Listen to astronomer Anthony Remijan talk about large molecules that formed in space – ones that might be the building blocks of all life here on Earth.
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April full moon on April 9April 9, 2009. The April full moon will be out all night tonight, lighting up the nighttime from dusk till dawn. Watch for the moon low in the east at dusk – at its highest point in the sky around midnight – and low in the west before the sun comes up tomorrow.
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Climate change may increase disease riskListen to Harvard’s Paul Epstein talk about why climate change could lead to a cluster of problems like water-borne disease, mosquito borne disease, and even rodent-borne disease.
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Ralph Cicerone: NAS studies to determine climate choicesListen to National Academy of Sciences president Ralph Cicerone talk about America’s choices in response to climate change.
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The renewable energy potential of forestsHear Janaki Alavalapati talk about how forest biomass – small diameter trees and brush cleared from forests – can be used to create liquid fuel.
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Albert Carnesale: Climate response could create growthEven in a tough economy like we’re seeing in 2009 – limiting carbon emissions might lead to economic opportunities, according to Albert Carnesale of UCLA. He’s an expert on international affairs and security – and chairman of a U.S. National Academy of Sciences committee on America’s Climate Choices.
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James Woolsey: Plug-in hybrids for U.S. security, climateListen to former CIA director James Woolsey talk about the relationship between climate change, U.S. energy use, and national security.
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Janaki Alavalapati: Forest biofuel market evolvingForest scientist Janaki Alavalapati talks about how a forest-based energy industry might boost rural economies.
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Will nanotech spark an agricultural revolution?Norman Scott of Cornell University discusses how nanotechnology– the control of matter at the atomic scale– can make our animal food systems safer.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Nanotechnology aids in plant knowledgeHarvard chemist George Whitesides talks about how nanotechnology can improve our understanding of plants, and ultimately agriculture.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Expert urges earthquake vigilanceKathleen Tierney of the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado talks about what you can do to be prepared if you live in an earthquake-prone area.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Chimps beat undergrads in memory testTetsuro Matsuzawa of Kyoto University’s Primate Research Institute talks about how chimps learn, and what we can learn from chimps.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
U.N. predicts 9 billion in aging world populationHania Zlotnick of the U.N. Population Division says that the world is still on course to have 9 billion people by 2050. She told EarthSky that an aging global population is inevitable in a world where people live longer as birthrates decline.
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Ancient, fanged 'boar-croc' discoveredPaul Sereno talks about an unusual fossil that his team unearthed in a remote region of the Sahara Desert.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Rare Venus sighting dusk and dawn late March 2009March 24, 2009. In the northern hemisphere, it should be possible to catch the blazing planet Venus low in the west just after sunset.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Can nuclear weapons be controlled?Seismologist Paul Richards says that scientists can now detect any nuclear test of military significance, no matter how secret.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Oceans play role in Earth’s climateListen to oceanographer Paul Baker talk about how oceans help regulate global temperature, and how global warming could bring the cooling of northern Europe.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
AIDS detection lab on a cellphoneListen to Aydogan Ozcan talk about a pocket-sized device he’s developing to detect infectious diseases in people in the most impoverished parts of the world.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
'Social intelligence' shaped human evolutionAnthropologist Carol Ward said“It’s the interaction with members of our own species– in terms of competition, cooperation, and help that has shaped the evolution of the human brain and human abilities.”Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Architect Werner Lang on green buildingArchitect Werner Lang, of the University of Texas, talks about creating buildings that work better for the 21st century.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
