From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:27 PM

From genetics to cosmology to nanotechnology, science is on the brink of numerous and extraordinary mega-revolutions that will change the very nature of life. Closer to Truth brings together leading scientists, scholars and artists to debate many of today’s fundamental issues. Today�...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:27 PM

Get two Nobel laureates, put them in a room and try to shake them up, fail, and get a lot of visionary thinking about stars, planets, living things, people --plausible new theories of how all this developed from the maelstrom of the early universe. Joining host Robert Kuhn is David Baltimore, No...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:27 PM

Rick Gustafson teaches us the basics of biofuels and Tim Stearns gives us the Washington state perspective. Joyce Cooper also speaks about lifecycle assessment and bioenergy. From the Series:Denman Forestry Issues

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:27 PM

From genetics to cosmology to nanotechnology, science is on the brink of numerous and extraordinary mega-revolutions that will change the very nature of life. Closer to Truth brings together leading scientists, scholars and artists to debate many of today’s fundamental issues. Joining ...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:27 PM

From genetics to cosmology to nanotechnology, science is on the brink of numerous and extraordinary mega-revolutions that will change the very nature of life. Closer to Truth brings together leading scientists, scholars and artists to debate many of today’s fundamental issues. Joining ...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:27 PM

Dively and Barbosa join Andrew Wolvin, Ph.D., to discuss genetically-engineered plants and biological control of pest insects, resulting in a reduced use of pesticides. From the Series:Researching Maryland

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:27 PM

Mental health is a significant national issue, yet psychiatry still remains suspect as a science. In fact, psychiatry is said to have a 'split personality,' with the traditional psychiatrists and psychologists on one side and the high-tech medical scientists also called the biomedical ...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:27 PM

Donal Manahan, in a a lecture at the Embassy of Italy in Washington, discusses the history of polar exploration. From the Series:Frontier

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:27 PM

Science and Religion have long been considered adversaries on the battlefield of grand world views because at the most fundamental level they both claim to do much the same thing: provide deep insight into the nature of the world around us and give a profound sense of our place or purpose in the ...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:27 PM

What factors should be considered in assessing the advantages of biofuels over fossil fuels? See why life-cycle analysis is critical in determining the best sources of alternative energy. From the Series:Frontier

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:27 PM

Organisms all around us — not only in the Amazon, but also in our own backyards -- are facing extinction. One out of every four species on Earth may face extinction during the first half of the next century, and as many as two out of three by its conclusion. Yet the diverse organ...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:27 PM

An exploration of the intersection between fine arts and technology through the work of two University of Kentucky art professors. From the Series:Center for Visualization

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:27 PM

In the well-known story of Gulliver’s Travels, a scientist doing basic research has packaged sunlight from cucumbers in order to supply the governor's garden with cheap sunlight. This reference to Jonathan Swift's parody illustrates the concern about the nature and value of scientific ...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:27 PM

The Johns Hopkins Science Review, responding to many requests from its viewers, turned the cameras on itself and gave viewers an inside look into what it took to broadcast a live television program in the 1950s. Opening and closing remarks by John Astin, actor and director and graduate of Johns ...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:27 PM

Learn about recent ecological research in the Seattle area determining which birds benefit from and which are extinguished by urbanization. In addition to general patterns of birdlife, this program explains why American crows are so abundant in cities and what effects they have on other songbird...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:27 PM

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From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:27 PM

From genetics to cosmology to nanotechnology, science is on the brink of numerous and extraordinary mega-revolutions that will change the very nature of life. Closer to Truth brings together leading scientists, scholars and artists to debate many of today’s fundamental issues. Joining ...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:27 PM

Understanding the cause and effect interactions between insects and their host-trees is key to our developing awareness of the integral role that insects play in maintaining the biodiversity and resilience of Pacific Northwestern forests. Robert Gara, UW professor of forest entomology, discusses...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:27 PM

The Franklin Institute offers an electronic presentation of its Case Files, a repository that exists as the documentary record of the Institute’s science and technology Awards program. The University of Pennsylvania's Department of History and Sociology of Science hosted a Symposium to disc...

From: ResearchChannel on Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:27 PM

This is the final of three programs featuring VISIONS ’05 expedition participants who gathered in the research vessel Thomas G. Thompson’s main lab to explain their role in Juan de Fuca Ridge Endeavour Segment ocean research. REVEL (Research and Education: Volcanoes, Exploration and Lif...