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Bill George grew Medtronic from a niche maker of cardiac pacemakers to the world's leading medical device company, pioneering treatments for diseases that effect organs from head to toe. He was driven to be a leader, but could not become one until he learned to become less driven by his own success and more focused on other people. This video tells how he came to that insight and what it allowe...

ScienCentral invited Nobel Prize winning physicist Leon Lederman to let us film him at the corner of 34th St and 8th Ave in New York City to answer any questions by random passersby. This was filmed in 2008.

Some species adapt to city living, whereas others that are very similar do not. Birds are a little like people - it takes adaptability to live well in cities.

NAS1067 Irreversible warming

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With climate change forecasts calling for tough times in tropical climates, scientists in Americas tropical paradise of Hawaii are carefully monitoring nature for signs of change, and citizen scientists are helping them find those signs in the oceans coral reefs.

www.sciencentral.com/video In "Street Corner Science," a ScienCentral original Web Show, pedestrians are given the chance to sit down with a world-class scientist and him or her any question they like about science, or anything else on their minds. In this episode, renowned chemist: Dr. Stephen Benkovik answers a varied and astute array of questions from some lucky passersby.

The 2009 Bower Award for Business Leadership is presented to T. Boone Pickens for more than 50 years of creative and visionary leadership in energy production and delivery, and his recent focus on domestic renewable energy. Pickens' philanthropic leadership has contributed to advances in education, medical research, and wildlife conservation.

The 2009 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering is presented to Lotfi Zadeh for his invention and development of the field of fuzzy logic, a mathematical system that captures aspects of the ambiguity of human language and thought, which has solved problems in areas such as artificial intelligence and the automated control of machines. www.sciencentral.com/video

Telling your boss you need a nap might not be the smartest thing to do at work, but scientific evidence is now on your side. As this ScienCentral News video explains, sleep researchers just released a new study that says naps over an hour long may boost creative problem solving. www.sciencentral.com/video/

The 2009 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science is presented to Stephen Benkovic for his groundbreaking contributions to our mechanistic understanding of enzymes, and for helping to unravel the complexities of the enzymes involved in DNA replication.

Are men naturally better at math than women or is that just an out-dated stereotype? A couple of women scientists decided to research it. www.sciencentral.com/video/

It's well known that depression in your family puts you at high risk of depression. Now researchers have found a structural difference in the brain that could explain why. www.sciencentral.com/video/

The 2009 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science is presented to Ruzena Bajcsy for contributions to robotics and computer vision, specifically the development of active perception and the creation of methods to improve our understanding of medical images. www.sciencentral.com/video/

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Money vs Happiness

Bower Award Winner: Sandra M. Faber

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Baby Names and Fast Fads

2009 Benjamin Franklin Medal Winner: J. Frederick Grassle

Better Bionic Eye

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Muscular Dystrophy Drug

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