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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Martin Shapiro

Martin Shapiro

The Scientific Guide to Global Warming Skepticism - 1 views

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    great website for science.
Martin Shapiro

Global Warming and Climate Change skepticism examined - 1 views

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    Good information about climate change.  Also addresses the skeptics of climate change. 
Martin Shapiro

GMO Wheat Found In Oregon Field. How Did It Get There? | NPR - 0 views

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    This is about farmers and Monsanto. 
Martin Shapiro

Overfished and under-protected: Oceans on the brink of collapse - CNN.com - 0 views

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    Good article about the depleting resource of fishes in the ocean. 
Martin Shapiro

Robots almost ready for battlefield - 0 views

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    Good short video looking at the future of military robotics. 
Martin Shapiro

The Keeling Curve | A daily record of atmospheric carbon dioxide from Scripps Instituti... - 0 views

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    Good place to get graphs on CO2 change. 
Martin Shapiro

Ranking America - 2 views

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    According to UNICEF, 23.1% of American children under the age of seventeen live in poverty, which makes the United States rank second out of thirty-five economically advanced countries ranked in that category. Romania ranks first, with 25.5% of children living in poverty.
Martin Shapiro

Introducing the Great Divergence - 1 views

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    Great article about wealth inequality in the US with very nice figures and images that you can download.
Martin Shapiro

The Miniature Earth ::: What if the world's population were reduced to 100 people commu... - 1 views

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    The new version of the video of "miniature earth" is available. 2010. Gives great statistics in relationship to if the world were composed of 100 people.
Martin Shapiro

Ethan Zuckerman: Listening to global voices | Video on TED.com - 2 views

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    Good information about the fact that we have the means to communicate across the world, but we are in fact getting more isolated in terms of what we are being reported and what we are interested in. Good extension from Alyssa Miller's talk
Martin Shapiro

TEDTalks as of 06.25.10 - 0 views

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    This is a spreadsheet of all talks at TED.com with a short summary. GREAT!
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    Spreadsheet of all Ted talks
Martin Shapiro

Dean Kamen: The emotion behind invention | Video on TED.com - 1 views

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    great for future of technology. short, good for in-class
Martin Shapiro

Signs & Solutions - National Geographic - 2 views

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    National Geographic's latest issue is all about water issues -- it's great. There website is also providing a lot of learning tools: interactive maps, videos, case studies.
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    National Geographic's latest issue is all about water issues -- it's great. There website is also providing a lot of learning tools: interactive maps, videos, case studies.
Martin Shapiro

YouTube - Micro and nanotechnologies are revolutionising medicine - 0 views

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    7:48 minute video on current reserach in nanotechnology. Good graphics.
Martin Shapiro

UN: Polluted water killing, sickening millions - Yahoo! News - 0 views

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    march 22 articel on water-born illness
Martin Shapiro

Tim Berners-Lee: The year open data went worldwide | Video on TED.com - 0 views

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    Tim Berners-Lee (2010) Short talk about collaborating on the web with "open" data. People from around the world using open data available on-line for making changes. Great graphics
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    Good for Information
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