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New Hopes for Malaria Vaccine, The Dying Trees of Canal du Midi
Podcast 136: Field trials of a new malaria vaccine yields promising results. Trees lining France's Canal du Midi are dying. Efforts to prevent water wars in the Australian Outback. more »
Lima’s Future Water Shortage
Blog 12: Reporter Daniel Grossman embarks on a journey to Peru to investigate how climate change could affect that country's water supply -- and how the nation aims to cope. more »
Lizard Extinction, Oil in the Deep Ocean, Neanderthals and Us
Podcast 66: A new study suggests that global warming is threatening the world's lizard species. A team of researchers study the impacts of oil in deep ocean environment. Neanderthals and humans interbred. more »
China’s Water Woes, Rebuilding a Footbridge Across the Blue Nile
Podcast 54: China's water pollution problems are worse than previously thought. American volunteers rebuild an ancient footbridge across the Blue Nile in Ethiopia. New facts about whale evolution. more »
Sydney’s New Water Factory, Lost Civilization, Insect Migration
Podcast 52: Sydney has a new water factory. Brain scans allow scientists to communicate with some patients in 'vegetative state.' Migratory insects have adapted well to their long journeys. more »
Indonesian Mangroves, Plastic in the Pacific, A Fake Moon Rock
Podcast 30: Struggling Senegalese fisheries. A volcanic island reborn. New evidence of a warming Arctic. Plus mangroves, ocean garbage and earthquake trauma. more »
A Special Podcast on World Water Issues
Podcast 27: Development threatens a Cambodian lake. Water shortages threaten peace efforts in the Middle East. And climate change threatens to worsen droughts in the future. more »
Pakistan Water Crisis, Spain’s Vultures, China’s Great(er) Wall
Podcast 11: Pakistan is running out of water. Spain’s vultures are going hungry. The Great Wall of China gets much longer. And night owls are more alert than early risers. more »
Finding Osama, Looting in Iraq
Podcast 2: A scientific search for Osama bin Laden. Archaeological looting in Iraq. Water troubles in Australia and Mexico City. And a doctor who fought Ebola in Africa. 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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