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Amazon Atlases, Hot Weather and Tropical Conflicts
Podcast 131: A collaboration between international scientists and an indigenous Amazonian group in Guyana. A new study finds hot weather correlated with conflict in the tropics. more »
Genetic History of Coconuts, Beauty in the Beholder’s Brain
Podcast 126: Genetic analysis of the coconut reveals it was domesticated twice, in two different parts of the world. Scientists have found the part of the brain that is involved in perceiving beauty. more »
Tech Week in Review: May 20, 2011
Blog 13: Amazon has announced that e-books are outselling paper books on its website for the first time ever. But does that mean you can get rid of your bookshelves? That's just one of the stories in Clark Boyd's roundup of great global tech stories you might have missed this week. more »
Japanese Educators Make Science Cool, Innovating for Prosperity
Podcast 107: Japanese educators try to make science cool. President Obama wants to boost investment in science education, but can that investment guarantee innovation and prosperity? We visit a place called 'Hell.' more »
Conservation and the Spirit World
Blog 3: Contributor Elsa Youngsteadt blogs about surprising connections between the cultural practices of indigenous groups in South America and the conservation of game animals there. more »
Keeping Time in Clocks & Our Brains, Chevron in Ecuador
Podcast 106: Physicists want to develop more precise atomic clocks. Researchers get a peek at how our brains process time. Ecuadorian court convicts Chevron. more »
The Price of Biofuels – Part 1
Podcast 89: Biofuels may ease our dependence on oil. But what are the true costs of turning crops into fuel? Find out in the first of a two-part documentary. more »
Sydney’s New Water Factory, Lost Civilization, Insect Migration
Podcast 52: Sydney has a new water factory. Brain scans allow scientists to communicate with some patients in 'vegetative state.' Migratory insects have adapted well to their long journeys. more »
Swine Flu in the Amazon, Fixing Technological Fixes, Tsavo Lions
Podcast 39: Swine flu spreads far and wide. A story about bringing renewable energy to the rural poor in Nicaragua. And a conversation with engineer Anu Ramaswami about why technological fixes often fail. more »
Prehistoric Sex, Ancient Footprints
Podcast 3: Prehistoric sex. Ancient human footprints. A lost city in the Amazon. The cult of the future. And a hormone that increases a woman's odds of cheating on her partner. more »
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Life and Work at the South Pole
silviu December 22, 2012 at 15:02hello there is it very nice of you answering questions and telling us about the fabulous life on the south pole . i have always dreamed to get a job there and be able to stay for at least 1 year.....
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Does Corruption Make Earthquakes Deadlier?
Josh January 31, 2012 at 20:59@ Jason, your take on Roger's article is interesting and thought provoking, you're right, you can't help nature and when deadly tsunamis and earthquakes occur death and destruction is going to occur h...
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SETI: Searching the Skies for Signs of Life
Martin Andersen January 31, 2012 at 5:04Alan, it's exciting to hear that you are working on a SETI project with LOFAR. What are the plans for the future with LOFAR and SETI ? Why is LOFAR only complementary to the Allen telescope arra...
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Life and Work at the South Pole
Harrison January 16, 2012 at 1:33Hello my name is Harrison and I just have a couple question. What would I have to go to school for to go on one of those arctic expeditions? And my other question is do you guys get free time there to...
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Promoting Happiness as Public Policy
MPennock October 14, 2011 at 19:04Thanks to everyone for the great comments. There is some very serious international momentum building around the idea of happiness-based frameworks of progress. We can thank Bhutan for throwing the fi...
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Does Corruption Make Earthquakes Deadlier?
Roger Bilham October 14, 2011 at 9:43Check out this article for a fuller discussion http://cires.colorado.edu/~bilham/MalletMilneXIIBilham.pdf
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Does Corruption Make Earthquakes Deadlier?
Sarah Cox October 13, 2011 at 7:09Very interesting theory indeed. But there are other factors that are much more relevant to earthquakes. You have to admit that some of the most developed countries at present are situated in areas wit...
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Promoting Happiness as Public Policy
Hillary October 12, 2011 at 7:58What a great study, post, and discussion. It seems to me it's long overdue that happiness is one of the things that we as a race focus on. I'm not a college graduate, I'm not wealthy, and I live in OH...
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Promoting Happiness as Public Policy
MPennock October 11, 2011 at 15:24There has been an exponential growth in publications and books on happiness during the past decade so it is hard to recommend specific books or articles. Anything recent by Ed Diener, Martin Seligman ...
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Promoting Happiness as Public Policy
MPennock October 11, 2011 at 14:50Not aware of any locations. The Victoria survey was just completed for a second time, almost three years after the original version. They plan on doing it every two years so the effects of one adminst...
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