We think a lot about animals as biomedical models. Its important to know how we are treating animals. So i want to talk a little bit of the history of fixing life and this is something with the new editing tools, these are new on the scene in the last three years, they are cheaper, theyre quicker and easier to use and a lot of people have wondered if we have the capacity to now modify a lot of organisms, should we do it with humans, should we do it before theyre born in maybe the same met metaphor before the cow . What hes basically saying, you know, as oppose the sterilizations, the way we segregated people that we didnt want away from society, now we are able to do this and now seemingly sterile mocular level. And hes also bringing the point that im going reiterate with another person, the idea that we sometimes assume that biotechnology is the most effective tool for social problems and i really want to interrogate the idea with you tonight because im not sure that it is. Another pe
Joining on the live feed for making it possible for shakespeare fans to enjoy this special day. Shakespeares influence goes beyond the written word, your arrival was accompanied by the folger consort. If you are interested in their music you can find it on itunes and have a look at the wonder of will room that has been created by itunes. We collect shakespeare material for everyone who wants to celebrate. Today we are here to celebrate the legacy of the worlds greatest storyteller. What better way to do that than pay tribute with stories. I am willing to bet that every one of you has a story to tell about how they got to know this amazing writer. 400 years ago to this very day, april 23, 1616, William Shakespeare died. The world is much larger and connected today than it was in 1616 and a lot has happened. We are still talking to shakespeare. For many it feels like he is still in the room. If you look around he is still in the room. How is it that we still have more to say about this w
Called, shaping San Francisco. Thanks. Yee, welcome to cspan. Welcome to the vast audience at cspan programing across the United States and across the world. Were happy to have you all with us tonight at our shaping San Francisco talks. This talk tonight is on Synthetic Biology, diy meets big capital is the title they gave it. It is really borne out of a long interest i have had, in some ways the roots of shaping San Francisco which is Community Participatory history project but rooted in ses lendings acritical relationship to technology. We started in the mid 90s during the big boom then of interactive multimedia and kind of way before there was even web 1. 0 really. We were already working on this project. Weve gone through quite a few iterations. We all lived through endless rounds of hysteria technology will save us and take us to the Promised Land and so on and so one of the interesting topics for me is to try to think about what is the moment in history that youre living through
One day he would come back to San Bernardino. And on American History tv, well visit the San Bernardino history and Railroad Museum and talk about the importance of the railroad to San Bernardino, the Historical Society vice president. Located in the 1918 sante fe depot. The museum contains many objects related to the railroad history, construction was completed in 1918 and it replaced a wooden structure that was approximately 100 yards east of here that burned in 1960. Where the depot was built larger than needed because they decided to house the Division Headquarters at this location at that time. Watch the cspan cities tour on saturday at noon eastern on cspan 2 book tv and on cspan. The cities tour, working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. Wednesday, a look at the obama administrations response to the zika virus. The Brookings Institution hears from the director of the centers for Disease Control and prevention appropriations office. That is live at
Display to mark the centennial. Well hear about the hungarian immigrant who created a newspaper empire in the late 19th century and the prizes that carry his name. And well see a selection of Pulitzer Prize winning photographs and learn the stories behind the images. My name is patty rhue ale ane are standing in the photographs gallery, which is one of our most popular gallery at the newseum. The portrait behind me is of josef pulitzer, the person whose legacy created the Pulitzer Prizes. Hes also probably one of the foremost journalists, publishersover modern history. Joseph pulitzer kind of an incredible american immigrant success story. He was born in hungary, he came to the United States at age 17 to actually fight in lincolns cavalry during the civil war. He had been rejected by self european armies. He was had a sense of adventure, came here, was not very happy in the army but when the civil war ended he romed around a bit and finally landed in st. Louis where he got a job as a r