linda: i want to be an astrophysicist for nasa, i want to work at the jet propulsion lab at caltech.lso love to be the first person to go to mars. and i feel like it could be very valuable and maybe even bring mealworms to space because mealworms can be used to solve many world problems. and i'm just kind of curious to see how they can like live if they can live in space and zero gravity. john: let's turn to your book now. it's called linda and the mysterious footprints. tell me, how did you get this idea and how did you decide to write a book about it? linda: so when i was six, i was studying carbon emissions like all six-year-olds do. and i heard the term carbon footprint. and i thought it was really funny because i was picturing actual footprints. so that small picture helped me understand a really big idea. so i wrote it down and i made myself the main character because i wanted to live in a world where a little girl scientist can see a problem and be respected and heard. that is the world i want to live in. john: i think you are living in it, quite frankly. linda in the book act

scientists from caltech believe that even at... at the stage of development of small spacecraft , itt after a certain service life. for example, devices in low orbits should, after the end of the term , push themselves towards the earth and self-destruct in dense layers of the atmosphere. also, today there are several approaches to cleaning up space debris, including exotic ones. but with any of them, cleaning the orbit will cost much more than launching a new satellite. thus, the russian startup start rocket plans to use sticky foam to capture debris. but swiss scientists are designing a spacecraft that will itself find debris, capture it, and then fall with it into the earth’s atmosphere to burn up. true, the experiment was only appointed for 2025, but if it is successful, the next device will begin to deal with garbage on a regular basis.

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. >> my smart scientific sister morgan went on to caltech, for her big christmas present, it would fit into one little item a thousand -- breaking into tears, sobbing as she looks at it. and the holy grail would make that, it would do magic. >> i want everyone to know we will begin to start taking audience questions. as we have folks line up, take my job as simon. i wanted to ask and out of left field question since you try to learn so many things and talk about so many subjects, when you speak about so much is magic but unless i missed something, never learned magic. why didn't you try magic. >> you are a sensitive reader. the magic tricks i'm doing now, never actually learned it but many readers didn't note that. for simple reason. what drew me into the world of magic is my son luke who would have been 12 had gotten as many 12-year-old boys and girls, more frequent the boys, who were more able, got obsessed with hard magic and really obsessed with it to the degree, sought out a great teacher for himself, legendary guy who decided his goal in life was to go to las vegas and become a l

the opportunity to go to wall street with lucrative pay, they gave me the freedom to go to do the caltech. they're just many moments in hindsight. i realized the best parenting, maybe at least in my case, for me, is the freedom. yet that is also coupled with their own embodiment. my parents are not sophisticated people, you know, compared to me, they don't have my level of exposure to the world. they don't have my love of, you know, scholarship or education. but they are they are resilient people and they embody the kind of courage that defines millions and millions and generations of american immigrants. the one heartwarming thing about publishing this book is i hear from readers, their own families, immigration story and over and over again, it just reminds me we're very normal immigrant family. it's my story is such a typical story. america. america embodies that spirit and my parents embody that spirit. and that spirit just became it became immersed in the air technical term, become my training data, you know, i just i just learned that and learned to embody that without them telling

. >> i can remember christmas of 1967 my smart scientific center went on to caltech got a calculator aul texas instrument calculator i dare say you can fit into one little item i said a thousand and weth have a beautiful video here breaking into tears. solving as she looks at it because it was extraordinary. with joy -- absolute joy. disbelief that anyone could get her with a holy grail that would make her life because it would do magic. for her as a -- >> before we go any further i want people in the audience to know that we're going to start taking audiencei questions you can find amy if you have a question. as we have folks line up if you have a question for cy mop or adam and if you would leak to take my job -- as simon -- adam i want to ask a out of left field question since in your book you tried to learn so many things and you talk about so many different subjects. one that you speak about so much is magic but in your book and unless i u missed something you never learn magic why didn't you try imagine snick >> you're a sensitive reader. one is a magic trick there and i never

can remember so clearly in christmas of 1977, my smart scientific sister, morgan, who went on to caltech, actually got for her big christmas present a calculator, a texas instruments calculator, which i daresay you could fit into one little you know i think the thousandth of an after and we have a beautiful video of her breaking into tears, sobbing as she looks at it because she had such an extraordinary joy with joy. oh, it absolutely disbelief that anyone would get her that she had the holy grail that would make her life because it would do magic for her as a young man before we go any further, i want to let everybody in the audience know that we are going to begin to start taking audience questions. i believe you can find, amy, if you have question as we have line up, if you do have a question for or adam and if you'd like to try to take my job as 5 minutes. adam i wanted to ask a out of left field since in your book you tried to learn so many things and you talk about so different subjects, one that you speak about so much is magic. but in your book, unless i missed something, you ev

hard work resulted in a nearly full ride to princeton, where she studied physics and a ph.d from caltechchildren along with her husband, a fellow computer scientist. and along with her research, she supports ai for all, an organization she cofounded for more diversity in her field. are you satisfied with what you see so far right now? >> oh, no. >> reporter: not at all? >> we don't have enough diversity in this technology at all. we're seeing improvements. there is more women. but the number of students from diverse backgrounds, especially people of color, we have a long way to go. >> reporter: you've described ai as a phenomenon. now you call it a responsibility. >> to me, it's to ensure that a maximized benefits to all humans. but i don't want to give agency to ai itself. it's going to be used by people, and the power lies within people. >> reporter: jo ling kent, palo alto, california. hey, you should try new robitussin honey medi-soothers for long-lasting cough and sore throat relief. try new robitussin lozenges with real medicine and find your voice. you know? we really need to work