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Bird Flu Research Raises Terrorism Fears, Mystery Kidney Disease
Podcast 141: Chronic kidney disease is sweeping across Central America. New bird flu research raises terrorism fears among U.S. authorities. Beethoven's deafness profoundly influences his compositions. more »
Wally—A Deep Sea Robot, Argentine Space Mission
Podcast 123: We learn about a robot named Wally, which is helping scientists explore the deep sea environment. A new space mission launched together by the U.S. and Argentina to measure sea salinity. more »
Science Week in Review: May 13, 2011
Blog 11: The World's Health & Science Editor David Baron offers some of his favorite stories of the past week. He also explains where the Hollywood star (at left) fits in. more »
A German and his cellphone…tracked
Technology Podcast 323: Cell phones seem so innocent, and we use them so much. One German politician decided to find out just how much he uses his phone, and how much of that use was tracked by his cell phone company. You'll be amazed at how much information was kept. more »
The 100th episode! Cacao & Strawberry Genomes, Click Languages
Podcast 100: Join us in our celebration of our 100th episode. We bring updates on old stories, and give you a preview of stories we'll cover this year. Also, news about strawberry and cacao genomes. more »
Tech Podcast: Blogger may face death penalty in Iran
Technology Podcast 303: On this week's technology podcast, we'll have an update on Hossein Derakhshan, aka Hoder. Widely considered to be the "godfather" of Persian-language blogging, Hoder is now in an Iranian prison. Reports from his family inside the country say he may be facing the death penalty. We'll have that story, plus a whole lot more global tech... more »
Volunteer Computing Scores Celestial Success
Forum 19: Scientists are using the computers of citizens worldwide to make new discoveries about the universe. We talk about citizen cyberscience with the researchers who run the Einstein@Home project. more »
GM Foods in Europe, Organic Food Industry, Ancient Brown Shoe
Podcast 71: Germany's schizophrenia about genetically modified foods? The need to regulate the organic food market. An old Armenian shoe from the Copper age. A paleo-climatologist's favorite music for work. more »
Tuna in Trouble, Swine Flu Fears in Africa, Mummy CAT Scans
Podcast 21: Watching for swine flu in Africa. Germany leads the way on renewable energy. Mediterranean bluefin tuna, in deep trouble. A mummy CAT scan. more »
City Bees, Predicting Earthquakes
Podcast 9: Urban beekeeping in Germany. Green architecture in Canada. The perils of predicting earthquakes. Plus chimps and mosquitoes. 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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