Lectures tagged "scientific research"

Rebecca Skloot: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot
February 10, 2010
00:53:16
Science journalist Rebecca Skloot discusses her first book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa.
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SuperFreakonomics
Stephen Dubner
October 29, 2009
01:01:00
Journalist Stephen Dubner discusses SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance.
Weaving Science into Sculpture
Nathalie Miebach
March 11, 2009
01:19:30
Artist Nathalie Miebach explains how she literally weaves scientific data related to meteorology, climate change, and astronomy into brightly colored, three-dimensional sculptures.
Greater Boston: Science City Summit
Daniel O'Connell
April 25, 2007
01:03:28
This one-hour, live studio audience program hosted by Greater Boston's Emily Rooney and co-hosted by The World's Lisa Mullins examines the benefits as well as the challenges that science and technology bring to Cambridge, MA and the surrounding area.
Improbable Research and the IgNobel Prizes
Marc Abrahams
April 1, 2005
00:48:27
Join the IgNobel Prizes founder and host Marc Abrahams for a look at some of the most mind-popping IgNobel Prize winners.