Rosetta: Wild Bounce at comet Churyumov-GerasimenkoRosetta is the third cornerstone mission of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Horizon 2000 Programme. It's goals are to examine some of the original material of the solar system with a comprehensive evaluation of the minearologic, isotopic, and organic constituents of a comet; understand how the body works as a machine to absorb and ...
In her new book, pioneering photographer Susan Middleton offers us a rare glimpse into the mysterious and beguiling world of marine invertebrates. A unique blend of art and science, Spineless: Portraits of Marine Invertebrates, the Backbone of Life.reveals the hidden beauty and remarkable diversity of hundreds of sea creatures--many seen ...
Jared Diamond, UCLA Professor of Geography, is a scientist known for drawing from a variety of fields: from anthropology to evolutionary biology. He has published several very popular science books, including Pulitzer Prize-winning Guns, Germs and Steel and, most recently, The World Until Yesterday. Diamond's conclusions are critical and provocative, ...
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Theranos Founder & CEO Elizabeth Holmes in Conversation with KQED's Michael KrasnyElizabeth Holmes believed from an early age that starting her own company would afford her the greatest opportunity to make change in the world. She left Stanford at 19 to found Theranos – an amalgam of the words "therapy" and "diagnosis" in 2003. It's now worth more than $9 billion, ...
