Roger Penrose, for example, has long been on record as arguing that it is quantum mechanics, not general relativity, that needs to be modified in order tosuccessfullydevelop a grand unified theory.
As a social scientist, career woman (not gal) and parent who has been married for 20 years, I find Noer's article to be vicious and disrespectful to the increasing number of women who either need or want todevelop a professional lives while successfully balancing their personal and parental responsibilities.
Russia has many serious problems that it must confront if it wants to continue todevelop economically, and its chances of doing so successfully are not necessarily encouraging.
Iran would be able to cover its costs more successfully if it were able to attract foreign investors todevelop its increasingly antiquated oil and gas fields.