- -: Adam Savage Introduces FORA.tv's Top Videos of 2010
December 7, 2010 (over 13 years ago)MythBusters' Adam Savage introduces FORA.tv's end-of-the-year video playlist on the people, ideas, and issues that changed 2010. Here is FORA.tv's full playlist: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSuJM-URcdw&list=PL4AFE111FA592DC1B "LHC First Physics : First collisions in the LHCb's experiment" by...
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- -: 2010: The Return of the 'Reagan Democrat'?
December 9, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/series/monitor_breakfast In response to a question about Wisconsin's political climate, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) says the "Reagan Democrats are becoming Reagan Democrats again." Voter support of Republican candidates, he says, showed Wisconsinites taking a ...
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- -: President Obama Signs 21st Century Communications & Video Accessibility Act
October 8, 2010 (over 13 years ago)The President signs the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 into law, explaining and deliver brief remarks on the impact of this law on people with disabilities. October 8, 2010.
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- -: President Obama Meets the SAVE Award Winner
February 22, 2011 (about 13 years ago)President Obama welcomes to the White House, Trudy Givens of Portage, Wisconsin, the 2010 SAVE Award winner. Trudy, won the contest amongst all Federal employees who submitted their ideas to streamline government and save taxpayer dollars. Chief Performance Officer, Jeff Zients of OMB, and Atto...
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- -: Quick takes: Kim Cobb
August 15, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Kim Cobb studies the climate variability of the past in order to construct a sense of what we can expect in the future. Having a clearer sense of rainfall, for example, over the next 100 years will be incredibly valuable in informing public policy.
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- -: Quick takes: Casey Dunn
August 15, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Casey Dunn is rethinking where individuality begins. He is fascinated by siphonophores, deep sea superorganinisms comprised of thousands of organisms that are genetically identical but function in different ways. How have evolutionary pressures acted on the siphonophore and the individual organis...
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- -: Quick takes: Sean Gourley
August 15, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Sean Gourley is a mathematician who has spent the last seven years using math to understand war and insurgency. He is now applying that understanding to develop ways to map technology companies -- in search of the "technology genome."
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- -: Quick takes: Amishi Jha
August 15, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Amishi Jha is a brain scientist who is working on ways to train brains to pay better attention. How can mindfulness training help people in high-stress situations -- from medical staff to soldiers -- better navigate their challenging environments?
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- -: Quick takes: Sarah Fortune
August 15, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Why is tuberculosis so resistant to treatment? Sarah Fortune studies the bacterium that causes tuberculosis as well as how it responds to various eradication efforts, with a view to more effectively fighting this increasingly common global scourge.
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- -: Quick takes: Amro Hamdoun
August 15, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Cell biologist Amro Hamdoun seeks to understand the systems that cells and embryos use to protect themselves against chemical pollution. Why do some "bad" chemicals make it into cells, and how can we predict which ones will as we develop even more chemicals?
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