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Interviews of the Week
Water
- Peter Gleick warns that world faces a water crisis
- Jeff Mount on what it really means to restore a river
Health
- Heather Clark is developing a nano tattoo for diabetics
- Joanna Fowler says drug addiction is a disease of the brain
Biodiversity
- Beth Shapiro uses DNA to see how animals fared in ancient climate
- Christopher Raxworthy on cryptic chameleons and evolution
Earth
Energy
- Carl Imhoff on transforming U.S. electric grid into a smart grid
- John Barry urges wide use of carbon capture and storage
Agriculture
- Catherine Badgely believes organic agriculture can scale up
- Jon Foley envisions a hybrid of industrial and organic farming
Human World
- Wangari Maathai, Nobel laureate, on planting trees and protecting forests
- Berni Alder's early work lets scientists simulate nature
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Jeff Mount
Jeff Mount understands rivers. He is a geology professor and director at the Center for Watershed Sciences at the University of California/Davis, with primary research interests in the >>
Paul Davies
Paul Davies, British-born theoretical physicist, cosmologist, astrobiologist and best-selling author, earned his Ph.D. from University College London. He moved to Australia >>
Catherine Badgely
Catherine Badgely is the author of an important study proposing that organic farming might work as well as present-day techniques to feed the world. She is a professor>>
Carl Imhoff
Carl Imhoff directs research and development regarding country-wide electrical grids at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy>>
Joanna Fowler
Chemist Joanna Fowler studies the brain and diseases such as addiction using positron emission tomography (PET scans) among other techniques. In 2009, Dr. Fowler won the National Medal of Science, the nation's highest award for lifetime science achievement.>>