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Dec 12. Dr. Jon Levy of Boston University School of Public Health describes how urban air pollutants such as vehicle exhaust affect our health.
Jan 15, Dr. Pamela Templer explains how scientists study forests and predict the impact of rising temperatures, decreasing snowpacks and other effects on New England's forest ecosystems.
Jan. 21. The unique features of the nano-scale make possible many innovations in medical research and medical applications. Sameer Sonkusale, DIrector of the Tufts University Nano Lab explains the advantages of the nano-scale and a number of recent nano-nnovations in medicine.
A theory we acept today was originally rejected by most physicists
What's so important about an atmosphere? Find out here.
Many of the most important advances in scientific understanding were initially rejected or ignored.
In an era of global science, other nations are increasing their science budgets. Why aren't we?
Most of the matter in the universe is invisible --and scientists still do not know what it is. This is a brief story of how the idea of dark matter was very slowly accepted.
Nov 25: How the world-class Sustainable Design Lab at MIT combines architecture, engineering, physics --and creative genius-- to design the optimal urban environment.
Nov 06 The first in our new video series about major scientific discoveries that were not immediately accepted
Most of the mass of the universe is invisible and undetectable and is known only by its effects....
The necessary ingredients and conditions; formation of life's molecules; Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA) ....
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How the Sun's magnetic storms can affect electric grids and electronic communications. Jeffrey Hughes
Deep cosmic surveys hope to explain the mysterious accelerating expansion of the universe. That search considers dark energy, dark matter, gravity. Licia Verde
Boston-area artists Susan Heideman and Michelle Lougee discuss their fascinating exhibit, "The Life of Forms."
How the unprecedented loss of biodiversity impacts human health. Aaron Bernstein
A fascinating look at the vital role of seagrass in marine ecosystems. Barnabas Daru
A leader in the international research on marine sediments explains how climate history is recorded in ocean sediments. Richard Murray
In this extraordinary era almost any limb, organ or tissue can be replaced. Shawn Kelly
What causes cancer? An internationally recognized research team discuss how different cancer theories shape cancer research. Ana Soto and Carlos Sonnenschein
Conversion to wind and solar power is entirely possible now in the U.S. Mara Prentiss
Nov 25: How the world-class Sustainable Design Lab at MIT combines architecture, engineering, physics --and creative genius-- to design the optimal urban environment.
An excellent resource on cosmology for the general reader, co-authored by one of the greatest theoretical physicists of our time
One of the first researchers to reveal the effects of endocrine disruptors on human health