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Risk! Fail! Explore!
Inspired by the
article "Failure is an Option" in the September 2013
National Geographic,a panel moderated by Marc
Silver, National Geographic's Deputy Editor for Text, will look at
how risk and failure are indispensable to scientific progress. Join
virologist Victoria Jensen, with insights on dangerous
viruses; toxinologist Zoltan Takacs, on his search for
venomous snakes to develop drugs; archaeologist Sarah
Parcak, on satellite technology used for locating Egyptian
antiquities; extreme filmmaker and kayaker Trip Jennings,
on his journey to dangerous rivers around the world; and climber
Peter Athans, known as "Mr. Everest" for his
numerous ascents of that mountain.