Burgold's radio show, the Prism now also on the web

[Burgold]

Newest Prism is up...

Last week, we looked at the role wireless radio played in the the tragedy and rescue of the Titanic
http://capitolcorrespondent.com/cc/2...eless-history/

How changing the color of the roofs in temperate urban environments could reduce CO2 emissions by more than 250 million tons... and how this is science that's been understood for hundreds of years.

http://capitolcorrespondent.com/cc/2...f-tons-of-co2/

What a cross between Whose Line Is It Anyway and Jim Henson's Puppets would like (See this show if you get a chance. It was funny as hell)

http://capitolcorrespondent.com/cc/2...hit-the-stage/

and the best and brightest your playwrights hit the stage at the Kennedy Center American College Festival

http://capitolcorrespondent.com/cc/2...-is-the-thing/

as always, I'd love to hear feedback if ya got any.

[Burgold]

Maybe too late to post this since it already aired, but since part of me thinks I'm the only one reading this thread anyway...

On today's Prism, we look at a new microscopic technology designs to clean up oil spills, catastrophic lake drainage in Greenland, and we take a trip to look at the auroras of Uranus. All that and a little youth slam poetry

[Burgold]

It's hard to believe we're up to our seventh episode. It's a pretty good one too.

On this week's Prism, researchers have discovered a method of delivering a treatment for cerebral palsy using nanoparticles taht seem not only to halt but reverse the motility effects. Then we go to Mars to look at lava flows. A species of bird in Austrailia that actually gardens, clears the ground, plants seeds, removes debris, all in the effort to create the most attractive bower to get a mate. It's apparently the only non human species that we've discovered that actually farms. Finally, we look at how particulate matter from pollution is in the short term slowing down damage related to global warming and climate change.

[Burgold]

I know we've been slow on the web updates, but here's a breakdown of the show that aired today...

On today's Prism, we discovered how stems cells are being used to reverse muscular dystrophy, explored a asteroid crater in Chesapeake that has some of the oldest living organisms on Earth... 35 million year old microbes, we also learn how genetics is being used to breed race horses, and that while an apple a day may keep the doctor away a berry a day is a good thing to remember.

(I do wonder if anybody reads these)

[twa]

I do.....waiting to attack you later

[Burgold]

Whole bunch of new pieces on the web and more on the way.

1 kilometer under the Chesepeake Crater, scientists have discovered microbes that they believe may have arrived to Earth 35 million years ago and been some of the earliest catalysts of life on our planet.

http://capitolcorrespondent.com/cc/2...earliest-life/

Genetic testing in horse racing... or improving the chance to breed a winner.

http://capitolcorrespondent.com/cc/2...king-a-winner/

This was pretty cool. Nanosponges designed to suck up oil from a spill and ignore everything else. Very promising research.

http://capitolcorrespondent.com/cc/2...pill-clean-up/

Catastrophic Lake Drainage in Greenland. Imagine a lake emptying in 24 hours. Now imagine it happening dozens of times in single year. Walk with the geologists studying this phenomenon.

http://capitolcorrespondent.com/cc/2...-in-greenland/

Auroras around Uranus... yeah, stop thinking like Howard Stern

http://capitolcorrespondent.com/cc/2...around-uranus/

[Burgold]

On tomorrow's Prism, we examine how stress an adversity can change a person on the genetic level, take a spin a dentist's chair and learn how nanotechnology is being used to remineralize teeth, visit an ancient Mayan ruin that boasts mathematical computations that put into question when the world will end, and we blast off at the National Finals of the Team America Rocketry Challenge

[Burgold]

On today's Prism at six... we meet a surgeon who given a quadraplegic back the use of their hand. This formerly paralyzed patient can after her procedure and a year of rehab write, grip a ball and have regained a good deal of strength and motility.

We also look into he amount of plastic debris in the sea and how the wind works to camoflauge the true amount.

Then, we look into the possible impact of antibiotics on male fertility... and the evidence that the damage seems to be passed on multigenerationally.

Finally, we learn about a force even stronger than the pull of a black hole...

Friday at 6.

[LD0506]

Finally, we learn about a force even stronger than the pull of a black hole...

Lawyers sucking $$$ out of any bad situation?

[Burgold]

Lawyers sucking $$$ out of any bad situation?

Good guess, but not the one I chose. It was part of a commentary...

I'll ninja my answer for those who want a preview

human self-absorption

[Burgold]

On this week's Prism, we visit the proto planet Vesta, the second largest asteroid in the solar system. The space ship Dawn is just wrapping up a year studying it. We also look at the ethics and science behind individuals getting a full genetic scan and having that be made available as an electronic record. We also travel to Warwick to learn about Leonardo DaVinci's graveyard visits to learn about anatomy and how even the renainance man and possibly history's greatest genius... didn't understand women.

All that and a commentary about the role of creationism in the science classroom after a new Gallup poll shows that 46% of Americans believe in creationism and not evolution.


(And yes, ES inspired the idea for the commentary, but there was no plagarism of posts.

[Burgold]

Tonight's Prism:

Segment 1

A nearly binary odd couple: Proximity of New Planets Stuns Even Astronomer​s

One is a rocky planet 1.5 times the size of Earth. The other is a gaseous world nearly four times Earth's size. Together they form a spectacular system in which two planets orbit closer to each other than any yet discovered.

Segment 2: The Quest for the Higgs Boson Particle at CERN

I speak with a physicist in Switzerland about the hunt for the Higgs Boson. Why they believe they have found it, what it's all about, and whether they might be wrong.

Segment 3: Celebrating 100 years of Woody Guthrie with a Banjo Festival

Two time Grammy Award winner Cathy Fink joins me to discuss the life and music of Woody Guthrie with tales and a whole lot of banjo music. Once she started playing she wouldnt stop She and a bunch of other world class folk and old time groups will be performing at the Birchmere on Saturday and leading a banjo workshop in Takoma on Saturday.

So, if you've ever thought that this land was made for you and me... check out the show or at least the Prism

Btw, I put up her segment early so feel free to preview that part of the show.

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http...wnwe1giKDoqqCQ

[Burgold]

They decided to release as a free download selected segments of the Prism on itunes.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/c...sm/id549032455

[Burgold]

Is the world really ending in two weeks and if so, is that why we’re starting to find an abundance of water everywhere in the Solar System? Why does the time it takes to get to someplace new feel so much longer than the time it takes to get back home? Why is the sky blue?

Every look through the Prism provides a new answer. Welcome to the Prism. Today, we gaze through the crystal to examine a mural in Guatemala whose calculus suggests that the Mayan Calendar may be missing a couple of pages, a reason why a rabbit would never want to burrow on Jupiter’s moon for a drink of water, and why that shampoo might just make you look fat… but first, we take a look at a chemistry kit that may just change the world of medicine forever.

You are entering the world of the Prism.

Starting at 6:00 pm EST on VOR (voicerussia.com)

(I'll put up the links when they are available)

[Burgold]

Ancient Mural in Guatemala provides possibility that Earth May Just have a Few More Days to Go.

http://voicerussia.com/radio_broadca.../97306410.html

Scientists identify a liquid ocean under 200 km of Icy Crust on Saturn's Moon Titan

http://voicerussia.com/radio_broadca.../97305960.html

New Chemical Tool Kit could save millions in Pharma R&D as well as speed up compound development

http://voicerussia.com/radio_broadca.../97304854.html