Military Reciprocal Relationship with Video Games December 29, 2010 The Military’s 'Reciprocal Relationship' with Video Games Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Gleebooks What forces are driving the rapid technological developments that ...

Lord Martin Rees on the Unique Place of ... December 29, 2010 Lord Martin Rees on Humanity’s Unique Place in the Cosmos Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Melbourne University It's famously called the Final Frontier, and thanks to rapidly ...

Humans Overhunting of the Mammoths December 29, 2010 Megafaunal Extinction: Did Humans Overhunt the Mammoths? California Academy of Sciences - African Hall Stanford biology professor Elizabeth Hadly’s research in the far reaches of the globe from ...

As Temperatures Rise, Species Shrink and ... December 29, 2010 As Temps Rise, Species Shrink and Genetic Diversity Wanes California Academy of Sciences - African Hall Stanford biology professor Elizabeth Hadly’s research in the far reaches of the globe from ...

Lolcats a Sign of Human Progress December 29, 2010 Clay Shirky: Are Lolcats a Sign of Human Progress? WIRED - The Morgan Library and Museum Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age featuring Clay Shirky, Author; Adjunct ...

Clean Energy from Water December 29, 2010 LIFE: Clean Energy from Water The Long Now Foundation - Cowell Theatre Finally achieving fusion energy may be closer than everyone thinks. For decades the dream has been to employ the reaction ...

Beyond Energy: Using Fusion to Understand the ... December 29, 2010 Beyond Energy: Using Fusion to Understand the Universe The Long Now Foundation - Cowell Theatre Finally achieving fusion energy may be closer than everyone thinks. For decades the dream has been ...

The Hamburger That Paralyzed Stephanie Smith December 29, 2010 The Hamburger That Paralyzed Stephanie Smith Commonwealth Club - The Commonwealth Club of California Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Michael Moss shares his insights gained while ...

Learn if Bankers Cheat More than Politicians December 29, 2010 Who Cheats More: Bankers or Politicians? Booksmith - Booksmith You hear him frequently on public radio — now meet the incomparable Dan Ariely when he introduces his new book The Upside ...

Evolution of the Shrug December 29, 2010 Evolution of the Shrug: Darwin’s Principle of Antithesis The New York Public Library. Adam Gopnik, author of Angels and Ages, A Short Book About Darwin, Lincoln and Modern Life and Steven Pinker, ...

How Copyright and Patent Laws Stymie ... December 29, 2010 How Copyright and Patent Laws Stymie Scientific Progress Open Science Summit - International House at UC Berkeley Victoria Stodden, Jason Hoyt, Cameron Neylon and Peter Murray-Rust answer ...

Adam Gopnik: Was Darwin Racist? December 29, 2010 Adam Gopnik: Was Darwin Racist? The New York Public Library - New York Public Library Adam Gopnik, author of Angels & Ages, A Short Book About Darwin, Lincoln and Modern Life and Steven ...

The Art of Peeing in Outer Space December 29, 2010 Mary Roach on the Art of Peeing in Outer Space Commonwealth Club - Lafayette Library and Learning Center Community Hall Building She took us into the world of cadavers and examined the anatomy, ...

The Ideal Happy to Sad Ratio December 29, 2010 The Ideal Happy to Sad Ratio? 3:1, Says Dr. Happy Australian Broadcasting Corporation - UTS Business School Professor Timothy Sharp is founder of The Happiness Institute. Sharp believes the key ...

How Big Is Our Universe? And Other Cosmic ... December 29, 2010 How Big Is Our Universe? And Other Cosmic Quandaries The Long Now Foundation - Chabot Space & Science Center President of the Royal Society, England’s Astronomer Royal, Lord Martin Rees ...

Brookhaven Latest Research on Quark-Gluon Plasma December 29, 2010 Brookhaven Lab’s Latest Research on Quark-Gluon Plasma California Academy of Sciences - California Academy of Sciences Explore the mysteries of quantum mechanics, black holes, strings, branes, ...

Open Sourcing Home Energy Efficiency Tech December 29, 2010 People Power: Open Sourcing Home Energy Efficiency Tech swissnex San Francisco. Are you smarter than a refrigerator? Smart grid, smart car, smart home energy management. The energy dialogue ...

How to Talk About End-of-Life Care with a ... December 29, 2010 How to Talk About End-of-Life Care with a Dying Patient The New Yorker - SVA Theatre 1 Atul Gawande is a practicing surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, in Boston, and an associate professor ...

James Surowiecki: The Luck of Having ... December 29, 2010 James Surowiecki: The Luck of Having 'A Good Face' The New Yorker - SVA Theatre 2 James Surowiecki has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 2000 and writes the magazine’s ...

Energy and Communication Conversion in History December 28, 2010 Jeremy Rifkin, founder and President of the Foundation on Economic Trends, teases out the ways energy and communication come together across history to create consciousness.