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is this for science in such things or is it just a popular science thinks? or is it simply an abuse of science by people with social and political agenda. i think the varied and unknowable decreases all three. it is certainly historically what most scientists in our heart of hearts have not and still. it is usually the fundamental assumption of popular science and science journalism and it is certainly an abuse of the real value of science is one of the great ongoing human endeavors. it is in its essence sciences ideology over science as it is often called. fortunately, scientism takes to comfortable place in a broader ideology of social regimentation come economic exploitation, environmental destruction and industrial militarism. but for lack of a better word we still call capitalism. how the ideology of meshes of capitalism will be consistent ventures of my investigation here. the only remaining question as to what degree western culture were some meaningful part of that culture can free itself from the dilution on which the ideology of science faces finds
is this for science in such things or is it just a popular science thinks? or is it simply an abuse of science by people with social and political agenda. i think the varied and unknowable decreases all three. it is certainly historically what most scientists in our heart of hearts have not and still. it is usually the fundamental assumption of popular science and science journalism and it is certainly an abuse of the real value of science is one of the great ongoing human endeavors. it is in...
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is diversity the key to keeping america competitive in science and engineering? our digital producer is here, and he's bringing all of your live feedback into the program. america was the first and only country to put a machine on the moon, and now people are concerned we're behind in technology. >> we have given america the cronut. alejandro says: christina gave us a different stat. viewers at home, you are the third hosts of the show, and all of your comments shape and drive this discussion. so give us a comment and we'll try our best to get it on the air. >> science and technology drives the global marketplace, but is america prepared to meet that and stay competitive? countries like china are catching up, in as soon as and technology and math. and you'll hear that a lot in the show tonight. in the u.s., 38% of young adults who start off majoring in fields graduate with something completely different, and those who do for tend to be white and mail. women account for 18% of the field. and blacks and latinos make up only 12%. so has the u.s. lost it's passion fo
is diversity the key to keeping america competitive in science and engineering? our digital producer is here, and he's bringing all of your live feedback into the program. america was the first and only country to put a machine on the moon, and now people are concerned we're behind in technology. >> we have given america the cronut. alejandro says: christina gave us a different stat. viewers at home, you are the third hosts of the show, and all of your comments shape and drive this...
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science bob has a halloween theme for us. tonight, science bob has a big laser.will carve a pumpkin with it. a very powerful laser. don't worry, you will be safe as long as you are wearing heavy duty lead aprons they gave you on the way in. oh, they didn't give out aprons? important thing, i will have a lead apron on. this is good. i saw this on our local fox channel this afternoon. anchorman steve edwards doing a story about a couple cited for having sex on a plane. now that the shut down is over it is back to serious business. but the best part is how they chose to illustrate this particular story. ordinarily when people join the mile high club they confine their sexual high jinks to a restroom. a former winemaker from oregon and girlfriend have to pay a fine of $250 because they did it right out in the open on the plane. here is the guy, christopher martin. scene with gordon ramsey who has nothing to do with the story whatsoever. anyway. >> kind of very deceiving. and you see the two guys and it says sex on a plane. >> wow, gordon ramsey having sex with a guy
science bob has a halloween theme for us. tonight, science bob has a big laser.will carve a pumpkin with it. a very powerful laser. don't worry, you will be safe as long as you are wearing heavy duty lead aprons they gave you on the way in. oh, they didn't give out aprons? important thing, i will have a lead apron on. this is good. i saw this on our local fox channel this afternoon. anchorman steve edwards doing a story about a couple cited for having sex on a plane. now that the shut down is...
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i made science fair a bloodsport. it was like the hunger games for science. >> school ends at 2:00, and you have eight hours to tinker and sync. there's so much on the internet to learn. >> using the internet i found 85% of all pancreatic cancers are diagnosed late. when someone has a 2% chance of survival, and so also our current method of diagnosis is this $800 test that misses 30% of all cancers and hasn't been updated in over six decades. that motivated me. i typed up a list of like the procedure, materials list, time line, and budget and i sent that to 200 professors at johns hopkins university and the national institutes of health. one person finally said yes, and then i go into his office. big interview, and i finally get through this hour-long interview. i answered all the questions, and finally i got the answer. >> when he finally got his lab, i just drove him there, and i would just sit out there hour after hour until my poor little ipod and iphone would run out of batteries. >> after seven months of like tr
i made science fair a bloodsport. it was like the hunger games for science. >> school ends at 2:00, and you have eight hours to tinker and sync. there's so much on the internet to learn. >> using the internet i found 85% of all pancreatic cancers are diagnosed late. when someone has a 2% chance of survival, and so also our current method of diagnosis is this $800 test that misses 30% of all cancers and hasn't been updated in over six decades. that motivated me. i typed up a list of...
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and i believe that the power of science -- and the responsibility of science have offered man kind a growth. but for moral discipline. not only for the acquisition of knowledge, but for the streng strengthening of our nerve and our will. we are bound to grope for a time as we grapple with problems without precedent in human history. but wisdom is the child of experience. and the year since man unlocked the power, stored within the atom, the world has the made progress, halting, effective. bringing that power under human control. the challenge in short may be our salvation. >>> exactly one month later, president john f. kennedy was assassinated. ♪ love... in the nation, what's precious to you is precious to us. ♪ love is strange so when coverage really counts, count on nationwide insurance. we put members first. join the nation. ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ and zero heartburn is awesome. just like zero cutlery. and you can't beat zero. [ male announcer ] prilosec otc is the number one doctor recommended frequent heartburn medicine for 8 straight years. one pill each morning. 24 hour
and i believe that the power of science -- and the responsibility of science have offered man kind a growth. but for moral discipline. not only for the acquisition of knowledge, but for the streng strengthening of our nerve and our will. we are bound to grope for a time as we grapple with problems without precedent in human history. but wisdom is the child of experience. and the year since man unlocked the power, stored within the atom, the world has the made progress, halting, effective....
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and i believe that the power of science -- and the responsibility of science have offered man kind awth. but for moral discipline. not only for the acquisition of knowledge, but for the strengthening of our nerve and our will. we are bound to grope for a time as we grapple with problems without precedent in human history. but wisdom is the child of experience. and the year since man unlocked the power, stored within the atom, the world has the made progress, halting, effective. bringing that power under human control. the challenge in short may be our salvation. >>> exactly one month later, president john f. kennedy was assassinated. [ paper rustles, outdoor sounds ] ♪ [ male announcer ] laura's heart attack didn't come with a warning. today her doctor has her on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. if you've had a heart attack, be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. but, dad, you've got... [ voice of dennis ] allstate. with accident forgiveness, they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. [ voi
and i believe that the power of science -- and the responsibility of science have offered man kind awth. but for moral discipline. not only for the acquisition of knowledge, but for the strengthening of our nerve and our will. we are bound to grope for a time as we grapple with problems without precedent in human history. but wisdom is the child of experience. and the year since man unlocked the power, stored within the atom, the world has the made progress, halting, effective. bringing that...
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the science worked. when you have a great big hurricane coming your way, maybe science becomes easier to trust. if you have ever lived through a big weather event, maybe a forest fire, a drought or a flood, you know what it means to check the weather every day like your life depends on it, because sometimes it does. even if you're just planning a picnic or a wedding outside, your need for accurate scientific information is clear. but if you're living in a place where scientists tell you something unsettling, not just your wedding plans, and the picnic next weekend, but your whole life and the viability of life where you're planning to live for a long time. if science is telling you something like that, then our reliance on science can sometimes get mixed up with our counting on politics. is city of norfolk, virginia is home to the largest naval base on earth. norfolk, virginia sits right beside is water. norfolk, virginia, now sometimes sits in the water. as we get for high tides and the high tides get s
the science worked. when you have a great big hurricane coming your way, maybe science becomes easier to trust. if you have ever lived through a big weather event, maybe a forest fire, a drought or a flood, you know what it means to check the weather every day like your life depends on it, because sometimes it does. even if you're just planning a picnic or a wedding outside, your need for accurate scientific information is clear. but if you're living in a place where scientists tell you...
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thank you, science bob.pflugfelder. we'll be right back with sleigh bells. peppejalapeÑos, bacon,shrooms, tomato and avocado. i call it, "the avocado da vinci". create your om'lart with denny's build your own omelette menu. >> jimmy: i'd like to thank kerry washington, science bob pflugfelder, and apologize to matt damon, we ran out of time. nightline is next, but first, here with the title track from their new album "bitter rivals" sleigh bells. ♪ ♪ ♪ it was the best of times it was the worst of times i had to kill the new sheriff in town she was gonna try to keep me ♪ ♪ you go go down you go go down in a dream you will never be down some how some how another way to make the picture ♪ ♪ clearer point a gun at the mirror heart's so dark make dirt look clean so clean so clean don't ♪ ♪ kick don't scream but at the end i can only be no rhyme no reason be not afraid be not afraid ♪ ♪ be not you are my bitter rival but i need you for survival you are my bitter rival ♪ ♪ but i need you for survival you are my bit
thank you, science bob.pflugfelder. we'll be right back with sleigh bells. peppejalapeÑos, bacon,shrooms, tomato and avocado. i call it, "the avocado da vinci". create your om'lart with denny's build your own omelette menu. >> jimmy: i'd like to thank kerry washington, science bob pflugfelder, and apologize to matt damon, we ran out of time. nightline is next, but first, here with the title track from their new album "bitter rivals" sleigh bells. ♪ ♪ ♪ it was...
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for wanting science to succeed and the sooner the better. but what they have discovered in the recent years is that we can no longer count on our elected officials to make science a priority. >> all right, mary woolley, great to see you thanks for joining us tonight. monday is the big day for the same sex marriages in new jersey. the state's highest court refused to delay a decision. governor chris christie said the ultimate decision should come from the voters not courts. new jersey will become the 14th state to allow same sex marriages. >>> two convicted murderers who were let out of prison by mistakes, most recent photographs of joseph jenkins and robert walker. >> robert ray joins us from carabel florida where the two were released. what's the latest? >> i tell what you, there's a $5,000 reward out for these guys and no one knows how they did it but seemingly they did escape prison. i'm standing on the gulf mexico, on the panhandle of florida. two miles from me is the franklin center, we can't be there so we are here. these two gentlemen
for wanting science to succeed and the sooner the better. but what they have discovered in the recent years is that we can no longer count on our elected officials to make science a priority. >> all right, mary woolley, great to see you thanks for joining us tonight. monday is the big day for the same sex marriages in new jersey. the state's highest court refused to delay a decision. governor chris christie said the ultimate decision should come from the voters not courts. new jersey will...
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, to progression science but not necessarily for commercial value but very important science and alsoortant to get that middle ground out into the world. >> and i think also, there is an issue about things that are important for science, that some people think that they're called research tools. >> yes. >> absolutely. >> and they could be commercialized and nih has a bias against commercializing them. is that leaving some things behind? >> for me, the most important issue is the value aspect of it. we don't know really whether we have interesting or important or potentially useful unless we validate it in a very robust way. >> or independent evaluators. >> there is no incentive for the science, from nih, or from academia to validate it in a robust way. most experiments end at the lab bench. and then what do we do with them? and those evaluations can be done only by people who have product development experience. and that is not a strength that the nih has, and that academia has. >> and we are going to talk about that a little bit more. and we are also going to talk about a creative ev
, to progression science but not necessarily for commercial value but very important science and alsoortant to get that middle ground out into the world. >> and i think also, there is an issue about things that are important for science, that some people think that they're called research tools. >> yes. >> absolutely. >> and they could be commercialized and nih has a bias against commercializing them. is that leaving some things behind? >> for me, the most...
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if science is telling you something like that, then our reliance on science can sometimes get mixed up with our counting on politics. is city of norfolk, virginia is home to the largest naval base on earth. norfolk, virginia sit blgs right behide is water. norfolk, virginia now sometimes sits in the water. as we get for high tides and the high tides get stronger. we get more and more water in our city, so we're taking very seriously, we're raising homes, we're raising roads, but we're also retreating very slowly from some of the shorelines so we don't spend money raising houses that when the next storm comes through here they'll be damaged again. >> for the democratic mayor of norfolk, virginia, so in a low lying city right on the coast, something's going to have to be done, norfolk is going to have to be done to protect life and to protect property. that simple reality for some people in virginia is not so obvious. when worth got out that virginia state law make ---local tea party groups in virginia said that whole prospect was based on fraud lent information. quoting a virginia tea p
if science is telling you something like that, then our reliance on science can sometimes get mixed up with our counting on politics. is city of norfolk, virginia is home to the largest naval base on earth. norfolk, virginia sit blgs right behide is water. norfolk, virginia now sometimes sits in the water. as we get for high tides and the high tides get stronger. we get more and more water in our city, so we're taking very seriously, we're raising homes, we're raising roads, but we're also...
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both of you are in science/technology.ou're concerned as well. >> i work with high schools and middle schools and elementary schools. i did a report called running on empty about not just the lack of technology in our schools but the lack of quality, rigorous technology education. 50% of the jobs in our country since world war ii have been created in the technology industry. yet, less than 3% of our undergraduate majors choose to study computer science and technology. so we need to do more to give them an idea at the high school level what technology is and not make them users of technology in this country but creators of the next generation. >> where are you from again? >> i'm from new york city. >> arianna, you're from new york as well. you're worried relating to the core standards as well as technology. it's a double header for you, if you will. >> yes, absolutely. i'm a technology teacher in the south bronx. i also help lead a nonprofit in the south bronx that expands the school day and creates community schools. >> be
both of you are in science/technology.ou're concerned as well. >> i work with high schools and middle schools and elementary schools. i did a report called running on empty about not just the lack of technology in our schools but the lack of quality, rigorous technology education. 50% of the jobs in our country since world war ii have been created in the technology industry. yet, less than 3% of our undergraduate majors choose to study computer science and technology. so we need to do...
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now, let's do some science. >>> it has been another fantastic week of science on the road. we've got crystal, lindsay and rita here. we're going to start with you. you were basically a very high-tech firefighter for a week. tell me about this. >> that's right. i was on a story that followed how we use unmanned aircraft to fight the rim fire at yosemite. let me show you. here it is. it's a very unusual-looking piece of technology. it almost looks like an alien insect, and they have it in a hangar. essentially they fly it up to yosemite, and it's eyes in the sky following the rim fire and generating information for action on the ground. so let's check it out. the size and scope of the massive wildfire burning in yosemite national park is staggering. at its peak 5100 firefighters were fighting a blaze larger than the city of chicago at a cost of nearly $100 million. the fire that is destroying hundreds of square miles of wildlife habitat and sensitive eco-systems, california's third largest fire in history was sparked by a hunter's illegal campfire. for assistance, firefighter
now, let's do some science. >>> it has been another fantastic week of science on the road. we've got crystal, lindsay and rita here. we're going to start with you. you were basically a very high-tech firefighter for a week. tell me about this. >> that's right. i was on a story that followed how we use unmanned aircraft to fight the rim fire at yosemite. let me show you. here it is. it's a very unusual-looking piece of technology. it almost looks like an alien insect, and they...
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there are things science doesn't know but if science doesn't know something there is no real the delete key reason to believe that religion doesn't know and there's a kind of religious the fault when science can't provide the answer. science is working on the answer and in some cases will never get the answer that that is absolutely no reason to think that we default on a religious answer. >> host: you talk about different labels. there's a fiesta, agnostic -- how do you define the difference and what works for you? >> guest: as you know it is the belief to get the universe and going and so it doesn't listen to prayers, doesn't know what we think, no interest in human affairs, that is deism. theism is believing some kind of personal not such as the christian god, the muslim god it's characterized as kind of what einstein would believe. he didn't believe in any kind of personal god but he had a kind of reverence for that which we don't yet understand. some feel as a kind of, i don't know -- it's hard to characterize exactly. agnostics are people who don't know. that word was coined by da
there are things science doesn't know but if science doesn't know something there is no real the delete key reason to believe that religion doesn't know and there's a kind of religious the fault when science can't provide the answer. science is working on the answer and in some cases will never get the answer that that is absolutely no reason to think that we default on a religious answer. >> host: you talk about different labels. there's a fiesta, agnostic -- how do you define the...
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you know the truth the science hasn't been exempt in fact since fiscal year two thousand and ten science funding in this country from the federal government has been cut by fifteen percent all we're saying is the cuts while you know we do need to get our spending under control science is an economic driver helps to build our economy moving forward and we'd like to see those investments continue in light of the cuts that we've seen over the past two years in light of everything that's happened what is your way out how do you guarantee funding especially given that the results of basic science research often are not economically viable like you just said so what's the way out how are you going to keep your jobs and and stay in the country renie. right well you know we're certainly hopeful that the federal government continues investing in the basic research that they do today it is economically viable and a good example of that is twenty years ago the national science foundation and best of six million dollars and some students of stanford university those students ended up starting google
you know the truth the science hasn't been exempt in fact since fiscal year two thousand and ten science funding in this country from the federal government has been cut by fifteen percent all we're saying is the cuts while you know we do need to get our spending under control science is an economic driver helps to build our economy moving forward and we'd like to see those investments continue in light of the cuts that we've seen over the past two years in light of everything that's happened...
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in physics got you out of it and what got you into climate science as a consequence. well i was fired by my uncle who is a physicist he's sort of the reason i got into physics but my parents were both writers my father was a newspaper editor so that is where the writing side came and sort of that's where the interest in politics came and i studied physics and i did come science and public policy. and i studied energy and worked the department of energy for a while it was really when my brother lost his home in hurricane katrina that he asked me should be rebuild his home and i started talking to climate experts and i realized the situation was more dire than i thought and also i realized climate scientists weren't doing a great job of communicating so that's when i decided i would get into climate communications and i ended up the center for american progress doing this climate progress blog and it's it's really it's it's it's an absolute must read and you're always on top of the stuff that's coming out of people just needed one single source frankly that that would b
in physics got you out of it and what got you into climate science as a consequence. well i was fired by my uncle who is a physicist he's sort of the reason i got into physics but my parents were both writers my father was a newspaper editor so that is where the writing side came and sort of that's where the interest in politics came and i studied physics and i did come science and public policy. and i studied energy and worked the department of energy for a while it was really when my brother...
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i have written books in between and all of them are about science, but the science they are about is pretty much implied in them. this book is about my early life, childhood, schooldays, university life and early research career. so i suppose i just wanted to tell the story of my life in case anybody is interested. there is a story of how i lost religious faith in their but it doesn't make the book nor should. >> host: i know wherever you go, there are crowds and q&a and people always want to ask you questions about religion and the universe and why we are here and the meaning of life. are you tired of that treachery these questions are so important. something you said just now about sort of making atheism respectable. not quite sure that we do that exactly but what i think we did do and people tell me in the book signings which i'm very gratified, they tell me "the god delusion" gave us the courage to come out and in some cases it can prevent that in rather more cases they already were atheists and give them the courage to come out which suggests to me that there are a hell of a lot
i have written books in between and all of them are about science, but the science they are about is pretty much implied in them. this book is about my early life, childhood, schooldays, university life and early research career. so i suppose i just wanted to tell the story of my life in case anybody is interested. there is a story of how i lost religious faith in their but it doesn't make the book nor should. >> host: i know wherever you go, there are crowds and q&a and people always...
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science is working on the answer. science in some cases may never get the answer but there's absolutely no reason to think that therefore we default to the religious answer. certainly not. >> host: you talk about various different labels. there are atheist and agnostic and pantheists and deists. how do you define the difference in those and what works for you? >> guest: deism is as you know the belief that no particular personal god but some kind of creative intelligence set the universe going and retired and did nothing more so does not forgive scents and has no interest in human affairs. just started the law of physics. that is deism. theism is belief in some kind of personal god such as the christian god or the muslim god, the gods about halle. pantheism that characterized as a type of atheism. it's kind of what einstein believed. he did not believe in any kind of personal god that he had a kind of reference for that which we don't yet understand so kind of than i don't know -- it's hard to characterize exactly wha
science is working on the answer. science in some cases may never get the answer but there's absolutely no reason to think that therefore we default to the religious answer. certainly not. >> host: you talk about various different labels. there are atheist and agnostic and pantheists and deists. how do you define the difference in those and what works for you? >> guest: deism is as you know the belief that no particular personal god but some kind of creative intelligence set the...
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it supported the science.o this is a beautiful example of interaction between university and by technology for the benefit of both. it's really a model of how this should be done. >> rose: a look at the brain and hearing loss for the hour. next. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> what happened? what happened? >> hi, jade! i, jade! >> is that mom you're hearing? yes! what happened? >> mama! >> right. i understand! uh-huh! it opened up. >> rose: helen keller once said "blindness separates us from thing but deafness separates us from people." hearing loss affects 48 million americans. that is 15% of the population. most of those cases are currently untreated. in recent years there have been break throughs in the treatment of hearing loss. ingeborg hochmair helped pioneer development of the cochlear implant. the device stimulates the main auditor nerve that sends message to the brain to signal hearing. she recently received an award for her work
it supported the science.o this is a beautiful example of interaction between university and by technology for the benefit of both. it's really a model of how this should be done. >> rose: a look at the brain and hearing loss for the hour. next. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> what happened? what happened? >> hi, jade! i, jade! >> is that mom you're hearing? yes! what happened? >> mama!...
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claims of a cancer cluster junk science. al new report raises questions on just how much big corporate donations influence reports like ecigarettes, fracking and efforts to ban soda. for more, we are joined by andy croll. his new piece explores behind the council. andy, i want to talk about more groups in addition to the american council. but you investigated specifically the donations that the american council on science and health received. we saw some of the e-mails you obtained. here is one of them. we saw a lot of large corporations are paying the bills. coca-cola, american petroleum, proctor a& gamble, phillip morris. they claim donations do not play a role if their scientific findings. what did you find? >> we found that this organization, the american council on science and health, been around since 1978, while saying that how it gets money and who it gets money from has nothing to do with how it office its research and advocacy and the statements it makes in public, that in fact, the documents we found show that the
claims of a cancer cluster junk science. al new report raises questions on just how much big corporate donations influence reports like ecigarettes, fracking and efforts to ban soda. for more, we are joined by andy croll. his new piece explores behind the council. andy, i want to talk about more groups in addition to the american council. but you investigated specifically the donations that the american council on science and health received. we saw some of the e-mails you obtained. here is one...
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that's the team, let's do some science. hey, guys, welcome to a fun week of science in the field. kyle, what is happening to the bee, how can we save them? >> bee populations are diminishing around the country. i wanted to find out why. i travelled to the heartland of america to find innovative ways to find technology to save the bees. late summer in barrett minnesota it is usually buzzing with activity. i think we are ready to walk down to the beehives. >> the midwest is known for the commercial bee industry. we have empty boxes not filled with honey. nothing. >> bee kooepers are witnessing an alarming problem. how many bees are we losing? >> the losses are avt ron omic am. i lost 65% of my operation last winter. we look in the ground to see if there's dead bees on the ground. most people in the u.s. would be happy staying away from the honey bee. >> they are critically important to the u.s. food supply. they provide $15 billion in revenue, and one-third relies on the industrious pollinators. the demand for pollinator crops, the fruit and vegetables, is increasing. the supply of
that's the team, let's do some science. hey, guys, welcome to a fun week of science in the field. kyle, what is happening to the bee, how can we save them? >> bee populations are diminishing around the country. i wanted to find out why. i travelled to the heartland of america to find innovative ways to find technology to save the bees. late summer in barrett minnesota it is usually buzzing with activity. i think we are ready to walk down to the beehives. >> the midwest is known for...
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you some pretty fun innovations in science. i'm here with marita and rachelle. hi, nasa seekers mission, this is a gc-8, loaded with millions of dollars of equipment measuring the air as we're flying through the gulf. it was a pretty incredible experience. let's take a look. ists 7:30 in the morning and -- it's 7:30 in the morning. and hangar 9 is buzzing with excitement. >> any last questions about what we're going to be doing today? save jet. >> from a distance our plane looks like any other. but close up you can see it's anything but. i'm minutes away from boarding this plain with nasa experimentalists. it is a nasa gc-8, trying to measure the pollution and the atmosphere. it's a three pronged attack. the signs of the tc 8, after the u 2 spy plane. the er 2 application is a sight to see. everything about it has the feeling of a flight to space. the men who fly the plane undergo special training and wear a pressurized flight soot. several weather probes collect the information and beam it back to earth. >> seated, door closed
you some pretty fun innovations in science. i'm here with marita and rachelle. hi, nasa seekers mission, this is a gc-8, loaded with millions of dollars of equipment measuring the air as we're flying through the gulf. it was a pretty incredible experience. let's take a look. ists 7:30 in the morning and -- it's 7:30 in the morning. and hangar 9 is buzzing with excitement. >> any last questions about what we're going to be doing today? save jet. >> from a distance our plane looks...
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for science really shows. and i'm so glad he talked about what the democrats have already done as far as compromising and that's really important here. because i had a town hall last weekend. i went home on the one day we didn't have votes and i went to the city hall chamber in california, the council chamber there. and a number of folks rightfully asked me, well, what are the democrats willing to give up in these negotiations? and i think it's important for folks to know that the democrats have already made concessions. we've made very, very difficult concessions. the best way to describe those concessions is that ugly terrible word called sequester. sequester, which has been across-the-board cuts which have hurt our national labs with these deep, deep cuts. and so this chart here demonstrates it better than anything i've seen, which is you have the president's budget which was about $1.2 trillion. then you see the 2011 debt limit deal at $1.6 trillion. you see paul ryan's budget at $967 billion. and then acr
for science really shows. and i'm so glad he talked about what the democrats have already done as far as compromising and that's really important here. because i had a town hall last weekend. i went home on the one day we didn't have votes and i went to the city hall chamber in california, the council chamber there. and a number of folks rightfully asked me, well, what are the democrats willing to give up in these negotiations? and i think it's important for folks to know that the democrats...
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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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you learn technology, science, math, but you are doing it in a way that you are creating some type of context. so, you know, at the same time that we are doing the help program, and analyzing and breaking down this media, it's also very important that you empower the students to create their own media. so that they are not just force fed what they consume bustle they can actually make a song or write a scringt or make a p.s.a. or shoot a commercial or score a film or do these thing. so at the high school as director of arts integration, what i am looking to do is bring in community partners, we have brought in public media core and just a bunch of other different partners that work with us directly, critical exposure, photography group, we brought in muralists, dancers and also helping the teachers to find ways to intersect the arts in to what they do and how they present their instructions. >> right. because sometimes the soul of the child can be saved if you just allow him or her to use that creatively. >> absolutely. >> to build their math skills or reading skills. i mean, really.
you learn technology, science, math, but you are doing it in a way that you are creating some type of context. so, you know, at the same time that we are doing the help program, and analyzing and breaking down this media, it's also very important that you empower the students to create their own media. so that they are not just force fed what they consume bustle they can actually make a song or write a scringt or make a p.s.a. or shoot a commercial or score a film or do these thing. so at the...
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science. first there was the fact that danny's parents believe so strongly nurturing children intellectually, teaching and subjects like math and science at a high level around the kitchen table while other children their age were probably watching cartoons. the family also had very first home computer in their entire neighborhood. their father purchased a kit that you felt at home and then later purchase one of the very first personal computers, which was the apple ii. by the age of 10, dna and his brothers were also very talented were teaching office in the neighborhood who bought a computer how to program it. at the age of 14 can again if i took an unexpected and unwanted term. his father who had become increasingly enamored with zionism entry to jewish ideology associated with that decide to put the family moved into israel. ginny was a teenager and he was serious. you can only imagine what that must've been like if any of you have teenagers are experienced teenage rebellion, it was diffic
science. first there was the fact that danny's parents believe so strongly nurturing children intellectually, teaching and subjects like math and science at a high level around the kitchen table while other children their age were probably watching cartoons. the family also had very first home computer in their entire neighborhood. their father purchased a kit that you felt at home and then later purchase one of the very first personal computers, which was the apple ii. by the age of 10, dna...
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computer science undergraduates were female. only 10% of internet entrepreneurs across the world are women. and yet 30% of the best paid jobs for women are in the technology sector. so, to discuss how we can get more girls, and young women interested in science and technology, i'm joined by belinda palmer who is c.e.o. of lady geek, an agency that makes technology more accessible to women and girls. i'm also happy to say we've got a 13-year-old student and a participant in one of those miss geek campaigns. i'm going to get to the part of that in a moment here. but i'll start with you, belinda. is this really necessary? do you need to work very hard to get young women into science and technology? interested in it? >> absolutely. in the u.k., only 17% of the technology workforce is female, that's bad enough and it's going down each year. if you look at the number of levels being taken by girls, it's lower and lower i've year so there's a real crisis. >> yet girls, i see it around the world, maybe not in the u.k., but in most count
computer science undergraduates were female. only 10% of internet entrepreneurs across the world are women. and yet 30% of the best paid jobs for women are in the technology sector. so, to discuss how we can get more girls, and young women interested in science and technology, i'm joined by belinda palmer who is c.e.o. of lady geek, an agency that makes technology more accessible to women and girls. i'm also happy to say we've got a 13-year-old student and a participant in one of those miss...
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. >> taking science a step further, asking the food and drug administration to approve their farmed salmonor sale in the u.s. and from the looks of things it might happen. the fda has said it is safe to environment. it was first engineered in 1989. it's an atlantic salmon modified by a combination of chnookcal monday and an ocean pout that reaches full market size in half the time. under the application before the fda aqua bounty would spend their eggs to panama where they would grow the salmon from tank farms to avoid any chance they would get out and mix with the salmon population. then they would be sent back to the states for sale. here at seattle's famed pike place fish market the idea of gm salmon is not tossed around lightly. >> for kara. [ cheering ] >> what would you say to me if i said the words genetically modified salmon. >> no! >> why no? >> welding worried that a genetically modified fish would escape. >> this guy is really big. he's about 28.3 grams. >> reporter: dr. bob devlin is a scientist wit , he's involved with the science and the impact it might have on the environmen
. >> taking science a step further, asking the food and drug administration to approve their farmed salmonor sale in the u.s. and from the looks of things it might happen. the fda has said it is safe to environment. it was first engineered in 1989. it's an atlantic salmon modified by a combination of chnookcal monday and an ocean pout that reaches full market size in half the time. under the application before the fda aqua bounty would spend their eggs to panama where they would grow the...
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but the science fair about is pretty much implying the fiesta. this book is about my early life. university life so i suppose i just wanted to tell the story of my life if anybody is interested how i lost religious faith is in there but it should not dominate. >> host: where ever you go. people always want to ask questions about the universe and the meaning of life. are you tired of that? >> guest: making a theism respectable i don't think it is that exactly but what we did do in the book people tell me that the grand illusion gave them the courage to come out and in some cases it converted them but otherwise the already were atheists the gate and the courage to come out that suggests there are a helluva lot more than anybody realizes. white the emperor new clothes you fact that nobody actually speaks out but enough of them did then suddenly they all would with the tipping point the fact. >> host: you were talking members of congress out about a fall 535 members there's only one that claims not to be a believer. do you believe that? >> system we
but the science fair about is pretty much implying the fiesta. this book is about my early life. university life so i suppose i just wanted to tell the story of my life if anybody is interested how i lost religious faith is in there but it should not dominate. >> host: where ever you go. people always want to ask questions about the universe and the meaning of life. are you tired of that? >> guest: making a theism respectable i don't think it is that exactly but what we did do in...
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the philosophy of science, particularly biology. did my dissertation on the origin of life and on our wednesday at the of scientific reasoning which is allied get to the idea of intelligent design, oddly enough. >> and your subtitle includes the words intelligent design. how do you define intelligent design? >> great question. intelligent design is the idea that there are certain features of a biological system that are best explained by an intelligent cause rather than an -- a process such as random selection of mutation. maybe the best way to understand , saying what it is it is my understanding the contrast to that particular meeting of evolution that it was formulated to challenge. different meanings of evolution. one of them is the idea of change over time. knowing these challenges, the idea that life now is different than what it was a long time ago a book, cambrian explosion is all about that. another is the idea of common and just to have common ancestry. the third meeting is the idea that and i'm directed, guided process, m
the philosophy of science, particularly biology. did my dissertation on the origin of life and on our wednesday at the of scientific reasoning which is allied get to the idea of intelligent design, oddly enough. >> and your subtitle includes the words intelligent design. how do you define intelligent design? >> great question. intelligent design is the idea that there are certain features of a biological system that are best explained by an intelligent cause rather than an -- a...
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the science behind this starts from 2004. james walker from florida university started doing this in melanoma, and one out of two cases, they were able to detect it. in 2006, they tried this with lung cancer. he's right. 90% of the time, they were able to find it and the dogs came through. >> that dog is named ohlund. >> he knows me by my first name. >> how do they train the dogs?
the science behind this starts from 2004. james walker from florida university started doing this in melanoma, and one out of two cases, they were able to detect it. in 2006, they tried this with lung cancer. he's right. 90% of the time, they were able to find it and the dogs came through. >> that dog is named ohlund. >> he knows me by my first name. >> how do they train the dogs?
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so those two, math and science, that's what meteorology is all about.t them interested at a young age and think it's fun, maybe they'll in turn think that math and science is cool -- gerri: become an engineer, meteorologist, who knows? you know, the job openings, this is numbers from 2016, 16% of bachelor degrees will specialize in s.t.e.m., but the number of jobs that are open, one million. so we're not producing enough kids to actually do these jobs. anything we can do to inspire them is a positive, right? >> yeah, of course. and like i mentioned, when you have an appreciation for weather and you want to learn about it, you're going to learn about it in school, but it is a lot of math, a lot of science. i took something like -- it's called thermodynamics. it sounds scary, but it's fun when you can get all the numbers together. and they say this a lot, but weather is not an exact science. it won't be. we can't really predict that perfect forecast yet. but we'll certainly get them encouraged to really love those summits. gerri: one final question, why a
so those two, math and science, that's what meteorology is all about.t them interested at a young age and think it's fun, maybe they'll in turn think that math and science is cool -- gerri: become an engineer, meteorologist, who knows? you know, the job openings, this is numbers from 2016, 16% of bachelor degrees will specialize in s.t.e.m., but the number of jobs that are open, one million. so we're not producing enough kids to actually do these jobs. anything we can do to inspire them is a...
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executive publisher of science magazine. captain keith colburn alaskan fish and owner and operator fp -- am i right? and legislative director and senior counsel consumer federation of america. deborah hersman maybe start with you please? the good afternoon chairman rockefeller and members of the committee. i appear before you today to discuss the effect of the federal government shutdown on the mission of the national transportation safety board. on october 1, 2013 the ntsb delivered furlough notices to 383 of our 405 employees. our contingency plan for operations following a lab semipro creations provides that all activities of of the ntsb be shut down except for those necessary to prevent eminent threats to the safety of human life or protection of property. consistent with anti-deficiency act requirements and omb guidance. here is what we are not doing. in the 10 10 days that have passed since the shutdown. 14 accidents have occurred in which we have not dispatched investigators including an fatal bus crash that occurred
executive publisher of science magazine. captain keith colburn alaskan fish and owner and operator fp -- am i right? and legislative director and senior counsel consumer federation of america. deborah hersman maybe start with you please? the good afternoon chairman rockefeller and members of the committee. i appear before you today to discuss the effect of the federal government shutdown on the mission of the national transportation safety board. on october 1, 2013 the ntsb delivered furlough...