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The Space Junk Scourge
Technology Podcast 336: We now return to our regularly scheduled programming with a look at space junk and how to get rid of it. Also, a smartphone app that makes the DMZ disappear. And a new way of growing plants in the Netherlands. more »
Solar Flares & Northern Lights, Life in Space, Malaria Misdiagnoses
Podcast 78: Solar flares are sending hot plasma towards the Earth. Life in space is boring and full of interpersonal-squabbles. Cases of ordinary fever are sometimes misdiagnosed as malaria. more »
Raptors in Beijing and other Cities, Roman Ingots, Asteroid Water
Podcast 64: Raptors are struggling to survive in Beijing, while they're starting to adapt in other cities around the world. The stories are linked to the online discussion about urban raptors over in our Science Forum. more »
Tech Podcast 270: Drones in Afghanistan and Pakistan
[Technology Podcast 270: On this week's podcast, we kick off with an extended version of an interview with Noah Shachtman of Wired.com. Noah's just back from checking out the drones that are currently flying over Pakistan and Afghanistan, and he's got a lot of interesting things to talk about. We'll also take a trip into space to hear about... more »
WTP 262: Moon crash, Peruvian fog nets, Nobel Prize in physics, and Trongs!
[Technology Podcast 262: A listener-centered episode this week. Tech Podcast listener and inventor Eric Zimmerman shares his low-tech solution to a high-tech problem; namely, how do manage to answer your cell phone when you're eating buffalo wings and your fingers are covered in sauce? Trongs. Also, NASA crashes into the moon (on purpose), and Peru tries to harvest water... more »
Three Malaria Stories, plus Pigs and Hippos
Podcast 7: Fighting malaria, in Cambodia and the United States. A project to map the DNA of every mosquito species. Plus meteorites in Sudan and the revival an ancient harp. more »
New Stem Cell Rules, The First Horsemen
Podcast 5: New U.S. stem cell rules. Ancient horses. A European pesticide controversy. And a Bolshevik murder mystery solved after nearly a century. 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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