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Swine Flu in the Amazon, Fixing Technological Fixes, Tsavo Lions
Podcast 39: Swine flu spreads far and wide. A story about bringing renewable energy to the rural poor in Nicaragua. And a conversation with engineer Anu Ramaswami about why technological fixes often fail. more »
Swine Flu Vaccine, Mother-to-Daughter Cancer, Vegetarian Spider
Podcast 36: Responses to swine flu vaccine differ on either side of the Atlantic. A mother passed cancer cells to her fetus. Dyslexia more complex among Chinese speakers. 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 »
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 »
Typhoons and Earthquakes; Swine Flu Up North, Stingers Galore
Podcast 18: Swine flu among the Inuit, typhoons trigger earthquakes, elephants afraid of bees, too many jellyfish, and bigger black holes. more »
Frogs at Risk, Flu Redux, Bumbling Bees
Podcast 14: Swine flu may not be so bad after all. Good news and bad on climate. An aircraft manufacturer tries to green its image. A giant frog flies to safety. more »
Vodafone Wireless Winners, UK DNA Database, Swine Flu Questions Answered, and Airplanes!
Technology Podcast 242: On this week's Technology Podcast, we hear about some wireless technologies that could improve lives across the globe. Check out the cell phone that's been modded into a microscope! We also take an in-depth look at Britain's DNA database, and the political ruckus that it's causing. You sent your swine flu questions in, so we take... more »
Factory Farms, Swine Slaughter, and Sleeping Americans
Podcast 13: How factory farms may incubate swine flu. Egypt decides to kill its pigs. And another big piece of Antarctic ice breaks off. more »
A Swine Flu Special
Podcast 12: A Mexican hospital copes with swine flu, China tries to ward off the virus, and the U.S. remembers a 1976 outbreak. Plus dancing birds, asteroids, and dinosaurs. 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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