go behind the scenes at aljazeera.com/"techknow."s on twitter facebook, google plus and more. >>> this is al jazeera america. i am jonathan betz live in new york. ukraine's prime minister will head to washington to discuss how to get russia out of his country. >>> searching the sea, crews focusing on possible debris as the hunt for a missing airliner goes well into the second day. >> the plea pour for answers after former cia contractor marks 7th year since he disappeared in iran 13 nuns are freed in exchange for more than 100 women being held in syrian

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go behind the scenes at aljazeera.com/"techknow."s on twitter facebook, google plus and more. >> a malaysian airline mystery - the passenger plane and 239 people on board are still missing. an international mission is underway to find the jet and figure out what happened >> violence between p pro-ukrainian and pro-russian supporters. and the prime minister is coming to america to meet president obama. >> the e.u.'s foreign

go behind the scenes at aljazeera.com/"techknow." us on twitter facebook, google plus and more. >> is >> in is al jazeera america. i'm jonathan betz live in new york. rival rallies raise tensions between protesters in ukraine, each pushing for a different future. ukraine's prime minister heads to washington this week. in the "week ahead" segment we look at what's at stake for united states and russia. >> lost at sea - search planes may have spotted debris from the downed malaysia airlineser.

techknow - ideas, invention, life. on al jazeera america >> and now a techknow minute... >> it's theltimate race againt time. doctors preforming heart transplant surgery in just 6 hours before a donor organ is damaged by ice, used to keep it cold during transit. but this device could .change all that. it's called the organ care system, or... heart in a box. it works by hooking up the heart to this machine. it pumps it full of warm blood, and a formula containing a proprietary mix of nutrients. >> it's warm, >> it's warm, it's beating... it's functioning, it's just functioning as if it's in your body. >> doctors are also seeing promising results, using the organ care system on other organs, such as lungs. >> for more information on this, and other techknow stories. visit our website at aljazeera.com/techknow don't miss techknow, sundays 7:30et / 4:30pt on al jazeera america good afternoon, to you and well thinl jazerra america i am morgan radford live in new york city and here are the stories that we are following for you right now. russian soldiers moved to surround a ukrainian milit

. >> this is "techknow." a show about innovations that can change lives. we're going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity and doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science by scientists. let's check out our team of hard core nerds. i'm phil torres, i'm an entomologist. tonight the frozen zoo. in a deep freeze, sells from the endangered species ton planet. like the white rhino. dr. shini somara is a mechanical engineer. tonight she's inside a tornado. find out what scientists are doing to help us survive these killer storms. marita davidson is a biologist, specializing in ecology and evolution. that's our team. now let's do some science. ♪ ♪ ♪ hey guys, welcome to "techknow." i'm phil torres. joining us are shini somara and marita davidson. >>> one of my big issues i'm working on is how to conserve our wildlife. i got to go down to the san diego zoo. this zoo is frozen! so let's take a look. at the famous san diego zoo safari park, lies a zoo within a zoo, replaced by liquid nitrogen and cell cultures. this is san diego's frozen zoo

"techknow," featuring kid genius, is next. >> i'm phil torres, welcome to a special episode of "techknow." we wanted to share a story with you of innovation that brings out the spirit of welcome. >> hello, i'm cara santa maria, and i'm here to talk about innovations that change lines. we explore the intersection between hardware and humanity and we do it in a unique way. scientists. >> phil torres is our spider-man, studying insects. our real-life spider-man takes us to colorado, where ironman comes to life helping a woman stand tall despite a devastating difficulty, kosta grammatis is an engineer designing a bion yik eye. he takes us to maryland to meet a young man who designed a test to predict panser. i'm cara santa maria: that's the team, now let do some science. >> we are back here at the meeting plates having coffee. you guys have incredible stories. i'm interested to hear about this exosuit. >> it was invented 1500 years ago. i am sure we are due for an upgrade. it might be it. check out the robot. you are seeing it on its own, where it's tested. but there on a person. i got to me

at aljazeera.com/techknow.contributors at facebook, google plus, twitter, and more. >> you're watching al jazeera america. i'm jonathan betz flieive new york. live in new york. russian flag is now flying over crimea in the ukraine. >> west and nato now consider their next possible steps. >>> keeping up the pressure in venezuela, thousands return to the streets protesting the governments.

that's our team, now let's do some science. ♪ ♪ >> hi and welcome to "techknow". phil torres, i'm here with kosta, rachelle and lindsay. you looked at 3d printing. >> 3d printing is an industry that's blowing up right now. we explored and visited all these different groups and laboratories, that are doing 3d printing. let's take a deep dive. from trinkets and 96 inaction, 3d fashion and -- and from auto makers prototyping new parts to nasa lamping a 3d printer to replace parts. >> space exploration, this is absolutely a critical technology. >> from diy medical solutions. >> we've seen the people who made the robo hand project. >> to life altering research. >> i'm dr. ben asser. our lab makes ears. it's alive whit goes into the printer and comes out of the printer. >> each is prototighting 3d printers aren't anything like your home printer. >> 3 printing is a process that makes physical objects. a 3d print er gradually layer by layer. not a picture of a cup of coffee but the coffee itself. >> he is a printing pioneer. >> every design file tells what the printer, wh

and "techknow" is next. check out us 24 hours a day by going to aljazeera.com. >> hello and welcome. i'm phil torres here to talk about innovations that can change lives. we're going to see the intersection of hardware and humanity and doing it in a unique way. a show about science by scientists. let's check out our hard core in other words. coaskosta grammatis. one of day the 3d printer will help save a little boy's nights . rachelle oldmixon , and lindsay moran, plastic that can stop a bullet, why is it ending up in some classrooms? i'm phil torres, i'm an entomologist. i study spiders in the rain forests of peru. that's our team, now let's do some science. ♪ ♪ >> hi and welcome to "techknow". i'm phil torres, i'm here with kosta, rachelle and lindsay. you looked at 3d printing. >> 3d printing is an industry that's blowing up right now. we explored and visited all these different groups and laboratories, that are doing 3d printing. let's take a deep dive. from trinkets and 96 inaction, 3d fashion and -- an

techknow eyes in the sky is next. for updates all day long, go to aljazeera.com. >> this is "techknow." a show about invocation invocatn innovations that can save lives. we're going to celebrate the intersection of hardware and humanity and doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science by scientists. let's check out our team of hard core nerds. lindsay moran is a starting for every move captured by a camera tracking her from above. >> she's acting a little bit suspicion. >> see the crime fighting tech that's creating controversy. dr. crystal dilworth is a molecular neuroscientist. why algae is making a come back after 30 years. kyle hill is a science writer. now the story behind the discovery in a hard of lab. are i'm phil torres, i'm an entomologist. that's our team, now let's do some science. ♪ ♪ >> hey guys, i'm phil torres. welcome to another week of "techknow." joining me is kyle hill, dr. crystal dilworth and lindsay moran, we're used to seeing security cameras maybe on a front door back alleyway but yo

>> ♪ ♪ >> hey guys welcome back to "techknow." now dr.ilworth is here, you have quite athe story here. you are talking about how a 3 billion year old organism can help fly me around the world. >> we tend to think of biofuel, but interestingly i went to arizona to look at biofuel that knows it can be so much more. let's take a look. there's a bloom occurring deep in the arizona desert under the sun's piercing raise. this vast landscape is home to a new technology that is reinventing one of the world's oldest life forms. 3.5 billion years in the making algae is making a new name for itself. >> people think of algae as pond scum, right? it's not pond scum to us, it's really gold. >> algae are able to take 100% of their energy and create defenseibilty, antioxidants and nutrients for themselves, if they can survive this many years it's probably got more capability than this, they might double and triple and quadruple in size over a 24-hour period. >> helae was born ton campus of arizona state university as an r&d company and one of algae entre

stories, visit our website at aljazeera.com/techknow don't miss techknow sundays 7:30et / 4:30pt onal jazeera america you you. >> you're watching al jazeera. my guest is yulia tymoshenko, former ukrainian prime minister and a leader in the orange revolution. >> let me ask you about your role. you as prime minister were someone who did business with putin. he never supported your imprisonment, if i understand that correctly. do you feel that that in the past you were wrong to have dealt with putin perhaps trusted him, and more importantly, has this event exchanged your view of putin? what do you think of him now? >> are i worked with putin wheni was prime minister. he was also prime minister at that time and so there was cooperation. currently i'm not the prime minister. in fact i'm a political prisoner who has just been released from prison but our team is using all possible means to stop this congregation. today i -- aggression. today i cannot communicate with putin and i think negotiation is should not be credit conducted by ukraine. ukraine has a very weak position in any negotia

from all of us here at "techknow", happy new year.look forward to bringing you more innovative stories that come our way in 2014. >> this is al jazeera. >> hello and welcome to the are news hour. top stories. the united states and europe announced sanctions against russia over its intervention in ukraine. the detention of a libyan oil tanker. >> from the rest of the dmus in europe. -- news in

we will see you next time on "techknow." go behind the scenes and follow our expert contribute orders on twitter, facebook, google+ and more. >>> the jews have a name. sigh simon shama, ethnic people from antiquity to modern day israel. the two books and 5-part series were personal for the award winning teacher, film maker and author. >> a palestinian, a jew, you suck the oxygen out

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scomplrning welcome back to "techknow.."arita, you took a look at meat or at least something that looks like meat. >> looks a lot like meat actually. americans, we love meat. we eat more of it than almost anywhere on the planet but it's extremely environmentally costly to produce. there are lots of meat alternatives on the market. there is a company based in california producing a product that they claim simulates meat very, very closely so you may not even be able to tell the difference. so, i went and checked it out, put it to a taste test. so let's take a look. >> grilled, sautÉed, pros prosprocessed or packaged. america's obsession with meat is ferocious. we consume over 270 pounds per person per year. but now, the demand for meat is spreading to new global heights and experts predict we won't be able to sustain it. >> i would say we are already not doing it sustainability. we are crawing on the planet's resources more than we should be if you look at climate change alone. >> the united nations estimates meat consumption

techknow - ideas, invention, life. on al jazeera america the most important money stories of the day might effect your savings, your job or your retirement. whether it's bail-outs or bond rates this stuff gets complicated. but don't worry. i'm here to take the fear out of finance. every night on my show i break down confusing financial speak and make it real. >> you're watching "talk to al jazeera." i'm ray suarez. former prime minister of australia, julia gillard. board chair for. >> you australia while through history and culture has been oriented to western europe. you're very much an asian economy and an asian-oriented economy. that took a shift in the mind of australia about who you were and where you were on the globe. in yes, it did and it was a shift originally by the governments, prime minister bob hawk and prime minister bob keating. we led to the creation of apec, the community of nations in the asia pacific, coming together to talk about economic questions. and here we are all those years later and under my prime ministership, we had a whole of australia paper, looking ac

from all of us here at "techknow", happy new year.look forward to bringing you more innovative stories that come our way in 2014. >> the government preparing to withdraw troops from crimea as russia takes control. a fine paid by toyota over safety issues. and the captain of fly

we will be back next week for more techknow.e deep behind these stories and go behind the scenes at aljazeera.com there are >> this is al jazeera america, live from new york city. i'm tony harris. tensions are mounting over the crisis in ukraine. russia denies that its forces ordered the ukrainian navy to surrender. the u.n. security council is scheduled to meet in the next 30 minutes to discuss the situation in ukraine. >>> president obama just wrapped up a meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in the white house. russia's as actions are a violation of international law. >> i spent the weekend talking to leaders across europe and i think the world is largely united in recognizing the steps that russia has taken are a violation of ukraine's sovereignty, ukraine's territorial integrity, that they're a violation of international law. they're a violation of previous agreements that russia has made, with respect to how it treats and respects its neighbors. and as a consequence, we got strong statements from nato, fr

and "techknow" is coming up next. for news updates all throughout the day you can always head over to our website at www.aljazeera.com. >> hello and welcome. i'm phil torres here to talk about innovations that can change lives. we are going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity and we're doing it in a unique way. a show about science by scientists . lindsay moran, science versus the deaf takings of ptsd. soldiers december pri battle. kosta grammatis is behind the wheel of the future testing out a driverless car . rachelle oldmixon is an environmental scientists. i'm phil torres, an entomologist. now let's do some science. ♪ >> hey guys welcome to techknow where we bring you life changing innovations in the field of science. i'm phil torres and i'm here with kosta , rachelle and lindsay. >> when we think of camp lejeune, we deal with soldiers to go into the field. but there's an epidemic with soldiers returning with completely invisible wounds, i'm talking about ptsd. be camp lejeune has innovative ways

al jazeera america. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hey guys welcome back to "techknow".es and i'm here with kosta and shini. now kosta, you recently went to a very interesting farm in the middle of an airport. >> yes, something called tower garden. check it out. this is going to allow a lot of people a different life, to grow produce anywhere. let's take a deeper look. ♪ ♪ >> for over 8,000 years, we've been plowing dirt to grow our food. in fact, we've go gotten so goot it that over 80% of the world's farmable land is already in use. by 2050 we can expect another 3 billion people on planet earth to join us for dinner. another china and india. on average, food travels 1500 miles from farm to table. how can we continue to grow food to feed the hungry masses? one answer is strert cal farming farming. smerl, california known for its eclectic shops and restaurants has another new feature, a vertical farm. >> i'm alex thomson , montecito farms. >> seedlings to harvested vegetables. his farm produces are fresh vegetables to seven restaurants every day. >> this is a tower garde

from all of us here at "techknow", happy new year.look forward to bringing you more innovative stories that come our way in 2014. >>> hello and welcome to the news hour. it's official, vladimir putin signs the deal finalizing russia's take over the crimea. >> it was put together in 10 days. >> the ukraine with an agreement on closer ties. >> a reporter, his wife, and two of his children are among nine people killed in an attack on a

"techknow" correspondent crystal dilworth reports.something called charlotte's web. >> more than 400,000 children in the u.s. suffers from epileptic seizures. heather jackson's son zaki is one of them. >> zaki had these, he has a rare form of epilepsy known as doose syndrome. by the time he was 5 years old he had had 500,000 seizures. don't usually start crying this early, actually. it's an emotional day because he's 16 months seizure free today, so i'm happy. it's a happy emotion. >> today zaki is talking, walking, and being home schooled. his mom, heather jackson, is convinced it's due to an extract found in this controversial plant. joel's family runs one of the largest marijuana grows in the state of colorado. it's a family owned operation. the five family brothers went into business in 2008 under the medical marijuana laws passed in the rocky mountains state. >> people call it the hippie disappointment. you could smoke it all day, and you wouldn't become high. >> they were convinced their hippies disappointment could really help

. ♪ hello and welcome to "techknow."y name is phil torres and we're joined today by lindsay moran and dr. crystal dilworth. you went to investigate can marijuana but this marijuana is missing something.

in a deep freeze, sells from the >> this is "techknow." a show about innovations that can change lives. we're going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity, and we're doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science by scientists. let's check out our team of hard core nerds. i'm phil torres, i'm an entomologist. tonight the frozen zoo. in a deep freeze, cells from the most endangered

join us next week on techknow when we give you more innovations in the field.d the scenes at aljazeera.com/techknow. >> these protestors have decided that today they will be arrested >> these people have chased a president from power, they've torn down a state... >> what's clear is that people don't just need protection, they need assistance. >> welcome to aljazeera america. i'm del walters. these are the stories we're following for you. there are new leads this area in the search for the missing malaysian airliner. diplomats trying to find solutions to the situation in crimea as we're awaiting word from the president. and an army general in an extramarital affair with a captain.

join us next week on techknow when we give you more innovations in the field. behind the scenes at aljazeera.com/techknow. >> a possible clue, australia says it has found two objects in the indian ocean that may be related to the missing malaysian airliner. >> hello, this is al jazeera live from doha. also ahead - gun fire and explosions. bombers attack a police headquarters. >> syrian refugees are getting caught in the crossfire as government for

>> for more information on this, and other techknow stories. visit our website at aljazeera.com/techknow don't miss techknow, sundays 7:30et / 4:30pt on al jazeera america good afternoon, to you and well thinl jazerra america i am morgan radford live in new york city and here are the stories that we are following for you right now. russian soldiers moved to surround a ukrainian military base in crimea. this amid warnings of a military interception. >> it's really 19th century behavior in the 21st censure. >> i this cannot be the way to conduct international affairs. >> plus a knife attack in a train station in china leaving 29 people dead. and at least 130 wounded. left out in the cold, one small group of volunteers is making a big difference trying to get the homeless off the frigid streets of new york city. ♪ ♪ >>> ukraine has ordered full military mobilization in response to russian moved on the crimean peninsula. the acting president says the country is on the brink of disaster. they are calling up every single military preservist and russian troops have surrounded a military base in

stories, visit our website at aljazeera.com/techknow don't miss techknow sundays 7:30et / 4:30pt on al jazeera america >> at the supervise tonight's documentary, lockerbie, what really happened, is claiming that iran, and not libya, was responsible for the 1988 jetliner bombing that killed 278 in the air and on the ground in scotland. we received a comment from iran's foreign ministry on the film. and that statement reads in part. on all terrorist issues, our stance is clear. iran is renting all terrorist issues: for more on the iranian perspective on lockerbie, i'm joined by an adviser for iran's negotiating team. and he has been a professor at tehran university and visiting scholar at harvard. and remains in contact with iranian officials. and good to have you with us. their position is very clear, that they were not involved in all of this. but there was certainly, back then, a desire for revenge on the united states after the united states had knocked that iranian passenger jet out of the sky and killed almost 300 people. >> well, of course there were passionate feelings of what

on techknow, our scientists bring you a sneak-peak of the future, and take you behind the scenes at our evolving world. techknow - ideas, invention, life. on al jazeera america mel, your dad passed away and sid was a father figure you and how so? >> well, he -- i worked for sid. therefore, he was my superior. so i guess he was kind of like my father. but he was kind, and cruel, like any father should be. but any way, we bonded and we had the same kind, we had the same sense of humor. sid's real talent was making fun of human foibles and humanity and we were never current. we never did anything about the news or even when we had great opportunities with nixon, he didn't do political, we always did the human comedy and sid was gifted and was indeed a genius. he could do humans and pinball machines. he could do anything. i want to say something about al jazeera, i'm doing this, i thought it was arab and muse muslim and slanted and i didn't know and then i saw it, and it was like a breath of fresh air, it is like the new york city times of news, neither nbc on the left or fox on the right.

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techknow - ideas, invention, life. on al jazeera america >> i'm ali velshi, the news has become thisng where you talk to experts about people, and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about their stories. we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. we are ment to be your first choice for the news. ♪ [ shouting ] [ gunfire ] >> welcome back. we're talking about the crisis in crimea and the biggest concerns from those living through it. there seems to be this haze of propaganda and misinformation that hangs over this crisis. reporters are getting two different answers. is it possible to gauge the level of confusion on the ground because of this misinformation? >> right. first of all i think there is a confusion between ethnic russians, and russian speakers. nearly half of the citizens of ukraine speak russian at their home or at work, but it does not mean they are ethnically russian. 75% are ethnically ukrainian. the two nations is one of the elements of this confusion that often is mentioned in the western media. the -- the second element of confusion has to

"techknow" explores that question, next. you need me and i need you. you make this work, you buy some sashimi. you wouldn't buy your sushi from this guy, why would you buy your marijuana from him? >> first tv adds, medicinal marijuana, put out by marijuanadoctors.com. new jersey legalized medical marijuana four years ago. 20 states in all have legalized marijuana for medical reasons. among the treatments a cannabis based oil that parents say is somewhat of a miracle for children with epilepsy. crystal dilworth reports. >> more than 400,000 children in the u.s. suffers from epileptic seizures. makai is one of them. >> he has a rare form of epilepsy known as doza syndrome. by the time he was 5 years old he had had 500,000 seizures. don't usually start crying this early, actually. it's an emotional day because he's 16 months seizure free today, so i'm happy. it's a happy emotion. >> today zakai is talking walking and being home schooled. his mom heather jackson is convinced it's due to an extract found in this controversial plant. joel's family runs one o

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techknow - ideas, invention, life. on al jazeera america >> welcome back to "inside story." on this edition of the program, we are talking about the rippling impact of the deep economic problems in puerto rico. it is growing under the weight of $70 billion in debt, unemployment 15%, nearly twice the national average. is the uz the guarantee of the debt and if it cannot meet the payments, is washington the guarantor or the lender of the last resort? >> no, actually, at the end of the day it is up to us to resume the responsibility over our debts because you might have a quick fix from washington, but that doesn't guarantee you have long term responsibility to the bonder holders. so we have to cut spending dramatically, and we have to spur economic growth. and i will give you one idea that i haven't found a formula yet to provide this idea. the people here on this program today are all puerto ricoians and puerto ricoians on the mainland are 5 million strong. if we get them to decide to buy a revacation or a retirement home in puerto rico every year and over five years able to

techknow - ideas, invention, life. on al jazeera america both my parents are journalists. my grandfathers are journalists. it's just something that's in the blood. there are so many stories out there that need to be told. we want to go in to the trenches, we want to go in the corners that are less looked at. everyone at al jazeera america is dedicated to tell the story the best way that it can be told. >> there's a lot of crime here, there's a lot of dysfunction. there's guns, there's drugs, there's drive by shootings. not 15 miles down i-95, one greenwich is one of the wealthiest communities in the united states. it would be fair to say this is how the other half lives here. this is a good deal more than 50% more affluent than bridgeport. >> that was a video on inequality in fairfield county, connecticut, which is between greenwich village and fair port, which some consider run down. how different is it from bridge fort to greenwich, which is less than 20mize? >> the differences are stark and obvious and describable in terms of night and day. bridgeport is -- there are po

on techknow, our scientists bring you a sneak-peak of the future, and take you behind the scenes at ourlving world. techknow - ideas, invention, life. on al jazeera america your global news leader >>> aids is the leading cause of death for black women ages 25 to 34. but there are things you can do to help. >> prevention is power. >> get educated. >> get tested. >> get treated. >> it is estimated that 1 in 32 black women will be diagnosed with hiv at some point in their lifetime. are we seeing any really promising advances in treatment right now? >> oh, absolutely. the treatment for hiv has been revolutionized over the last several years. in fact people remember a time when a person with hiv had to take a handful of pills sometimes up to 30 pills a day. >> yeah. >> and now you can treat the infection with as few as one or two pills aday, it's incredible, and the side effects are few and far between, and this is the message people need to understand about hiv. it is a treatable disease. and we need to think about incorporating diagnosis and treatment into the regular prevention and treatm

techknow - ideas, invention, life. on al jazeera america >> my name's elliot ackerman. author of green on blue and i'm in "the stream." >> i promised to look at employment for military husbands and wives, 30%. that's how many of our military unemployed. huge amount way below the national average. what impact does that have on the family's instability? >> it is a definitely. i think the biggest problem that we face specifically is childcare. i know that's a exon concern. you know i -- a common concern. i have about six years of retail experience, after that management and i've never made more than $8.25 an hour. if i was to take that full time i would actually pay more out of pocket to work 40 hours a week including childcare than i would to stay home. it's hard to continue post-secondary education because you never know if you're going to move. schools are, they change how they transfer credits, if it's actually going to be worth anything, you have to transfer, repeat classes which i've already had to do. >> military families move around a lot. is that something that mi