[Mitworld] John Holdren on Nuclear Energy, Gerald Fischbach on Autism

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MIT World Newsletter

Volume 10, Number 19 |  December 8, 2010

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The Energy/Climate-Change Challenge and the Role of Nuclear Energy in Meeting It
October 25, 2010

In a lecture that serves as a concise and comprehensive primer on the twin challenge of energy 
and environment, John Holdren lays out the difficult options for contending with a world rapidly 
overheating. Holdren asserts that nuclear power has a critical role to play in this transformation -- 
including the elusive goal of fusion reactors -- but it must be part of a larger surge in R&D 
spending on new energy technology.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/845

Speaker:
John Holdren '65, SM '66
Assistant to the President for Science and Technology
 Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Co-Chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology


Event Host:
MIT Nuclear Science and Engineering

"This is not just a problem for your children or grandchildren. Around the world, we see increases in 
floods, droughts, heat waves, the power of hurricanes, geographical range of tropical pathogens, 
all plausibly linked to climate change by theory, models and observed fingerprints ... There are 
bigger impacts in store as we continue on a business-as-usual trajectory. "
-John Holdren

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Autism Research: Progress and Promises
October 14, 2010

First defined in 1943, autism has not readily yielded its secrets to scientists, but in the past 
decade, says Gerald Fischbach, there has been “remarkable progress” in working out the disorder’s 
likely causes and mechanisms.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/844

Speaker:
Gerald Fischbach
Scientific Director, The Simons Foundation


Event Host:
McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT

"Imagine what it’s like to go through life without understanding what people you are with are thinking. 
You have no way of gauging whether they are angry, sad or happy -- the compensations you must undergo 
to really live in that environment...It’s quite debilitating."
-Gerald Fischbach

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In The Pipeline:

Peace Meals

Presented By:
Center for International Studies
Starr Forum

Speaker:
Anna Badkhen
Journalist and Author

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