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Jeffrey Sachs on feeding 9 billion people by 2050
Jeffrey Sachs, is concerned that in the future, the demands of the human population will outstrip the Earth's ability to provide food.
October 26, 2009
Michael Balick: ‘We’ve identified critical habitats of medicinal plants’
"If all the world's plants were studied for their medicinal value, we could increase the number of medicines available by tenfold," says Michael Balick.
October 19, 2009
Tom Tomich: ‘How are we doing on global food production?’
Tom Tomich said that agriculture isn't just about how much food we grow. It's also about people's health and livelihoods, global economics, and resources.
October 19, 2009
Berni Alder: early work lets scientists simulate nature
"There's no higher high that you can get than working in science and achieving a goal that's been waiting there for a long time," says Berni Alder.
October 19, 2009
Benito Fernandez builds robots that learn from experience
"I think a lot of people have seen too many Hollywood movies about Terminator, that they're going to take over," says Benito Fernandez , "But it's a tool that is here to stay."
October 19, 2009
Philip Pardey on agriculture meeting world’s future demand
Global population might reach 9 billion by 2050. "The big picture is that we're trying to match the growth in the supply of food," says Philip Pardey.
October 12, 2009
Amory Lovins: ‘Efficiency is cheaper than fuel’
Amory Lovins says the technologies for creating and retrofitting factories, homes, and cars to use energy-efficient materials already exist.
October 12, 2009
John Ochsendorf builds on ancient architecture for green ideas
Listen to John Ochsendorf, engineer and architectural historian at MIT, talk about what we can learn about "green" design from buildings that are hundreds or thousands of years old.
October 12, 2009
Agriculture for the future, is it possible?
Exploring how to feed a population that grows by 80 million each year, and changing the course of global agriculture as it is known today.
October 5, 2009
Heart danger from high cholesterol
New research suggests that high cholesterol creates heart danger that can change the normal heartbeat, and lead to sudden death.
October 5, 2009
