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Intersection of air pollution and public health
Harvard's Yang Liu talks about how satellites in space can provide scientists and medical researchers with information they need on air pollution and human health in this 8-minute *EarthSky Clear Voices for Science* podcast.
November 25, 2008
Carbon offset projects: Which are the best?
Looking to offset your carbon emissions? Now you can with confidence, thanks to a new online list of vetted, high-quality...
November 23, 2008
Nuclear power helps global access to energy
Nuclear engineer Erich Schneider responds to a question asked by a student from Cote d'Ivoire about the purpose of nuclear power.
November 23, 2008
Testing blue light on astronauts’ body clocks
Can blue light help to enhance astronauts' sleep and to boost their waking performance? Read more about this test of colored light.
November 21, 2008
Cellphones and human habits and environments
Deborah Estrin of UCLA is experimenting cellphones and their owners as 'mobile sensors' in new studies. Read more about the testing and results here.
November 18, 2008
Sustainable city recipe: location is everything
Columbia University urban designer Mitchell Joachim talks about designing an environmentally friendly city from scratch. "Location is everything," he says.
November 8, 2008
Squeezing more oil out of existing reserves
Shell scientist Willem Schulte says advanced oil recovery technology could help us access vast amounts of oil that remain trapped underground. Read about squeezing more oil out of reserves.
November 4, 2008
Cars of the future with Mitchell Joachim
Cars of the future: It one runs over a pothole, it can tell nearby vehicles to avoid it. Or it can send a message to a municipal grid to come and repair the pothole.
October 31, 2008
A cuppa hope: Working on the future
A cuppa hope: Some of the smartest people in the world are working hard every day to solve the difficult issues facing us at the beginning of the 21st century.
October 30, 2008
Biomedical science: Stress test for astronauts
In biomedical science, a scientist working with the National Space Biomedical Research Institute is developing a stress test for astronauts in space.
October 29, 2008
