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Avi Rubin, PhD

Will Your Vote Count?

Johns Hopkins University, 07.31.2008

In this podcast interview, Avi Rubin, a JHU computer scientist who is an expert on the security risks of electronic voting, talks about his vision of a safer voting system.
 
PBS NOVA: Pardis Sabeti

Profile: Pardis Sabeti

PBS NOVA ScienceNOW, 07.02.2008

By day, this 32-year old, Iranian-born former Rhodes Scholar is a Harvard geneticist tracking the evolution of the human genome. By night, she's the lead singer for a band. (8 min)
 
Nathan Myhrvold at TED2007. Photo credit: www.leslieimage.com

Annals of Innovation: In the Air

The New Yorker, 05.09.2008

The history of science is full of ideas that several people had at the same time, notes innovator Nathan Myhrvold in this fascinating profile.
 
Oliver Sacks

Your Brain on Music, Magnets, and Meth

Interview with Oliver Sacks
Discover, January, 2008

Neurologist Oliver Sacks talks about music’s effects on the mind, unlocking his own secret wells of creativity, and why he accentuates the positive with his patients whenever he can.
 
Yelp.com founders Russel Simmons and Jeremy Stoppelman. Credit: UIUC

The Startup Boys

Interview with Russel Simmons and Jeremy Stoppelman
Imagine, January/February 2008

The founders of Yelp.com talk about how they used their startup experience, tenacity, and problem-solving skills to make a kinder, friendlier Internet.
 
Craig Venter: A Life Decoded

Decoding the DNA Decoder

Interview with J. Craig Venter, Ph.D.
MSNBC CosmicLog, 12.19.2007

When it comes to dramatic life stories, it's hard to top the tale Craig Venter tells in "A Life Decoded." Science journalist Alan Boyle interviews Venter about his life and work.
 

Mars and the Search for Traces of Life- Interviews

European Space Agency, 11.16.2007

The European Mars Science & Exploration Conference: Mars Express and ExoMars has just concluded. This website presents interviews with selected experts on some hot topics.
 
Aki Roberge

NASA Featured Scientist: Dr. Aki Roberge

NASA's Imagine the Universe, August, 2007

Have you ever thought it would be fun to look for new planets around distant stars? Dr. Aki Roberge is lucky enough to do just that.
 
Takashi Hamazaki. Source: JAXA

Watching How the Earth Breathes

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, 04.12.2007

An interview with Takashi Hamazaki, the Project Manager of GOSAT, the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite, scheduled for launch in the summer of 2008.
 

At Play in the Multiverse

Interview with David Deutsch, Ph.D.
New Scientist, 12.09.2006

"In 1985, David Deutsch turned physics upside down by describing a universal quantum computer, pioneering the field of quantum information science. He explains how this relates to notions of truth and...
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