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Show Originating on February 10, 2015
DAVID LINDEN Neuroscience ProfessorTouch … The Science of Hand, Heart, and Mind
Moira speaks with Johns Hopkins neuroscience professor David J. Linden about Touch - that "always-on" sense that links physical sensation to brain and emotion ...
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DR. ANTHONY RAESIDE Head of Research, The Evaluate Group, London
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On BioIssue of the Week: with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... President Obama’s announcement about a precision medicine initiative ... Return to top.
Show Originating on February 3, 2015
SIR ANDREW DILLON CEO,
NICE, the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Moira speaks with
SIR ANDREW DILLON, the CEO of NICE, about the challenges and opportunities of creating policy for the National Health Service ...
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DR. DAVID BORKHOLDER Bausch & Lomb Associate Professor of Microsystems Engineering Blackbox Biometrics
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DR. SIMON CHERRY Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology ... Return to top.
Show Originating on January 27, 2015
Consumer Electronics Show 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada ...SHAWN DUBRAVAC Chief Economist and Director of Research STEVE KOENIG Director of Industry Analysis JIM BARRY Media Spokesperson MARK DEVINE Senior Vice PresidentJarden Safety and Security On this week’s Tech Nation, the Tech Nation crew attends the Consumer Electronics Show 2015 to find out what's new about the economics of consumer electronics, global industry trends, and what's new this year in cutting edge products ...
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Show Originating on January 20, 2015
ANTONY TAUBMAN Director,
Intellectual Property Division World Trade Organization Moira speaks with
ANTONY TAUBMAN from the World Trade Organization about a joint report from the WTO, the WHO and WIPO ...
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DR. BERNARD PECOUL Vice Executive Director, Drugs for
Neglected Disease Initiative
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Show Originating on January 12, 2015
KEITH ROCKWELL Director of Information and Externals Relations, World Trade Organization Moira speaks with
KEITH ROCKWELL from the World Trade Organization about the WTO’s latest successes and challenges. ...
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DR. DAVID MARTINAvidbiotics Corporation Avidbiotics Corporation ... Return to top.
Show Originating on January 6, 2015
STEVEN PINKER Harvard Professor“The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century”
Moira speaks with Harvard professor Steven Pinker about how we write today - Turns out that the Internet isn't making us illiterate! ...
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GARETH WILLIAMSMARKS & CLERK
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On BioIssue of the Week: with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... Some of us are SUPERPEOPLE! ... Return to top.
Show Originating on December 30, 2014
SVANTE PAABO
Chair, Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Author, Neanderthal Man ... in search of lost genomes Moira speaks with SVANTE PAABO about decoding the DNA of Neanderthal Man – it came from the first Neanderthal bone ever found in the 1800's
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ARIANNE HOYLAND Game Producer, United Healthcare
... Dance Dance Revolution for school gym classes play a role in the fight against childhood obesity ... Click
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On BioIssue of the Week: with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David’s article for Newsweek: Hacking your DNA ... Return to top.
Show Originating on December 23, 2014
BOB SUTTON and HUGGY RAO
Professors, Stanford University Co-Authors, Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More without Settling for Less Moira speaks with
Stanford professors BOB SUTTON and HUGGY RAO about their 7 years of research into scaling up the excellence which made an organization successful in the first place
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SANJ SINGH President & CEO, Ade ("ah-day") Therapeutics
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Show Originating on December 16, 2014
TOM STANDAGE Digital Editor, The Economist Author, Writing on the Wall: Social Media, The First 2,000 Years Moira speaks with The Economist's Digital Editor, TOM STANDAGE, about the "centuries-old" tradition of Social Media ...
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... Rare Science ... Return to top.
Show Originating on December 9, 2014
MARK FAINARU-WADA ESPN investigative journalist Author, League of Denial … The NFL, Concussions and the Battle for Truth Moira speaks with ESPN investigative journalist MARK FAINARU-WADA about good science and bad – big money - and what we do now that we know - about the impact of concussions in the NFL ...
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CHRIS GARABEDIAN CEO, Surepta Therapeutics
... what progress for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophe ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... Beam me up, Scotty! – this time with your DNA ...
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Show Originating on December 2, 2014
RUTH DEFRIES MacArthur Winner“The Big Ratchet – How Humanity Survives in the Face of Natural Crisis, a biography of an ingenious species”
Moira speaks with RUTH DEFRIES about the astonishing impact humanity has had and continues to have on the Earth ...
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DR. TOM GIBBSDebioPharm
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On BioIssue of the Week: with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... a new study on medical treatments – you may want to go one town over ... Return to top.
Show Originating on November 25, 2014
CHRISTINE KENNEALLY Journalist and Author,
“The Invisible History of the Human Race – How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures”
Moira speaks with CHRISTINE KENNEALLY about how DNA - while only recently decoded - has been intrinsically intertwined with human history ...
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DR. BRIAN WAMHOFFHemoshear
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On BioIssue of the Week: with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... the new “number” – what it costs to develop a new drug ... Return to top.
Show Originating on November 18, 2014
WALTER ISAACSON President and CEO, Aspen InstituteThe Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution Moira speaks with WALTER ISAACSON about the lesser known innovators whose efforts have affected us all ...
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ART BONI
The John R. Thorne Distinguished Career Professor of Entrepreneurship
... DR. JAY LICHTERAvalon Ventures
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Show Originating on November 11, 2014
NICHOLAS CARR Author,
The Glass Cage: Automation and Us Moira speaks with former Harvard Business Review Executive Editor NICHOLAS CARR about the effect of technology all around us ...
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DR. ARIF ANWAR
Executive Director, Sengenics
... DR. CHUCK BAUM President & CEO, Mirati Therapeutics
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Show Originating on November 4, 2014
Featuring Panel Convener: LUDWIG CHINCARINI Professor, Finance and Economics, University of San Francisco Explaining the prize in LITERATURE: GENARO PADILLA Professor, English, UC Berkeley Explaining the PEACE prize: STEPHEN ZUNES Professor, Politics, University of San Francisco Explaining the ECONOMICS prize: JOE FARRELL Professor, Economics, UC Berkeley Explaining two prizes - in PHYSICS and in CHEMISTRY: CONNIE CHANG Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, UC Berkeley Explaining the prize in PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE: JAI YU Neuroscientist, Center for Integrative Neuroscience, UC San Francisco On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with a panel of professors on the annual feature: "2014 Nobel Prizes Explained" ...
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Show Originating on October 28, 2014
ALIX CHRISTIE Journalist & Author,
Gutenberg’s Apprentice Moira speaks with ALIX CHRISTIE about Gutenberg’s Apprentice – like all technology, it turns out it was a team effort ...
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STAN ERCK
President & CEO, NovaVax
... DR PEARL HUANG Global Head, Discovery Partnership with Academic (DPAC), GlaxoSmithKline
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Show Originating on October 21, 2014
ADAM TANNER Fellow, Harvard’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science
What Stays in Vegas – The World of Personal Data – Lifeblood of Big Business – and the End of Privacy as We Know It Moira speaks with ADAM TANNER about the amazing data collected on everyone who goes to Vegas and the far-reaching data collected everywhere ...
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TODD SKRINAR
Principal for Life Sciences Advisory, Ernst & Young
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Show Originating on October 14, 2014
DR. BESSEL VAN DER KOLK Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University Medical Center,
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma Moira speaks with DR. BESSEL VAN DER KOLK about the effects of trauma on a person's brain, mind and body, treatments which can be effective, and what science does not yet know about the diagnosis of trauma ...
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MARTIN McGLYNN
President & CEO, StemCells, Inc.
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Show Originating on October 7, 2014
CHRISTIAN RUDDER President and head of Data Analytics, OkCupid
Dataclysm - Who We Are (When We Think No One’s Looking) Moira speaks with CHRISTIAN RUDDER, OkCupid president and head of analytics - the data tells us what we might not like hearing ...
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DR. ANITA GOEL
CEO, NanoBioSym
... RICHARD POPS CEO, Alkermes
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Show Originating on September 30, 2014
FRITJOF CAPRA Physicist and Systems TheoristLearning from Leonardo ... Decoding the Notebooks of a Genius Moira speaks with Fritjof Capra. He spent 10 years studying the original notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci – and yes, there's genius there ...
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STEPHEN HURST
Chairman and CEO, Savant HWP – Health, Wellness and Prevention
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Show Originating on September 23, 2014
DAN JURAFSKY Stanford Linguistics Professor The Language of Food - A Linguist Reads the Menu Moira speaks with Stanford professor Dan Juravsky. Through the centuries and around the globe, the food we eat today started their journeys long ago and far away ...
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LEE JONES
CEO, Rebiotix
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CEO, Kalon Biotherapeutics
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Show Originating on September 16, 2014
MICHAEL HARRIS Journalist & Author,
The End of Absence: Reclaiming What We’ve Lost in a World of Constant Connection Moira speaks with Journalist MICHAEL HARRIS about how he opted out of digital technology for a month – he tells us it’s lonely, but rewarding ...
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TERRY McAULIFFE
Governor, State of Virginia
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President and CEO, Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)
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Show Originating on September 9, 2014
DANIEL LEVITIN Behavioral NeuroscientistThe Organized Mind - Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload Moira speaks with DANIEL LEVITIN, whom some may know from his bestseller "This is Your Brain on Music". Today's information overload is today's subject - our brains need to operate differently today than they ever did before ...
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Chief Business Officer, Second Genome
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Show Originating on September 2, 2014
GEOFF MOORE Author,
Crossing the Chasm ... updated 3rd edition Moira speaks with GEOFF MOORE about what happened when a hot tech company gets a lot of interest early on, but never makes it to mainstream success ...
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Co-founder & CEO, 23andMe
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Show Originating on August 26, 2014
MARCELO GLEISER Appleton Professor of Natural PhilosophyThe Island of Knowledge: The Limits of Science and the Search for Meaning Moira speaks with Dartmouth professor MARCELO GLEISER about his latest book, The Island of Knowledge. He looks at all of science, how it changes over time, and what it can and can’t tell us. ...
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President, For-Robin
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Show Originating on August 19, 2014
MARY ROACH Science Writer (... sort of)Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal Moira speaks with MARY ROACH about her book Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal. (Clue: The alimentary canal is nowhere to be found on google maps) ...
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Medical Faculty at George August University, Gottingen, Germany Chronix Biomedical Director of Scientific Affairs Bio-Rad Laboratories
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Show Originating on August 12, 2014
ED CATMULL President, Pixar Animation and Disney Animation Creativity, Inc. - Overcoming the Unseen Forces that Stand in the way of True inspiration Moira speaks with Pixar Animation President ED CATMULL about creativity and about the experience of the digital movie Toy Story – when 80% done, Pixar lost both the main files and the back-up files ...
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CEO, OrgaNext Research
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Show Originating on August 5, 2014
MICHELLE DENNEDY Chief Privacy Officer, McAfee, a part of Intel SecurityThe Privacy Engineer’s Manifesto Moira speaks with MICHELLE DENNEDY about a responsible view of privacy - from individuals to corporations ...
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CEO, PsiOxus Therapeutics
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Show Originating on July 29, 2014
DR. ROGERIO RIBEIRO Senior Vice PresidentGlaxoSmithKline
Moira speaks with GSK's ROGERIO RIBEIRO about how genetics and medical needs differ worldwide ...
KIRILL KAEM Director, Skolkovo Biomedical Cluster
... and with KIRILL KAEM about a new biocluster near Moscow with 240 new companies in just 2 years ...
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STEVE SAMMUT Senior Fellow, Health Care Management, Principal, Levine Media Group Accelerating Growth ... Forging India’s Bioeconomy
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On BioIssue of the Week: with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... the microbes in our mouths ... Return to top.
Show Originating on July 22, 2014
Dr. GUNNAR CARLSSON Stanford Mathematics Professor Co-Founder, AYASDI DR. PEK LUM Chief Data Scientist, AYASDI DR. ADAM FERGUSON UCSF Brain and Spinal Injury Center On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with a panel of three scientists studying concussion - brain imaging meets Big Data and genomics ...
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On BioIssue of the Week: with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... Decoding our minds? ... Return to top.
Show Originating on July 15, 2014
DR. REGIS KELLY Director, QB3 – the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences
Moira speaks with QB3's REGIS KELLY about the nature of innovation - and fostering the innovation mindset ...
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CHAIR & CEO, Oncomed Pharmaceuticals ... Return to top.
Show Originating on July 8, 2014
DAVID MONTGOMERY Professor of GeomorphologyThe Rocks Don’t Lie: A Geologist investigates Noah’s Flood Moira speaks with MacArthur Fellow David Montgomery on the beginnings of geology, and the centuries-old search for geological evidence of Noah’s flood ...
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On BioIssue of the Week: with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... science can change us from optimistic to pessimistic and back again ... Return to top.
Show Originating on July 1, 2014
KENNETH CUKIER First Data Editor, The EconomistLearning with Big Data … The Future of Education Moira speaks with KENNETH CUKIER about Big Data's impact on education, teachers and students ...
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CEO, PaxVax
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Show Originating on June 24, 2014
ANEESH CHOPRA First Chief Technology Officer, United StatesInnovative State … How New Technologies Can Transform Government Moira speaks with ANEESH CHOPRA about how government can go digital and it can work for everyone ...
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Executive Vice President, Takeda Pharmaceuticals
... vaccines for everyone – new vaccines, that is ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... Top Ten Innovations of 2013 from the Cleveland Clinic ... Return to top.
Show Originating on June 17, 2014
JARED DIAMOND Pulitzer Prize Winner, Guns, Germs and Steel The World Until Yesterday Moira speaks with JARED DIAMOND about our world today - and what we might learn from traditional societies ...
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Director and CEO, Innate ImmunoTherapeutics
... a drug for later stage Multiple Sclerosis ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... technology will become your new personal physician ... Return to top.
Show Originating on June 10, 2014
EDWARD FRENKEL UC Berkeley Mathematics Professor Author, Love and Math … the Heart of Hidden Reality Moira speaks with UC Berkeley professor EDWARD FRENKEL about sneaking into math classes at Moscow University … and how mathematics is everywhere in our lives ...
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Scientific Founder and CEO, AvidBiotics
... a different approach to antibiotics ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... Are Humans still evolving? ... Return to top.
Show Originating on June 3, 2014
SEAN CARROLL Genetics Professor, University of Wisconsin
Brave Genius: A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize Moira speaks with geneticist SEAN CARROLL about Brave Genius - two Nobel Prize-winners who were committed to the French Resistance during World War II ...
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Senior VP for Research and Development, Amgen Corporation
... how decoding each human's genome will affect the drugs of our future ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... Google vs. Death ... Return to top.
Show Originating on May 27, 2014
ANNALEE NEWITZ Journalist and Author, Scatter, Adapt and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction Moira speaks with journalist ANNALEE NEWITZ - they look at the past, present and possible future of mass extinctions ...
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President & CEO, Thrombolytic Science International (TSI) ...
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Show Originating on May 20, 2014
MICHIO KAKU
Professor of Theoretical Physics City College and City University of New York Host, Multiple BBC and Discovery Channels series Author, The Future of the Mind Moira speaks with MICHIO KAKU about the scientific quest to understand and empower the mind ...
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Professor, Veterinary School, Tufts University
... On BioIssue of the Week: with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... Shakespeare –-- and DNA ... Return to top.
Show Originating on May 13, 2014
LUDWIG CHINCARINI Finance and Economics DEAN RADER English STEPHEN ZUNES Politics JESSE ANTTILA-HUGHES Economics APARNA VENKATESAN Astronomy and Physics JASON FERNANDEZ Biology On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with a panel of professors from the University of San Francisco – it's "2013 Nobel Prizes Explained"
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Show Originating on May 6, 2014
FRANCIS MAUDE Minister for the Cabinet Office
Moira speaks with UK Minister FRANCIS MAUDE about the UK’s initiative for digital government services -- “digital by default”...
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Founding Director, Bioethics International
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Show Originating on April 29, 2014
JEREMY RIFKIN
Author, The Zero Marginal Cost Society JEREMY RIFKIN talks about the Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons and the Eclipse of Capitalism ...
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Chief Biotechnology Officer Janssen, the Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
... On BioIssue of the Week: with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... IBM’s advanced computer Watson goes to medical school ... Return to top.
Show Originating on April 22, 2014
CARMINE GALLO
Forbes.com's "Communications Coach" Author, Talk Like TED Moira speaks with the Forbes.com "Communications Coach" CARMINE GALLO about how to speak like all those speakers at TED – there’s actually a little science to it!
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CEO, Virttu Biologics
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Show Originating on April 15, 2014
SVANTE PAABO
Chair, Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Author, Neanderthal Man ... in search of lost genomes Moira speaks with SVANTE PAABO about decoding the DNA of Neanderthal Man – it came from the first Neanderthal bone ever found in the 1800's
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ARIANNE HOYLAND Game Producer, United Healthcare
... Dance Dance Revolution for school gym classes play a role in the fight against childhood obesity ... Click
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On BioIssue of the Week: with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David’s article for Newsweek: Hacking your DNA ... Return to top.
Show Originating on April 8, 2014
WILLIAM EASTERLY
Professor of Economics, NYU Author, The Tyranny of Experts: Economics, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor Moira speaks with NYU professor William Easterly about the technology and the global poor - promise or overhyped ???
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Chief Research Officer, Myelin Repair Foundation
... On BioIssue of the Week: with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... IBM’s advanced computer Watson goes to medical school ... Return to top.
Show Originating on April 1, 2014
ELIZABETH KOLBERT
Journalist, The New Yorker magazine Author, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History Moira speaks with New Yorker magazine journalist ELIZABETH KOLBERT - does science see another mass extinction ???
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Executive Vice President, Medimmune
... On BioIssue of the Week: with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... J. Craig Venter’s new company: Human Longevity, Inc. ... Return to top.
Show Originating on March 25, 2014
JOHN DEARIE
Executive Vice President, Financial Services Forum Author, Where the Jobs Are Moira speaks with JOHN DEARIE about who creates the really, really new jobs that didn’t exist before, and what we can do to encourage their creation
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EBEN UPTON Co-Founder, Raspberry Pi
JEN PADGETT CEO, Community Technology Alliance
... a $25 credit card-size computer and a solar-powered backpack to create a network ... Click
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CEO, Evena Medical
... DR ROBERT McNALLY President & CEO, GeoVax
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Show Originating on March 18, 2014
ALAIN DE BOTTON
Journalist Author, The News: A User's Manual Moira speaks with ALAIN DE BOTTON about what's happened to “The News” in this digital age.
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DR MIKE JIROUSEK Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Catabasis
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Show Originating on March 11, 2014
ANNIE JACOBSEN
Journalist
Author, Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America after World War II Moira speaks with Journalist ANNIE JACOBSEN about how NASA and other federal government agencies came to be staffed by former Nazi Scientists after World War II ...
DAN BOTWINICK Vice President for Program Development, Zamzee
... using games to fight childhood obesity ... Click
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DR. BERTRAND LEPINE President, Fab'entech
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Show Originating on March 4, 2014
SETH
HOROWITZ Brown University
neuroscientist Author, How
Hearing Shapes Our Minds Moira speaks with
Brown University neuroscientist SETH HOROWITZ about the acoustic wonders of
dolphins, whales and clicking shrimp its noisy down there ...
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DR. MICHAEL LEEK Commercial Operations Director, Pharmacells ;
... deep-freeze your own adult stem
cells ... Return to top.
Show Originating on February 25, 2014
DANIEL PINK Author,
To Sell is Human Moira speaks with DANIEL PINK about all the ways to need to "sell" in our lives - and the surprising science that says the least obvious people may make the best salesmen ...
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on BioTech Nation: DON McCAFFREY President and CEO, Resverlogix
... What's better than statins? – repairing veins ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... David interviews Moira!! ... Return to top.
Show Originating on February 18, 2014
KEVIN KELLY
Former editor-in-chief, Wired magazine
Author, Cool Tools: A catalog of possibilities Moira speaks with KEVIN KELLY about "Cool Tools" - which are tools of every ilk, including books, ideas, experiences and everything else under the sun ...
JOE BUCH CEO, Lynx Grills
... A Smart Grill … it even texts you when it's ready ... Click
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BOB LINKE President & CEO, Embera NeuroTherapeutics
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Show Originating on February 11, 2014
ITAMAR SIMONSON
Professor of Marketing, Stanford Business School Business Journalist Co-Authors, Absolute Value: What Really Influences Customers in the Age of (Nearly) Perfect Information Moira speaks with Itamar Simonson and Emanuel Rosen about the fact that we – as consumers - have (nearly) perfect information about the products and services we choose ...
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DR. ANNALISA JENKINS Head, Global Drug Development, EMD Serono
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Show Originating on February 4, 2014
BOB SUTTON and HUGGY RAO
Professors, Stanford University Co-Authors, Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More without Settling for Less Moira speaks with
Stanford professors BOB SUTTON and HUGGY RAO about their 7 years of research into scaling up the excellence which made an organization successful in the first place
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SANJ SINGH President & CEO, Ade ("ah-day") Therapeutics
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Show Originating on January 28, 2014
Consumer Electronics Show 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada ...SHAWN DUBRAVAC Chief Economist and Director of Research STEVE KOENIG Director of Industry Analysis JIM BARRY Media Spokesperson KEVIN KING Inventor of the "Smart Basketball"Infomotion Sports Technologies
On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira the Consumer Electronics Show 2014 to find out what's new about the economics of consumer electronics, as well as global industry trends, and what it takes to be an entrepreneur – it's not just big companies creating cutting edge products ...
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Show Originating on January 21, 2014
LARRY DOWNES
Columnist, Forbes and CNET Author, Big Bang Disruption: Strategy in the Age of Devastating Innovation Moira speaks with LARRY DOWNES about why the changes we are experiencing now is much more disruptive than ever before ...
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DR INGMAR HOERR CEO & Co-Founder, CureVac
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Show Originating on January 14, 2014
STEVE BURRILL CEO, Burrill & Co.
... 2013 Biotech Industry Wrap-Up ...
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GAIL GIBSON HUNT President & CEO, National Alliance for Care Giving
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Show Originating on January 7, 2014
JARON LANIER Computer Scientist and Musician Author, Who Owns the Future? Moira speaks with
computer scientist, JARON LANIER, about the technological aspects of who might own our future, and what we could do about it
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... and on BioTech Nation:
GENE WILLIAMS Chairman & CEO, DART Therapeutics
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Show Originating on December 31, 2013
MARGALIT FOX New York Times journalist Author, The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code Moira speaks with
New York Times journalist MARGALIT FOX about what it took to decrypt the ancient writing system used by the Minoans - remember King Minos? The Minotaur? The Labyrinth?
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. TIM HUBBARD Head, Human Genome Analysis Sanger Institute
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Show Originating on December 24, 2013
GUY
KAWASAKI Former Apple
Evangelist and Venture Capitalist Author, APE:
Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur: How to Publish a Book Moira speaks with GUY
KAWASAKI about how to publish a book TODAY - you'll find the answers and
ideas surprising ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
PETER WONG COO, TruTag Technologies
... what you eat it all the time and it isn't
organic -- it's great to fight counterfeiting ... Return to top.
Show Originating on December 17, 2013
MARK FAINARU-WADA ESPN investigative journalist Author, League of Denial … The NFL, Concussions and the Battle for Truth Moira speaks with ESPN investigative journalist MARK FAINARU-WADA about good science and bad – big money - and what we do now that we know - about the impact of concussions in the NFL ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
CHRIS GARABEDIAN CEO, Surepta Therapeutics
... what progress for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophe ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... Beam me up, Scotty! – this time with your DNA ...
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Show Originating on December 10, 2013
WALTER ISAACSON Author, Steve Jobs Moira speaks with WALTER ISAACSON about Steve Jobs - and how that perspective has evolved since the book first came out ...
... and
on BioTech Nation: TIM LOWINGER
Chief Scientific Officer, Mersana Therapeutics
... new cancer treatments – combining chemotherapies with biological drugs ... MATT MAHONEY
Director, Business Development, North America Brainwave Discovery
... human DNA in fruitflies – to study Alzheimer's and Parkinsons ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... a salute to Nobel Laureate Frederick Sanger ...
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Show Originating on December 3, 2013
FRITJOF CAPRA Author, Learning from Leonardo … Decoding the Notebooks of a Genius Moira speaks with FRITJOF CAPRA, who spent 10 years studying the original notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci – and yes, there's genius there ...
... and
on BioTech Nation: STEPHEN HURST
Chairman and CEO, Savant HWP – Health, Wellness and Prevention
... a new approach to addiction ... Return to top.
Show Originating on November 25, 2013
LUDWIG CHINCARINI Finance and Economics DEAN RADER English STEPHEN ZUNES Politics JESSE ANTTILA-HUGHES Economics APARNA VENKATESAN Astronomy and Physics JASON FERNANDEZ Biology On this week’s Tech Nation, Moira speaks with a panel of professors from the University of San Francisco – it's "2013 Nobel Prizes Explained"
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Show Originating on November 18, 2013
GAVIN NEWSOM Lieutenant Governor of California Author, Citizenville – How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government Moira speaks with former San Francisco mayor and California Lieutenant Governor GAVIN NEWSOM on reinventing government in the digital age ...
... and
on BioTech Nation: DR. CHUCK SHOEMAKER Professor, Veterinary School, , Tufts University
... an “anti-serum” for bio-terrorism ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... Shakespeare – and DNA ... Return to top.
Show Originating on November 11, 2013
CLIVE THOMPSON Author, Smarter That You Think: How Technology is Changing Our Minds for the Better Moira speaks with CLIVE THOMPSON about how smart technology is making us ...
... and
on BioTech Nation: DR RAJEEV VENKAYYA Executive Vice President, Takeda Pharmaceuticals
... vaccines for everyone – new vaccines, that is ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... Top Ten Innovations of 2013 from the Cleveland Clinic ... Return to top.
Show Originating on November 4, 2013
PO BRONSON Author, Top Dog Moira speaks with PO BRONSON on the Science of Winning and Losing ...
... and
on BioTech Nation: DR. MIKE CLAYMAN President and CEO, Flexion Therapeutics
... a new approach to osteoarthritis ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... new bioethical challenges in professional sports ... Return to top.
Show Originating on October 29, 2013
TOM STANDAGE Digital Editor, The Economist Author, Writing on the Wall: Social Media, The First 2,000 Years Moira speaks with The Economist's Digital Editor, TOM STANDAGE, about the "centuries-old" tradition of Social Media ...
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on BioTech Nation: BioIssue of the Week:with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... Rare Science ... Return to top.
Show Originating on October 22, 2013
EDWARD FRENKEL UC Berkeley Mathematics Professor Author, Love and Math … the Heart of Hidden Reality Moira speaks with UC Berkeley professor EDWARD FRENKEL about sneaking into math classes at Moscow University … and how mathematics is everywhere in our lives ...
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on BioTech Nation: DR. DAVID MARTIN Scientific Founder and CEO, AvidBiotics
... a different approach to antibiotics ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... Are Humans still evolving? ... Return to top.
Show Originating on October 15, 2013
DAN
ROAM Founder, The Napkin
Academy Author, Blah,
Blah, Blah: What to do when words dont work Moira speaks with DAN
ROAM about picturing ideas ... instead of talking about them or writing
words, words, words ...
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... and
on BioTech Nation: KEITH KATKIN President & CEO, Avanir Pharmaceuticals
... emergent treatment for Pseudobulbar
Affect affecting many stroke victims ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... Are Humans still evolving? ... Return to top.
Show Originating on October 8, 2013
SEAN CARROLL Genetics Professor, University of Wisconsin
Brave Genius: A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize Moira speaks with geneticist SEAN CARROLL about Brave Genius - two Nobel Prize-winners who were committed to the French Resistance during World War II.
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. JOE MILETICH Senior VP for Research and Development, Amgen Corporation
... how decoding each human's genome will affect the drugs of our future ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... Google vs. Death ... Return to top.
Show Originating on October 1, 2013
DONALD McDONALD Architect, New East span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
Bay Bridge: History and Design of a New Icon Moira speaks with DONALD McDONALD, the architect of the new East span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
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... and on BioTech Nation:
MATTHEW HUDES US Managing Principal, Life Sciences, Deloitte
... Healthcare Report: China, Brazil and Germany ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... Could federal budget cuts affect on our future health? ... Return to top.
Show Originating on September 24, 2013
SHIRLEY STRESHINSKY & Co-Authors, An Atomic Love Story: The Extraordinary Women in Robert Oppenheimer's Life Moira speaks with SHIRLEY STRESHINSKY & PATRICIA KLAUS about that time in American life when a scientist and science were forefront in the minds of the public – they talk about the atomic bomb, the media embrace of Robert Oppenheimer, and national interests in the post-World War II Cold War ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
SAMANTHA COBB CEO, AdAlta
... new therapeutics based on shark antibodies ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
GRAHAM BROOKES Director, PGEconomics
... environmental impact of biotech on global agriculture ... Return to top.
Show Originating on September 17, 2013
ALEX PANG Futurist
Author, The Distraction Addiction: Getting the Information you need and the communication you want without enraging your family annoying your colleagues and destroying your soul Moira speaks with Futurist Alex Pang about life in modern times ...
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ALEX KARLE COO, The Evaluate Group
... EvaluatePharma 2013 – the Orphan Drug Report ... Return to top.
Show Originating on September 10, 2013
DR SANJAY BASU Professor, Stanford University Medical School
Author, The Body Economic: Why Austerity Kills Moira speaks with Stanford's Dr. Sanjay Basu about how cutting some social programs when times are bad hurts more than we realize – it's actually right there in the economics data ...
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DAVID PRITCHARD CEO, KaloBios
... a new approach to hospital acquired infections, which also helps cystic fibrosis ... Return to top.
Show Originating on September 3, 2013
CLIFTON LEAF Fortune magazine Contributing Editor
Author, The Truth in Small Doses: Why We're Losing the War on Cancer … and How to Win It Moira speaks with CLIFTON LEAF at the 40 year old war on cancer ...
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DR. BEN CHEN Executive Chairman, Immune Targeting Systems
... why your T cells are great candidates for fighting immune system challenges, from the flu to cancer ... Return to top.
Show Originating on August 27, 2013
DAVID EPSTEIN Senior Writer from Sports Illustrated Author, The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance Moira speaks with Sports Illustrated's DAVID EPSTEIN about sports and athletic performance ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. MELISSA ALCORN Intellectual Property Attorney, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
... decades of tissue samples from Lupus now digitally available for general medical research ... On BioIssue of the Week: with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... if your DNA is online, can someone figure out it's you? ... Return to top.
Show Originating on August 20, 2013
RAY
KURZWEIL National Medal of
Technology winner Author, How to
Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed Moira speaks with RAY
KURZWEIL about how the mind is structured inside the brain - and how much
room you have, now that there is the Internet ...
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... and on BioTech Nation:
MIKE MARTINO President & CEO, Ambit Biosciences
... progress with Acute Myeloid
Leukemia ... Return to top.
Show Originating on August 13, 2013
AJIT VARKI Professor, UC San Diego Author, Denial – Self-Deception, False Beliefs, and the Origins of the Human Mind Moira speaks with DR. AJIT VARKI about why did humans develop such complex mental abilities and other species did not ...
... and on BioTech Nation:
KEN KELLY CEO, PaxVax
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Show Originating on August 6, 2013
SARA ELIZABETH RICHARDS Health and Science Journalist Author, Motherhood Rescheduled: The New Frontier of Egg Freezing and the Women Who Tried It Moira speaks with SARA ELIZABETH RICHARDS about re-scheduling Motherhood – women can actually freeze their own eggs
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... and on BioTech Nation:
CLIFF STOCKS CEO, TheraClone Sciences
... On BioIssue of the Week: with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... the microbiome – there's a hundred trillion critters in each of us ... Return to top.
Show Originating on July 30, 2013
GUNNAR CARLSSON Professor of Mathematics, Stanford University Ayasdi, Palo Alto, CA
Moira speaks with GUNNAR CARLSSON about Big Data and its applications today and tomorrow ...
... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. JOHN BEADLE CEO, PsiOxus Therapeutics
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Show Originating on July 23, 2013
MARIO LIVIO Astrophysicist, Space Telescope Science Institute Author, Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein Moira speaks with MARIO LIVIO about Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists that changed our understanding of Life and the Universe ...
... and on BioTech Nation:
GARETH WILLIAMS European Patent Attorney, Marks & Clerk
... On BioIssue of the Week: with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... the Supreme Court and their Myriad Genetics decision ... Return to top.
Show Originating on July 16, 2013
Tech Nation broadcasts from the International Biotechnology Conference, BIO 2013, in Chicago, Illinois
JIM GREENWOOD President & CEOBiotechnology Industry Organization
RACHEL KING ChairBiotechnology Industry Organization CEOGlycoMimetics , addressing Sickle Cell Disease
MIKE MAY Editorial Director Editor, WorldView Scorecard Scientific American WorldView 2013 STEVE BURRILL CEOBurrill & Co. , Venture Capital, Merchant Banking and Media
GLEN GIOMANETTI Global Life Sciences LeaderErnst & Young
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Show Originating on July 9, 2013
GARY SHAPIRO President & CEOConsumer Electronics Association Author, Ninja Innovation Moira speaks with Consumer Electronics Association President GARY SHAPIRO about the nature of innovation and what that means to each of us individually ...
... and on BioTech Nation:
DR. JOHN LATHAM Chief Scientific Officer, Alder Bio
... On BioIssue of the Week: with science
journalist DAVID EWING DUNCAN
... a new poll measures our understanding of science ... Return to top.
Show Originating on July 2, 2013
BRIAN FAGAN Emeritus Professor, Anthropology, UC Santa Barbara Author, The Attacking Ocean – The Past, Present and Future of Rising Sea Levels Moira speaks with DR. BRIAN FAGAN about the rising Ocean – what the Earth looked like during the Ice Age, as opposed to today ... and what will it look like in the years to come ...
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MIKE WEBB CEO, Allegro Diagnostics
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