Celsius over a hundred years, it does create pockets of these heat waves. Sreenivasan all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The lemelson foundation. Committed to improving lives through invention, in the u. S. And developing countries. On the web at lemelson. Org. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan we are now on the eve of seeing a Senate Proposal for health care, including replacing the Affordable Care act. Republ
Perhaps in 12 minutes but close enough. Of course i go ahead. I will announce at the next speaker in panel. I had been asked to be really short introduction. James green is the director of Planetary Science and i think that hes always been there since 1979. I think he really knows what its all about. Jim, i think we have a wonderful International Panel this morning and i will introduce each of our Panel Members the first one is saved. He is a member of the emirates Strategic Planning team. The team and its duties are to ensure that the impact of the journey to mars would be sustainable leaving and everlasting effect. He is also the cofounder of a Youtube Channel that aims at making Science Technology accessible to our youth in that area. Has been quite successful. [applause]. Next he works at the Mission Operations and integration center. In japan. He received his degree in the Space Systems engineering section. For an autonomous walking robot under microgravity environment. He is curr
Much for being here and i hope you have taken advantage of all of the perks available to you and those who are not book fair members as yet i know you are considering becoming members so thank you very much. Acknowledges miamidade college, the convener of this outstanding book fair and many thanks to our students, faculty and staff are giving up their time to make sure this book fair is the caliber that it is today and has been for the past three decades so thank you to miamidade college. [applause] lets get right on with the show. I would like to bring on Mister Eldridge Birmingham for questions, he is the chief science officer, thank you. [applause] good afternoon, everyone. It is a great pleasure. I have lived in miami several years, this is my second presentation. The first was with Richard Dawkins and im equally fortunate to introduce james glieck who is one of the great science or historians of science ever. I thought what i would do was read a brief statement, some of you know c
[silence] good afternoon again. Come on in, please have a seat. We are ready to begin. As you see, we have been on time all day long and i know that you appreciate that, thank you. Welcome to this next session. I am Mary Lou Harrison and it is truly a pleasure to have you here at miami book fair. We have many, many sponsors as you heard throughout the morning, but we want to really acknowledge them because without them this affair would not take place. Many thanks to the foundation, to the bachelor foundation, the the grout foundation and all the other sponsors. I also want to recognize again and again and again the friends of miami book fair, thank you so much for being here and i hope you have taken advantage of all of the perks available to you and those who are not book fair members as yet i know you are considering becoming members so thank you very much. Acknowledges miamidade college, the convener of this outstanding book fair and many thanks to our students, faculty and staff a
Good afternoon. Before starting, would you please silence all cell phones during the session. A reminder that personal recording of sessions is not allowed. There will be a book signing following the session, and this panel will be meeting in signing area number one which you will find noted on your festival map. And you can also ask one of the volunteers in the room to direct you. Welcome. Im lynn fieldman, a freelance Science Writer and editor of Science Writers magazine published by the National Association of Science Writers. And i will serve as moderator of this session on science, technology and the human condition. It is my honor to introduce our panelists. At your far right beth shapiro, an associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the university of californiasanta cruz. Her research is centered on the analysis of ancient dna. Her work has appeared in numerous publications including nature and science, and she is a 2009 recipient of a mac arthur award. She live