Videos

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  Risk Genetics

  What do the results of today’s new genetic tests mean in real terms? If a genetic test reveals you have a 40% increased risk of a disease, what exactly does that mean? If you have...

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  Breed More Bacteria?

  After the Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, a type of hydrocarbon-loving bacteria consumed a large proportion of the extra oil. They had already been there in...

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  Cleaning up the Cleanup

  After the BP oil spill in the summer of 2010 left more than 200 million gallons of oil in the Gulf of Mexico, almost 2 million gallons of other chemicals were dumped into the gulf...

Blog Posts

• Illusion of Certainty: Broadcast Transcript

  Thank you everybody who joined us for the World Science Festival's first interactive broadcast. We hope it was an enriching experience and hope you will join us again for future events. Special thanks also to Amir Aczel and BoingBoing.net's Maggie Koerth-Baker, who joined the...

• A Twist on Climate Change, Risk, and Uncertainty

  The air grows thick. Dark clouds churn like a pot of boiling water overhead. The colors of reality become oversaturated—greens too green, yellow a sickly gold. This is what tornado weather looks like, and the United States has been hit with a lot of it lately. Make no...