Trump and Clinton claimed victories over the weekend, but what's in store for Super Tuesday?; a new study finds that male students underestimate their counterparts; and an author explains why we should eat like our ancestors for optimum health benefits.
The Donald solidifies lead, Hillary breathes sigh of relief, Jeb says bye-bye
It was a wild Saturday in South Carolina and Nevada, as Trump, Rubio, and Cruz solidified their three-way race on the GOP side, and Clinton's firewall in Nevada held.
Now the Republicans focus on Nevada, where the GOP caucuses will be held tomorrow.
Larry and our political analysts look at what’s next as the candidates head into Super Tuesday next week.
Guests:
Michael Finnegan, LA Times Politics Reporter joining us from outside a Ted Cruz campaign event in Las Vegas
Ange-Marie Hancock, associate professor of political science and gender studies at USC
Zach Courser, research director of the Dreier Roundtable and visiting assistant professor of Government at Claremont McKenna College
Persistent gender bias exists in college classrooms, study finds
A new PLOS ONE-published study involving 1,700 undergraduate biology students suggests that males consistently ranked their male classmates as more knowledgeable about course content, even ranking them above better-performing female students.
The young men over-ranked their male peers by three-quarters of a GPA point compared to female students. The researchers say one reason could be greater vocal participation by male students. In the study, female students consistently ranked their male and female students with accuracy and equity.
One worry to take away from this study that focused on science students is that a chronic underestimation of female students could be a motivating factor for the large numbers of women who leave STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) majors in college.
What do you think are the main drivers for these findings? What are some solutions?
Guests:
Sarah Eddy, Research analyst for the College of Natural Sciences, UT Austin; a first co-author of the study
Dan Grunspan, Doctoral candidate in the Anthropology department, University of Washington; a first co-author of the study
Experts explain complex implications for privacy, civil liberties in Apple-FBI saga
Apple and the Department of Justice are locked in a bitter legal battle that's headed to Capitol Hill.
Apple has resisted every demand that the federal government has issued them that would require them to allow access to iPhones of Syed Farook, a suspect in the San Bernardino shooting.
Activists and techies have been quick to side with Apple, saying that what the government is demanding is indicative of a slippery slope. Apple CEO Tim Cook went as far as to say that this would mean that the government would be violating the very civil liberties that it is supposed to protect.
Others say that Apple has a legal obligation to do everything possible in this investigation. The FBI says that this is as ordinary as any other lead in a case that they would have to follow up on and that the company is standing in the way of that.
What side of the issue do you stand on? Do you think that the legal precedent dictates Apple must comply? Or is the law so antiquated that it necessitates revision in this time of new technology?
Guest:
Shahid Buttar, Director of Grassroots advocacy at the Electronic Frontier Foundation
Susan Hennessey, fellow in national security in governance at the Brookings Institution and a former attorney in the Office of General Counsel of the National Security Agency; she also is managing editor of the LawFare Blog, which focuses on national security issues
Can California’s ambitious clean energy goals scale nationally and globally?
A landmark clean-energy law went into effect in California this month, bolstering the state’s reputation as a leader in environmental policy.
The new law mandates that at least 50 percent of the power used in California comes from renewable sources like solar, wind and geothermal by 2030. Already, the Golden State is outpacing all other states in the nation in the production of renewable energy.
Can California’s ambitious clean-energy goals scale globally and nationally? That’s the central question a panel of experts will debate at a UCLA event tomorrow night.
We’ll have a preview of that conversation with dueling clean-energy experts on AirTalk.
Tomorrow, the UCLA Institute for the Environment and Sustainability will launch a new lecture series focusing on energy issues and emissions reduction. Click on the graphic below for more information.
POWERING EARTH 2050: Is California's 100% Renewable Strategy Globally Viable? An Oppenheim Lecture
Guests:
Ralph Cavanagh, co-director of the NRDC’s energy team based in San Francisco
Michael Shellenberger, Founder and President of Environmental Progress
Forget cavemen, new book says to eat what your ancestors ate for the ideal diet
The Paleo diet, the South Beach diet, the gluten-free diet, the anti-inflammatory diet… Most Americans are obsessed with finding a way to eat well and stay healthy.
In the new book, biological anthropologist Stephen Le argues that the best diet is the one our ancestors ate. Le travelled to Vietnam, China, Kenya, India, and other countries to understand how cuisines in those places have evolved over thousands of years.
His conclusion: too many societies have strayed far from their ancestral diets, and we should start incorporating what our great-great-great-great-great-grandparents ate in our diet.
Guest:
Stephen Le, author of “100 Million Years of Food: What Our Ancestors Ate And Why It Matters Today” (Picador, 2016). He is currently a visiting professor of biology at the University of Ottawa, Canada