lindsay moran is ex-c.i.a., she's about to join them. entering a biolab. >> sorry, we cannot confirm your identity concern? >> what is going to be like ebola, but we haven't seen it yet. dr charlotte mcshane is a mechanical engineer. tonight what she learnt about tornados. phil torres. i'm phil torres. 'm an entomologist. that's hour team, nout let's do some science. >>> hey, guys, welcome to "techknow", joined by dr ross shimabuku, and lindsay moran. microscopic things have been making news. viruses. take ebola - it caught america offguard. in some places we overreacted and in other places we doesn't do enough. >> there's a lot of scare around ebola, because we don't know much about it, compared to measles. which is also a hot topic. >> when we think of diseases we tend to think of containment. how do we contain them. i had an opportunity to meet a small group of scientists who are seeking out the pathogens in order to understand it. it might surprise people that metropolis. that's good reason for that. let's have a look. >> reporter: w

lindsay moran is an ex-cia operative and analyst. >> why is this issue political? dr crystal dilworth is a molecular neuroscientist. >> why does a small segment of scientists not believe? i'm phil torres. i'm an entomologist. >> wow! that was something else, i mean it was a real rush for me. >> that's our team. now let's do some science. [ ♪♪♪ ] >>> hey guys - welcome to "techknow", i'm phil torres joined by lindsay moran, dr. crystal dilworth and dr. shini somara. it's a debate that somehow is still raging on - is the climate changing, is man to blame and is there anything we can do to stop the disaster. most agree the answers is yes. that's most scientists, not all of them. shini, crystal, lindsay, you each had a piece of the story. >> at the c.i.a. i was trained to analyse complex and sometimes contradictory data. climate change fits into that model as well. washington d.c. - politics are part of the equation. no matter what the science is, there's going to be contentious debate. >> i had a different experience. i was dealing with the scientists and citizens who

i'm phil torres joined by lindsay moran, dr. shay somora and dr. dilworth. i just got back with an exciting week of my life, and it was all for science. with you jump on an one-ton tiger shark? well, that's the opportunity i got to do with these researchers based out of university of miami. we went on a boat in the bahamas sbahamas bahamas, in the name of sharks. let's take a look. >> shark on! >> shark. the very name inspires wonder and fear, vilified as the world's ultimate killing machine, but their bad-boy image is all wrong, according to these guys. >> i haven't had a single bad day with sharks in 35 years of doing business. >> if there is a shark around, you're likely to find jim in the water with the camera. >> we have 400 billion years of sharks shaping our ocean's health. and in the last 50 years on my watch we've literally destroyed it. >> one in six of all sharks that have been threatened with extinction . >> the university of miami, one of his primary missions is to study sharks in the wild so policymakers can make good policies based on science.

lindsay moran is an ex-cia . >> why is the issue dr crystal dilworth is a molecular neuroscientist. >y does the small segment of scientists i'm phil torres. 'm an entomologist. >> that was something else, a rush. that's the team. let's do some science. [ ♪♪ ] >>> welcome to "techknow", it's a debate that somehow is still raging on - is the climate changing, is man to blame and is there anything we cabn do to stop the disaster. most agree the answers is yes. that's most scientists, not all of them. story. >> at the c.i.a. i was trained to analyse complex and sometimes contradictory data. climate change fits into that model as well. washington d.c. - politics are part of the equation. no matter what the science is, debates. >> i had a different experience. i was dealing with the scientists and citizens would are not debating if climate change is happening, but they are living it now. >> i think it's interesting that both sides of the debate is on the side of science, and use studies as ammunition. we wanted to know who is right. things got interesting. >> as scientists we are trained to

. >> we'll share our findings with lindsay moran she's an ex -cia anaylist. that's our team, everything we've been seeing... it's for this... now let's do some science. hey guys welcome to techknow i'm phil torres joined by lindsay moran and marita davidson. this upcoming episode is an important one to me it takes place in peru where i've done alot of my research and it is a tale of contrast we will see a rainforest full of new species and then we will see the devastation that humans have done to extract gold. >> and as we know with devastating stories like this, where there is a lot of damage science can play a role here not just in monitoring and discovering what's going on but in trying to help process. >> i think this is a story having looked at some of the images that one image of the devastation pretty much says it all. >> absolutely, this is an important story it's one that is very near and dear to my heart and it starts in the peruvian rainforest. the amazon rainforest for more than 50 million years it's been a cradle of life. this is what pristine ra

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lindsay moran is an ex-cia separatist >>> announcer: this is al jazeera. >>> this is the al jazeera newshour i'm david foster. good to have your company. this is a testaste of what we have coming up in the next 60 minutes >>> millions of yemenis at risk as the war drives the country towards a humanitarian disaster. >>> united nations describes the horrors these people went through before they fled syria's yarmouk refugee camp. >>> al jazeera given access to the university last week as kenya organises attacks against al-shabab. >> and i'm reporting from an orphanage in ukraine, where more than 100 children are caught up in a tug of war between the two sides. >> and all the sport - including the latest from turkey as the football league is suspended in the wake of the fenerbahce bus attack. >>> it is their brief to protect children yet u.n.i.c.e.f. believes the war in yemen is driving the country toward humanitarian disasters, putting millions many the young, in danger. it's 12 days since the saudi-led coalition began to target houthi rebels this and the death toll from the fighting continues