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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 »
Scotland’s Wildcat, A Cuba-U.S. Collaboration, Visualizing Time
Podcast 93: Efforts to save the wildcat of Scotland. U.S. and Cuban researchers collaborate to study the Gulf of Mexico's ecosystem. Some cultures visualize time very differently from others. 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 »
Haiti’s Seismic History, Rome’s Metro System, Excess Flu Vaccines
Podcast 49: Geologists had warned Haiti about an impending earthquake. Engineers and archaeologists collaborate on Rome's new Metro line. Europe is trying to dispose of extra doses of H1N1 vaccine. more »
Saving Apples, Ancient Animal Footprints, Green Chemistry
Podcast 48: Saving the ancestor of apples. Ancient animal tracks rewrite tetrapod evolution. Chemists are trying to make new, green chemicals. more »
Music on Your Brain
Forum 7: Are humans hard-wired to appreciate music? How did music come to play such an important role in our lives. Talk with neuroscientist Daniel Levitin to find out. more »
A Special Podcast on Music and its Origins
Podcast 46: How does music affect our brains, and how did it come to have such a hold on our lives and celebrations? 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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