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Sweden’s File-Sharing Religion
Technology Podcast 353: On this week's program, we hear about Sweden's newest legal religion. Kopimism enshrines the values of copying and sharing information, particularly online. Sweet faith or dangerous cult? Listen in and decide. 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 »
Saving Lebanon’s Cedar Trees, Black Carbon & Climate Change
Podcast 80: Efforts to save Lebanon's threatened cedar trees. Black carbon, a component of soot, is a potent climate warmer. Scientists have stumbled upon a rare magnetic star. more »
Tech Podcast 277: High-Tech Ski Treadmills, sOccket, and Pecha Kucha for Haiti
Technology Podcast 277: This is no ordinary soccer ball. It's called sOccket, and it's got some tech inside that allows it to store up energy while it's being kicked around. After 15 minutes, the ball's stored up enough juice to power an LED light, or even charge up something else. Too cool. In this week's podcast, we'll talk to... more »
Dog Origins, DNA & Identity, Medical Isotope Shortage
Podcast 31: Were dogs domesticated for food? Papua New Guinea's bizarre creatures. Genes and human identity. And hospitals cope with a global shortage of medical isotopes. more »
Fusion Controversy, Radiocarbon Forensics, Tentacled Snakes
Podcast 19: A fight over nuclear fusion, nuclear residues ID the dead, sneaky tentacled snakes, a journalist comes down with swine flu, and a new find near Stonehenge. more »
Pirate Bay Founders in the Brig, Obama Tech Policy, and Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto
Technology Podcast 239: First, we look at the Swedish court ruling against the founders of The Pirate Bay. We have an explainer and analysis on that. Also, how is Barack Obama's embrace of new technologies during the campaign playing out now that his administration is in power? It's a mixed report card. And we end with a segment on... 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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