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Final Farewell to the Space Shuttle
Curator Valerie Neal at the National Air and Space Museum highlights the spacecraft’s history and legacy in manned space flight (3:13)
Saving the Coral Reef One Stitch at a Time
Margaret Wertheim talks about how math and climate change inspired her to start the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef project (3:25)
Milky Way Moves
Researchers led by Andrea Ghez, an astrophysicist at UCLA, used telescope images taken from 1995 though 2006 to create this animation (00:11)
Climate Change and the Colorado River
Serving 30 million people in seven states and Mexico, the drying Colorado River can still be saved by sustainable measures and collaboration (3:08)
Discovering Secrets on the Seashore
Mineralogist Bob Hazen talks about what he loves about walking along the coast of the Chesapeake Bay, hunting for fossils and shark teeth hidden in the sand (2:47)
Patricia Bloom on Living Longer and Living Better
The associate professor, geriatrics department of Mt. Sinai, says we may not routinely live to 120, but hopefully we can extend wellness and shorten decline and disability (04:04)
Viktor Mayer-Schönberger on Engagement Through Technology
The Director of the Information & Innovation Policy Research Center, National University of Singapore hopes technology will make us more empowered, motivated and active (02:01)
Bill McKibben on the Symptoms of Global Warming
The author and activist says we may see out-of-control rises in sea level, enormous shortfalls in crop yields and wars over available fresh water (01:26)
Charles Ebinger on Real-Time Energy Pricing
The Director of the Energy Security Initiative at the Brookings Institution says we will be in good shape on the energy front by 2050, though real problems may come in 20 years (04:36)
Simon Johnson on Over-the-Counter Derivatives
The MIT professor believes many of the financial products sold today will be rightly regarded as not in the best interest of consumers (01:32)
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