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Astronomer Phil Plait is quoted in this The Week article about the recent pictures taken of Saturn’s moon Helene by NASA’s Cassini orbiter: “I’ve said it before… Saturn’s moons are damn weird.”

In this new video from TEDxSoMa, journalist Quinn Norton explores ideas relating to privacy, secrecy, and self in an age where nothing is ever forgotten: https://www.samaralectures.com/speakers-names/quinn-norton/?post_type=speaker-videos

Check out astronomer Phil Plait on Star Talk with Niel deGrasse Tyson. They discuss time travel in movies such as Back to the Future: http://startalkradio.net/2011/06/12/time-travel-at-the-movies

Check out this new video of geomorphologist Dave Montgomery talking about soil erosion as well as how geology can have an impact on our views on faith: https://www.samaralectures.com/speakers-names/david-montgomery/?post_type=speaker-videos

Check out author, filmmaker and activist Jen Marlowe‘s new lecture video from Highline Community College: https://www.samaralectures.com/speakers-names/jen-marlowe/?post_type=speaker-videos

Check out geomorphologist Dave Montgomery‘s lecture Dirt: Teh Erosion of Civilizations, given at the University of British Columbia: https://www.samaralectures.com/speakers-names/david-montgomery/?post_type=speaker-videos

Check out Jennifer Worick‘s hilarious lecture, Everything You (Really) Need to Know About Dating & College from Highline Community College: https://www.samaralectures.com/speakers-names/jennifer-worick/?post_type=speaker-videos

Read this touching article by author, filmmaker and activist Jen Marlowe about Troy Davis, the man currently on death row in Georgia despite strong evidence of his innocence. Published on Color Lines.

Read the live chat with filmmaker and activist Socheata Poeuv on the Global Voices website, where she talks about founding her non-profit, Khmer Legacies: http://worldcompass.org/episodes/new-year-baby

Filmmaker and activist Socheata Poeuv is one of five entrepreneurs featured in the book ‘Work on Purpose‘ produced by Echoing Green and aimed at high school and college students looking for their passions: http://www.echoinggreen.org/work-on-purpose/about-the-book