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Jorge Salazar
Ardis Hoven, chair-elect of AMA, on health insurance reform
Dr. Ardis Hoven told EarthSky that her organization, of more than a quarter million physicians and medical students in the U.S., believes the health care system in the U.S. needs reform.
September 19, 2009
Ted Bergin: ‘Space clouds contain water enough to fill oceans’
Ted Bergin says Space clouds, many light-years in size, collapse to form stars and planets. Some may contain the building blocks of life.
September 14, 2009
Drew Endy: Synthetic biology for new genetic material
Drew Endy points to the development of an antimalarial drug as a successful product of synthetic biology. And talks about future goals of synthetic biology.
September 14, 2009
Black hole at the center of our galaxy
Astronomers believe there's a supermassive black hole in the center of our Milky Way galaxy. The orbits of stars near the center reveal a huge amount of mass inside a very small volume.
September 14, 2009
Steve Running: ‘Plants can’t counter global climate change’
Steve Running believes while Earth's plants might slow down global warming by removing CO2 from the air, he doesn't think plants offer a long-term solution.
September 7, 2009
Claire Parkinson discusses Aqua satellite data
"Prior to satellites," said Claire Parkinson, "communities would be struck by a hurricane with no warning at all. Now, satellites will pick it up."
September 7, 2009
Denise Bode has high hopes for American windpower
Denise Bode talks about the environmental and economic benefits of windpower, and urges the U.S. to adopt a national renewable electricity standard.
August 31, 2009
Michael Macrander of Shell monitors Alaskan Wildlife
Getting to oil and gas in the deep oceans near Alaska requires a higher degree of operating sensitivity, says Michael Macrander.
August 24, 2009
Joe Powell: ‘Renewable energy needs more than just one silver bullet’
Joe Powell says that while fossil fuels dominate the world's energy of today, he sees a coming shift to energy like biofuels, wind and solar.
August 17, 2009
Jeff Key connects polar winds with local weather
Jeff Key gets wind information from NASA’s polar-orbiting satellites, and uses this wind information to analyze the jet stream, to predict global weather.
August 10, 2009
