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The importance of failure in science
Failure is essential to science, though it's not very well understood outside of the field. Listen to three people in the field talk about the role of mistakes, setbacks and failures in the scientific process.
Christopher Field, director of Carnegie's Department of Global Ecology, works on a tiny scale in the field. Instead of describing vast land or seascapes, he focuses on a 5-inch-by-5-inch square of grassland.
The psychology of climate change denial
Listen to experts discuss the psychology of climate change denial and what motivates people to look past scientific evidence.