Posted on February 28th, 2010 by OmegaTau
[This is a posting of a previously released episode of omega tau. It had been released on Nov 29, 2008]
This episode is a conversation with Pete Bethune, the skipper of Earthrace. Earthrace has broken the world record for circumnavigation of the world with a powerboat. They did it being CO2-neutral and by using as many eco-friendly resources as possible, spreading the message that being ecological doesn’t mean to go back to the stone age and not have fun anymore. In the episode, Pete talks about the environmental background as well as the fun, challenges and scares of circumnavigating the globe in a powerboat; he also describes the boat itself, with its special “wave-piercing” hull.
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Posted on February 27th, 2010 by marcpelletier
Hosts: Marc Pelletier and Leo Laporte
Guest: Dr. George Church, Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Center for
Computational Genetics.
We are now at the crossroads of Genomics and Personalized Medicine. Dr. Church is forging the way. Church and his team at the Personal Genome Project hope to sequence 100,000 human genomes within the next few years. [...]
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Posted on February 24th, 2010 by AmSocMicrobiology
Y ahora disponible Mundo de los Microbios Podcast Ep. 42. Escucha http://bit.ly/d4b6hS o subscríbete con iTunes http://bit.ly/nDFjTA.
Los temas que vamos a tratar esta semana son: digestión anaeróbica, transmisión viral, economía basada en el hidrógeno y, para terminar, productos lácteos endulzados con bacterias.
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Posted on February 24th, 2010 by Michael
Listen to this interview with Bobbi, a young woman who deals with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder every day and you’ll get a much better understanding of what OCD is like. You have probably heard of the term OCD and perhaps you’ve seen shows like Monk or you’ve seen characters on TV and in the movies who show [...]
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Posted on February 23rd, 2010 by podmedic
The MedicCast
This coming poison prevention week gives emergency medicine providers a chance to reach out to the community and collaborate with their local poison centers. Learn more about the upcoming programs in this week’s MedicCast episode, an interview segment with Angel Bivens of the Maryland Poison Center. They cover some of the programs available to [...]
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Posted on February 22nd, 2010 by SETI
It’s goodnight moon from President Obama, as he calls for canceling the program that would return astronauts to the moon by 2020 – we consider the future of space exploration, look at rocket pioneer Wernher von Braun in a new, harsher light, and ask whether you can really buy property on the moon.
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Posted on February 22nd, 2010 by podmedic
The Nursing Show
How a person handles a stressful situation varies for every individual. In cases where they are unable to cope with stress in a level that is disabling, they may be experiencing anxiety disorders. This week on the nursing show, nurses and nursing students will have a good overview of the different anxiety disorders [...]
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Posted on February 22nd, 2010 by VRacaniello
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Alan Dove
Vincent, Dickson, and Alan consider a broad spectrum antiviral against enveloped viruses, how a plant virus induces chemical signals in the host to maximize its spread, a new way to preserve viral vaccines at tropical temperatures, and the continuing story of XMRV and chronic fatigue syndrome.
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Posted on February 19th, 2010 by AmSocMicrobiology
Y ahora disponible Mundo de los Microbios Podcast Ep. 41. Escucha http://bit.ly/9v8qwn o subscríbete con iTunes http://bit.ly/nDFjTA.
Los temas que vamos a tratar esta semana son: tendencias hereditarias a contraer infecciones cerebrales, convertir biomasa en hidrógeno, termitas que producen un combustible alternativo y, para finalizar, el bioetanol.
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Posted on February 18th, 2010 by AmSocMicrobiology
In this episode of Meet the Scientist, Carl Zimmer talks with Michael Worobey, an associate professor at the University of Arizona.
Worobey is virus detective, gathering clues about how some of the world’s deadliest pathogens have emerged and spread across the globe. In the interview Worobey talks about the harrowing journeys he has made in search [...]
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