Drought Resistant Plants

Drought Resistant Plants

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Radio Archive, Episode 46 , Segment 5

Episode: Laws of War, Chocolate Milk, Sex Trafficking and Tech

Apr 20, 2015 9:00 pm
21:23 mins

Guests: Mikel Stevens, professor of genetics and biotechnology in BYU's Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences Mike Alder, director of BYU's Technology Transfer segment More than half of the United States is currently experiencing abnormally dry conditions and 30 percent of the country is in full-fledge drought according to the federal drought monitor. The worst of it is focused across the west, where drought conditions have persisted for years and climate models predict more heat and less rain in coming decades. The traditional water-intensive methods of landscaping yards, highway medians and public spaces in the West will have to change and BYU professor Mikel Stevens is working to help that along. "The reality is, with a little effort, we can actually find opportunities to find things that will bloom longer and get greener a little later in the season and still be drought tolerant. I don’t think we have to completely give up the bright green Kentucky Blue Grass," says Stevens.

Other Segments

Other Segments

Laws of War

Guest: Eric Jensen, BYU law professor The law of war is Top of Mind today as we kick things of with our monthly visit from BYU international law expert Eric Jensen. He is just back from a conference in Geneva, Switzerland debating the legality of a new generation of drone warfare. We also talk about the Blackwater guards who have recently be sentenced to lengthy prison terms for killing more than a dozen Iraqi civilians in a Baghdad traffic circle back in 2007. We also touch on the desertion charge now facing Bowe Bergdahl - the soldier who was freed nearly a year ago in exchange for several high-value Taliban leaders being held at Guantanamo Bay. “I would like to make a brief distinction between this idea of autonomous weapons and artificial intelligence,” says Jensen. “When people talk about killer robots sometimes what comes to mind is 'The Terminator' or a self-thinking machine

Guest: Eric Jensen, BYU law professor The law of war is Top of Mind today as we kick things of with our monthly visit from BYU international law expert Eric Jensen. He is just back from a conference in Geneva, Switzerland debating the legality of a new generation of drone warfare. We also talk about the Blackwater guards who have recently be sentenced to lengthy prison terms for killing more than a dozen Iraqi civilians in a Baghdad traffic circle back in 2007. We also touch on the desertion charge now facing Bowe Bergdahl - the soldier who was freed nearly a year ago in exchange for several high-value Taliban leaders being held at Guantanamo Bay. “I would like to make a brief distinction between this idea of autonomous weapons and artificial intelligence,” says Jensen. “When people talk about killer robots sometimes what comes to mind is 'The Terminator' or a self-thinking machine

Positive Effects of Chocolate Milk

Guest: John Ivy, an emeritus professor in kinesiology and health education at the University of Texas, whose research specializes in exercise and human performance

Guest: John Ivy, an emeritus professor in kinesiology and health education at the University of Texas, whose research specializes in exercise and human performance

Sex Trafficking and Technology

Guest: Vanessa Bouche, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Texas Christian University and lead researcher on a new report for the anti-human trafficking non-profit THORN

Guest: Vanessa Bouche, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Texas Christian University and lead researcher on a new report for the anti-human trafficking non-profit THORN

Parent Previews: Paul Blart, Monkey Kingdom

Guest: Rod Gustafson and Kerry Bennett The film is "Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2." Comedian Kevin James returns as a hapless mall security guard who succeeds in spite of himself. This time he has to save the day at a convention for security guards in Las Vegas. Another film came out over the weekend. It is the latest nature documentary from Disney.

Guest: Rod Gustafson and Kerry Bennett The film is "Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2." Comedian Kevin James returns as a hapless mall security guard who succeeds in spite of himself. This time he has to save the day at a convention for security guards in Las Vegas. Another film came out over the weekend. It is the latest nature documentary from Disney.

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