State of the Future report looks 10 years ahead
The 2008 State of the Future report looks at trends in world affairs ten years down the road, based on data from the past 20 years. The idea of the State of the Future, said Jerome Glenn, Director of the Millennium Project and co-author of the report, is not just to improve education or business, but to improve the whole society. Hear more from Glenn on the State of the Future.
Galaxy's spiral arms might reveal black hole mass
Astronomer Marc Seigar studies the gargantuan black holes at the core of galaxies – including our Milky Way. He talks about what might be determining the size of these super massive black holes in different galaxies around the universe.
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You’ve heard the familiar voice of Deborah Byrd on the radio for more than 30 years. In this Clear Voices for Science podcast, the Earth & Sky founder and veteran science communicator talks about EarthSky’s vision.
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- Michael Pollan predicts a food culture revolution
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We in the U.S. are due for a revolution in eating, according to Michael Pollan, UC Berkeley journalism professor and author of the bestseller In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto. Pollan talks about food scandals related to the way certain foods are processed and prepared, and predicts a future with more food choices.
more... - Scientists focus on next generation of biofuels
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Biochemist Mike Goosey of Shell describes the search for non-food sources for the ‘next generation’ of biofuels and the development of processes to convert them to fuel.
more... - Affordable and green go together in home building
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Fernando Pages builds homes that are affordable without the need for subsidies. Pages explains why green building is really advanced building, and how affordable and green go together.
more... - Paleontologist: Dinosaurs not special, just lucky
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Columbia University paleontologist Steve Brusatte thinks dinosaurs might have been ‘just lucky’ to have ruled Earth for so long.
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You’ve heard the familiar voice of Deborah Byrd on the radio for more than 30 years. In this Clear Voices for Science podcast, the Earth & Sky founder and veteran science communicator talks about EarthSky’s vision.
more... - Feeding future cities with 'vertical farms'
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Microbiologist Dickson Despommier envisions ‘vertical farming’ in city buildings — growing produce, even fish and poultry, in vertical greenhouses.
more... - Global warming may change ocean biology
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Global warming could push ocean life in new directions, warns Jorge Sarmiento of Princeton University. Hear about Sarmiento’s research on how small temperature changes could have a big impact on ocean biology.
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- Dan Kulpinski Many mammals threatened by extinction
- A new comprehensive study of the world's 5,487 known mammal species indicates that extinction threatens 25 percent of land mammals and 36 percent of marine […]
Posted by Dan Kulpinski October 10, 2008 (0)
- Jeremy Shere And the Ignobel Winners are ...
- Everyone knows about the Nobel Prizes annually awarded for extraordinary achievements in physics, medicine, chemistry, economics, literature and peace. (Congratulations to this year's winners […]
Posted by Jeremy Shere October 6, 2008 (0)
- Beverly Spicer Chronophage - the grasshopper that eats time
- On September 19, 2008 Professor Stephen Hawking unveiled the Corpus Clock, featuring the Chronophage, a grasshopper that eats time.
Watch a fascinating introduction of […]
Posted by Beverly Spicer September 24, 2008 (2)
- Lindsay Patterson Today is Global Overshoot Day
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According to the Global Footprint Network, September 23 is Global Overshoot Day. Meaning, today is the day when humans have used up all the resources […]
Posted by Lindsay Patterson September 23, 2008 (6)
- Larry Sessions The real danger of the LHC
- There is a sobering fact, well known to science but little known in public. It is a fact related to Einstein's famous equation, E=mc2, […]
Posted by Larry Sessions September 9, 2008 (46)
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