Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Lab Rats: Space Jump Edition
It’s been over a year since Felix Baumgartner filmed himself jumping out of a balloon 24 miles above the earth. New footage has been released by the camera company that supplied some of his equipment. But is the intersection of commerce and research good for the future of scientific discovery?
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readIt’s been over a year since Felix Baumgartner filmed himself jumping out of a balloon 24 miles above the earth. New footage has been released by the camera company that supplied some of his equipment. But is the intersection of commerce and research good for the future of scientific discovery? Plus, we discuss the creationism vs evolution debate that’s expected to draw a million viewers tonight.
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The full episode
2 of 4Aging Facebook, Selling Science, and a Dystopic Income Gap- 0:00Aging Facebook
- 17:17Lab Rats: Space Jump EditionYou’re reading this
- 25:40Chang-Rae Lee: The Future of Rich and Poor?
- 39:22The Geopolitics of Foreign Film Oscars