- -: Mars Exploration Prizes
June 11, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Google Tech Talk June 10, 2010 ABSTRACT Presented by Chris Carberry. 428 million years ago Pneumodesmus newmani, a Late Silurian millipede made a huge evolutionary leap. It is the first recorded creature to have left its natural habitat - the early ocean - and moved to live on land. Humanity l...
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- -: Discovering New Solar Systems - Debra Fischer
June 2, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/05/15/Debra_Fischer_on_Extrasolar_Planets University of California - Berkeley Astronomy Professor Debra Fischer describes the "zoo" of recently discovered extrasolar planets, and compares many of their general attributes - their orbits, masses, and potentia...
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- -: Invent, Baby, Invent - Thomas Friedman
October 20, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/09/23/Tom_Friedman_Hot_Flat_and_Crowded Pulitzer Prize-winning author and columnist Tom Friedman criticizes John McCain's focus on offshore drilling during the 2008 U.S. Presidential election, arguing that increased domestic oil production will do little to...
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- -: Moon Dust: Bad For Your Health
July 20, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/10/07/Jennifer_Heldmann_The_Moon NASA researcher Jennifer Heldman discusses problems caused by Moon dust during the Apollo missions, and speculates on health risks the dust could pose to future lunar visitors. ----- Let's talk about the moon. Tonight we'l...
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- -: Former NASA Admin Recalls Mars Pathfinder Mission
September 1, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/08/11/Daniel_Goldin_A_Fire_to_Be_Ignited Former NASA administrator Daniel Goldin says solving the dilemma of landing on Mars with the Pathfinder was as simple as defining the problem, and then forgetting old techniques. ----- Daniel Goldin was the longest...
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- -: Robot Soccer and the Future of Autonomous Behavior
September 3, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/08/11/Daniel_Goldin_A_Fire_to_Be_Ignited Former NASA administrator Daniel Goldin discusses his recent involvement with a team from the Neurosciences Institute who built AI-based Segway robots that mimic the behavior of human beings. ----- Daniel Goldin wa...
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- -: How to Find Earth-Like Planets in Far-Away Solar Systems
October 22, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/01/Bethany_Cobb_In_Galileos_Footsteps Bethany Cobb, a UC Berkeley postdoctoral fellow, discusses NASA's Kepler Mission and its search for Earth-like planets in other solar systems. She predicts the mission will soon begin discovering "little rocky planet...
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- -: Russia's Cold War on the Arctic
December 7, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/21/Arctic_Security_The_New_Great_Game In 2007, Russian explorers staked their nation's claim to the arctic region by placing a Russian flag on a seabed at the North Pole. A panel of military experts discusses the act's implications for the international ...
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- -: How the Search for Alien Life Can Change the World
November 9, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/10/16/Long_Conversation_with_Jill_Tarter_and_Robin_Sloan SETI's Jill Tarter talks with inventor Robin Sloan about the importance of the institute's work beyond its quest to discover extraterrestrial intelligence. Tarter argues that the search for ET is one ...
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- -: NASA Director Predicts Mars Settlement by 2060
November 29, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/10/16/Long_Conversation_with_Ken_Foster_and_Pete_Worden Pete Worden, Director of NASA's Ames Research Center, predicts there will be permanent settlements on Mars within the next half-century. "We are on the verge of extending humanity into the solar system...
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