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Beth Lebwohl
Greenhouse to grow food on the moon
Gene Giacomelli describes how a new kind of greenhouse would work to help feed astronauts on a moon mission in the future.
March 16, 2011
Eddie Bernard talks about tsunami forecasting system
Eddie Bernard, director of the Pacific Marine Environmental laboratory in Seattle, said scientists model how a tsunami will strike a coast - even far away.
March 11, 2011
Wieland Schöllkopf: Small particles of matter sometimes act like light
Proving that quantum reflection exists is a little like demonstrating that a ball which has just fallen off a cliff can bounce back up without hitting the ground at all.
February 25, 2011
A 10-year-old explains why 3-D printing is cool
Schuyler St Leger is a 10-year-old who uses 3-D printing and who let an audience of 850 people know that the future belongs to young people's know-how and imagination.
February 24, 2011
Cure for baldness may come from this accidental discovery
While working on an experiment involving mice's response to stress, scientists accidentally stumbled upon a potential cure for baldness.
February 23, 2011
Biomimicry and solutions inspired by nature
Biomimicry looks to nature to create sustainable solutions to human problems. The San Diego Zoo is a center for biomimicry research.
February 23, 2011
Sleep and healing in children
Medical sociologist Cary Brown says more research is needed to explore the relationship between lack of sleep and children with chronic health problems.
February 21, 2011
Sky island ecosystems: What are they?
Scientists say climate change in this century will affect the unique mountain wildlife in the sky island ecosystems of Arizona's Catalina Mountains.
February 21, 2011
Check out this DNA video
DNA may be the world's most powerful computer chip, says Dr. Martin Hilbert of the University of Southern California. This rockin' DNA animation would appear to support his claim.
February 12, 2011
Martin Hilbert: All human information, stored on CD, would reach beyond the moon
If a single star is a bit of information, there's a galaxy of info for every person on Earth, says the first-ever inventory of our info capacity. Learn more from Martin Hilbert.
February 10, 2011
