March 2017 - SparkDialog

Ep. 19: The Dalai Lama, Tibetan Monks, and Science – with guest Dr. Chris Impey

Posted March 24, 2017January 31, 2018 Elizabeth Fernandez1 CommentPosted in podcasts

If the Dalai Lama didn’t become a monk, he would have been an engineer. Even today, science and mathematics fascinate him. But in spite of this, many Tibetan monks are unfamiliar with modern science, some not even knowing that the Earth revolves around the sun. In an attempt to remedy this, the Dalai Lama helped […]

Ep. 18: Volcanoes – Making Your Planet Habitable for 4.6 Billion Years with guest Dr. Ramses Ramirez

Posted March 14, 2017May 15, 2018 Elizabeth FernandezLeave a commentPosted in podcasts

What makes a planet a nice place to live? If it’s too close to its parent star, it would end up a searing hot furnace, like Venus. Too far away, and it would end up a frozen snowball. To be habitable, or at least to host life as we know it, a planet would need […]

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Month: March 2017

Ep. 19: The Dalai Lama, Tibetan Monks, and Science – with guest Dr. Chris Impey

Ep. 18: Volcanoes – Making Your Planet Habitable for 4.6 Billion Years with guest Dr. Ramses Ramirez