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Word on the Weather: Drought in Virginia 10/26/07 - Jerry Stenger, research coordinator at the University of Virginia's Climatology Office, describes the importance of a wet winter to alleviating the current drought conditions. |
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Engaging the Mind: Stargazing! The Birth of Globular Star Clusters 10/25/07 - Professor Kelsey Johnson investigates the birth of globular star clusters-spherical collections of a million or more ancient stars-in order to better understand the conditions under which the universe developed. Johnson and her colleagues were the first to detect adolescent globular clusters in our nearby universe. She spoke in Roanoke on October 25th, 2007 as part of the Engaging the Mind statewide lecture series. |
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The Medical Center Hour: Babies by Design: Ethics and Genetic Enhancement10/24/07 - Advances in genetics and reproductive technologies, as well as changing social mores
around"enhancement medicine," make it increasingly possible to design offspring by selecting for
(or against) certain traits or tendencies. What are the ethics of genetic enhancement for
prospective parents and for larger communities and health professionals providing necessary
services? |
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Word on the Weather: Leaf Season10/19/07 - Jerry Stenger, research coordinator at the University of Virginia's Climatology Office, discusses the impact that weather patterns have on fall leaf color in Virginia. |
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Harvard tropical ecologist addresses Jefferson Society10/19/07 - Dr. Stuart Davies of Harvard University addressed the Jefferson Society on the his work on tropical ecology and plant taxonomy. Davies has spent much of his career studying the long term effects of environmental stresses on rain forests. |
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Word on the Weather: Tornadoes in Virginia10/11/07 - Jerry Stenger, research coordinator at the University of Virginia's Climatology Office, explains why so many more tornadoes have been reported in Virginia in recent years. |
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Technology and World History (11 of 12) 10/3/07 - In this edition of Technology in World History, Bernard Carlson, Professor of Science, Technology and Society at the University of Virginia, talks about the largest swimming pool in the ancient world. |
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Ethics and the Technological  9/29/07 - Are the results of our increasingly sophisticated technological abilities inevitable, as a fundamental matter of technological evolution? Or, might we be the cognizant designers of our own future, making moral choices along the way? Rosalyn Berne explore ideological issues that are enmeshed in values, meanings and beliefs about who we are and how we wish to live in the material world |
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