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New Rules for Chinese Microbloggers
Technology Podcast 350: This week, we look at the Chinese government's decision to make microblog users hand over their real names. We'll also hear about the need for a smartphone app that can detect malaria, HIV and tuberculosis in the developing world. more »
Britain’s First Public Hydrogen Filling Station
Technology Podcast 344: This week, we talk about Britain's first hydrogen filling station. Also, the $35 tablet computer from India, conflict minerals in Congo, and solar power in Israel. more »
Toilet Tales: Part 1
Podcast 121: An innovative project to provide dry-composting toilets in China. India's toilet museum and its social mission. A sanitation expert on innovative solutions for solving global sanitation crisis. more »
Toilets: Clean Talk on a Dirty Subject
Forum 36: A third of the world does not have access to basic sanitation. How can we change that? Discuss with sanitation expert, Arno Rosemarin. more »
Science Week in Review: May 20, 2011
Blog 14: Mummies with heart disease, a questionable skin disease, and a pesticide some say is worse than the disease it's meant to combat. David Baron reviews the week's global science news. more »
Melting Permafrost, Dengue in Malaysia, Tiger Shark Navigation
Podcast 109: Climate change is rapidly thawing permanently frozen ground in the Arctic. Dengue fever in a clean, well-planned Malaysian city. Tiger shark navigation in the Pacific. more »
Rationing Health Care, Socks for Malaria Control, Cholera in Haiti
Podcast 97: A South African committee that rations life-saving medical treatments. Smelly socks may aid malaria control. The controversial cause of Haiti's cholera outbreak. more »
Atlantic Cod, Global Fisheries Decline, ‘Written in Stone’
Podcast 94: There may be a glimmer of hope for the Atlantic cod. But 70% of the world's fisheries are on the decline. And science blogger Brian Switek's new book, Written in Stone. more »
Asia’s Push for Nuclear Power — a Wise Bet?
Nuclear analysts M.V. Ramana and Alexander Glaser discuss the implications of the burgeoning Asian nuclear energy industry. Come join the conversation. more »
China’s Pork Boom, Evolutionary Roots of Language
Podcast 88: China's growing appetite for pork has environmental costs. One scientist's search for the evolutionary roots of language. more »
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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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Promoting Happiness as Public Policy
John Magana October 9, 2011 at 15:21Dear Mr. Pennock, Perhaps I'm too late to participate in this discussion... Could you please recommend some good source material for what makes people happy? ...Or perhaps share some of your own...
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Promoting Happiness as Public Policy
Al October 9, 2011 at 14:07Hi Mr. Pennock, Have there been locations where the same happiness survey has been repeated? I'm wondering if the publication of the results itself has an influence on future surveys of the same p...
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Seth Mnookin's 'The Panic Virus'
Sue Mahany October 6, 2011 at 11:37The vaccination decision has been the most stressful decision I have made as a parent. A naturopath told me to do tetanus and make sure to ask for a single dose vial. I do personally know a mother of ...
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