Contrarian: The Story of John Marks Templeton
Contrarian: A new documentary on the life of John Marks Templeton
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No Child Left Untableted
Sally Hurd Smith, a veteran teacher, held up her brand-new tablet computer and shook it as she said, “I don’t want this thing to take over my classroom.” It was late June, a month before the first day of school. In a sixth-grade classroom in Greensboro, N.C., a dozen middle-school social-studies teachers were getting their…
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Overpopulation Is Not the Problem
The only limits to creating a planet that future generations will be proud of are our imaginations and our social systems. In moving toward a better Anthropocene, the environment will be what we make it.
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Time Regained
James Gleick reviews Lee Smolin’s new book “Time Reborn” in the New York Review of Books.
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T. Boone Pickens on Natural Gas
T. Boone Pickens promotes natural gas for energy security and as a bridge to alternatives in this 2012 TED talk.
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Big Bang Buddhism
A Dharma talk by Ajahn Brahm, abbot of the Bodhinyane Monastery in Serpentine, Western Australia.
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How to Extract Gas Responsibly
Failing to reduce methane leaks from fracking largely eliminates the environmental advantage of natural gas over coal. Yet If the leaks are reduced to 1 percent, the decrease in greenhouse gases jumps to 14 percent.
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Evolution Debates in Legislatures and on the Campaign Trail
In state legislatures and on the campaign trail, the debate over evolution is about more than science. Legislatures in several states have introduced or are planning to introduce bills that would mandate the teaching of Bible-based theories of the origin of the world and human beings – such as creationism or intelligent design. Other bills would require teachers to include materials that call evolution into question. Surveys also continue to show that a significant portion of the American public embraces religious or supernatural theories on the origin of man over purely scientific explanations, and those views are also being reinforced in the political arena, especially in the Republican nominating contest. This edition of ReligionLink provides resources and experts for reporters covering these hot-button issues.
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Saul Griffith’s TED Talk on Wind Power
In this brief TED talk, Saul Griffith unveils the invention his new company Makani Power has been working on: giant kite turbines that create surprising amounts of clean, renewable energy.
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Environmentalists Get Down to Earth
If there was a tougher moment over the last 40 years to be a leader in the American environmental movement, it would be hard to put your finger on it.