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Science Forum: Using science to track terrorists
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Two years ago, UCLA geographer Thomas Gillespie led a study that used scientific methods that tried to predict the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden. Turns out he wasn’t that far off. Gillespie employed theories normally used by scientists to predict the distribution of endangered species. Can these theories be applied to tracking other terrorists? Ask Gillespie. He’s the guest in our latest Science Forum discussion. Download MP3
Responses to Rationing Health series forum
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Our series last week about health care rationing has generated a lively online discussion. Listeners are sharing their thoughts with journalist Sheri Fink and Harvard ethicist Dan Wikler. Check out what others have written in, and bring your own stories and thoughts to the conversation. Sheri Fink and Dan Wikler are taking your questions until December 31st.Download MP3
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We have a lively discussion on nuclear power going on in our Science Forum. Three listeners who heard the story share their thoughts. The conversation continues through next week. Join Now. Download MP3
Science Forum: nuclear power in Asia
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Many Asian nations have big plans for nuclear power. Marco Werman talks about the trend with nuclear analyst M. V. Ramana of Princeton University.Download MP3
What do you think about the tradeoffs of nuclear power? And should the U.S follow Asia’s lead? Bring your thoughts and questions to our online Science Forum discussion with Dr. Ramana, and his colleague, Dr. Alexander Glaser.
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Greener electronics for the globe
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The US based non-profit Green Electronics Council is trying to make the electronics industry more environmentally friendly. Sarah O’Brien (pictured) is the communications director of the council, she speaks with Lisa Mullins about efforts to green the electronics industry. Download MP3O’Brien is also the guest in our online Science Forum. >>>Join the discussion here
Science Forum with tiger expert John Seidensticker
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China and Russia have announced a plan to set up a cross-border protection zone for Siberian tigers. The plan is part of the Global Tiger Recovery Program that’s attempting to save the remaining wild tigers in parts of Asia. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with tiger expert, John Seidensticker, an advisor to the Global Tiger Initiative. Download MP3And you can talk about tigers with him in our latest online Science Forum discussion.
Fred Pearce on population and the environment
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Many environmentalists say the source of the world’s environmental ills is the planet’s booming human population. But in a new book, journalist Fred Pearce argues population growth is not a problem and that focusing on it is distracting people from the earth’s real ills. Rhitu Chatterjee spoke to Pearce and brings some clips to the show. Download MP3The science and ethics of whaling
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The debate over whaling continues to roil international waters. Whaling has largely been banned for almost 25 years but the moratorium is riddled with loopholes and contradictions. In this week’s Science Forum we talk with marine scientist Stephen Palumbi about those contradictions, and some the ethical issues surrounding the whaling debate. Download MP3 (flickr image: glintle)The export of mental illness concepts
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Author Ethan Watters argues that America has exported its ideas of mental health, and mental illness, sometimes to the detriment of other countries. In his book Crazy Like Us, he contends that mental disorders have a strong cultural component that is often ignored by Western psychiatrists. Marco Werman talks with Watters and you can share your ideas about this topic with Watters in our Science Forum. Download MP3
Suicide bombers and investment bankers
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We all tend think of ourselves as conscious, rational beings, but human behavior is largely driven by unconscious attitudes. Science journalist Shankar Vedantam shines a light in these dark corners of the mind in his new book, “The Hidden Brain.” Hear him talk about what suicide bombers and investment bankers have in common, and share your thoughts and questions with him online in The World Science Forum. Download MP3
Science Forum with Darwin’s descendant
This month the movie Creation opened in theaters around the US. It tells the story of Charles Darwin’s life in the months before he published his groundbreaking theory of evolution. The film is based on a book written by his great great grandson Randal Keynes (pictured). The World’s science correspondent, Rhitu Chatterjee talked with Keynes about the process of turning his book into a film. Listen to that interview and post your own questions for Keynes on our latest Science Forum.
Learning about the brain with magic
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Neuroscientists are teaming up with magicians to learn about human behavior and the brain. The World’s Science correspondent Rhitu Chatterjee recently spoke with neuroscientists Stephen Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde about what the two professions are teaching each other. Macknik and Martinez-Conde are also the authors of the new book “Sleights of Mind,” and they are taking listener questions on The World’s online Science Forum discussion. Download MP3
Electricity for rural Nicaragua
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Correspondent Eliza Barclay reports from Nicaragua how two American brothers tried a technological fix to alleviate poverty in that Central American country, and our Science Forum invites you discuss aid projects online with environmental engineer Anu Ramaswami of the University of Colorado in Denver. Download MP3
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