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What's Your Carbon Footprint? - Earth 101
All of us contribute to the greenhouse gas emissions that are causing climate change. But there are ways to reduce our carbon emissions. How we travel, what we eat, what we consume and what we discard...
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Where Does Your Water Come From? - Earth 101
Turn on the faucet, and out pours water — a familiar experience for the majority of us in the United States. But where does this water come from? Daniel Schlenk, a professor of aquatic ecotoxicology at...
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Better Safe Than Sorry: A Focus on Food
From the field to the table, UC Davis researchers are on the front line of research, working to make safe, healthy and flavorful food. Hear from a family caught in the deadly 2006 E. coli outbreak,...
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Exploring the Universe from the South Pole
The study of the origin, evolution and make-up of the universe has made dramatic and surprising advances over the last decades John E. Carlstrom, Professor at the University of Chicago and the deputy...
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Building a Sustainable Good Life through Technology and Yoga
University of Michigan professor of applied physics, electrical engineering and computer science Jasprit Singh describes how technology can develop to impact the ability to live the "good life.” He is...
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Local Legends: The Leopard Sharks of La Jolla Shores - Perspectives on Ocean...
Summertime in San Diego means the return of leopard sharks to La Jolla Shores. Contrary to popular belief, these sharks – 97% of which are pregnant females – are not giving birth or mating during their...
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Clearing the Air of Thirdhand Smoke - UCTV Prime Cuts
Even after the second-hand smoke has cleared, cigarettes leave some of their toxic residue behind. Discover how UC researchers at California’s Thirdhand Smoke Consortium are investigating the problem....
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Building the 'Knowosphere’: How New Ways to Share and Shape Ideas Can Help...
By about 2050, the human population is expected to reach nine billion. Those billions will be seeking food, water and other resources on a planet where humans are already shaping climate and the web of...
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Marine Science Looks to the (Sea) Stars - UCTV Prime Cuts
Extremely sensitive to shifts in temperature, the ochre sea star is considered a “keystone species” for monitoring the effect of changing air and ocean temperatures on California’s marine life. Eric...
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Building it Better: Earthquake-Resilient Hospitals for the Future
Go behind the scenes at UC San Diego as a five story mockup of a hospital, including a surgical suite, is subjected to dramatic earthquakes in order to better understand how the many complex systems...
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Cell Phone Science Saving Lives - UCTV Prime Cuts
In developing countries, more than 3.4 million people die each year due to water-related diseases, while the U.S. and Europe routinely face E. coli and salmonella contamination in their food supplies....
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Conversation with Omar Yaghi
Omar Yaghi, director of the Molecular Foundry, the nanoscience facility at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, talks with Jeff Miller, head of Public Affairs. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory...
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Conversation with Kathy Yelick
Kathy Yelick, Associate Berkeley Lab Director for Computing Sciences, an organization that advances computational science throughout lab’s research programs, chats with Jeff Miller, head of Public...
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Gray Whales in a Changing Environment
The North Pacific gray whale has been called an "ecosystem sentinel" because it appears this species responds to large-scale environmental changes. Global climate change may ultimately make the biggest...
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The Velocity of Climate Change - UCTV Prime Cuts
Modeling climate change and how fast species will have to move to endure changes in climate. Series: "UCTV Prime Cuts" [Science] [Show ID: 24608] [YouTube Video] [Audio Podcast] [Video Podcast]
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Onward California: Onward Efficiency
1.4 billion people don’t have electricity. John Bowers, Director, Institute for Energy Efficiency at UCSB, talks about some of the research that is going into making solar-powered lighting for those...
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Conversation with Shashi Buluswar
Shashi Buluswar, the executive director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab’s Institute for Globally Transformative Technologies (LIGTT), chats with Jeff Miller, head of Public Affairs. LIGTT’s...
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Alternatives to Insecticides: High Impact Solutions Without Environmental...
To mark the 50th anniversary of “Silent Spring,” Rachel Carson’s landmark book that helped launch the environmental movement, the Center for Ethics in Science and Technology presents “Alternatives to...
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Onward California: California’s Water Tower
Using satellites and sensors to project California's water supply. Think of the Sierra Nevada as California's water tower. Sixty percent or more of our water comes from this mountain range. Roger...
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On Intelligence with Jeff Hawkins - Conversations with History
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Jeff Hawkins, founder of both Palm Computing and Handspring and creator of the Redwood Neuroscience Institute, to promote research on memory and cognition....
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