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Bonnie Bassler discusses the challenges associated with being a female scientist.
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When a child picks food off the floor and eats it he is educating his immune system. Bonnie Bassler tells us how amazing the human body is in keeping us […]
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Bassler explains the governmental, social, and cultural factors which turn children off to science.
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Lawrence Freedman argues that journalists and policy-makers must hold themselves liable for their roles in affecting public opinion of the war.
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Lawrence Freedman considers differences between the first and second wars in Iraq and how future generations may judge the current conflict.
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Lawrence Freedman talks about Bush execution of the Gulf War, management of the war’s aftermath, and handling of the Intifada.
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Lawrence Freedman judges Reagan’s strategies in the region, particularly regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Lawrence Freedman explores the substance and legacy of President Carter’s Middle East peace negotiations.
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Lawrence Freedman discusses the background for his new book, A Choice of Enemies: America Confronts the Middle East.
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Dickson Despommier on 20,000 years of agricultural history.
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Dickson Despommier gives four answers: the Malthusian, the Darwinian, the Smithian, and his own.
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No longer able to rely on the countryside for food, people all over the world are moving to cities, says Despommier.
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Growing food indoors is not a new concept, and Dickson Despommier says global climate change will require that we re-examine it.
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The ideas of vertical farming visionary Dickson Despommier.
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According to Dickson Despommier the revolution may not be televised, but it will be blogged about.
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When describing vertical farming Dickson Despommier used to hear “Should we do this?” Now he hears, “How should we do this?”
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Dickson Despommier reassures us that vertical farming is ultimately safer than traditional farming.