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The End of Rinderpest, Eradicating Smallpox
Podcast 125: Rinderpest, a deadly cattle plague has been eradicated. A new book tells the story of the eradication of smallpox. more »
How to Kill a Killer Disease
Forum 38: A global vaccination campaign eradicated smallpox more than thirty years ago. Now epidemiologist William Foege -- one of the leaders of that campaign -- has written a book about it. He's taking your questions in this Forum. more »
Challenges to Conquering Polio, Google Baby, Caravaggio’s Remains
Podcast 72: Can polio be eradicated? 'Google Baby' - a new documentary about outsourcing egg surrogacy. An update on the future of commercial whaling. Prehistoric migrations to the Americas. more »
Globalizing American Psyche, Reburying Copernicus
Podcast 67: A West African community in New York deals with its mentally ill members. Author Ethan Watters argues America is exporting its notions of mental illnesses. Copernicus gets a reburial ceremony. more »
No Smiles In Russia, Old Forests Vs. New
Podcast 6: A cross-cultural psychology of smiling. Panama and the HPV vaccine. A debate over new-growth tropical forests. And America's role in China’s pollution problem. 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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