Friday Video Clip: Sonia Shah Talks About Her New Book

Sonia Shah talks about her book, The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years (Sarah Crichton Books/ Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2010). In her book she looks at the 500,000 year history of malaria and questions why a pathogen we know how to control still infects over 500 million people every year and kills nearly 1 million. She responded to questions from members of the audience at Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C.

http://www.c-spanarchives.org/program/ID/230040

Friday Video Clip--Edith Widder: Glowing life in an underwater world

Some 80 to 90 percent of undersea creatures make light -- and we know very little about how or why. Bioluminescence expert Edith Widder explores this glowing, sparkling, luminous world, sharing glorious images and insight into the unseen depths (and brights) of the ocean.  Edith Widder combines her expertise in research and technological innovation with a commitment to stopping and reversing the degradation of our marine environment.

Friday Video Clip: What's Paul Watson Really Like?

Two guys that have worked really closely with Paul Watson: Peter Hammarstedt and Chuck Swift. Who better than them to tell us what he is REALLY like?

http://animal.discovery.com/videos/whale-wars-whats-paul-watson-really-like.html