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i can assure you that the forensic sciences, the nond.n.a. stuff is not brain science. it doesn't take a kent to look at the scientific methods underlying a lot of the forensic techniques and say that it's mostly junk. i do think your point is well taken that when you get to genetics and you get to neuroscience and get to some of the more complex science, i quite frankly think that law schools need to step up. lawyers and judges need to step up to do a better job of understanding it and that's one of the thing kent does. he goes around lecturing judges on the methodology underlying his neuroscience. >> just one note about -- a lot of the sciences that you mention are sciences that were developed not through order scientific method of driver, but -- discovery but were directed by the criminal justice system, the forensic sciences didn't happen from scientists following hypothesis-driven scientific methods and following the scientific methods. neuroscience and d.n.a. are different that way. interestingly, there is a lot of neuroscience collaborations that are happening wi
i can assure you that the forensic sciences, the nond.n.a. stuff is not brain science. it doesn't take a kent to look at the scientific methods underlying a lot of the forensic techniques and say that it's mostly junk. i do think your point is well taken that when you get to genetics and you get to neuroscience and get to some of the more complex science, i quite frankly think that law schools need to step up. lawyers and judges need to step up to do a better job of understanding it and that's...
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called a been superstar of science at the age of 16.s come up with a test to detect patri attic -- pancreatic cancer. pancreatic cancer has the lowest survival rate of any cancer. in its early stages, it has no obvious symptoms. been welcomed into the white house and been especially invited guest at the u.s. first lady at this year's state of the union address. his achievements have been described as not bad for a guy who is just barely old enough for drive -- to drive. jack is just 16. >> it is very exciting and heartening to see somebody in their teens engaging with science. we need all the talent we can get for cancer research. we are always looking out for the next generation of researchers. i am really excited to hear of somebody doing this. i wish him every success in the future. >> the winner of the $75,000 2012 gordon moore award in the category of medicine -- >> he received international education after winning a $75,000 science prize at a engineering fair in 2012. to detectn tryi pancreatic cancer led to a simple task that is
called a been superstar of science at the age of 16.s come up with a test to detect patri attic -- pancreatic cancer. pancreatic cancer has the lowest survival rate of any cancer. in its early stages, it has no obvious symptoms. been welcomed into the white house and been especially invited guest at the u.s. first lady at this year's state of the union address. his achievements have been described as not bad for a guy who is just barely old enough for drive -- to drive. jack is just 16....
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i think science-- . >> stephen: what? >> because we get to sit back, we get to let our eyes and thoughts roam a bit and be comfortable that our women are really okay about this monogamous situation. science is telling us something very different. >> stephen: buddy, buddy, would you look anywhere else? >> that's science. >> there are exceptions and no doubt if i have the colbert-- but here's what the rest of us are dealing with. so meredith shivers, fascinating scientists compare wag women say turns them on versus-- versus what their bodies with a little device-- abismograph. >> stephen: what does it do. >> it is a light sense their goes into the nether regions, we say. >> stephen: where the light of science don't shine. >> it measures, here is what she found. one among men examples. so very handsome stranger versus very handsome and of course trusted close friend. women say trusted close friend turns them on more. women's bodies say something very, very different. except, of course when stephen colbert is the trusted frie
i think science-- . >> stephen: what? >> because we get to sit back, we get to let our eyes and thoughts roam a bit and be comfortable that our women are really okay about this monogamous situation. science is telling us something very different. >> stephen: buddy, buddy, would you look anywhere else? >> that's science. >> there are exceptions and no doubt if i have the colbert-- but here's what the rest of us are dealing with. so meredith shivers, fascinating...
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not only about the technicalities of science but also the people and culture of the science of the world. in his latest book the violence -- "the violinist's thumb: and other lost tales of love, war, and genius, as written by our genetic code" he has a cast of eccentric characters who lead deron detailed biographies. from the beginning of genetic discovery in the university labs to a broom closet with microscopes and beakers to today's scientists who are moving science-fiction toward reality sam draws you into stores of personal struggle and triumph and on your journey he teaches you something you didn't even realize you were learning. he has worked in the radio lab, all things considered, he will actually be doing a live webinar for one of my clients, the american chemical society in june. his latest book is "the violinist's thumb: and other lost tales of love, war, and genius, as written by our genetic code" and it is a new york times best seller and amazon top five science book of the year and here to tell us about our own dna and how we know what we know about it, please welcome mr.
not only about the technicalities of science but also the people and culture of the science of the world. in his latest book the violence -- "the violinist's thumb: and other lost tales of love, war, and genius, as written by our genetic code" he has a cast of eccentric characters who lead deron detailed biographies. from the beginning of genetic discovery in the university labs to a broom closet with microscopes and beakers to today's scientists who are moving science-fiction toward...
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that is one reason the sample science isn't great as the scientists. in fact, the reason i had so much material is from the nero scientists who as i said they only want their work to be presented in the most careful way. but once a university writes a press release men object by women because this is what they look like in bikinis, which was a real one. that kind of thing takes off. the other thing that the scientists are putting much more of their focus on is the localization, which again is what fmri is so good at and i should mention quickly in other ways it is useful some of the localization and we can get back to that. but that of the real money e and brain function is in the interconnectedness between the different regions and areas of the brain is a very distributed. it's the threshold that picks up selectively the part of the brain that is working part test. there is so much you can infer and working hardest sometimes means that you are inhibiting an activity. people are better at tasks and show less activity and the suppression of that or the
that is one reason the sample science isn't great as the scientists. in fact, the reason i had so much material is from the nero scientists who as i said they only want their work to be presented in the most careful way. but once a university writes a press release men object by women because this is what they look like in bikinis, which was a real one. that kind of thing takes off. the other thing that the scientists are putting much more of their focus on is the localization, which again is...
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bill nye, the science guy. >> reporter: the science guy, the children who learned about volcanoes. behind what happens to your heart, flying with the blue angels. about why you really cry from onions. >> the tears! >> reporter: turns out, those children have not forgotten who they learned from. >> are you bill nye? >> reporter: we were with him not long before we were taking photos for his fans. >> when i talk to the camera, i do my best to talk to one person. i'm talking to that kid i want to influence. i want him or her to get excited about this thing that i am so excited about. >> reporter: he was inspired by his own parents, his father a japanese prisoner of war. in worlt war ii, four years captive. creating a sun dial to keep track of time in prison. >> he would take the shovel handle and cast a shadow with it. he lived through it and brought back this interest in sun dials with him. and it affected me in a way that i didn't really get. >> reporter: his mother a great influence too, a ph.d. she was a code breaker and their son would go to cornell, an engineer for boeing, befor
bill nye, the science guy. >> reporter: the science guy, the children who learned about volcanoes. behind what happens to your heart, flying with the blue angels. about why you really cry from onions. >> the tears! >> reporter: turns out, those children have not forgotten who they learned from. >> are you bill nye? >> reporter: we were with him not long before we were taking photos for his fans. >> when i talk to the camera, i do my best to talk to one...
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>> well, you know, jim, it comes down to the science. we call it integrated science. leverages across our company and our businesses. we can apply the very same sciences to a myriad of different applications. you think about enzyme technology. i think this is a great example. enzymes can be used to do a lot of different things. enzymes can be used to break down cellulose, convert it to ethanol, to create cellulosic ethanol. enzymes can break down stains on clothes to provide great cleaning in cold water. enzymes can be used to convert other biomasses into advanced polymers to be used in a variety of applications. i think you have some material sitting there, that's serona, half the molecule comes from corn. enzymes enable that. enzyme technology apply to a wide range of markets. it's through leverage of that technology, we call it integrated science, where we're really creating a tremendous amount of excitement in our value chains. >> this afternoon the president spoke and the president is talking about sustainability and strict limits on carbon. he's trying to make i
>> well, you know, jim, it comes down to the science. we call it integrated science. leverages across our company and our businesses. we can apply the very same sciences to a myriad of different applications. you think about enzyme technology. i think this is a great example. enzymes can be used to do a lot of different things. enzymes can be used to break down cellulose, convert it to ethanol, to create cellulosic ethanol. enzymes can break down stains on clothes to provide great...
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bill nye the science guy.h. >> thank you. good afternoon. >> i want it start with you because it feels like the -- that republicans actually on the science committee at this point are more about an anti-science agenda rather than furthering our interest in science. >> well, some days it seems that way. actually, i don't want to be that critical of my colleagues. but it is very difficult some days to sit there and hear some of the ideas that they generate from somewhere. it is clear that without research and good research, we wouldn't be where we are now. we wouldn't be able to predict the weather or save as much property as we're saving now. we're trying to get around it save more property but we have saved so many lives because we have been able to predict what weather is coming. >> right. bill, to that point there is an economic benefit of scientific research and investment. some would argue for the united states it remain a world leader we have got to continue to invest in scientific research. >> you have c
bill nye the science guy.h. >> thank you. good afternoon. >> i want it start with you because it feels like the -- that republicans actually on the science committee at this point are more about an anti-science agenda rather than furthering our interest in science. >> well, some days it seems that way. actually, i don't want to be that critical of my colleagues. but it is very difficult some days to sit there and hear some of the ideas that they generate from somewhere. it is...
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the politicization of science? yes, that was a longstanding area of inquiry for the nas, but nas somehow failed to register the affinity between activists and environmental alarms. that changed in october of 2007, when nas bumped into the university delaware's documentation program, which forced hard-core leftist ideology on students and sent those who resisted to what the university itself called the treatment. [laughter] the foundation for individual rights in education, fire, did a splendid job in shaming the university of delaware into dropping the program, temporarily, it appears, while the nas worked behind the scenes. as the dust settled, it was pointed out that delaware program, which focus on sexuality and race and had little to do with environmentalism, was, according to its internal documents, a sustainability program. to the extent that word means anything at all, what it means to us is warmed-over environmentalism, but we were wrong. we wondered why it was called that and began to tug on that thread. w
the politicization of science? yes, that was a longstanding area of inquiry for the nas, but nas somehow failed to register the affinity between activists and environmental alarms. that changed in october of 2007, when nas bumped into the university delaware's documentation program, which forced hard-core leftist ideology on students and sent those who resisted to what the university itself called the treatment. [laughter] the foundation for individual rights in education, fire, did a splendid...
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that's not a question for science. that's a judgment question. >> host: that does take us to our last sort of area, this question of free will. if neuroscience is showing we're all just automatons, how can we send somebody to jail? >> guest: i'm not sure neuroscience shows that. you could argue that if determinism is true which is, as you said, one cause leads to another, a product of our genes environment and experiences -- which we are -- but are we a product of our genes environment experience in neural activity such that we can make one choice and only one choice, which is sort of a circular thing, i don't know how you get to the bottom of that, but if we assume that's true which, frankly, most philosophers and i believe neuroscientists do, does -- is that incompatible with being morally accountable? and that question is one for philosophers, not for scientists. the way that moral floss firs reck nile -- philosophers reconcile is that, well, we can do -- we're conscious, and our actions flow from reasons that we ar
that's not a question for science. that's a judgment question. >> host: that does take us to our last sort of area, this question of free will. if neuroscience is showing we're all just automatons, how can we send somebody to jail? >> guest: i'm not sure neuroscience shows that. you could argue that if determinism is true which is, as you said, one cause leads to another, a product of our genes environment and experiences -- which we are -- but are we a product of our genes...
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than it is to be like the forensic sciences which aren't really science to begin with. so i think we can take a little bit of comfort in having it in the courtroom, but also recognizing there is peer-reviewed literature that followed the scientific method. we can actually evaluate it in the courtroom. i agree with david, in order to do so, we need to increase the training of lawyers and judges and the general public in these fields so that people are critically able to evaluate the type of science that is introduced in the courtroom. >> just very quickly, i agree with everything anita said. the one area that you sort of have to keep your aye on is lie detection. two companies are now in the business of doing fmri lie detection. there the commerce is pushing the science a little bit faster than maybe it ought to. i agree. >> the science. >> the science, right, exactly. >> ok, we have some questions from the audience that i would like to ask. and i think most of these are probably for the doctor. first question, how does the brain research impact drug cases when the defen
than it is to be like the forensic sciences which aren't really science to begin with. so i think we can take a little bit of comfort in having it in the courtroom, but also recognizing there is peer-reviewed literature that followed the scientific method. we can actually evaluate it in the courtroom. i agree with david, in order to do so, we need to increase the training of lawyers and judges and the general public in these fields so that people are critically able to evaluate the type of...
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it put a green garden, science outdoor area in a place where the sun is most likely to shine. it puts the gym and the science technology piece as one building more buried in the back of the hill. and off of silver, off of its own driveway it puts what will be a wellness center hopefully with a link to ucfa and others to provide dental and medical for those students throughout the district. what i want to show you briefly are a series of images of the new school and i'm going to put on the screen a computer generated video that will sort of if you're in a helicopter flying by, you can get a firsthand look at what this might look like if you were on a jet flying off to the wild blue underer. here's an image on silver. we're trying to keep the building down. the main entrance and its library and the multi purpose building and if you got to the end of the building, you would drive to the wellness area. this can a community, farmers market on the weekend. if you're looking on reveer and the library, you're looking at the multi purpose room theater on the right with all the windows,
it put a green garden, science outdoor area in a place where the sun is most likely to shine. it puts the gym and the science technology piece as one building more buried in the back of the hill. and off of silver, off of its own driveway it puts what will be a wellness center hopefully with a link to ucfa and others to provide dental and medical for those students throughout the district. what i want to show you briefly are a series of images of the new school and i'm going to put on the...
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yes, my science advisors, that's why they're here. >> [inaudible]. >> yeah. there are a lot of carcinogens in diesel exhaust, yeah. >> [inaudible]. >> well, you're still seeing an oil that combusts, some of them we know burn more cleanly than others but if it's combusting, you end up with productions of combustion, it may not be better for pollution on the other side, depending on how clean the air burns and that's a theme we end up talking about a fair bit unfortunately is that bio doesn't always mean it's safer, it can, it can definitely mane we're reducing destruction of greenhouse gases but it can still make bad things outs of good ingredients if you know what i mean, another outdoor thing is to reduce your reliance on household pesticides so the active ingredients can be of concern, the pesticide itself, but most pesticide companies done label what are called the inert ingredient, that's the one that's not doing the pest killing per se, they can still really be bad chemicals, endocrine sdrukt tersest can be there, your baby crawls on your lawn, those exp
yes, my science advisors, that's why they're here. >> [inaudible]. >> yeah. there are a lot of carcinogens in diesel exhaust, yeah. >> [inaudible]. >> well, you're still seeing an oil that combusts, some of them we know burn more cleanly than others but if it's combusting, you end up with productions of combustion, it may not be better for pollution on the other side, depending on how clean the air burns and that's a theme we end up talking about a fair bit unfortunately...
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that is not a question for science. that is a judgment question. >> host: our last question of free will, if oral just automatons, then how could we send anybody to jail? >> guest: that is what i'm not sure neuroscience shows that. you could argue that if determinism is true, which is as you said one cause leads to another, experiences, which we are, but are we a project of our chains environment experience under two d. such that we make one choice that only one cheese, sort of a circular thing. if we assume that is true, which frankly most philosophers arrow scientists do, is that it out of bullets being morally accountable? that question is one for philosophers, not for scientists. the way many philosophers reconcile moral responsibility with the fact that activity is material brain that we are conscious and our actions flow for reason that we are conscious of and we can modify those actions based on reason. as long as we can do that, even if we are determined, then it is legitimate to hold people accountable. but tha
that is not a question for science. that is a judgment question. >> host: our last question of free will, if oral just automatons, then how could we send anybody to jail? >> guest: that is what i'm not sure neuroscience shows that. you could argue that if determinism is true, which is as you said one cause leads to another, experiences, which we are, but are we a project of our chains environment experience under two d. such that we make one choice that only one cheese, sort of a...
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and that's just not going to work. >> reporter: would you think about having a career in science? >> i would like to be a forensic scientist. >> reporter: really. >> just like lisa. >> it warms my heart. it makes me think that somehow in some small way maybe i've made a difference. >> reporter: helping kids put a face on their dreams. >> i'm starting to feel like the detectives on "law and order." >> reporter: and backing it up with science. rehema ellis, nbc news, chicago. >>> coming up for us here tonight, the oscar-winning actor who showed up in an unlikely place today and has people wondering what he's up to. for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created... a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more.. low and no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know... exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks... with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories... america's beverage companies are delivering. >>> we've got official c
and that's just not going to work. >> reporter: would you think about having a career in science? >> i would like to be a forensic scientist. >> reporter: really. >> just like lisa. >> it warms my heart. it makes me think that somehow in some small way maybe i've made a difference. >> reporter: helping kids put a face on their dreams. >> i'm starting to feel like the detectives on "law and order." >> reporter: and backing it up with...
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you cannot question epa science, you cannot question epa economics. you cannot question epa decision making. all you can do is help define an -- hope to find the trip someplace. president obama can do a lot through the epa. he is in his last administration. in this and ministration he is expected to set standards for existing power plants that would drive them out of existence. people think president obama is for tracking and natural gas. tois only using natural gas destroy the coal industry. and he likes the glut of natural gas. it has reduced the price so much. compete withannot it in the u.s. anymore. utilities are starting to plan for a non-cola future, relying on discontinued clutch. i can assure you the president obama and possibly president to killafter that wants fracking. in my book i describe how environmentalists to not like fossil fuels. they do not like solar wind, either. feinstein from california had a bill that blocked solar panels in the california desert, worried about how they might interfere with the desert tortoise. you havewind f
you cannot question epa science, you cannot question epa economics. you cannot question epa decision making. all you can do is help define an -- hope to find the trip someplace. president obama can do a lot through the epa. he is in his last administration. in this and ministration he is expected to set standards for existing power plants that would drive them out of existence. people think president obama is for tracking and natural gas. tois only using natural gas destroy the coal industry....
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the kids hadn't won the science fair before.ic vehicle and they found a national competition called the tour desoul so we competed in this five day road rally from new york city to washington, d.c. that car, the sat earn we convert, we worked on for two years and refined it and it was getting over 180 miles per gallon equivalent and we won the race that year. >> it beat recognizable names. i won't embarrass them on camera, some really known colleges and universities in the engineering area. i am the mayor of the city of philadelphia, the philly hybrid x team, it is important. it gives these young people not only the academic support that they need and also the hands-on experience. >>s in the space we use at the navy yard for the shop. this is a ford focus. we designed it on a $25,000 budget. our kids thought if we can build a car that was cost effective, safe, and got 100 miles per gallon, it would really say something, especially if we use american made technologies. the second vehicle we produced is based on a factory five cha
the kids hadn't won the science fair before.ic vehicle and they found a national competition called the tour desoul so we competed in this five day road rally from new york city to washington, d.c. that car, the sat earn we convert, we worked on for two years and refined it and it was getting over 180 miles per gallon equivalent and we won the race that year. >> it beat recognizable names. i won't embarrass them on camera, some really known colleges and universities in the engineering...
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what is the science interest? asteroids through the years. 1998 we had the responsibility to start identifying asteroids and filled up a catalog of potential hazards that has been growing over time. we are expanding that to be down tofind objects the size. it is more broadly about an increased rate of detection. the ground-ng at based program. i could have mentioned the agreement. they are going to be looking at trying to raise private funds. they can help find these objects. that is later in the decade. beyond that, it is part of our larger study of ancient objects of the asteroids. we are building a very ambitious mission. it is going to go out to a 500 meter across android. it is going to go down to the surface and bring it back to earth. a lot of the technology we are , that has developed technology that will be applied. . >> i am sorry. >> a hello. >> i think we can hear him. he is a little bit different than what these two fellows do in so far as within human exploration. you have some very obvious projects.
what is the science interest? asteroids through the years. 1998 we had the responsibility to start identifying asteroids and filled up a catalog of potential hazards that has been growing over time. we are expanding that to be down tofind objects the size. it is more broadly about an increased rate of detection. the ground-ng at based program. i could have mentioned the agreement. they are going to be looking at trying to raise private funds. they can help find these objects. that is later in...
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our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachers four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ isn't that cool? and that's pretty cool. ♪ >> the rain will be here soon. >> shower storms tomorrow. tropical storm andrea could have an effect on our weather by friday. more about that tomorrow. stay with us. >> that is it for us tonight. "jimmy kimmel live
our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachers four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ isn't that cool? and that's pretty cool. ♪ >> the rain will be here soon. >> shower storms tomorrow. tropical storm andrea could have an effect on our weather by friday. more about...
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sense we have started the plan, obviously the district adopted the stem science technology engineer, and math initiative, that piece is in sort of full throttle of what does it mean and what will it mean at this school if opening day is set for august 2015 that means by the previous march or february 2014, the district needs its full marketing enrollment strategy in place. that probably means the principal. that means s a core curriculum and that planning has begun to happen. the superintendent is putting those pieces of the puzzle in place but when you run the clock backward when you realize to put 256 and some seventh graders in that school, nine months previous to that, everybody has no know what they're enrolling for and six or eight months previous to that, the curriculum and everything needs to be established. so all of those pieces are sort of in motion. the piece that is most sort of undefined yet are -- who our partners will be so in order for the wellness center to be successful, we have a design, we have rooms, what we don't have is a dental chair, we don't have medical eq
sense we have started the plan, obviously the district adopted the stem science technology engineer, and math initiative, that piece is in sort of full throttle of what does it mean and what will it mean at this school if opening day is set for august 2015 that means by the previous march or february 2014, the district needs its full marketing enrollment strategy in place. that probably means the principal. that means s a core curriculum and that planning has begun to happen. the superintendent...
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two people in the book who are now well-known lobbyists on science policy who got bad grades in science when they were in school. i learned that you can walk into a closet during a job interview, and still get the job. you have to read at the book to find out who those people are. on a more serious note, i found that most commonly mentioned skill that advocates told me a lobbyist needs is not the schmoozing that the general public things of but the ability to write well. second down the list was a mind for political strategy. not surprising. and it was a distant third, the idea you need to be are articulate or, as the public might think, smooth-talking. in the interviews the idea of the lobbyist as a policy specialist comes through loud and clear. if lobbyists are influential it's in very large part because of the expertise and the specialized information they bring to bear on policies and how policies might turn out if enacted. they know more about their policies than just about anyone in the world. it was also striking to me how many lobbyists apologized to me because that particular
two people in the book who are now well-known lobbyists on science policy who got bad grades in science when they were in school. i learned that you can walk into a closet during a job interview, and still get the job. you have to read at the book to find out who those people are. on a more serious note, i found that most commonly mentioned skill that advocates told me a lobbyist needs is not the schmoozing that the general public things of but the ability to write well. second down the list...
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our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachersas four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ isn't that cool? and that's pretty cool. ♪ from the united states postal service a small design firm can ship like a big business. just go online to pay, print and have your packages picked up for free. we'll do the rest. ♪ we'll do the rest. february 22nd. a landmark transportation bill is up for consideration in the virginia legislature.
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sure that wee include the social sciences. you can do all of these essential that you want to mitigate the damage to property , threats to human life. if no one is implementing those, we are not sure about the incentives about how to get people to take that into account. onjust have research sitting the shelf that is that doing anything -- doing anyone any good. we have to make sure we are providing it at the federal level. i yield back. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. as a quick follow-up to the discussion. for ms. ballen, is the insurance industry offering lower premiums for those who are retrofitted? was sort of consensus is the marketplace providing? the tax code does not seem to be terribly effective. i wonder what is being done on the private side. >> i always stress that individual companies make their own decisions. we developed a technical standard called for a defined. we know those technical standards work -- we developed a technical standard called fortified. we know that those technical standa
sure that wee include the social sciences. you can do all of these essential that you want to mitigate the damage to property , threats to human life. if no one is implementing those, we are not sure about the incentives about how to get people to take that into account. onjust have research sitting the shelf that is that doing anything -- doing anyone any good. we have to make sure we are providing it at the federal level. i yield back. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr....
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going to try science without evolution i mean how do you how are you i explain to people how how drug resistant microbes come about. you know all that can be done without teaching evolution of it's interesting that in the ohio state standards i looked that up and in the ohio state standards they actually encouraged the students and i commend them for this to identify the questions and concepts that guide science if we can does the nation so the best way to get good scientists which is what they're worried about at the end of the day is not to feel kids' heads with scientific information but it's good science how do we go about the scientific method how do we do this they want them to formulate and revise explanations and the models that watch it and that's which is good science that's where we zoom that's the basis of evolution i mean this there are this spring where a plan is also going to encourage critical thinking in quotes about climate change sustainable development and the u.n. agenda twenty one. we should and should we also be teaching unicorns you have chosen that the earth i
going to try science without evolution i mean how do you how are you i explain to people how how drug resistant microbes come about. you know all that can be done without teaching evolution of it's interesting that in the ohio state standards i looked that up and in the ohio state standards they actually encouraged the students and i commend them for this to identify the questions and concepts that guide science if we can does the nation so the best way to get good scientists which is what...
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i guess science if you want to teach good science a show that they've got we got to wrap it up eric thanks for being with us my pleasure don thanks for the ups and. just. it's the good the bad of the very very. terror the ugly the good prince harry turns out the prince of wales isn't just a top notch trooper he's affairs advocate of tolerance as well going to the new memoir of an openly gay former british soldier james wharton the prince rescued him from a hate crime during his time in the armed forces when he gang of six bullies threaten to beat him up orton told his commander the prince who promptly jumped out of a tank they were sharing and physically confronted the gang of almost. horton says that he will always be grateful to harry because until he went over and dealt with everything i was on track for a battering good work harry like true nobility is alive and well in the twenty first century. the bad brian kilmeade and yesterday's edition of his fox news radio show the conservative pundit and host of fox and friends gave a ringing endorsement to guests tommy robinson goes. ye
i guess science if you want to teach good science a show that they've got we got to wrap it up eric thanks for being with us my pleasure don thanks for the ups and. just. it's the good the bad of the very very. terror the ugly the good prince harry turns out the prince of wales isn't just a top notch trooper he's affairs advocate of tolerance as well going to the new memoir of an openly gay former british soldier james wharton the prince rescued him from a hate crime during his time in the...
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space science the guard reportedly planned the strikes -- at a u.s. based in stuttgart. >> the german government has no knowledge of any attacks being planned or carried out by u.s. forces. for that reason, there is no evidence that international law has been breached. >> the use of unmanned drones is highly controversial in germany. opposition parties have demanded the government cease their use. >> is up to the killings are in violation of international law. it is not acceptable that the government says it knew nothing. >> in a statement, a senior u.s. commanders said the base is not used to control unmanned craft. >> earlier, we spoke with our parliamentary correspondent about this and asked him to give us a bit more clarity on the story. >> no one is claiming the u.s. pilots are sitting at joysticks in germany directly carrying out the lethal attacks in africa. what german media reports are suggesting is that the u.s. media facilities in germany are being used to support those operations, to make those drone attacks possible. it is said that u.s.
space science the guard reportedly planned the strikes -- at a u.s. based in stuttgart. >> the german government has no knowledge of any attacks being planned or carried out by u.s. forces. for that reason, there is no evidence that international law has been breached. >> the use of unmanned drones is highly controversial in germany. opposition parties have demanded the government cease their use. >> is up to the killings are in violation of international law. it is not...
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and then that's not a question for science. that's a judgment question. >> host: five minutes to go. our last area, the question of free will, and neuroscience is showing we're all just atom tons, how can we send everybody to jail. >> guest: that's what i'm not sure neuroscience is saying that. neuroscience -- we could argue that this is true, which is, as you said, one cause leads to another, we're all products of our genes, environments, and experiences, which we are, but are we a product of the genes, environmentals, and neuroactivity such that we can make one choice and only one choice. >> that's a circular thing. i don't knoll how you get to that the bottom of that. if we assume that true, which most neuroscientist do, is that imcompatible with being morally accountable? and that question is one for philosophers, not for scientist. the way that philosophers reconcile moral responsibility with the fact that we are the products of our activity is the product of the material brain is that -- with conscious, and our actions fl
and then that's not a question for science. that's a judgment question. >> host: five minutes to go. our last area, the question of free will, and neuroscience is showing we're all just atom tons, how can we send everybody to jail. >> guest: that's what i'm not sure neuroscience is saying that. neuroscience -- we could argue that this is true, which is, as you said, one cause leads to another, we're all products of our genes, environments, and experiences, which we are, but are we a...
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our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachersit has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ ♪ >> pelley: tonight, what does the government know about your phone calls? u.s. intelligence is collecting the phone records of millions of americans. major garrett and john miller on why and the reaction. andrea brings dangerous weather to the
our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachersit has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ ♪ >> pelley: tonight, what does the government know about your phone calls? u.s. intelligence is collecting the phone records of millions of americans. major garrett and john miller...
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it's going on to curriculum and text and specifically the teaching of science and the rejection of science, the rejection of, let's say, the theory of evolution. rejection of, you know, global warming. ah, and then there's also the ocial agenda, which would be see -- anti- let's gay, that kind of thing. so i think of it as kind of a whole. isn't ate whole movement, a whole shift? not just prayer but in agenda. what would you call it, the christian agenda? guess: you know, it's -- i mean in a way -- i can certainly see where you're coming from and how upped think that. i think that the teaching about religion is really about world religion and understanding different point of views and different faiths and that really enriches a curriculum and is not a way of injecting a particular face or a particular religious point of view into sort of an indoctrination. it is not that at all. there is also the issue that there are a lot of people of faith and so to deny them the right to come to the public square, which is school is part of, and not be wholey who they are is problematic. so we could loo
it's going on to curriculum and text and specifically the teaching of science and the rejection of science, the rejection of, let's say, the theory of evolution. rejection of, you know, global warming. ah, and then there's also the ocial agenda, which would be see -- anti- let's gay, that kind of thing. so i think of it as kind of a whole. isn't ate whole movement, a whole shift? not just prayer but in agenda. what would you call it, the christian agenda? guess: you know, it's -- i mean in a...
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how do we do on the science test?from national geographic is going to help us out on that. right now we're talking about the massive overkill, if you will, to the immigration bill. it will pass and then come out of the senate with maybe 75 votes. kim is calling from california. hi, kim. >> caller: hey good morning, the most intelligent man on the planet. [ laughter ] >> bill: oh, my god, save the tape. >> caller: you are. i mean you can't beat that. >> bill: thank you. >> caller: what is it with the illegals? do we only have mexican illegals? what about the porta ricans the cam bodians, the canadians, the cubans. if you swim here is it legal, but if you just come from mexico -- come on. >> bill: it's a lot of racism and a lot of ignorance. all of these people so upset about the border not winter ris suspect, right? not winter ris has ever come across the southern border. all of this talk about nsa and we have to protect ourselves against terrorism -- >> caller: but why don't they understand this? my god what is it wit
how do we do on the science test?from national geographic is going to help us out on that. right now we're talking about the massive overkill, if you will, to the immigration bill. it will pass and then come out of the senate with maybe 75 votes. kim is calling from california. hi, kim. >> caller: hey good morning, the most intelligent man on the planet. [ laughter ] >> bill: oh, my god, save the tape. >> caller: you are. i mean you can't beat that. >> bill: thank you....
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not a lot of people can relate to science. it becomes something beautiful. >> always point it away. right. >> a wonderful new tool that teachers have at their disposal to engage students which can be a really hard thing to do sometimes. >> these kids, you know, they're taken science. and they're writing creative, and they incorporate. they're also teaching while learning. ♪ >> what we have gotten so far is a level of excitement about science that is unparalleled. ♪ >> i know i am going to win the competition. if rapping doesn't become a thing like for me. i want to be a brain surgeon. >> feel this. feel this. like i made it. doing something for a change. >> i got my grades up. >> this could be the spelling bee. you want to expand to more schools. >> everybody who performed tonight, or incorporated hip-hop and science. who scored better on their tests? whose participation in the science class increased? who showed up to school more often? who asked questions about whether they wanted to be a scientist? when will the school offe
not a lot of people can relate to science. it becomes something beautiful. >> always point it away. right. >> a wonderful new tool that teachers have at their disposal to engage students which can be a really hard thing to do sometimes. >> these kids, you know, they're taken science. and they're writing creative, and they incorporate. they're also teaching while learning. ♪ >> what we have gotten so far is a level of excitement about science that is unparalleled. ♪...
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life sciences business would take off. conversation this thermofisher is paying four times for the sales of technology. not a whole logic paid 6 times sales for gen pro. if you give ethem the diamondback nostics at the same prays as the thermal fisher is paying for techcologist, you'd have an astounding $14.3 being. adulent's market cap is 16 pound 7 billion. you would be getting the electronic business for free, even though it accounts for half of the company sales. this is a clear cut case where adulent's partial is worth more than the whole. when outfits like that break up, it unlocks a tremendous amount of value for the shareholders. look, it's not an embarrassment, it says, hey, listen, the market doesn't value us. let's help the shareholders. let's say the management doesn't agree i still feel there is a second what i to win. it's a take joemplt i see one potential acquirer, adulent may not be able to make all of its divisions work and work well together. but danaher the giant conglomerate kouchltd they spent practic
life sciences business would take off. conversation this thermofisher is paying four times for the sales of technology. not a whole logic paid 6 times sales for gen pro. if you give ethem the diamondback nostics at the same prays as the thermal fisher is paying for techcologist, you'd have an astounding $14.3 being. adulent's market cap is 16 pound 7 billion. you would be getting the electronic business for free, even though it accounts for half of the company sales. this is a clear cut case...
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our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachersit has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ isn't that cool? and that's pretty coolol. ♪ >> earlier president obama said the use of chemical weapons was a gamente changer. assist tons syria's rebel forces will increase now. about 90,000 killed with chemical weapons. john mccain sizz if we can't establish a no fly zone then taxpayer dollars have been waisted. shoot his aircraft down. charles how has the game changed now? >>t's all up to one man. the tragedy is it's all up to one. the recommendations from the c.i.a., defense department and senior people was he had to do something and he didn't do anything. he treats this instead of high state craft which it is as a csi episode. now he's got the evidence. the tragedy here is this. we're at a point are the rebels re deeply in distress. iran is in the game. the russians have flooded it wit
our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachersit has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ isn't that cool? and that's pretty coolol. ♪ >> earlier president obama said the use of chemical weapons was a gamente changer. assist tons syria's rebel forces will increase now....
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our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachersas four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've t nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ isn't that cool? and that's pretty cool. ♪ >>> good morning and welcome to this week. crossing the red line. president obama signs off on arms to the syrian rebels. >> i want to know what the end game is. >> is he going to have? >> just to provide additional weapons is not enough.
our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachersas four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've t nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ isn't that cool? and that's pretty cool. ♪ >>> good morning and welcome to this week. crossing the red line. president obama signs off on arms to the syrian rebels. >> i want to...
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things happen in science. you may think you are headed in a certain direction in sedley something wonderful happens. your study kind of goes this way and you redesign it and add another question and the essence of good science as it is good art is to ask questions not only to answer them but to cause the people following you to read everything and ask more questions. a good piece of art like a good piece of science should leave you with more questions that should answer enough of them as you were going along to make you turn the page and that is pretty much how it works. ..
things happen in science. you may think you are headed in a certain direction in sedley something wonderful happens. your study kind of goes this way and you redesign it and add another question and the essence of good science as it is good art is to ask questions not only to answer them but to cause the people following you to read everything and ask more questions. a good piece of art like a good piece of science should leave you with more questions that should answer enough of them as you...
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this sounds like classic junk science. the way, the jury can hear this tape for themselves and make a decision. we think it sounds like one or the other. they don't need an expert. this was exactly the right decision by the judge. >> does everybody on the panel agree with that? >> yeah. you know, i agree with it, but i think so many people are classifying this, anderson, as a huge loss to the government and huge loss to the state. i don't agree with that. i think now what is set up is for people in trayvon martin's family to get on the witness stand and identify the voice as that of their family member. >> but zimmerman's family also say that was george zimmerman. mark? >> exactly. right. that's what his father has already testified to in the pretrial hearings. this was a blow to the prosecution because they needed this evidence for the second degree. this was their linchpin for the second degree, couldn't agree more with jeff. this has to be one of the most bogus types of so-called evidence or science that i've seen try t
this sounds like classic junk science. the way, the jury can hear this tape for themselves and make a decision. we think it sounds like one or the other. they don't need an expert. this was exactly the right decision by the judge. >> does everybody on the panel agree with that? >> yeah. you know, i agree with it, but i think so many people are classifying this, anderson, as a huge loss to the government and huge loss to the state. i don't agree with that. i think now what is set up...
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our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachersvo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ isn't that cool? and that's pretty cool. ♪
our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachersvo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ isn't that cool? and that's pretty cool. ♪