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Jose Gomez-Ibanez on greater urban density and less driving
Jose Gomez-Ibanez studied the amount by which people living closer together - and driving less - can reduce the CO2 emissions to help global climate change.
September 28, 2009
Hania Zlotnik sees economic challenges for aging population
Hania Zlotnik, director of the UN population division, talks about the economic challenges for a future with an aging population, and an encouraging sign.
September 28, 2009
What makes hair curly?
Certain kinds of chemical bonds may change the shape of individual hair molecules, folding them back for an overall curly effect.
September 23, 2009
Is my car’s fuel made of dead dinosaurs?
Fossil fuels consist mainly of dead plants - coal from trees, and natural gas and oil from algae, a kind of water plant, not dead dinosaurs.
September 23, 2009
Barbara King studies ape emotions for clues on how humans evolved
"I think that people who talk about humans as very unique in terms of our emotional meaning-making should take a look at the apes," says Barbara King.
September 21, 2009
Jean Decety says bullies’ brains might work differently
Jean Decety, a neuroscientist, studies human empathy. He talked to EarthSky on his study on how children with aggressive conduct disorder process empathy.
September 21, 2009
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
Do plants grow as well under artificial light?
There are some differences between sunlight and artificial light - most artificial light doesn't emit as much energy in the red and blue region of the light spectrum as sunlight does.
September 17, 2009
Harry Gray: Solar fuel cells will create fuel from sunlight
Just as plants use sunlight to make their own energy, Harry Gray says his solar fuel cells could one day create enough fuel from the sun to provide the energy humanity needs.
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
