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What's Wrong with College Sports? - Frank Deford What's Wrong with College Sports? - Frank Deford Complete video at: fora.tv Acclaimed sportswriter Frank Deford criticizes college athletics programs for frequent scandals, and for awarding scholarships to athletes over academics. ----- Frank Deford, senior contributing writer at Sports Illustrated and commentator for National Public Radio, delivers a lecture encompassing a wide swath of the world of sports from the Olympic Games to college athletics. Frank Deford is a six-time National Sportswriter of the Year, Senior Contributing Editor ...
What's Wrong with the Big Bang Theory? What's Wrong with the Big Bang Theory? Complete video at: fora.tv Marcus Chown argues that as more and more ideas are "tacked on" to the original big bang theory, it's becoming apparent that there is "a really, really big idea missing." He predicts "someone in the next...10-15 years is going to come up with the missing idea." ----- The two towering achievements of modern physics are quantum theory and Einsteins general theory of relativity. Together, they explain virtually everything about the world in which we live. But almost a ...
World Cup Ball: What's Wrong With It? World Cup Ball: What's Wrong With It? Players and coaches at the 2010 World Cup are complaining that the Jabulani, the tournament's official ball, behaves unpredictably. Jorge Ribas talks to a NASA aerospace engineer and a pro soccer player to find out the science behind the ball.
World Cup Ball: What's Wrong With It? World Cup Ball: What's Wrong With It? www.discoverynews.com. Players and coaches at the 2010 World Cup are complaining that the Jabulani, the tournament's official ball, behaves unpredictably. Jorge Ribas talks to a NASA aerospace engineer and a pro soccer player to find out the science behind the ball.
Birke Baehr: What's wrong with our food system Birke Baehr: What's wrong with our food system 11-year-old Birke Baehr presents his take on a major source of our food -- far-away and less-than-picturesque industrial farms. Keeping farms out of sight promotes a rosy, unreal picture of big-box agriculture, he argues, as he outlines the case to green and localize food production.TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the "Sixth Sense" wearable tech, and "Lost" producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at www.ted.com
Dining with Bittman: Speedy No-Kneed Bread Revisited - NYT Dining with Bittman: Speedy No-Kneed Bread Revisited - NYT Mark Bittman talks with breadmaster Jim Lahey about possible improvements to his celebrated no-knead recipe.
'Half a Pound of Crap' In Daily American Diet - Mark Bittman 'Half a Pound of Crap' In Daily American Diet - Mark Bittman Complete video at: fora.tv Food writer Mark Bittman offers stunning statistics on how many pounds of animal products, plants, and junk food the average American consumes everyday. ----- Mark Bittman talks about Food Matters: A Guide To Conscious Eating with More Than 75 Recipes. From the award-winning guru of culinary simplicity and author of the bestselling How to Cook Everything and How to Cook Everything Vegetarian comes a plan for responsible eating that's as good for the planet as it is ...
What is Horror? - A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss - BBC Four What is Horror? - A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss - BBC Four www.bbc.co.uk Horror legends including John Carpenter, Roger Corman and George A. Romero explain what 'horror' means to them.
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Global Health: Are We Worried About the Wrong Things? Global Health: Are We Worried About the Wrong Things? Complete video at: fora.tv Stephen Leeder argues that while the media tends to focus on communicable diseases, non-communicable illnesses are often more deadly. He illustrates this by stating that of 1000 people with swine flu, only one would be likely to die in a year, whereas heart disease kills at a higher rate. ----- Pandemics like SARS and swine flu capture the world's attention. But public health issues like obesity in developed countries and AIDS in the developing world are greater ...