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How Can We Avoid Dangerous Human-Made Climate Change James Hansen, Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies addresses anthropogenic climate change and what we can do about it. He is followed by a panel discussing the potential impact of climate change on society and what options we have to s |
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Making More with Less: Increasing Wealth while Decreasing Resource Consumption Global warming presents one of the greatest challenges ever faced by American society. In the next few decades, it has the potential to impact every aspect of our lives, from the energy we use to the coastal cities we inhabit. Join a panel of experts a to |
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Lands, Lakes and Oceans: The Ecology of Climate Change Because water is key in many economic and societal functions, understanding the impact of climate change on water resources is key to understanding overall impacts. From fisheries to quality and quantity of resource, join a panel of experts to learn more |
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On Beyond: Commercializing Advanced Technology, Dynamic Displays for Autos Commercializing Advanced Technology, Dynamic Displays for Autos |
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On Beyond: Homeland Security, Studying the Brain, The Themis Mission Go On Beyond and discover technology for robotic monitoring of the nation's borders, explore a new NASA mission to understand Earth-Sun interactions, learn how to extract DNA from everyone's favorite vegetable, and see how science understands the brain, a |
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Atoms to X-rays: How Do Proteins Fold? Theory Meets Experiments The machinery of life depends on proteins--large organic molecules composed of tens, hundreds or even thousands of amino acids bound together and folded into specifically shaped structures. |
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When Things Get Small What could a stadium-sized bowl of peanuts, a shrinking elephant, and a crazed hockey player have to do with nanoscience? Those are just a few of the goofy excursions that await you when witty host Adam Smith and wacky physicist Ivan Schuller take you on |
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Physics Meets Biology If scientists could take advantage of the awesomely complex and beautiful functioning of biology’s natural molecular machines, their potential for application in many disciplines would be incalculable. Nobel Laureate and Director of the Lawrence Berkeley |
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The Origin of the Human Mind: Insights from Brain Imaging and Evolution UCSD cognitive scientist Martin Sereno takes you on a captivating exploration of the brain's structure and function as revealed through investigations with new advanced imaging techniques and understandings of evolution. |
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Music and the Mind In this edition of "Grey Matters," Aniruddh Patel, of the Neurosciences Institute, discusses what music can teach us about the brain, and what brain science, in turn, can reveal about music. |
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Avian Influenza: From Wildlife to Poultry to Humans This program addresses the pathogenicity of Avian Influenza, examining the relationship of disease spread from wildlife to domestic fowl to humans. Panelists discuss prevention strategies for persons in contact with potentially infected wild and domestic |
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Climate Change: What We Know and What We Need to Learn How is human activity changing the climate and what are the consequences? Is global warming the cause of more frequent droughts, stronger storms and less snow in the mountains? Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientist Dave Bader explores what scie |
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Gordon Moore: Behind the Ubiquitous Microchip Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel Corporation, to whom the term "Moore's Law" is attributed, speaks about the ubiquitous microchip. |
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The Use of Technology in the Education and Treatment of Children with Autism An overview of research on technology with people with autism, why technology is effective and how to incorporate it into any treatment program. Presented by the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute. |
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Energy and Environmental Trends and the Role of Technology in Climate Change Abatement A look at technology and climate change |
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Changing Clouds in a Changing Climate Clouds have a major impact on how Earth absorbs and retains heat. How cloudiness will change in response to global warming is the largest uncertainty in scientists' understanding of climate change. Join Dr. Joel Norris as he reviews what scientists know a |
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The Future Stewards of Our Planet Learn about the challenging research work of many of the fellowship students at Scripps. Hear three short presentations that represent a sampling of the broad spectrum of research work Scripps graduate students are conducting to understand climate change |
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From Talk To Action: Economics and Policies as a Path to Solutions This panel discussion hosted by Jon Clark of the Community Environmental Council features Charles Kolstad, Professor & Director of Economics and Environmental Science and Oran Young, Professor & Director of Governance for Sustainable Development at the Do |
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Climate Change and Water: Rights and Runoff This panel discussion hosted by Jon Clark of the Community Environmental Council features Donald Bren Distinguished Professor of Corporate Environmental Management Gary Libecap and Professor of Hydrology Christina Tague. This discussion explores the fate |
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Developing with Sustainability Sunita Narain is one of the most important voices from India concerning global warming, water harvesting, air quality, and toxic contamination of consumer products. She addresses issues relating both to water and forest resource management. |
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Energy Trends for the Coming Decades
Steve Koonin, Chief Scientist of BP, addresses ways to meet the growing demand for energy in an economical and environmentally acceptable manner. Koonin focuses on the major forces shaping the world's energy future and the technologies required to respond |
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How Much Can DNA Really Tell Us About Race? From Identity (In the Mirror) to Identification at the Crime Scene One of the leading authorities on race and science, Troy Duster discusses how the understanding of race is being reshaped by the genomics revolution. Sometimes unintentionally and sometimes not so innocently, genomics may be generating a new and more soph |
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Beyond 'Understanding the Problem': Citizen Action for Global Warming Solutions Environmentalist Bill McKibben offers a vision of what a response to the challenges of global warming might be. He argues that America needs a powerful political effort to move beyond growth as the paramount economic ideal. |
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Climate Science at Scripps Scripps Institution of Oceanography has been a world leader in climate research since the 1950s, when Charles Keeling began his pioneering measurements of carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. Join Scripps Director Tony Haymet for an exciting overview |
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Biofuels: The Science of Creating Greener Energy Higher gasoline prices, dependence on foreign oil and concerns about global warming have placed biofuels in the spotlight. However, no one thinks that turning food crops into fuel is going to quench our thirst for fossil fuels. Not enough land is availabl |
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Energy and Water Sustainability: Policy Approaches Part 1 What are the linkages between energy and water, and what are the best approaches for ensuring sustainability, even in the face of increasing population, climatic variability, land use change and other stresses on water and energy supplies? The Western For |
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Emerging Energies Technologies Summit 2007: Plenary Addresses This conference on Emerging Energies Technologies takes an unbiased look at how the United States can make the transition from dependency on carbon-based fuels to a sustainable alternative fuels-based future. In this program, Paul Roberts, author of The E |
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Emerging Energies Technology Summit 2007: Carbon-based Fuels This conference on Emerging Energies Technologies takes an unbiased look at how the United States can make the transition from dependency on carbon-based fuels to a sustainable alternative fuels-based future. In this program, Severin Borenstein, Director |
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Emerging Energies Technology Summit 2007: Session Two: Renewable Energy and the Hydrogen Economy, Program 2 This conference on Emerging Energies Technologies takes an unbiased look at how the United States can make the transition from dependency on carbon-based fuels to a sustainable alternative fuels-based future. In this program, Michal C. Moore of the Univer |
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Increasing Water Use Efficiency Program 1 What are the linkages between energy and water, and what are the best approaches for ensuring sustainability, even in the face of increasing population, climatic variability, land use change and other stresses on water and energy supplies? The Western For |
