James Delahoussaye

James Delahoussaye appears in the following:

What happens when Paradise goes up in flames?

Friday, November 10, 2023

Paradise is a real place, and for many, the California town was utopia--until the fire. We hear from residents and wildfire expert George Whitesides, who says a safer wildfire season is possible.

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Battling Putin with punk rock — Pussy Riot and the consequences of protest

Friday, October 20, 2023

The feminist punk music group, Pussy Riot, is a symbol of resistance against Putin's regime. Co-founder Nadya Tolokonnikova tells the story of her arrest and her ongoing fight for a freer Russia.

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Death is inevitable—why don't we talk about it more

Friday, October 06, 2023

Death is hard to talk about. But death doula Alua Arthur says if we want to live presently and die peacefully, we have to radically reshape our relationship with death.

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How to solve a workplace problem in 5 steps

Friday, September 22, 2023

Company leaders often advocate for a break-neck pace. But moving fast can cause long-term problems at work. Leadership coach Anne Morriss shares five steps to fix workplace problems.

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Reusing chairs, bricks, even lab equipment by building a circular economy

Friday, September 08, 2023

Waste is built into our economy. Garry Cooper created a large-scale resource-sharing system to keep furniture, medical equipment and more out of landfills and into the hands of people who need them.

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Starting a company, dealing with bipolar disorder and struggling to manage both

Friday, August 11, 2023

Creating a company is hard. For CEO Andy Dunn, having bipolar made it an even more extreme experience. He says a psychotic break forced him to focus on mental hygiene and challenge startup culture.

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Unearthing a 180-million-year-old sea creature

Friday, July 14, 2023

Known now as the mother of paleontology, Mary Anning's work was largely overlooked. But her research helped paleontologist Dean R. Lomax make groundbreaking discoveries about the ichthyosaur.

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Why we should celebrate the creepy-crawly microbes all around us

Friday, February 24, 2023

We are constantly surrounded by a vast jungle of tiny creatures we can't see. Self-described "microbe wrangler" Anne Madden explains the power these microscopic organisms have to help humans.

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'PlayStation VR2' Review: A strong foundation with a questionable future

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

The PS VR2 enables gorgeous games like the post-apocalyptic 'Horizon Call of the Mountain.' But it may not appeal beyond a high-tech niche.

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How do you create an internet archive of all human knowledge?

Friday, January 27, 2023

The internet is forever ... or is it? The average webpage is deleted or changed in just 100 days. To preserve all human knowledge — digital and analog — Brewster Kahle created the Internet Archive.

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What would we learn and what could we save, if we had a 3D-scan of the entire earth?

Friday, January 27, 2023

LIDAR technology is an innovation in archeology and ecology that has uncovered lost civilizations. But archeologist Chris Fisher realized it could help track and study the effects of climate change.

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Want to spend more time with family? Expand your definition of ... family

Friday, January 13, 2023

We often resolve to spend time with family. A.J. Jacobs may have found one solution: treat everyone like family. He says genealogy platforms have linked him to family trees with millions of cousins.

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Hey adults, fun is one antidote to stress. Try it more

Friday, January 13, 2023

How often have you resolved to stress less? But what does that mean? For journalist Catherine Price, she found the first step to making us happier, healthier, and more present is to ... have more fun.

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Choosing mindfulness over dieting

Friday, January 13, 2023

Dieting doesn't work. Despite that, many people feel immense pressure to starve themselves. Neuroscientist Sandra Aamodt argues for a better, healthier way to live with mindful eating.

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Do your brain a favor — move your body

Friday, January 13, 2023

Did you know working out is the single best thing you can do for your brain? Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki found regular exercise helps grow your brain, improve memory and help protect against dementia.

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How businesses are deploying facial recognition

Friday, December 09, 2022

As facial recognition software becomes easier to acquire, businesses are using it to surveil and analyze customers. Bloomberg's Parmy Olson explains where and how the technology is being deployed.

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David Moinina Sengeh: The sore problem of prosthetic limbs

Friday, October 07, 2022

Decades ago, a civil war in Sierra Leone left thousands as amputees. Researcher and current Education Minister David Moinina Sengeh set out to help them with a more comfortable socket for prostheses.

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Hrishikesh Hirway: Finding balance through deconstructing music

Friday, September 09, 2022

Hrishikesh Hirway always wanted to be a musician. When his dream didn't go as planned, he navigated complex feelings of success and failure — embracing opportunities that became unexpected gifts.

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Gabby Rivera: Writing the story of Marvel's first queer Latina superhero

Friday, September 09, 2022

In Marvel's "America," Gabby Rivera wrote a superhero who's queer, Latina, and punches portals across dimensions. She shares why it's empowering to write characters that mirror her identity.

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Mary L. Gray: The invisible "ghost" workforce powering our day-to-day lives

Friday, August 26, 2022

The technology powering many apps and services seems automatic. But anthropologist Mary L. Gray explains how there are millions of hidden workers behind the screen who are key to making it all work.

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