return of AMLO
19 March 2008
The resurrection
The return of a former opponent adds to the president’s troubles
Mexico and human rights
14 February 2008
Big, expensive and weirdly spineless
A much-needed human-rights watchdog continues to disappoint
Mexico’s battle with drug gangs
31 January 2008
Marching as to war
Drug gangs ratchet up the violence in Mexico as judicial reform begins
Mexico and NAFTA
24 January 2008
Tariffs and tortillas
Trade is not to blame for the poverty of Mexican farmers
Pemex
19 December 2007
Running just to stand still
How to reform the flawed behemoth that is the world’s sixth-biggest oil producer
Higher education in Mexico
6 December 2007
A doctor takes charge
Big university, big scientific ambitions
Natural disasters
8 November 2007
Protecting life but not yet livelihoods
Mexico’s floods fit the pattern of this year’s hurricane season: preparedness has restricted loss of life but not economic damage
Guatemala’s elections
8 November 2007
At least there’s hope
A half-hearted mandate for Colom
Central America
tags: The Economist
The Merida Initiative
25 October 2007
Just don’t call it Plan Mexico
A controversial scheme for American aid to help its southern neighbour fight drugs looks useful but underwhelming
Nicaragua
11 October 2007
Ortega’s crab dance
History repeated as opportunism
Central America
tags: The Economist
Felipe Calderón passes some reforms
20 September 2007
Reforms at last
The president shows himself to be a successful dealmaker