Education: The Seed of Success (Young Talents Making Way)
Education as a powerful mean to achieve personal dreams. Since becoming Miss Central O’ahu 2018, Kanoe has serving the community by reaching out to students across Hawaii to show them how education can truly transform their lives. She has been working to connect students with both opportunities and resources to make them ready for success. […]
Wonders of a Science Fair Journey (Young Talents Making Way)
Around the world with Science Fair and education: becoming science ambassadors and achieving personal dreams. From Hawaii to Pennsylvania and from Washington DC to Paris and Amsterdam, involvement in the Hawaii Science Fair took young science talents Brandon and Ryan Nguyen around the world! The host for this episode is Andrea Gabrieli, PhD. The guests […]
Learn, Serve, Restore with Miss Hawaii’s OT 2017 (Young Talents Making Way)
Education and talent as means to max out and achieve personal dreams. Making dreams come true is very challenging, but possible. Experience, education, support and service to others are key ingredients to success. Maia will share insights into her exciting year as Miss Hawaii’s Outstanding Teen 2017, her music talent and beyond. Her platform Learn, […]
Hot Stuff: Effusive and Explosive Eruptions (Research In Manoa)
Using analog volcano models to track different eruption styles and their geological implications. Tracking the Eruption Events and the Geological Implications of What’s Happening. In this episode of Research in Manoa, Andrea Gabrieli joins Jay Fidell to follow up on earlier shows to perform analog experiments that explains how different volcanoes erupt. The hosts for […]
Dementia Beyond Memory Loss (Young Talents Making Way)
“The most common type of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease, which makes up 50% to 70% of cases. An estimated number of 25,000 people live with Alzheimer’s disease in the state of Hawai’i. The societal cost of dementia in Hawai’i is high, especially for Ohana caregivers, and concern is on the raise. Ryan Nguyen, who is […]
Can computers predict weather phenomena? (Young Talents Making Way)
Investigating machine learning capabilities to predict El Niño events on the Pacific.. El Niño is a change in climatic conditions across the tropical Pacific that occurs every 2 to 7 years. It is usually associated with extreme weather events such as drought, hurricanes and floods. Today, James Shigemoto joins us to discuss his science project […]
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Hawai’i’s soil (Young Talents Making Way)
Determining the best method to isolate and identify NTM in Hawaii’s soil.. Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) includes 90 species of opportunistic pathogens that inhabit drinking water systems, our household plumbing, and soil. Humans are surrounded by this causative agent of debilitating pulmonary lung disease much like tuberculosis. Today, Kyla Kohara joins us to bring awareness on […]
Rat lungworm disease in Hawai’i (Young Talents Making Way)
An investigation into rising Angiostrongyliasis cases in Hawai’i and lack of public awareness as a contributing factor. Rat lungworm disease is a global and often neglected tropical infection, which is affecting the Hawaiian Islands. As increasing cases are reported every year in Hawai’i, concern is on the raise. Can the recent increase in confirmed cases […]
Open-sourcing imagination with Arduino (Young Talents Making Way)
Developing home-made technologies with low cost, yet powerful, open source computer hardware and software.. In this episode, Anson Liang and Johnathan Le, two middle school students from Kawananakoa Middle School, share about their science projects in which they developed new technologies using Arduino. Anson created a cost-efficient, homemade portable phone charger that warns against any […]
What can a meteorite tell us? (Young Talents Making Way)
Investigating how we can peek into the origin of the Solar System thanks to ancient meteorites.. The composition of primordial meteorites, known as chondrites, is investigated in order to better understand the origins of the Solar System. Chondrites can be analyzed thanks to highly sophisticated sensors, such as the Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS), […]
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The president has proposed new barriers to Chinese electric vehicles, steel and other goods in an attempt to protect his manufacturing agenda. [...]
Beijing’s dominance raises economic and security concerns, and tensions will be high as top climate diplomats meet this week. [...]
Visiting friendly leaders in Eastern Europe, the Chinese president commemorated the 25th anniversary of a misdirected U.S. airstrike that destroyed China’s embassy in Belgrade. [...]
As David C. Banks prepares to testify about antisemitism in the New York City schools, he said he wasn’t intimidated by congressional Republicans. [...]
The United States withheld 3,500 bombs last week out of concern that they might be used in a major assault against the southern Gaza city, officials said. [...]
Ex-Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke says "under Rishi Sunak, the Conservatives have become a byword for incompetence and division". [...]
Keir Starmer's allies believe the Dover MP can help win Tory voters but some on the left are uneasy. [...]
The Duke of Sussex will not meet his father or brother during a brief visit to London. [...]
Israel says lorries are at Kerem Shalom crossing, but a UN agency says they have not entered Gaza. [...]
A leading NHS boss says firms are deliberately targeting areas where nurses are in short supply. [...]
A DW film crew was accompanying a team hanging campaign posters in Dresden when the politicians were assaulted by several individuals. This is just the latest in a series of [...]
Europeans — especially Germans — are increasingly keen on curbing immigration and are less focused on climate change, according to a study by a Danish-based think tank. [...]
The CDU wants to return to power as soon as possible. At its political convention, the party adopted a new conservative platform. The key issues: "Leitkultur," asylum and Islam. [...]
Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been fined for civil disobedience over a protest that included blocking the entrance of the Swedish Parliament. [...]
New Delhi has slammed Nepal's move to come up with a new currency note featuring a map that shows border areas currently under Indian control. [...]
The Gaza Strip's Rafah border crossing with Egypt has been a key lifeline for people in the Palestinian enclave. Here is a timeline of events since Oct. 7, 2023, leading [...]
New medications like Wegovy are changing the way people lose weight and manage obesity, but many Medicaid beneficiaries can't get them. [...]
Rep. Jennifer Wexton of Virginia was diagnosed last year with rare disease that makes it hard to speak. She still advocated for a bill renaming a post office in her [...]
The CDC announced stricter regulations for importing dogs from abroad — or traveling internationally with your furry companions. [...]
The Georgia Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments after former President Trump appealed a decision allowing Fulton County DA Fani Willis to stay on the criminal case involving him [...]
Intense storms threaten large areas of the eastern United States, but the zone including St. Louis, Little Rock and Nashville is most at risk. [...]
Many current and former BetterHelp customers have begun receiving refund eligibility notices spanning from a $7.8 million settlement reached with the online therapy provider last year over allegations that it [...]
Kennedy’s campaign spokeswoman said he contracted a parasite years ago while traveling “extensively in Africa, South America and Asia in his work as an environmental advocate.” [...]
Pentagon chief confirms US has paused bomb shipment to Israel to signal concerns over Rafah invasion
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has confirmed the U.S. paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week over concerns the country was approaching a decision to launch a full-scale assault [...]
Former Daytona 500 winner Michael McDowell says he will not return to Front Row Motorsports after this season [...]
