Interstellar Travel: Will We Ever Get Out of the Solar System?
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/08/02/Martin_Rees_Lifes_Future_in_the_Cosmos Astronomer Royal Martin Rees examines the various options for colonizing worlds beyond our own solar system, and expresses skepticism that humanity will ever achieve faster-than-light travel. "There are hypothetical time machines, but the only one that's been wo... Read more
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- -: Interstellar Travel: Will We Ever Get Out of the Solar System?
January 12, 2012 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/08/02/Martin_Rees_Lifes_Future_in_the_Cosmos Astronomer Royal Martin Rees examines the various options for colonizing worlds beyond our own solar system, and expresses skepticism that humanity will ever achieve faster-than-light travel. "There are hypotheti...
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- -: Oliver Stone: The Untold History of JFK's Assassination
December 21, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/12/15/Exploring_Untold_History_Oliver_Stone_and_David_Talbot Oliver Stone, filmmaker and author of Oliver Stone's Untold History of America, talks with Salon founder David Talbot about alternate theories of the Kennedy assassination. Stone argues the assass...
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- -: Lauren Graham Isn't Good at Pictionary
October 11, 2010 (over 13 years ago)To honor her new show, "Parenthood," Ellen challenged Lauren Graham to a parenthood-themed game of Pictionary. Lauren didn't do very well, and she has her own theories why.
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- -: David Talbot - "The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years"
June 18, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=1072 Founder and former Editor-In-Chief of Salon.com David Talbot reads an excerpt from his book, "Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years." ----- In a riveting, well-researched narrative, acclaimed journalist Talbot tells just ...
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- -: How Political Myths Spread - Farhad Manjoo
June 2, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/04/27/Farhad_Manjoo-Learning_To_Live_in_a_Post-Fact_Society Salon.com technology columnist Farhad Manjoo examines the phenomenon of "selective exposure" - our predisposition to seek out ideas that re-enforce existing beliefs - in today's media, using the 2...
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- -: Dark Matter vs Dark Energy - Leonard Susskind
August 12, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/07/23/Leonard_Susskind_-_The_Black_Hole_War Stanford University physicist Leonard Susskind differentiates the theoretical concept of "dark matter" from its somewhat more controversial cousin, "dark energy." ----- Recognizing a contradiction in Stephen Haw...
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- -: Joseph Stiglitz - "Market Fundamentalism Is Dead"
November 11, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/10/20/Naomi_Klein_and_Joseph_Stiglitz_on_Economic_Power Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz criticizes American financial leadership in the run-up to the current economic crisis, and declares free-market fundamentalism "dead" as a guiding principl...
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- -: Who Killed JFK? - David Talbot
November 19, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/10/12/David_Talbot_Author_and_Founder_of_Salon Author and Salon.com Founder David Talbot explains his belief that the assassination of President John F. Kennedy was orchestrated by high-ranking individuals in the CIA and the Pentagon. ----- Best-selling a...
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- -: Nassim Taleb: Look to Mother Nature for Financial Solutions
October 22, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/08/18/David_Cameron_in_Conversation_with_Nassim_Taleb The Black Swan author Nassim Nicholas Taleb says that solutions to the current financial crisis are simple. "Look at mother nature. Mother nature does not like leverage and mother nature does not like 't...
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- -: How Sure Are Scientists About Global Warming? - Henry Pollack
November 9, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/27/A_World_Without_Ice_Mans_Impact_on_Climate_Change Dr. Henry N. Pollack, author of A World Without Ice, addresses accusations of climate change as an uncertain theory. "Uncertainty should not lead to policy paralysis," he says. "Uncertainty is part of ...
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