George Washington Carver
b"The Man who Saved America\\u2019s Farms
Guest: Dana Chandler, trained archivist and historian, Professor of history and political science at Tuskegee University
George Washington Carver is sometimes called the first green scientist for his fascination with innovating with things many other people deemed useless. \\xa0Join us as Tuskegee University archivist Dana Chandler tells us the story of this modern-day Renaissance man.
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The Tiniest Racecars
Guest: James Tour,\\xa0Professor of Chemistry, Computer Science,and Materials Science and NanoEngineering at Rice University.
Nanocars are collections of atoms that are designed to race along heated gold surfaces. Developments in nanocars help drive the study of nanomanipulation forward.
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Microbes Absorbing Pollution
Guest: Ben Abbott, Assistant Professor, Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Brigham Young University
We get a lot of bad news about the damage humans have done to the environment, but here's word about helpful microbes undoing some of the damage."