June 7, 2009
Diffusing Arguments in Class - Keith talks to Dennis Mitchell, President of IGN Behavior Studies, about diffusing an argumentative environment in the classroom and at home.
May 31, 2009
Low Level Radiation - Keith talks to John Boice from Vanderbilt University's Department of Medicine. Boice talks about the impact of low-level radiation on our daily lives. Ironically, we receive more radiation exposure from medical procedures than do people who live near a nuclear facility.
May 24, 2009
Air Quality and Volcanoes - Keith talks to Tom Cahill from the Department of Physics at the University of California Davis. Cahill talks about ongoing air quality research in El Paso, and how the presence of dust in the atmosphere is linked to asthma attacks. Cahill also talks about the work of the Alaska Volcano Observatory, and about the threat of megavolcanoes.
May 17, 2009
Science & Entrepreneurship - Keith & Russ talk to Frank Hoy, Professor of Business at UTEP. They talk about innovation and entrepreneurship, and how to take ideas created in the lab to the marketplace.
May 10, 2009
Malnutrition - Keith & Russ talk to William Petri, Chief of the University of Virginia's Division of Infections Diseases and International Health. Petri talks about malnutrition and how it afects certain populations differently. Find out why malnutrition isn't necessarily connected to the lack of access to food.