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Participating in a study can help advance medical science, but first you should know what you're getting into. Continue
Bill Moyers
"Old-school socialist" Mike Davis gives his critique of the government's response to the economic crisis and how he thinks it compares to Roosevelt's New Deal. And, Marta Pelaez, president of Family Violence Prevention Services, Inc., with perspective on the human face of the economic downturn and how it may be pushing some families over the edge. Continue
Bill Moyers
Bill Moyers takes a hard look at how America's trade rules, farm subsidies, and regulations affect larger issues such as global warming, healthcare, and even homeland security. A discussion with Michael Pollan, a Knight Professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley, yields insights into the direction he believes the U.S. should pursue on the often-overlooked question of food policy. Continue
Inside Nature's Giants
Brave the baking desert with Mark Evans and Joy Reidenberg as they dissect a camel. 6/27/2012 Continue
The Human Spark
An overview of how insight and imagination distinguish humans from others. Continue
The Human Spark
A look at the ways in which monkeys and apes are similar to humans, not just biologically but mentally and socially. Continue
Bill Moyers
E.O. Wilson is one of the world's foremost authorities on biology speaks about what humankind needs to understand about the Earth to heal it and about his latest project The Encyclopedia of Life - a digital, online catalog of every single living species on the planet. And, the Earth Conservation Corps (ECC), composed of young adults from the banks of the Anacostia River. Continue
Nature
This week's dirt: New species for 2012 includes sneezing monkey, zebrafish "smell fear", harvestman spider managed to cross the Pacific Ocean 82 million years ago, tomatoes contain more genes than humans, and more. Continue
NOVA
Hunting down the most venomous animals to reveal their medical mysteries Continue
Nature
Here is a brief look at the lifecycle of one of the world’s most popular and most important fish. Continue
Nature
Lichen survive outer space (and what that might say about how life on earth began), genetic research suggests dolphins are second in intelligence to modern humans, new dinosaur bird ancestor discovered in Argentina, and more of this week's top nature stories. Continue
Bill Moyers
Executive director of the ACLU Anthony D. Romero and former GOP Congressman Mickey Edwards about wiretapping and domestic surveillance. Jack Goldsmith, former head the Office of Legal Counsel at the DOJ, gives an insider's view of advising the President on the limits of executive power. West Virginia evangelical Christians who are turning to their faith to battle mountaintop mining. Continue
Bill Moyers
Advocate Donna Smith on how our broken system is hurting ordinary Americans. Then, policy analysts and physicians Sidney Wolfe of Public Citizen and David Himmelstein of Physicians for a National Health Program join Bill Moyers for a frank discussion about the political and logistical feasibility of a single-payer system amidst the troubled economy and a government dominated by lobbyists. Continue
Wired Science
The X Prize Foundation is attracting everyone from multimillion-dollar corporations to small-time inventors and creating a new world of revolution through competition. Continue
The Human Spark
A look at humans' unique ability to reflect upon events that have happened in the past and think about things that could possibly happen in the future. Continue
Bill Moyers
With a landmark speech on health reform behind him and tensions rising in war-torn Afghanistan, Bill Moyers Journal looks at President Obama's next big fights. Global health specialist and incoming president of Dartmouth College Dr. Jim Yong Kim shares his expertise in public health. A hard look at the state of affairs in Afghanistan with McClatchy DC Pentagon correspondent Nancy Youssef. Continue
Nature
This week's dirt: Trees pop up in the Tundra, dinosaurs not quite as bulky as previously thought, report connects the sizing down of insects with bird evolution, melting arctic could mean colder winters for those in the Northern Hemisphere, and more. Continue
Finding Your Roots
It may take far less than six degrees of separation to connect us. Geneticists who worked on the Finding Your Roots series were able to connect guests through just one or two other individuals. Continue
Finding Your Roots
Geneticists discuss how DNA and genetics determines our traits, like eye color, and how our shared DNA can surface recurring traits down our family lines. Continue
NOVA
The story of how African-American Percy Julian defied the odds to become a famous chemist. Continue
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