nerds are upset at black storm troopers in the "star wars" movie.o they have a problem with a storm trooper being black? no they have a problem with you changing their definition of a storm trooper. let me be a little clearer -- if the first time you introduce oatmeal to a nerd, it has maple syrup in it, it better have maple syrup in it every (bleep)ing time or it's not oatmeal. that's your fault. now, if you want to change it you need somebody who's part of your origin story to explain that change. like when star trek changed their origin story, they had the original spock come back to explain it to the new spock. that's why nerds were cool. well, they weren't cool, but you understand what i'm saying. so the only way to calm nerds about black storm troopers isn't to recast "star wars" but to have a cherished character explain. example -- lando carlissian could be talking to admiral akbar -- "calm down, everybody. it's a black storm trooper. it wasn't my fault!" or obi-wan -- "this is not the black storm trooper you're looking for. move along. move

although my wife has now determined that not only am i a nerd, my son is a nerd, too.m very happy about that. we are nerding out. he is a four-year-old that loves arduino programming. emily: is he going to learn how to code? max: he already knows how to code! emily: and he's four? max: he is four and a half. one of his favorite games is playing with blinking lights and making them blink to music. emily: how much faith do you still have that yahoo! can be turned around? max: i have lots of faith in marissa. she has the drive. ♪ emily: if you could master one skill that you haven't mastered yet, what would it be? max: parenting. emily: what would you title your autobiography? max: "drive." "drive"? emily: "drive"? max: i am not sure that is a good title, but the number one -- one of the, sort of, things i keep on coming back to as i age and try to be a better parent, i always come back to where did it all begin. what is the one thing that makes me who i am? and i am 100% sure that's drive. that i got from my grandmother. i remember vividly thinking to myself, my god, she

every nerd -- call me a nerd but every nerd thinks she should be playing in "waiting for gordita." >>she is not on time for literally anything you know how many times she will -- looks like we are waiting for another -- whatever that is. >> she does seem to be handling the criticism well. what else is there to say? the only other person who was poorly cast was ben affleck as batman. rage boils up in my body. >> look at roly polly chris pratt. >> "guardians of the galaxy" is different. chris evans could not roll on to "captain america 3" with a spare tire and a big old booty although i would still love him. >> i think chris pratt gave himself a make over and she can do the same thing. use a little push up bra. on the same time how many models did we hear this from? everyone said i was too skinny and it was a bummer. so i am a super month had del. are we supposed to feel sorry for her? i don't feel sorry for her. >> is she saying she needs to get a pair of bolt on sweater kittens to be an acceptable wonder woman? >> are we talking about jill? >> no jill's breasts are pert and lovely. >>

you can go to nerd wallet.com. >> what's nerd wallet? >> a finance website, a lot of interesting things on there. the other thing is make sure you know what's going into this rate. the clean driving record, that's key. that's going to keep your premium down. you want to know if you're a younger driver and you have less experience, you're going to be paying more. also keep in mind that -- how much you use that car is also going to impact how much you pay in car insurance. the one thing people don't think about, i know i love to talk about credit scores. it affects every aspect of your life. it really does in terms of car insurance. they look at your credit history, your credit score, and this will determine the rate you get. >> that's improved over time, you need to point that out to your car insurance? >> exactly. >> sharon, thank you so much. >> sure. >> up next "on the money," a look at the news for the week ahead. and get your bags packed for your next getaway. the hottest new apps to help you plan your escape to the sun. shopping onl

michael has no objection to being called a nerd. nerd is a term of affection and pride. given to understand a little i had never seen it. many people are bullied. >> he is no social butterfly. but he doesn't worry about fitting in with his peers. he has great friends. it is a supportive group of kids. they are talented. michael's imagination extends to writing his own blog called eyes of flesh and fame. characters deal with a moral choice placed by scientists. >> science, you get nom about things. that gives you power over it. the power to unlock secrets of nature. tom ackerman in washington. >> if i was proud of that kid i would be proud if someone called me a nerd. thank you for watching this hour. but the news continues with my colleague. >> hi, i'm thomas drayton in new york. let's get you caught up on the top stories this hour. tens of thousands marched in unity across the edmund pettus bridge in selma alabama. making 50 years in the fight for civil rights. >> battling boko haram, chad and nigers launches an offensive as deadly attacks are undertaken >>> rallies acr

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. >> michael has no objection to being called a nerd. >> where i come from nerd is a term of affectionde. i've been given to understand although i've never experienced it, that some get bullied for that. >> he has great friends he's been with the same kids since middle school. it's a very supportive group of kids. they are all extremely talented they all root for each other. >> michael's interest extends to writing his own blog. >> is fictional gory foral gore fiction allegory for science? >> tom ackerman, al jazeera washington. >> the first attempt to fly around the world using only the power of the sun has begun. the solar impulse took off from abu dhabi on a journey that will take five months. the plane has a wing span equivalent to a 747 jet has a size of a car. impressive stuff. this is where we say good-bye to our u.s. viewers. "america tonight" is up for you next but go to aljazeera.com to get all the latest on the stories we're covering there. >> a legendary artist known the world over. but to mean harry belafonte's greatest role is as a civil rights leader. >> it is to be expe

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united states is buying up nerds, nerd mercenaries "nerdcenaries."e we welcome back our senior international correspondent mr. trevor noah. trevor! ( cheers and applause ) >> thank you. >> jon: very delighted to have you here. >> thank you very much. jon. it's an absolute pleasure to be back here to talk about chess. the game of kings smart checkers ( snoring ) black and white hockey squares. the history of chess stretches back centuries -- come on, jon jon! >> jon: i'm sorry, i didn't realize how boring chess was until someone else started talking about it. all right. >> if americans are so bored by chess why are you stealing everyone else's players. >> jon: we would like to win. let's face facts. we could patiently build a home-grown chess team through years of hard work but years of hard work. we'd rather just buy them. >> you know what jon, does america really need to be the best at everything? i mean you already dominate world in economics, military power, obesity. ( laughter ) >> jon: you're very kind. we have the most dakotas. >> you have so m

that means black nerd, for those of you playing at home.nd remember, "other in other -- and remember other nerds, only we can call each other that. but whenever i'm waiting the arrival of a fresh new knapple product i get a tingly feeling. but not the good kind in my bathing suit area. it's like there's something i'm supposed to remember about apple that's not so pleasant. >> this is where your iphone 6 comes from. >> at foxcon, "women work like men and men work like animals." >> a total of 18 employees took their own lives or tried to in recent years. suicide nets went up in the spring of 2010. >> larry: apple forces you to deal with an internal ethical issue before every purchase. what do i care about, the proper treatment of human beings or pressing candy? i mean i like people, but these people are so far aa way! they're in china! whereas all of this candy is right here in america! in my phone! and needs to be crushed this very second! damn you, candy! ♪ ♪ ♪ i'm so good at this! you know what, apple's just a company. they're just trying

nerd wallet.com. >> what is nerd wallet? >> a personal finance website. different interesting things on there. other things to consider though are make sure you know what is going into this rate. and the clean driving record, that is key. that will keep your premium down. you want to know that if you are a younger driver and you have less experience you will pay more. and keep in mind that how much you use that car, is also going to impact how much you pay in car insurance. one thing people don't talk about and i know i love to talk about credit scores, it does in terms of car insurance, they look at credit history, credit score and that determines rates as well. >> and if it is proved over time, point that out to your car insurance. >> exactly. >> sharon, thank you. >> sure. >> up next, a look at the week ahead. >>> pack your bags for t n get away wp we have the apps to help you plan your escape to the .wp we have the apps to help you p wp we havee have the ♪ ♪ hush my darling... ♪ don't fear my darling... ♪ the lion sleeps tonight. [snoring.] ♪ hush my

alix: nerd alert.hter] karl: when you are in debtor's prison earnings slave wages, you cannot repay those loans. what germany means to do is maybe give greece a little bit more air to breathe so that greece can start to grow. if they are in contraction, they will not be able to repay the debt, so give them space to grow. lisa: i'm sorry, you can blame media as much as you want, but you have alexis tsipras saying that germany owes them money for reparations from world war ii -- are you kidding? carl: this is brinksmanship. alix: is it brinksmanship or just a really young government trying to make good on promises to the voters and voters to creditors? carl: they have to have popular support. otherwise there will be no confidence would -- votes and whatnot which would undermine their legitimacy. unless they get a blank check from germany, they will have to make some pretty brutal reforms and cuts. lisa: they have to make cuts and serious decisions. the unemployment rate is a 24%. that is crazy. that is a

what's great about that is i feel like nerds everywhere sit with their friends and have conversations had a chance to then answer the question you discussed and it's like what everyone would hope is that one day you're going to get asked that question you wasted all this time talking about. [ laughter ] >> you were the ultimate nerd. >> seth: you are the ultimate nerds. [ applause ] george has said he wrote these books to almost make them impossible to film. he never thought they'd be adapted. one of the things you guys found out that is especially tricky about this show is how hard it is to work with horses. >> yeah. i mean, i think when -- [ light laughter ] when we went into it, we had no idea that it was going to be hard because we were [ bleep ] idiots. >> seth: right. [ laughter ] we had no experience. we'd never produced a television show. we never produced a movie, an internet thing, anything. >> seth: your credit was knowing who john snow's mother was. [ laughter ] >> yeah. i mean, you laugh, but that's the truth. >> ignorance is a powerful weapon. >> seth: absolutely. >> and

he was there with scott weiss who asked if connected homes is a normal thing or a nerd thing.e did say it is still for the nerds mostly because these devices do not talk to each other yet. it is the folks having to get the devices to talk to each other and build it out in their own homes. than normal consumer is not there yet from a technological standpoint. cory: there is a company that was getting a lot of attention going in. twitter kind of pulled up along --pulled out the rug underneath them. this is a live conferencing app that would map on top of twitter followers. twitter said not so much meer kat cannot have it for free. >> the c.e.o. spoke to bloomberg yesterday and addressed it and said it might have been sooner than we expected, but we are focused on building out a social platform and continuing to do what we can without that information. meerkat is still up and working. i have seen a lot of it at the conference with people showing what they are seeing in real-time. they are trying to work around this lockout from twitter's user data. cory: we appreciate your time.

and partner scott weiss, who said, connected homes, is this a normal thing or a nerd thing?an came out and said it is kind of nerds, because these devices do not talk to each other yet. they have to get these devices to talk to each other and the normal consumer is not quite there yet from a technological standpoint. cory: right. there was a company called mayor -- meerkat that was getting a lot of attention. essentially this is a live video conferencing app that would map right on top of your twitter followers and twitter said yeah, not so much. you can't have it for free. alex: the ceo kind of address the yesterday and said, you know what? twitter did this. it may have been sooner than we expected, but we are focused on building out a social platform and continuing to do what we can without that social information. so, working anecdotally, i feel a lot of people showing what is their thing in real time. the idea is to work around this lockout from twitter's user data. cory: alex therefore is, suffering the barbecues and the margaritas of texas. thank you very much. "bloomb

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you had a nerd do it. >> he is a talented nerd. thanks, rob. >> a special thanks to anna bell, walter kern joanne know saw chin key and bill hammer. that does it for me. see you next time. you. >>> breaking tonight, actor harrison ford at this moment after crashing a vintage plane on a california golf course. this is brand new video just in from tmz of the 72-year-old being treated for what is reported to be a serious gash on his head. new audio transmissions just released reveal ford reporting engine failure and requesting an emergency return to the santa monica airport. his son described him as battered but okay. we will go live to los angeles as we await a press conference from officials there on the extent we hope to hear of mr. ford's injuries as well as more on the crash itself.

let's check out our team, hardcore nerds. let's check out our team, hardcore nerds. >> i am phil torres. >> i am phil torres. i am an eventmologist. i am an eventmologist. tonight, a special edition of tonight, a special edition of techknow: the revolution techknow: the revolution on the road. on the road. an experimental toyota. an experimental toyota. the only emission: water. the only emission: water. could this be the new way to could this be the new way to fill er' up? fill er' up? then, dr. shinny samara, a then, dr. shinny samara, a mechanical engineer, the latest mechanical engineer, the latest in crash test dummies and how in crash test dummies and how researchers are turning to 3d researchers are turning to 3d imaging to make those dummies a little smarter. imaging to make those dummies a little smarter. >> there is a graphic, of the >> there is a graphic, of the different impacts. different impacts. >> an engineer who designed >> an engineer who designed everything from satellites in everything from satellites in s

cory: so the satellite that blew up a few weeks ago, big secret nerds with telescopes saw it.ned in early february is that a military weather satellite, this is actually an air force satellite, called dmsp-13, the satellite that was launched in 1995, in early february something happened to it. and it looks like it exploded. this was seen by an amateur astronomer in the u.k. basically with a pair of binoculars. i think this thing blew up. about 20 days later, i think the air force finally fessed up and confirmed that this thing had indeed exploded. not really sure why. nobody's really saying, if anybody knows at all. but it's actually not the first time that one of these spacecraft had blown up. there was another one, an earlier one, that something similar happened to in 2004. cory: the technology's much more advanced than nasa but the size of the program is interesting. i want to read a quote from one of the generals who ran the organization up until recently. specifically what he talked about, sort of the size of this agency. he said, they're undertaking probably the most agg

michael has no objection to being called a nerd. where i come from "nerd" is a term of affection and pride. i am given to understand, awe though i have never seen it, that many people in places are bullied because they are interested in science. >> he says he is no social budder fly but michael doesn't worry about fitting in with his piers. >> he has great friends. he has been with the same kids since middle school. it's a very supportive group of kids. they are all extremely talented but they root for each other. >> michael's imagination extends to writing a fiction blog called eyes of flesh and flame. in their fantasy world, it's characters deal with the real life moral choices faced by scientists. >> it's actually an al gory for science, you know. gertie just like how science, you get knowledge about things and that sort of gives you power over them. >> the power to unlock secrets of nature and inspire new generations of scientists tom ackerman, al jazeera, washington. >> all right. time for the sport. poised ready and waiting. >

let's check out the team of hard-core nerds. specialising in ecology and evolution. rhinos have been hunted to near extinction. it's illegal and deadly black market trade. >> a specimen like this could sell for close to $400,000. back. >> finance is squared back. >> hunting the hunters. >> rhinos are gone, i think. kosta grammatis is an engineer that designed everything from satellites through space to bionic eyes. tonight he goes one on one with a bot. forget about football, meet the science squad. kids from a las vegas turning heads around the world. 'm an entomologist. that's the team. let's do some science. >>> hey, guys, welcome to "techknow", i'm phil torres, joined by marita davison, and kosta grammatis. marita, you met a man who spent years as a crime scene investigators for human victims. now he and his lad is taking on the fourth largest industry in the world, it's a tragic. >> yes, we think of forensics dealing with human victims, we don't think of it as a bird. it's a wildlife services add, taking on the illegal trade in endangered species problem. >> som

one thing i want to point out thinks completely nerd y.le watching the movie when she's leaving the ball watch the shot, it is a sideways shot, this way and it is supposed to symbolize her world being turned upside down. it is a brill yacht shot. it is very will cool. i gave it four out of five. >> i'm excited you said four out of five. i thought it was just another cinderella movie. now i want to see it. >> absolutely phenomenal. >> reason why people will be going, they want to see frozen short. have you seen the the frozen short before cinderella. >> 100 percent. it aired right before cinderella starts. get there early, seven minute short film called frozen fever. edina is back, kristin bill and olaf, new song. >> is it as good. when they say a short can you add on to frozen. is it as good as frozen though. >> it is really good. >> frozen was a full length movie that obviously had a beginning, middle and end. thinks a short film. mini sequel. i loved seeing characters back. funny, cute. i really loved they are making a sequel officially,

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. >> as you guys know, we are nerds at heart, when we are not filming techknow segments, we are having fun and hanging out with scientists, as you see here, crystal and i hung out with our friends at nata, and had to go into a clean room. this is an air shower. >> right, we are looking at where they are building speck roe tom terse for the mission. we had to tres -- dress like we were in the operating room. >> would you guys like to follow us in the field. be sure to check us out on tech >> criminal gangs risking lives >> it's for this... 3 grams of gold >> killing our planet >> where it's blood red... that's where the mercury is most intense >> now, fighting back with science... >> we fire a laser imaging system out of the bottom of the plane >> revealing the deadly human threat >> because the mercury is dumped into the rivers and lakes, it then gets into the food chain... >> that's hitting home >> it ends up on the dinner plate of people... >> techknow only on al jazeera america >> >>> announcer: this is al jazeera. >>> welcome from doha. this is the newshour on al jazeera. net wins

let's check out our team of hard core nerds. >> dr. crystal dilworth is a monthly ec lar neuroscientist. would you give kids marijuana if it could help them? a look at a scientific test that may determine if charlotte's web is real medicine or not. lindsay moran is an ex-cia operative and analyst. i'm are phil torres. that's our team, now let's do some science. ♪ ♪ hello and welcome to "techknow." my name is phil torres and we're joined today by lindsay moran and dr. crystal dilworth. you went to investigate can marijuana but this marijuana is missing something. >> right, it's missing thc, the compound responsible for that high. i got a chance to go to colorado and look at a family business who's producing marijuana that helps treat children with intractable are why being diseases. >> more than 400,000 children in the u.s. suffers from epileptic seizures. heather jackson's son zaki is one of them. >> zaki had these, he has a rare form of epilepsy known as doose syndrome. by the time he was 5 years old he had had 500,000 seizures. don't

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has the nerd community glomed onto you? have you become an icon to them?ricate questions about the cones of dunshire. [ cheers and applause ] and i want to say, "i don't know. i don't know. it's an imaginary game." >> seth: right. it's the most -- we've known each other forever. you worked at "snl," and it's the most -- it's -- did dave king come up with cones of dunshire? >> it was a group effort. dave king happened to be writing the episode in which it first appeared, and dave king is an avid gamer, and we came up with the idea. i was like, "so you know what to do, right?" he was like, "yep." and then he came back with, like, seven pages of the most -- by the way, for the record, the angriest amy poehler ever was on the set. or the most annoyed, i wouldn't say angry. the most annoyed i would say. >> we spent, like six to seven hours shooting one scene about cones of dunshire and it was just -- the alts were just gobbledygook. i just became serious. [ laughter ] serious about it. >> it's true. it's true. just the cold open. >> yeah. it was, like, a two-mi

. >> you're a nerd ball. your fault. how did you not get that. >> all right here we go.. i can't look. >> are you ready? okay. >> are you ready? >> you'll get this right away. >> is it -- is it about my race. >> no. >> you said yes. >> sort of. >> is it about my color. >> no. >> is it about my baldness. >> no. >> but it might be. >> masterbater. >> no. >> oh, eyesight. is it boy. is it, oh, i'm totally lost. >> man, you were an you're rain -- uranium enricher. >> oh. >> oh my god. >> shut up lizz. [laughter] >> okay, ready. and go. >> about my gender. >> yes. >> no. >> what about my ethnicity. >> oh, definitely. >> what is . >> no what is it about what i do for a living my job. >> no. >> is it about my grades in high school. >> no. >> is it about -- >> be simpler, focus. >> my temperament. >> kind of, yes. >> five seconds. >> close. >> a republican. [applause] >> nick, you were so close. how can you not get that. we'll be right back right after this. [applause] the lightest or nothing. the smartest or nothing. the quietest or nothing. the sleekest... ...sexiest ...baddes

nerds. tonight sharks. we are tracking some of the misunderstood crete cite crete cree dry cree creatures in the sea. we are behind the wheel of the fruitfuture testing out the driveless car. tonight police, science and a computer program may be able to predict crime before it happens. i am an entoe entomologist. that surothat is our team and let's do some science. ♪ hi guys and welcome to techknow. and rita rear going to start with you. your story combines two of the coolest things armed -- around. you mean robots and sharks. >> robots and sharks. >> ithis is the coolest thing i have done and i was at the call state shark lab. and they are using a new piece of technology that is follow; is thatsharks under water to revolutionize the way we are looking at science. let's take a look at it. this is catalina island. 27 miles off the coast of los angeles. a place known for it's beauty both above and below the ocean that surrounds it. most of the dish that call these waters home go relatively unnoticed. but one

let's check the team of hardcore nerds. dr shini somara is a mechanical engineer. tonight saving baby grace. doctors try a cutting edge treatment to heal this little girl's brain, infusing her with her own umbilical cord blood. treatment? >> we hope it rescues the brain >>> and a mother's incredible journey to help her girl. dr crystal dilworth is a molecular neuroscientist. stint she introductions us to a scientist out to change the i'm phil torres. i'm an entomologist. . that's the team, let's do some science. bsh [ ♪ music ♪ ] >>> hey, any, welcome to "techknow" i'm phil torres, joined by crystal dilworth, and shini somara. you are about to take us on a journey, an experimental matthews. >> this is an emotional piece. we followed the retrieval of grace's umbilical cord blues cell, and we had access to where they condition those cells for treatment in the hope of saving her life. let's take a look. >> reporter: it was just after 8:30 by the time sara matthews, her mum and baby grace stepped out of the pick-up truck. and into the north carolina night. this isn't t

let's check out our team of hard core nerds. kyle hill is an engineer. tonight, sharks, long feared for their ferocity, how they can protect us. the secret in in their skin. rachelle oldmixon is a neuroscience. turning a weed into a cycling marvel. i'm phil torres, i'm an entomologist exploring spiders in the rain forests of peru. secrets of civilizations past, long hidden from view suddenly available from outer space. that's our team. now let's do some science. ♪ ♪ >> hi guys, i'm phil torres, welcome to a very are interest interesting show of "techknow." i'm here to meet sarah parcak, buried picture midst in egypt is to start 380 miles from earth. contracts about our-- secretes about our history . helping learn about it. let's dig in. >>> to help unearth secrets of the ancient past, we look down into the space and into the future. dr. sarah parcak is is a pioneering archaeologist. using satellite imaging, she was the first to map egypt's city of tanis. she then used the same technology to discover over 300 settlements. there are many people out there t