- -: The Hubble Heritage: A Legacy of Images from Deep Space
January 20, 2010 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/26/Ian_Morison_400_Years_of_the_Telescope Gresham Professor of Astronomy Ian Morison discusses some of the most memorable images from NASA's nearly 20-year-old Hubble Space Telescope. ----- A lecture to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the first ...
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- -: The Dangers of Drinking with George Clooney
May 7, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/04/12/Jerry_Weintraub_Hollywood_Deal_Maker_Tells_All Legendary film producer Jerry Weintraub tells the story of an epic drinking contest between himself, George Clooney, and Brad Pitt on a private jet returning home from a shoot in Italy. He explains that i...
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- -: Beyond Energy: Using Fusion to Understand the Universe
July 27, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/06/16/Ed_Moses_Clean_Fusion_Power_This_Decade Dr. Edward Moses, Director for the National Ignition Facility (NIF), explains that as the Kepler telescope continues to explore deep space, scientists will soon be unraveling cosmic mysteries right here on Earth...
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- -: Infinity and Beyond: NASA to Develop '100-Year-Starship'
November 3, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/10/16/Long_Conversation_with_Pete_Worden_and_Peter_Schwartz Pete Worden, Director of NASA's Ames Center, announces the establishment of a "100 Year Spaceship" program: a DARPA-funded project to develop spacecraft capable of traveling to points far beyond ou...
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- -: When Galaxies Collide
November 13, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/08/02/Martin_Rees_Lifes_Future_in_the_Cosmos Astrophysicist Martin Rees explains how astronomers use advanced computer models to help understand the shapes and motions of galaxies. ----- President of the Royal Society, England's Astronomer Royal, Lord Mar...
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- -: The Milky Way's Collision Course with Andromeda
December 13, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/11/07/Wonderfest_2010_Do_We_Understand_the_Universe UC Berkeley Astronomy Professor Chung-Pei Ma shows how spiral galaxies occasionally merge with one another, which, she says, will eventually happen to our own Milky Way Galaxy when it collides with the And...
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- -: Going Out with a Bang: The Death of a Massive Star
March 29, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/11/07/Wonderfest_2010_The_Lives_of_Stars_with_Ken_Croswell Ken Croswell, author of The Lives of Stars, describes what happens to a massive star at the end of its life cycle. ----- This program was recorded at the 12th Annual Wonderfest, the San Francisco ...
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- -: Celebrity Activists Bring Visibility to Congo, Not Relief
May 27, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/05/18/Bosnia_Libya_and_the_Impact_of_War_Reporting When asked by NPR correspondent Tom Gjelten about the visibility celebrity activists bring to the Democratic Republic of Congo, journalist Lindsey Hilsum retorts, "One of the problems in both journalism and...
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- -: What the Hollywood Right Gets Right
July 18, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/04/19/How_Movie_Stars_Shaped_American_Politics Steven J. Ross, professor of history at the University of Southern California, explains why right-wing celebrity politicians such as Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger have been more successful than their ...
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- -: The White House Under the Stars
October 16, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Meet two teenage prodigies, Caroline Moore and Lucas Bolyard, on their visit to a special night of astronomy at the White House. (public domain)
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