[Mitworld] Ian Waitz on Environmental Impacts of Aviation, Panel on Denialism and Disinformation

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MIT World Newsletter

Volume 9, Number 46 |  July 2, 2010

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Environmental Impacts of Aviation
April 13, 2010

Knowing more about the environmental impacts of aviation is increasingly essential, but according to
Ian Waitz, it is also an area where uncertainties abound. One thing we know for sure is that the 
airplanes developed today will be flying for next 30 years, as the fleet dynamics are very stable, 
due to the extraordinary costs and lead-time to design and build.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/788

Speaker:
Ian Waitz
Jerome C. Hunsaker Professor and Department Head, Aeronautics & Astronautics Department, MIT


Event Host:
Transportation at MIT

"Time scales are long. The airplanes that are being designed today...and developed for delivery 
  in the next year or two will still be flying for 30 years. So when we make decisions, we tend 
  to live with them for a long time."
-Ian Waitz

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Denialism: Media in the Age of Disinformation
April 27, 2010

A few hundred years after the Enlightenment, western civilization is rushing back to the Dark Ages. 
The causes are debatable, but, argue these science journalists, the public increasingly rejects the 
findings of science, from climate change to evolution, and is turning away from rationality and 
reason in general.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/789

Speakers:
Michael Specter
Staff Writer, The New Yorker

Chris  Mooney
Blogger, Discover Magazine2009-2010 Knight Journalism Fellow

Shannon Brownlee
Instructor, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical PracticeSenior Research Fellow, Economic Growth Program, New America Foundation

Shankar Vedantam
National Science Writer, The Washington Post  


Event Host:
MIT Museum

"People who care about science, care about rationality, who want to raise the level of science 
literacy and education -- we’ve got to stop ignoring the fundamental reality of  who we are, 
how we think and gather information. We’ve got to give up on the Enlightenment idea ...that 
truth triumphs."
-Chris Mooney

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In The Pipeline:

Lunch with a Laureate:
 Jack Szostak

Presented By:
MIT Museum
 Cambridge Science Festival

Speaker:
Jack Szostak
Professor of Genetics
Harvard Medical School

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