http://odeo.com/channels/1792-Are-We-Alone-Science-Radio-for-Thinking-Species DennisHumphrey no Searching for life as we don't know it begins with understanding life as we do. From amoebas to zebras, from androids to antimatter, Are We Alone? explores the science that makes life possible. Find out how to extract DNA from a banana, what size wrench you need to build a time machine, and whether dark energy can be bottled (yes). Also, separate the science from pseudoscience during our monthly feature on critical thinking. Are We Alone? - science radio for thinking species on any world. Searching for life as we don't know it begins with understanding life as we do. From amoebas to zebras, from androids to antimatter, Are We Alone? explores the science that makes life possible. Find out how to extract DNA from a banana, what size wrench you need to build a time machine, and whether dark energy can be bottled (yes). Also, separate the science from pseudoscience during our monthly feature on critical thinking. Are We Alone? - science radio for thinking species on any world. Searching for life as we don't know it begins with understanding life as we do. From amoebas to zebras, from androids to antimatter, Are We Alone? explores the science that makes life possible. Find out how to extract DNA from a banana, what size wrench you need to build a time machine, and whether dark energy can be bottled (yes). Also, separate the science from pseudoscience during our monthly feature on critical thinking. Are We Alone? - science radio for thinking species on any world. en-us 40 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 Natural http://odeo.com/episodes/25425642-Skeptic-Check-Doomsday-at-the-Movies ENCORE Hollywood has a few ideas of how the world will end: killer asteroids … lethal pandemics … deadly ice-ages. These themes have all played out on the big screen. But, hey, they’re only movies, right? We’ll separate the science from the fiction in doomsday movies. From the 2012 prophesy of the Mayans … to colliding worlds … to abrupt climate change, find out which among this crowd of cinematic scares are for real, and which aren’t worth the price of popcorn. Guests: Dave Morrison – Astrobiologist, NASA Ames Research Center Phil Plait – Astronomer, keeper of badastronomy.com, and author of Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . . Lynn Rothschild – Astrobiologist, NASA Ames Research Center Ken Caldeira – Scientist at the Carnegie Institution for Science’s Department of Global Ecology Descripción en español ENCORE Hollywood has a few ideas of how the world will end: killer asteroids … lethal pandemics … deadly ice-ages. These themes have all played out on the big screen. But, hey, they’re only movies, right? We’ll separate the science from the fiction in doomsday movies. From the 2012 prophesy of the Mayans … to colliding worlds … to abrupt climate change, find out which among this crowd of cinematic scares are for real, and which aren’t worth the price of popcorn. Guests: Dave Morrison – Astrobiologist, NASA Ames Research Center Phil Plait – Astronomer, keeper of badastronomy.com, and author of Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . . Lynn Rothschild – Astrobiologist, NASA Ames Research Center Ken Caldeira – Scientist at the Carnegie Institution for Science’s Department of Global Ecology Descripción en español ENCORE Hollywood has a few ideas of how the world will end: killer asteroids … lethal pandemics … deadly ice-ages. These themes have all played out on the big screen. But, hey, they’re only movies, right? We’ll separate the science from the fiction in doomsday movies. From the 2012 prophesy of the Mayans … to colliding worlds … to abrupt climate change, find out which among this crowd of cinematic scares are for real, and which aren’t worth the price of popcorn. Guests: Dave Morrison – Astrobiologist, NASA Ames Research Center Phil Plait – Astronomer, keeper of badastronomy.com, and author of Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . . Lynn Rothschild – Astrobiologist, NASA Ames Research Center Ken Caldeira – Scientist at the Carnegie Institution for Science’s Department of Global Ecology Descripción en español tag:odeo.com,2009-11-09,25425642 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/25391606-Do-Computers-Byte The march of computer technology continues. But as silicon chips and search engines become faster and more productive – can the same be said for us? The creator of Wolfram Alpha describes how his new “computational knowledge engine” is changing – and improving – how we process information. Meanwhile, suffering from data and distraction burnout? Find out what extremes some folks take to stop their search engines. Also, the Singularity sensation of humans merging with machines… and, why for the ancient Greeks all of this is “been, there, done that.” A deep sea dive turns up a 2,000 year old computer! Guests: Jo Marchant – Freelance science journalist and author of Decoding the Heavens: A 2,000-Year-Old Computer—and the Century-Long Search to Discover Its Secrets Stephen Wolfram – Mathematican, computer programmer, and founder of Wolfram Research and Wolfram Alpha Fred Stutzman – PhD student at the University of North Carolina School of Information and Lib... The march of computer technology continues. But as silicon chips and search engines become faster and more productive – can the same be said for us? The creator of Wolfram Alpha describes how his new “computational knowledge engine” is changing – and improving – how we process information. Meanwhile, suffering from data and distraction burnout? Find out what extremes some folks take to stop their search engines. Also, the Singularity sensation of humans merging with machines… and, why for the ancient Greeks all of this is “been, there, done that.” A deep sea dive turns up a 2,000 year old computer! Guests: Jo Marchant – Freelance science journalist and author of Decoding the Heavens: A 2,000-Year-Old Computer—and the Century-Long Search to Discover Its Secrets Stephen Wolfram – Mathematican, computer programmer, and founder of Wolfram Research and Wolfram Alpha Fred Stutzman – PhD student at the University of North Carolina School of Information and Library Science Peggy Orenstein – author and contributing editor to the New York Times Magazine, which is where we found her article “Stop Your Search Engines” Ray Kurzweil – Inventor, futurist and author, most recently, of The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology Descripción en español The march of computer technology continues. But as silicon chips and search engines become faster and more productive – can the same be said for us? The creator of Wolfram Alpha describes how his new “computational knowledge engine” is changing – and improving – how we process information. Meanwhile, suffering from data and distraction burnout? Find out what extremes some folks take to stop their search engines. Also, the Singularity sensation of humans merging with machines… and, why for the ancient Greeks all of this is “been, there, done that.” A deep sea dive turns up a 2,000 year old computer! Guests: Jo Marchant – Freelance science journalist and author of Decoding the Heavens: A 2,000-Year-Old Computer—and the Century-Long Search to Discover Its Secrets Stephen Wolfram – Mathematican, computer programmer, and founder of Wolfram Research and Wolfram Alpha Fred Stutzman – PhD student at the University of North Carolina School of Information and Library Science Peggy Orenstein – author and contributing editor to the New York Times Magazine, which is where we found her article “Stop Your Search Engines” Ray Kurzweil – Inventor, futurist and author, most recently, of The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology Descripción en español tag:odeo.com,2009-11-02,25391606 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/25377497-Skeptic-Check-Mind-Your-Body Popping a pill may help when you’re sick… but maybe not for the reasons you think. Sugar pills – placebos – cure illness better than prescription pills in as many as half of all cases in clinical trials … and the placebo effect is getting stronger. Plus, the safety – or otherwise – of electromagnetic waves, and the “electro-sensitive” refugees who have built a camp to protect themselves from waves they say are causing pain. Is it all in their minds? And, New York Times reporter Dennis Overbye joins Phil Plait on the latest lapse in critically-thinking brains – a wild idea that may not be so loony: namely, could a cosmic censor from the future be thwarting efforts to find the Higgs boson? It’s Skeptic Check … but don’t take our word for it! Dennis Overbye – Cosmic Affairs Correspondent, New York Times Phil Plait – Keeper of the skeptical website badastronomy.com and author of Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . . Steve Silber... Popping a pill may help when you’re sick… but maybe not for the reasons you think. Sugar pills – placebos – cure illness better than prescription pills in as many as half of all cases in clinical trials … and the placebo effect is getting stronger. Plus, the safety – or otherwise – of electromagnetic waves, and the “electro-sensitive” refugees who have built a camp to protect themselves from waves they say are causing pain. Is it all in their minds? And, New York Times reporter Dennis Overbye joins Phil Plait on the latest lapse in critically-thinking brains – a wild idea that may not be so loony: namely, could a cosmic censor from the future be thwarting efforts to find the Higgs boson? It’s Skeptic Check … but don’t take our word for it! Dennis Overbye – Cosmic Affairs Correspondent, New York Times Phil Plait – Keeper of the skeptical website badastronomy.com and author of Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . . Steve Silberman – Contributing editor, Wired Magazine, author of “The Placebo Problem” in the September 2009 issue Leeka Kheifets – Epidemiologist, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles Descripción en español Popping a pill may help when you’re sick… but maybe not for the reasons you think. Sugar pills – placebos – cure illness better than prescription pills in as many as half of all cases in clinical trials … and the placebo effect is getting stronger. Plus, the safety – or otherwise – of electromagnetic waves, and the “electro-sensitive” refugees who have built a camp to protect themselves from waves they say are causing pain. Is it all in their minds? And, New York Times reporter Dennis Overbye joins Phil Plait on the latest lapse in critically-thinking brains – a wild idea that may not be so loony: namely, could a cosmic censor from the future be thwarting efforts to find the Higgs boson? It’s Skeptic Check … but don’t take our word for it! Dennis Overbye – Cosmic Affairs Correspondent, New York Times Phil Plait – Keeper of the skeptical website badastronomy.com and author of Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . . Steve Silberman – Contributing editor, Wired Magazine, author of “The Placebo Problem” in the September 2009 issue Leeka Kheifets – Epidemiologist, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles Descripción en español tag:odeo.com,2009-10-26,25377497 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/25315918-Seth-s-Storage-Locker It’s always an adventure to go digging in Seth’s storage locker – who knows what we’ll find … In this imposing pile of paraphernalia, tucked between boxes of socket wrenches and old 45s, we stumble upon the hunt for extrasolar planets, the evidence for water on moons of the solar system, theories of language, a controversial hypothesis for the peopling of the Americas, and a new dinosaur fossil. Guests: Steve Brusatte – Vertebrate paleontologist from the American Museum of Natural History in New York Steven Pinker – Psychologist, Harvard University Geoff Marcy – Astronomer, University of California, Berkeley Adam Showman – Planetary scientist at the University of Arizona Mike Collins – Associate Director, Texas Archeological Research Laboratory It’s always an adventure to go digging in Seth’s storage locker – who knows what we’ll find … In this imposing pile of paraphernalia, tucked between boxes of socket wrenches and old 45s, we stumble upon the hunt for extrasolar planets, the evidence for water on moons of the solar system, theories of language, a controversial hypothesis for the peopling of the Americas, and a new dinosaur fossil. Guests: Steve Brusatte – Vertebrate paleontologist from the American Museum of Natural History in New York Steven Pinker – Psychologist, Harvard University Geoff Marcy – Astronomer, University of California, Berkeley Adam Showman – Planetary scientist at the University of Arizona Mike Collins – Associate Director, Texas Archeological Research Laboratory It’s always an adventure to go digging in Seth’s storage locker – who knows what we’ll find … In this imposing pile of paraphernalia, tucked between boxes of socket wrenches and old 45s, we stumble upon the hunt for extrasolar planets, the evidence for water on moons of the solar system, theories of language, a controversial hypothesis for the peopling of the Americas, and a new dinosaur fossil. Guests: Steve Brusatte – Vertebrate paleontologist from the American Museum of Natural History in New York Steven Pinker – Psychologist, Harvard University Geoff Marcy – Astronomer, University of California, Berkeley Adam Showman – Planetary scientist at the University of Arizona Mike Collins – Associate Director, Texas Archeological Research Laboratory tag:odeo.com,2009-10-19,25315918 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/25273816-Extreme-Geology >p>We think of major geologic events as taking place a long time ago – but the Earth is just as active as it ever was. We’re a planet in motion. Discover why earthquakes might be increasing worldwide… descend into daring cave exploration… and take a trip to Hawaii where new volcanoes are gurgling up right now. Plus – the supervolcano under Yellowstone Park… when might it erupt again? Guests: Robert Nadeau – Geologist, University of California, Berkeley Seismological Laboratory Joel Achenbach – Reporter, author of “When Yellowstone Explodes”, August 2009 National Geographic cover story Jim Kauahikaua – Geologist, United States Geologic Survey Hawaii Volcano Observatory Pat Kambesis – Geologist, Assistant Director of the Hoffman Environmental Research Institute at Western Kentucky University >p>We think of major geologic events as taking place a long time ago – but the Earth is just as active as it ever was. We’re a planet in motion. Discover why earthquakes might be increasing worldwide… descend into daring cave exploration… and take a trip to Hawaii where new volcanoes are gurgling up right now. Plus – the supervolcano under Yellowstone Park… when might it erupt again? Guests: Robert Nadeau – Geologist, University of California, Berkeley Seismological Laboratory Joel Achenbach – Reporter, author of “When Yellowstone Explodes”, August 2009 National Geographic cover story Jim Kauahikaua – Geologist, United States Geologic Survey Hawaii Volcano Observatory Pat Kambesis – Geologist, Assistant Director of the Hoffman Environmental Research Institute at Western Kentucky University >p>We think of major geologic events as taking place a long time ago – but the Earth is just as active as it ever was. We’re a planet in motion. Discover why earthquakes might be increasing worldwide… descend into daring cave exploration… and take a trip to Hawaii where new volcanoes are gurgling up right now. Plus – the supervolcano under Yellowstone Park… when might it erupt again? Guests: Robert Nadeau – Geologist, University of California, Berkeley Seismological Laboratory Joel Achenbach – Reporter, author of “When Yellowstone Explodes”, August 2009 National Geographic cover story Jim Kauahikaua – Geologist, United States Geologic Survey Hawaii Volcano Observatory Pat Kambesis – Geologist, Assistant Director of the Hoffman Environmental Research Institute at Western Kentucky University tag:odeo.com,2009-10-12,25273816 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/25236171-Say-What There’s no escape from the chattering classes – they talk, squawk, squeal and sing all around us. Every animal communicates in some form – it’s essential for survival. They’ve evolved to understand each other … but do we understand them? Find out what’s coded in humpback whale song and whether human-cetacean dialogue is possible… how information theory reveals communication patterns within the animal kingdom… how plants call out to animals to protect them… and why only humans evolved language. Guests: Douglas Carlton Abrams – Author of Eye of the Whale: A Novel Laurance Doyle – Scientist at the SETI Institute Douglas Vakoch – Director of Interstellar Message Composition at the SETI Institute David DeGusta – Anthropologist at Stanford University Descripción en español There’s no escape from the chattering classes – they talk, squawk, squeal and sing all around us. Every animal communicates in some form – it’s essential for survival. They’ve evolved to understand each other … but do we understand them? Find out what’s coded in humpback whale song and whether human-cetacean dialogue is possible… how information theory reveals communication patterns within the animal kingdom… how plants call out to animals to protect them… and why only humans evolved language. Guests: Douglas Carlton Abrams – Author of Eye of the Whale: A Novel Laurance Doyle – Scientist at the SETI Institute Douglas Vakoch – Director of Interstellar Message Composition at the SETI Institute David DeGusta – Anthropologist at Stanford University Descripción en español There’s no escape from the chattering classes – they talk, squawk, squeal and sing all around us. Every animal communicates in some form – it’s essential for survival. They’ve evolved to understand each other … but do we understand them? Find out what’s coded in humpback whale song and whether human-cetacean dialogue is possible… how information theory reveals communication patterns within the animal kingdom… how plants call out to animals to protect them… and why only humans evolved language. Guests: Douglas Carlton Abrams – Author of Eye of the Whale: A Novel Laurance Doyle – Scientist at the SETI Institute Douglas Vakoch – Director of Interstellar Message Composition at the SETI Institute David DeGusta – Anthropologist at Stanford University Descripción en español tag:odeo.com,2009-10-05,25236171 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/25201000-Aloha-Astronomy From Mauna Kea in Hawaii, the view of the cosmos is spectacular. Giant black holes, distant galaxies, and extrasolar planets have all been uncovered by the massive telescopes that perch on this volcanic cone. We’ll sit in as astronomers use the Keck Telescope to peer at objects so far away, their light started out before Earth was born. We’ll also learn about an instrument now being planned that will dwarf even the massive glass eyes now in place. Also, how Hawaiian tradition views the construction of scientific instruments in a sacred place. Join us as we travel to the top of the Big Island to hear how some of the most important astronomical discoveries in the world are being made in the Aloha State Guests: Charles Blue – Science writer, Thirty Meter Telescope Project Richard Ellis – Astronomer, California Institute of Technology Koa Rice – Hawaiian culture consultant Julian Christou – Adaptive optics scientist, Gemini North Telescope Ashley Yeager – Outreac... From Mauna Kea in Hawaii, the view of the cosmos is spectacular. Giant black holes, distant galaxies, and extrasolar planets have all been uncovered by the massive telescopes that perch on this volcanic cone. We’ll sit in as astronomers use the Keck Telescope to peer at objects so far away, their light started out before Earth was born. We’ll also learn about an instrument now being planned that will dwarf even the massive glass eyes now in place. Also, how Hawaiian tradition views the construction of scientific instruments in a sacred place. Join us as we travel to the top of the Big Island to hear how some of the most important astronomical discoveries in the world are being made in the Aloha State Guests: Charles Blue – Science writer, Thirty Meter Telescope Project Richard Ellis – Astronomer, California Institute of Technology Koa Rice – Hawaiian culture consultant Julian Christou – Adaptive optics scientist, Gemini North Telescope Ashley Yeager – Outreach manager, Keck Telescope Taft Armandroff – Director of the W. M. Keck Telescope From Mauna Kea in Hawaii, the view of the cosmos is spectacular. Giant black holes, distant galaxies, and extrasolar planets have all been uncovered by the massive telescopes that perch on this volcanic cone. We’ll sit in as astronomers use the Keck Telescope to peer at objects so far away, their light started out before Earth was born. We’ll also learn about an instrument now being planned that will dwarf even the massive glass eyes now in place. Also, how Hawaiian tradition views the construction of scientific instruments in a sacred place. Join us as we travel to the top of the Big Island to hear how some of the most important astronomical discoveries in the world are being made in the Aloha State Guests: Charles Blue – Science writer, Thirty Meter Telescope Project Richard Ellis – Astronomer, California Institute of Technology Koa Rice – Hawaiian culture consultant Julian Christou – Adaptive optics scientist, Gemini North Telescope Ashley Yeager – Outreach manager, Keck Telescope Taft Armandroff – Director of the W. M. Keck Telescope tag:odeo.com,2009-09-28,25201000 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/25165305-Skeptic-Check-Waking-the-Dead The undead, those mindless shambling specters from the grave, are enjoying a cultural (if not literal) resurgence, in films, books, and through strange, urban “zombie crawls.” Discover the unearthly appeal of these reanimated beings and why playing dead may mirror the real social alienation of our digital lives. Also, how mathematicians use “zombie attacks” to model real disease epidemics, such as swine flu. Plus – another case of life in suspension: the promise and peril of cryonics. And, Phil Plait’s vacationing brains swallow a hoax moon-landing-hoax story. It’s Skeptic Check… but don’t take our word for it! Jim Yount – Chief Operating Officer, American Cryonics Society Robert Smith? – Mathematician, University of Ottawa Dan Vado – President of SLG Publishing, San Jose, California Edward Martinez – Makeup specialist, Hayward, California Phil Plait – Keeper of the skeptical website badastronomy.com and author of Death from the Skies!: These Are the Wa... The undead, those mindless shambling specters from the grave, are enjoying a cultural (if not literal) resurgence, in films, books, and through strange, urban “zombie crawls.” Discover the unearthly appeal of these reanimated beings and why playing dead may mirror the real social alienation of our digital lives. Also, how mathematicians use “zombie attacks” to model real disease epidemics, such as swine flu. Plus – another case of life in suspension: the promise and peril of cryonics. And, Phil Plait’s vacationing brains swallow a hoax moon-landing-hoax story. It’s Skeptic Check… but don’t take our word for it! Jim Yount – Chief Operating Officer, American Cryonics Society Robert Smith? – Mathematician, University of Ottawa Dan Vado – President of SLG Publishing, San Jose, California Edward Martinez – Makeup specialist, Hayward, California Phil Plait – Keeper of the skeptical website badastronomy.com and author of Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . . Brendan Riley – Assistant professor of English, Columbia College, Chicago Descripción en español The undead, those mindless shambling specters from the grave, are enjoying a cultural (if not literal) resurgence, in films, books, and through strange, urban “zombie crawls.” Discover the unearthly appeal of these reanimated beings and why playing dead may mirror the real social alienation of our digital lives. Also, how mathematicians use “zombie attacks” to model real disease epidemics, such as swine flu. Plus – another case of life in suspension: the promise and peril of cryonics. And, Phil Plait’s vacationing brains swallow a hoax moon-landing-hoax story. It’s Skeptic Check… but don’t take our word for it! Jim Yount – Chief Operating Officer, American Cryonics Society Robert Smith? – Mathematician, University of Ottawa Dan Vado – President of SLG Publishing, San Jose, California Edward Martinez – Makeup specialist, Hayward, California Phil Plait – Keeper of the skeptical website badastronomy.com and author of Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . . Brendan Riley – Assistant professor of English, Columbia College, Chicago Descripción en español tag:odeo.com,2009-09-21,25165305 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/25123795-Seeing-Stars-and-Planets It’s hot, too darn hot! And bright, too darn bright! But over-the-top photon flux doesn’t stop scientists from studying the sun. And solar eclipses are an ideal time for observing our favorite nuclear reactor. Discover what it was like to observe totality during the 2009 China solar eclipse. Plus, how a star is born … the latest from the NASA Kepler mission to seek Earth-like planets … and, planet-hunter extraordinaire Mike Brown discovers the tenth planet: an icy body beyond Pluto. Guests: Jay Pasachoff – Astronomer, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts Betsy Barton – Astronomer, University of California, Irvine Mike Brown – Planetary Astronomer, California Institute of Technology Jon Jenkins – SETI Institute scientist with NASA’s Kepler Mission Descripción en español It’s hot, too darn hot! And bright, too darn bright! But over-the-top photon flux doesn’t stop scientists from studying the sun. And solar eclipses are an ideal time for observing our favorite nuclear reactor. Discover what it was like to observe totality during the 2009 China solar eclipse. Plus, how a star is born … the latest from the NASA Kepler mission to seek Earth-like planets … and, planet-hunter extraordinaire Mike Brown discovers the tenth planet: an icy body beyond Pluto. Guests: Jay Pasachoff – Astronomer, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts Betsy Barton – Astronomer, University of California, Irvine Mike Brown – Planetary Astronomer, California Institute of Technology Jon Jenkins – SETI Institute scientist with NASA’s Kepler Mission Descripción en español It’s hot, too darn hot! And bright, too darn bright! But over-the-top photon flux doesn’t stop scientists from studying the sun. And solar eclipses are an ideal time for observing our favorite nuclear reactor. Discover what it was like to observe totality during the 2009 China solar eclipse. Plus, how a star is born … the latest from the NASA Kepler mission to seek Earth-like planets … and, planet-hunter extraordinaire Mike Brown discovers the tenth planet: an icy body beyond Pluto. Guests: Jay Pasachoff – Astronomer, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts Betsy Barton – Astronomer, University of California, Irvine Mike Brown – Planetary Astronomer, California Institute of Technology Jon Jenkins – SETI Institute scientist with NASA’s Kepler Mission Descripción en español tag:odeo.com,2009-09-14,25123795 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/25085742-That-s-Cosmic ENCORE What makes up the universe? Lots of tiny particles with strange names: bosons, leptons, quarks and neutrinos. But physicists think there are more members to be discovered in this particle zoo. From strange particles to dark matter to vibrating strings, find out why you have to think small to understand the physics of the universe. Plus, other cosmic connections: is SETI a religion? Guests: Murray Gell-Mann – Physics Nobel Laureate, Professor Emeritus – California Institute of Technology, Distinguished Fellow at the Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico Brian Greene – Mathematician and physicist, Columbia University, author of The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory and, most recently, Icarus at the Edge of Time Lisa Randall – Physicist, Harvard University, author of Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe’s Hidden Dimensions David Wilkinson – Theologian, University of... ENCORE What makes up the universe? Lots of tiny particles with strange names: bosons, leptons, quarks and neutrinos. But physicists think there are more members to be discovered in this particle zoo. From strange particles to dark matter to vibrating strings, find out why you have to think small to understand the physics of the universe. Plus, other cosmic connections: is SETI a religion? Guests: Murray Gell-Mann – Physics Nobel Laureate, Professor Emeritus – California Institute of Technology, Distinguished Fellow at the Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico Brian Greene – Mathematician and physicist, Columbia University, author of The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory and, most recently, Icarus at the Edge of Time Lisa Randall – Physicist, Harvard University, author of Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe’s Hidden Dimensions David Wilkinson – Theologian, University of Durham, U.K. Descripción en español ENCORE What makes up the universe? Lots of tiny particles with strange names: bosons, leptons, quarks and neutrinos. But physicists think there are more members to be discovered in this particle zoo. From strange particles to dark matter to vibrating strings, find out why you have to think small to understand the physics of the universe. Plus, other cosmic connections: is SETI a religion? Guests: Murray Gell-Mann – Physics Nobel Laureate, Professor Emeritus – California Institute of Technology, Distinguished Fellow at the Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico Brian Greene – Mathematician and physicist, Columbia University, author of The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory and, most recently, Icarus at the Edge of Time Lisa Randall – Physicist, Harvard University, author of Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe’s Hidden Dimensions David Wilkinson – Theologian, University of Durham, U.K. Descripción en español tag:odeo.com,2009-09-07,25085742 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/25050170-What-Were-You-Thinking ENCORE Say what you mean. That’s difficult, if you don’t know what you’re thinking. But the neuromarketers do, and they’ll be happy to tell Madison Avenue what’s on your mind. Discover why this marketing strategy is wired for success. Also, Steven Pinker on how language reveals private thoughts as well as why the big-brained Homo neanderthalensis couldn’t out-compete Homo sapiens. And, we tease your gray matter with the “Monty Hall Problem.” Guests: Steven Pinker – Psychologist, Harvard University and author, most recently, of The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature A. K. Pradeep – Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Neurofocus in Berkeley, California Quentin Baldwin – Client Services Engineer at Neurofocus Richard Klein – Paleoanthropologist at Stanford University Deborah Bennett – Mathematician at New Jersey City University Descripción en español ENCORE Say what you mean. That’s difficult, if you don’t know what you’re thinking. But the neuromarketers do, and they’ll be happy to tell Madison Avenue what’s on your mind. Discover why this marketing strategy is wired for success. Also, Steven Pinker on how language reveals private thoughts as well as why the big-brained Homo neanderthalensis couldn’t out-compete Homo sapiens. And, we tease your gray matter with the “Monty Hall Problem.” Guests: Steven Pinker – Psychologist, Harvard University and author, most recently, of The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature A. K. Pradeep – Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Neurofocus in Berkeley, California Quentin Baldwin – Client Services Engineer at Neurofocus Richard Klein – Paleoanthropologist at Stanford University Deborah Bennett – Mathematician at New Jersey City University Descripción en español ENCORE Say what you mean. That’s difficult, if you don’t know what you’re thinking. But the neuromarketers do, and they’ll be happy to tell Madison Avenue what’s on your mind. Discover why this marketing strategy is wired for success. Also, Steven Pinker on how language reveals private thoughts as well as why the big-brained Homo neanderthalensis couldn’t out-compete Homo sapiens. And, we tease your gray matter with the “Monty Hall Problem.” Guests: Steven Pinker – Psychologist, Harvard University and author, most recently, of The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature A. K. Pradeep – Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Neurofocus in Berkeley, California Quentin Baldwin – Client Services Engineer at Neurofocus Richard Klein – Paleoanthropologist at Stanford University Deborah Bennett – Mathematician at New Jersey City University Descripción en español tag:odeo.com,2009-08-31,25050170 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/25012882-Earth-A-Millennium-Hence Humans have not gone unnoticed on this planet. We’ve left our mark with technology, agriculture, architecture, and a growing carbon footprint. But where is this trajectory headed? In the second of a two-part series: what we’ll lose and what will last in 1000 years or more. Discover what the planet might look like to geologists of the far-off-future… the stubborn longevity of plastic and radioactive waste… human civilization in space… and postcards from the galactic edge; crafting interstellar messages to E.T. Guests: Charles Moore – Sea Captain and founder of Algalita Marine Research Foundation Jan Zalasiewicz – Geologist, University of Leister and author of The Earth After Us: What Legacy Will Humans Leave in the Rocks? Matthew Wald – Reporter for the New York Times and author of the article “Is There a Place for Nuclear Waste?” in the August 2009 issue of Scientific American Doug Vakoch – Director of Interstellar Message Composition at the SETI Instit... Humans have not gone unnoticed on this planet. We’ve left our mark with technology, agriculture, architecture, and a growing carbon footprint. But where is this trajectory headed? In the second of a two-part series: what we’ll lose and what will last in 1000 years or more. Discover what the planet might look like to geologists of the far-off-future… the stubborn longevity of plastic and radioactive waste… human civilization in space… and postcards from the galactic edge; crafting interstellar messages to E.T. Guests: Charles Moore – Sea Captain and founder of Algalita Marine Research Foundation Jan Zalasiewicz – Geologist, University of Leister and author of The Earth After Us: What Legacy Will Humans Leave in the Rocks? Matthew Wald – Reporter for the New York Times and author of the article “Is There a Place for Nuclear Waste?” in the August 2009 issue of Scientific American Doug Vakoch – Director of Interstellar Message Composition at the SETI Institute David Korsmeyers – Chief of the Intelligent Systems Division at NASA Ames Research Center Humans have not gone unnoticed on this planet. We’ve left our mark with technology, agriculture, architecture, and a growing carbon footprint. But where is this trajectory headed? In the second of a two-part series: what we’ll lose and what will last in 1000 years or more. Discover what the planet might look like to geologists of the far-off-future… the stubborn longevity of plastic and radioactive waste… human civilization in space… and postcards from the galactic edge; crafting interstellar messages to E.T. Guests: Charles Moore – Sea Captain and founder of Algalita Marine Research Foundation Jan Zalasiewicz – Geologist, University of Leister and author of The Earth After Us: What Legacy Will Humans Leave in the Rocks? Matthew Wald – Reporter for the New York Times and author of the article “Is There a Place for Nuclear Waste?” in the August 2009 issue of Scientific American Doug Vakoch – Director of Interstellar Message Composition at the SETI Institute David Korsmeyers – Chief of the Intelligent Systems Division at NASA Ames Research Center tag:odeo.com,2009-08-24,25012882 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24974687-Earth-A-Century-Hence Humans have not gone unnoticed on this planet. We’ve left our mark with technology, agriculture, architecture, and a growing carbon footprint. But where is this trajectory headed? In the first of a two-part series: what will be lost and what will still be around 100 years from now? James Lovelock says a hotter planet will prompt mass migrations. And Cary Fowler urges us to save our seeds – the health of future farms may depend on it. Plus, from antibiotics to sewage systems: why human ingenuity ultimately saves the day. And, sure, humans will be around in a century, but – with bionic limbs and silicon neurons – would we recognize them? Guests: James Lovelock – Independent scientist and author of The Vanishing Face of Gaia Cary Fowler – Executive Director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust Russell Blackford – Philosopher, writer, and editor-in-chief of the “Journal of Evolution and Technology.” Humans have not gone unnoticed on this planet. We’ve left our mark with technology, agriculture, architecture, and a growing carbon footprint. But where is this trajectory headed? In the first of a two-part series: what will be lost and what will still be around 100 years from now? James Lovelock says a hotter planet will prompt mass migrations. And Cary Fowler urges us to save our seeds – the health of future farms may depend on it. Plus, from antibiotics to sewage systems: why human ingenuity ultimately saves the day. And, sure, humans will be around in a century, but – with bionic limbs and silicon neurons – would we recognize them? Guests: James Lovelock – Independent scientist and author of The Vanishing Face of Gaia Cary Fowler – Executive Director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust Russell Blackford – Philosopher, writer, and editor-in-chief of the “Journal of Evolution and Technology.” Humans have not gone unnoticed on this planet. We’ve left our mark with technology, agriculture, architecture, and a growing carbon footprint. But where is this trajectory headed? In the first of a two-part series: what will be lost and what will still be around 100 years from now? James Lovelock says a hotter planet will prompt mass migrations. And Cary Fowler urges us to save our seeds – the health of future farms may depend on it. Plus, from antibiotics to sewage systems: why human ingenuity ultimately saves the day. And, sure, humans will be around in a century, but – with bionic limbs and silicon neurons – would we recognize them? Guests: James Lovelock – Independent scientist and author of The Vanishing Face of Gaia Cary Fowler – Executive Director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust Russell Blackford – Philosopher, writer, and editor-in-chief of the “Journal of Evolution and Technology.” tag:odeo.com,2009-08-17,24974687 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24936482-Skeptic-Check-Doomsday-at-the-Movies Hollywood has a few ideas of how the world will end: killer asteroids … lethal pandemics … deadly ice-ages. These themes have all played out on the big screen. But, hey, they’re only movies, right? We’ll separate the science from the fiction in doomsday movies. From the 2012 prophesy of the Mayans … to colliding worlds … to abrupt climate change, find out which among this crowd of cinematic scares are for real, and which aren’t worth the price of popcorn. Guests: Dave Morrison – Astrobiologist, NASA Ames Research Center Phil Plait – Astronomer, keeper of badastronomy.com, and author of Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . . Lynn Rothschild – Astrobiologist, NASA Ames Research Center Ken Caldeira – Scientist at the Carnegie Institution for Science’s Department of Global Ecology Hollywood has a few ideas of how the world will end: killer asteroids … lethal pandemics … deadly ice-ages. These themes have all played out on the big screen. But, hey, they’re only movies, right? We’ll separate the science from the fiction in doomsday movies. From the 2012 prophesy of the Mayans … to colliding worlds … to abrupt climate change, find out which among this crowd of cinematic scares are for real, and which aren’t worth the price of popcorn. Guests: Dave Morrison – Astrobiologist, NASA Ames Research Center Phil Plait – Astronomer, keeper of badastronomy.com, and author of Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . . Lynn Rothschild – Astrobiologist, NASA Ames Research Center Ken Caldeira – Scientist at the Carnegie Institution for Science’s Department of Global Ecology Hollywood has a few ideas of how the world will end: killer asteroids … lethal pandemics … deadly ice-ages. These themes have all played out on the big screen. But, hey, they’re only movies, right? We’ll separate the science from the fiction in doomsday movies. From the 2012 prophesy of the Mayans … to colliding worlds … to abrupt climate change, find out which among this crowd of cinematic scares are for real, and which aren’t worth the price of popcorn. Guests: Dave Morrison – Astrobiologist, NASA Ames Research Center Phil Plait – Astronomer, keeper of badastronomy.com, and author of Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . . Lynn Rothschild – Astrobiologist, NASA Ames Research Center Ken Caldeira – Scientist at the Carnegie Institution for Science’s Department of Global Ecology tag:odeo.com,2009-08-10,24936482 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24905746-Grave-Matters We could choose not to pay income tax and suffer the consequences. But we can’t avoid death. The biological functions of all organisms eventually cease. But why should this be? Find out why animals die and meet one creature that is biologically immortal. Plus, a trip to the Body Farm where decaying bodies help science…how we might cheat the Big Sleep with drugs… why Mexican cemeteries look like villages… and a doctor’s fight against one of the world’s deadliest diseases. Guests: Bill Bass – Forensic Anthropologist, founder of the University of Tennessee Forensic Research Facility. Author of Beyond the Body Farm: A Legendary Bone Detective Explores Murders, Mysteries, and the Revolution in Forensic Science and fiction, written under the pen name, Jefferson Bass. The latest: Bones of Betrayal: A Body Farm Novel . Stanley Brandes – Cultural Anthropologist, University of California, Berkeley, author of Skulls to the Living, Bread to the Dead: The Day of the Dead in Mexico an... We could choose not to pay income tax and suffer the consequences. But we can’t avoid death. The biological functions of all organisms eventually cease. But why should this be? Find out why animals die and meet one creature that is biologically immortal. Plus, a trip to the Body Farm where decaying bodies help science…how we might cheat the Big Sleep with drugs… why Mexican cemeteries look like villages… and a doctor’s fight against one of the world’s deadliest diseases. Guests: Bill Bass – Forensic Anthropologist, founder of the University of Tennessee Forensic Research Facility. Author of Beyond the Body Farm: A Legendary Bone Detective Explores Murders, Mysteries, and the Revolution in Forensic Science and fiction, written under the pen name, Jefferson Bass. The latest: Bones of Betrayal: A Body Farm Novel . Stanley Brandes – Cultural Anthropologist, University of California, Berkeley, author of Skulls to the Living, Bread to the Dead: The Day of the Dead in Mexico and Beyond Matt Kaeberlein – Pathologist, University of Washington Ross Donaldson – Doctor and author of The Lassa Ward Descripción en español We could choose not to pay income tax and suffer the consequences. But we can’t avoid death. The biological functions of all organisms eventually cease. But why should this be? Find out why animals die and meet one creature that is biologically immortal. Plus, a trip to the Body Farm where decaying bodies help science…how we might cheat the Big Sleep with drugs… why Mexican cemeteries look like villages… and a doctor’s fight against one of the world’s deadliest diseases. Guests: Bill Bass – Forensic Anthropologist, founder of the University of Tennessee Forensic Research Facility. Author of Beyond the Body Farm: A Legendary Bone Detective Explores Murders, Mysteries, and the Revolution in Forensic Science and fiction, written under the pen name, Jefferson Bass. The latest: Bones of Betrayal: A Body Farm Novel . Stanley Brandes – Cultural Anthropologist, University of California, Berkeley, author of Skulls to the Living, Bread to the Dead: The Day of the Dead in Mexico and Beyond Matt Kaeberlein – Pathologist, University of Washington Ross Donaldson – Doctor and author of The Lassa Ward Descripción en español tag:odeo.com,2009-08-03,24905746 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24870248-TXT-MSG-Behavior ENCORE From iPods to Google to Facebook – information swims at our fingertips and friends are just a txt msg away. Digital devices have re-defined what it means to be connected – but how else are they shaping behavior? Join us for the second of a two-part series on how the network is changing how we think and act. Part II: Behavior: how computers compel us to interact with them… why your iPod may improve your health… why Facebook may leave you friendless… the unintended consequences of past innovation… and the growing threat of “videophilia.” Guests: BJ Fogg – Experimental Psychologist and Director of Stanford University’s Persuasive Technology Lab James Levine – Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic Andrew Keen – Author of The Cult of the Amateur; How the Internet is Killing Our Culture and Assaulting our Economy Patricia Zaradic – Conservation Ecologist with the Red Rock Institute Edward Tenner &#8211... ENCORE From iPods to Google to Facebook – information swims at our fingertips and friends are just a txt msg away. Digital devices have re-defined what it means to be connected – but how else are they shaping behavior? Join us for the second of a two-part series on how the network is changing how we think and act. Part II: Behavior: how computers compel us to interact with them… why your iPod may improve your health… why Facebook may leave you friendless… the unintended consequences of past innovation… and the growing threat of “videophilia.” Guests: BJ Fogg – Experimental Psychologist and Director of Stanford University’s Persuasive Technology Lab James Levine – Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic Andrew Keen – Author of The Cult of the Amateur; How the Internet is Killing Our Culture and Assaulting our Economy Patricia Zaradic – Conservation Ecologist with the Red Rock Institute Edward Tenner – Writer and consultant on technology and culture at Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania, and author of Why Things Bite Back: Technology and the Revenge of Unintended Consequences and, most recently, Our Own Devices: How Technology Remakes Humanity ENCORE From iPods to Google to Facebook – information swims at our fingertips and friends are just a txt msg away. Digital devices have re-defined what it means to be connected – but how else are they shaping behavior? Join us for the second of a two-part series on how the network is changing how we think and act. Part II: Behavior: how computers compel us to interact with them… why your iPod may improve your health… why Facebook may leave you friendless… the unintended consequences of past innovation… and the growing threat of “videophilia.” Guests: BJ Fogg – Experimental Psychologist and Director of Stanford University’s Persuasive Technology Lab James Levine – Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic Andrew Keen – Author of The Cult of the Amateur; How the Internet is Killing Our Culture and Assaulting our Economy Patricia Zaradic – Conservation Ecologist with the Red Rock Institute Edward Tenner – Writer and consultant on technology and culture at Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania, and author of Why Things Bite Back: Technology and the Revenge of Unintended Consequences and, most recently, Our Own Devices: How Technology Remakes Humanity tag:odeo.com,2009-07-27,24870248 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24834168-TXT-MSG-Thought ENCORE From iPods to Google to Facebook – information swims at our fingertips and friends are just a txt msg away. Digital devices have re-defined what it means to be connected – but how else are they shaping behavior? Join us for the first of a two-part series on how the network is changing how we think and act. Part I: Thought: whether Google is making us stupid… how the Internet is curtailing creativity… and the future of a hyper-networked world that does all our thinking for us. Guests: Nick Carr – Journalist and author of The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google . His article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” is the cover story of the July/August 2008 issue of Atlantic Monthly Jonathan Grudin – Researches human-computer interaction at Microsoft Corporation David Kirsh – Cognitive scientist, University of California, San Diego Jonathan Zittrain – Author of The Future of the Internet—And How to Stop It... ENCORE From iPods to Google to Facebook – information swims at our fingertips and friends are just a txt msg away. Digital devices have re-defined what it means to be connected – but how else are they shaping behavior? Join us for the first of a two-part series on how the network is changing how we think and act. Part I: Thought: whether Google is making us stupid… how the Internet is curtailing creativity… and the future of a hyper-networked world that does all our thinking for us. Guests: Nick Carr – Journalist and author of The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google . His article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” is the cover story of the July/August 2008 issue of Atlantic Monthly Jonathan Grudin – Researches human-computer interaction at Microsoft Corporation David Kirsh – Cognitive scientist, University of California, San Diego Jonathan Zittrain – Author of The Future of the Internet—And How to Stop It and co-founder of Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society ENCORE From iPods to Google to Facebook – information swims at our fingertips and friends are just a txt msg away. Digital devices have re-defined what it means to be connected – but how else are they shaping behavior? Join us for the first of a two-part series on how the network is changing how we think and act. Part I: Thought: whether Google is making us stupid… how the Internet is curtailing creativity… and the future of a hyper-networked world that does all our thinking for us. Guests: Nick Carr – Journalist and author of The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google . His article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” is the cover story of the July/August 2008 issue of Atlantic Monthly Jonathan Grudin – Researches human-computer interaction at Microsoft Corporation David Kirsh – Cognitive scientist, University of California, San Diego Jonathan Zittrain – Author of The Future of the Internet—And How to Stop It and co-founder of Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society tag:odeo.com,2009-07-20,24834168 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24797287-Rxs-Get-Personal Medicine’s back.. and this time it’s personal. Get ready to have your genome read… your brain scanned… and undergo a chemical analysis so detailed, it’ll reveal the Twinkie you had for lunch. Everyone’s different, and reading those differences at the level of the gene may provide a more accurate profile of health and how to treat disease. But are you ready to know what’s wrong with you? Discover the future of personalized medicine with biologist Craig Venter, as well as a man who turned his body over to the new science. Learn what his tests revealed. Plus, why stem cell research really is a horse race. And, why getting sick is sometimes the best thing. Guests: Craig Venter – Genome scientist Frank McCormick – Director of the Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California, San Francisco David Ewing Duncan – Journalist and author of Experimental Man: What One Man’s Body Reveals about His Future, Your Health, and Our Toxic World Sharon ... Medicine’s back.. and this time it’s personal. Get ready to have your genome read… your brain scanned… and undergo a chemical analysis so detailed, it’ll reveal the Twinkie you had for lunch. Everyone’s different, and reading those differences at the level of the gene may provide a more accurate profile of health and how to treat disease. But are you ready to know what’s wrong with you? Discover the future of personalized medicine with biologist Craig Venter, as well as a man who turned his body over to the new science. Learn what his tests revealed. Plus, why stem cell research really is a horse race. And, why getting sick is sometimes the best thing. Guests: Craig Venter – Genome scientist Frank McCormick – Director of the Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California, San Francisco David Ewing Duncan – Journalist and author of Experimental Man: What One Man’s Body Reveals about His Future, Your Health, and Our Toxic World Sharon Moalem – Neurogeneticist and Evolutionary Biologist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and author of Survival of the Sickest Sean Owens – Director of the Regenerative Medicine Laboratory at the University of California, Davis Medicine’s back.. and this time it’s personal. Get ready to have your genome read… your brain scanned… and undergo a chemical analysis so detailed, it’ll reveal the Twinkie you had for lunch. Everyone’s different, and reading those differences at the level of the gene may provide a more accurate profile of health and how to treat disease. But are you ready to know what’s wrong with you? Discover the future of personalized medicine with biologist Craig Venter, as well as a man who turned his body over to the new science. Learn what his tests revealed. Plus, why stem cell research really is a horse race. And, why getting sick is sometimes the best thing. Guests: Craig Venter – Genome scientist Frank McCormick – Director of the Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California, San Francisco David Ewing Duncan – Journalist and author of Experimental Man: What One Man’s Body Reveals about His Future, Your Health, and Our Toxic World Sharon Moalem – Neurogeneticist and Evolutionary Biologist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and author of Survival of the Sickest Sean Owens – Director of the Regenerative Medicine Laboratory at the University of California, Davis tag:odeo.com,2009-07-13,24797287 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24760424-Skeptic-Check-Sheer-Lunacy Watch out, the moon is full… of intrigue. Our lovely satellite is blamed for all sorts of Earth-bound mischief – from robberies to shape-shifting to general nutty behavior. It’s also the setting for more than one loony tale. In this hour, as NASA spacecraft return to the moon, a look at the mythology it inspires. Discover the true correlation between crime and a full moon… the 1835 reports of unicorns and man-bats living on moon… and, our favorite hair-raising howler: the werewolf! Also, why some still insist the Apollo moon landing is a hoax. Discover the true correlation between crime and a full moon… the 1835 reports of unicorns and man-bats living on moon… and, our favorite hair-raising howler: the werewolf! Also, why some still insist the Apollo moon landing is a hoax. Plus, space travel – boxed and bundled. Guests: Phil Plait – Keeper of the skeptical website badastronomy.com and author of Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . . Matthew Goodman... Watch out, the moon is full… of intrigue. Our lovely satellite is blamed for all sorts of Earth-bound mischief – from robberies to shape-shifting to general nutty behavior. It’s also the setting for more than one loony tale. In this hour, as NASA spacecraft return to the moon, a look at the mythology it inspires. Discover the true correlation between crime and a full moon… the 1835 reports of unicorns and man-bats living on moon… and, our favorite hair-raising howler: the werewolf! Also, why some still insist the Apollo moon landing is a hoax. Discover the true correlation between crime and a full moon… the 1835 reports of unicorns and man-bats living on moon… and, our favorite hair-raising howler: the werewolf! Also, why some still insist the Apollo moon landing is a hoax. Plus, space travel – boxed and bundled. Guests: Phil Plait – Keeper of the skeptical website badastronomy.com and author of Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . . Matthew Goodman – Author of The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York Jim Underdown – Executive Director for the Center for Inquiry West, Los Angeles and keeper of the blog Hollywood Reality Check June Pulliam – English professor, Louisiana State University Cynthia Phillips – Scientist at the SETI Institute Paul Spudis – Senior scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute Watch out, the moon is full… of intrigue. Our lovely satellite is blamed for all sorts of Earth-bound mischief – from robberies to shape-shifting to general nutty behavior. It’s also the setting for more than one loony tale. In this hour, as NASA spacecraft return to the moon, a look at the mythology it inspires. Discover the true correlation between crime and a full moon… the 1835 reports of unicorns and man-bats living on moon… and, our favorite hair-raising howler: the werewolf! Also, why some still insist the Apollo moon landing is a hoax. Discover the true correlation between crime and a full moon… the 1835 reports of unicorns and man-bats living on moon… and, our favorite hair-raising howler: the werewolf! Also, why some still insist the Apollo moon landing is a hoax. Plus, space travel – boxed and bundled. Guests: Phil Plait – Keeper of the skeptical website badastronomy.com and author of Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . . Matthew Goodman – Author of The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York Jim Underdown – Executive Director for the Center for Inquiry West, Los Angeles and keeper of the blog Hollywood Reality Check June Pulliam – English professor, Louisiana State University Cynthia Phillips – Scientist at the SETI Institute Paul Spudis – Senior scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute tag:odeo.com,2009-07-06,24760424 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24735695-Humans-in-Space-ace-ace ENCORE When the economy’s down, will humans still be going up – into space, that is? We investigate the future of human spaceflight at the International Astronautical Congress in Glasgow, Scotland and find out whether sending Homo sapiens to the Moon and Mars is still a good idea. Also, the chief of Virgin Galactic is happy to send you into space on a private flight – but it may max out your credit card. Plus, an Apollo astronaut’s view from orbit… dining with South Korea’s first astronaut… and one of Britain’s great science fiction authors on how space science fuels the imagination. Guests: Rusty Schweickart – Former NASA astronaut and Chairman of the Board of the B612 Foundation John Mankins – 25-year NASA veteran who managed the Agency’s exploration technology activities Sanjoy Som – Planetary scientist at the University of Washington, Seattle Will Whitehorn – President of Virgin Galactic Yi So-yeon &#8... ENCORE When the economy’s down, will humans still be going up – into space, that is? We investigate the future of human spaceflight at the International Astronautical Congress in Glasgow, Scotland and find out whether sending Homo sapiens to the Moon and Mars is still a good idea. Also, the chief of Virgin Galactic is happy to send you into space on a private flight – but it may max out your credit card. Plus, an Apollo astronaut’s view from orbit… dining with South Korea’s first astronaut… and one of Britain’s great science fiction authors on how space science fuels the imagination. Guests: Rusty Schweickart – Former NASA astronaut and Chairman of the Board of the B612 Foundation John Mankins – 25-year NASA veteran who managed the Agency’s exploration technology activities Sanjoy Som – Planetary scientist at the University of Washington, Seattle Will Whitehorn – President of Virgin Galactic Yi So-yeon – Biomechanical engineer and South Korean astronaut Stephen Baxter – Science fiction author, most recently of Weaver: Time’s Tapestry, Book Four Descripción en español ENCORE When the economy’s down, will humans still be going up – into space, that is? We investigate the future of human spaceflight at the International Astronautical Congress in Glasgow, Scotland and find out whether sending Homo sapiens to the Moon and Mars is still a good idea. Also, the chief of Virgin Galactic is happy to send you into space on a private flight – but it may max out your credit card. Plus, an Apollo astronaut’s view from orbit… dining with South Korea’s first astronaut… and one of Britain’s great science fiction authors on how space science fuels the imagination. Guests: Rusty Schweickart – Former NASA astronaut and Chairman of the Board of the B612 Foundation John Mankins – 25-year NASA veteran who managed the Agency’s exploration technology activities Sanjoy Som – Planetary scientist at the University of Washington, Seattle Will Whitehorn – President of Virgin Galactic Yi So-yeon – Biomechanical engineer and South Korean astronaut Stephen Baxter – Science fiction author, most recently of Weaver: Time’s Tapestry, Book Four Descripción en español tag:odeo.com,2009-06-29,24735695 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24735699-What-Makes-Us-Human-Part-II-Adaptability Are humans unique or do we just do some things a little better than other species? In the second of our two-part series – how our ability to adapt has shaped our evolution. Find out how throwing a burger on the grill has transformed our species… the 1% genetic difference that separate us from chimps… why we’re poorly adapted and stressed out … and why human evolution is not only on the move, but picking up the pace. Richard Wrangham – Biological anthropologist at Harvard University and author of Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human Katherine Pollard – Biostatistician at the Gladstone Institutes at the University of California, San Francisco Robert Sapolsky – Biological scientist at Stanford University and neurologist at Stanford’s School of Medicine. Author of Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers, Third Edition and, more recently, Monkeyluv: And Other Essays on Our Lives as Animals Gregory Cochran – Anthropologist at the University of Utah and co-author of T... Are humans unique or do we just do some things a little better than other species? In the second of our two-part series – how our ability to adapt has shaped our evolution. Find out how throwing a burger on the grill has transformed our species… the 1% genetic difference that separate us from chimps… why we’re poorly adapted and stressed out … and why human evolution is not only on the move, but picking up the pace. Richard Wrangham – Biological anthropologist at Harvard University and author of Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human Katherine Pollard – Biostatistician at the Gladstone Institutes at the University of California, San Francisco Robert Sapolsky – Biological scientist at Stanford University and neurologist at Stanford’s School of Medicine. Author of Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers, Third Edition and, more recently, Monkeyluv: And Other Essays on Our Lives as Animals Gregory Cochran – Anthropologist at the University of Utah and co-author of The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution Descripción en español Are humans unique or do we just do some things a little better than other species? In the second of our two-part series – how our ability to adapt has shaped our evolution. Find out how throwing a burger on the grill has transformed our species… the 1% genetic difference that separate us from chimps… why we’re poorly adapted and stressed out … and why human evolution is not only on the move, but picking up the pace. Richard Wrangham – Biological anthropologist at Harvard University and author of Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human Katherine Pollard – Biostatistician at the Gladstone Institutes at the University of California, San Francisco Robert Sapolsky – Biological scientist at Stanford University and neurologist at Stanford’s School of Medicine. Author of Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers, Third Edition and, more recently, Monkeyluv: And Other Essays on Our Lives as Animals Gregory Cochran – Anthropologist at the University of Utah and co-author of The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution Descripción en español tag:odeo.com,2009-06-22,24735699 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24706747-What-Makes-Us-Human-Part-I-Others Are humans unique or do we just do some things a little better than other species? In the first of our two-part series on the nature of humanity: how the influence of others has shaped our evolution. Find out how baby talk gave root to human language and why social isolation can make us sick. Plus, the joke’s on us – new research says we’re not the only laughing species: meet your giggling gorilla cousins. And, what a writer’s visit to a chimp retirement center revealed about human discomfort with our animal ancestry. Dean Falk – Anthropologist at Florida State University and author of Finding Our Tongues: Mothers, Infants, and the Origins of Language John Cacioppo – Director of the Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience at the University of Chicago and co-author of Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection Lori Marino – Biologist at Emory University Kathryn Denning – Anthropologist at York University Charles Siebert – Author of ... Are humans unique or do we just do some things a little better than other species? In the first of our two-part series on the nature of humanity: how the influence of others has shaped our evolution. Find out how baby talk gave root to human language and why social isolation can make us sick. Plus, the joke’s on us – new research says we’re not the only laughing species: meet your giggling gorilla cousins. And, what a writer’s visit to a chimp retirement center revealed about human discomfort with our animal ancestry. Dean Falk – Anthropologist at Florida State University and author of Finding Our Tongues: Mothers, Infants, and the Origins of Language John Cacioppo – Director of the Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience at the University of Chicago and co-author of Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection Lori Marino – Biologist at Emory University Kathryn Denning – Anthropologist at York University Charles Siebert – Author of The Wauchula Woods Accord: Toward a New Understanding of Animals Marina Davila-Ross – Psychologist at the University of Portsmouth in the U.K. Are humans unique or do we just do some things a little better than other species? In the first of our two-part series on the nature of humanity: how the influence of others has shaped our evolution. Find out how baby talk gave root to human language and why social isolation can make us sick. Plus, the joke’s on us – new research says we’re not the only laughing species: meet your giggling gorilla cousins. And, what a writer’s visit to a chimp retirement center revealed about human discomfort with our animal ancestry. Dean Falk – Anthropologist at Florida State University and author of Finding Our Tongues: Mothers, Infants, and the Origins of Language John Cacioppo – Director of the Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience at the University of Chicago and co-author of Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection Lori Marino – Biologist at Emory University Kathryn Denning – Anthropologist at York University Charles Siebert – Author of The Wauchula Woods Accord: Toward a New Understanding of Animals Marina Davila-Ross – Psychologist at the University of Portsmouth in the U.K. tag:odeo.com,2009-06-15,24706747 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24664659-Bodies-in-Motion Feel the need for speed? Well, you’ll need an extra helping of speed if you plan to leave the Earth and explore other parts of the solar system. On the 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing, and as part of our series for the International Year of Astronomy: what it’s like to travel in a rocket (why you won’t feel any motion), and NASA’s plans for returning to the moon. Also, life in an accelerating universe and why a spacecraft’s quirky trajectory may mean that the laws of motion need tweaking. And we revisit Stanley Kubrick’s epic film 2001: A Space Odyssey Plus, Seth gets around … and around … when he takes a spin in a gravitational centrifuge. Guests: John Keller – Deputy project scientist for NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Robert Kirschner – Astronomer at Harvard University Jaime Mateus – Graduate student at M.I.T.’s Manned Vehicle Laboratory Mark Frank – Astrodynamicist in California Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood – Stars of t... Feel the need for speed? Well, you’ll need an extra helping of speed if you plan to leave the Earth and explore other parts of the solar system. On the 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing, and as part of our series for the International Year of Astronomy: what it’s like to travel in a rocket (why you won’t feel any motion), and NASA’s plans for returning to the moon. Also, life in an accelerating universe and why a spacecraft’s quirky trajectory may mean that the laws of motion need tweaking. And we revisit Stanley Kubrick’s epic film 2001: A Space Odyssey Plus, Seth gets around … and around … when he takes a spin in a gravitational centrifuge. Guests: John Keller – Deputy project scientist for NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Robert Kirschner – Astronomer at Harvard University Jaime Mateus – Graduate student at M.I.T.’s Manned Vehicle Laboratory Mark Frank – Astrodynamicist in California Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood – Stars of the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey Descripción en español Feel the need for speed? Well, you’ll need an extra helping of speed if you plan to leave the Earth and explore other parts of the solar system. On the 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing, and as part of our series for the International Year of Astronomy: what it’s like to travel in a rocket (why you won’t feel any motion), and NASA’s plans for returning to the moon. Also, life in an accelerating universe and why a spacecraft’s quirky trajectory may mean that the laws of motion need tweaking. And we revisit Stanley Kubrick’s epic film 2001: A Space Odyssey Plus, Seth gets around … and around … when he takes a spin in a gravitational centrifuge. Guests: John Keller – Deputy project scientist for NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Robert Kirschner – Astronomer at Harvard University Jaime Mateus – Graduate student at M.I.T.’s Manned Vehicle Laboratory Mark Frank – Astrodynamicist in California Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood – Stars of the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey Descripción en español tag:odeo.com,2009-06-08,24664659 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24636742-Robots-Call-the-Shots Dr. Robot, I presume? Your appendix may be removed by motor-driven, scalpel-wielding mechanical hands one day. Robots are debuting in the medical field… as well as on battlefields. And they’re increasingly making important decisions – on their own. But can we teach robots right from wrong? Find out why the onslaught of silicon intelligence has prompted a new field of robo-ethics. Plus, robo-geologists: NASA’s vision for autonomous robots in space. Guests: P.W. Singer – Director of the 21st Century Defense Initiative at the Brookings Institution, and the author of Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century Wendell Wallach – Chair of a technology and ethics working group for Yale University’s Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, and the co-author of Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right from Wrong Pablo Garcia – – Principal engineer working on medical robotics at SRI International, Menlo Park, California Robert Anderson – Planeta... Dr. Robot, I presume? Your appendix may be removed by motor-driven, scalpel-wielding mechanical hands one day. Robots are debuting in the medical field… as well as on battlefields. And they’re increasingly making important decisions – on their own. But can we teach robots right from wrong? Find out why the onslaught of silicon intelligence has prompted a new field of robo-ethics. Plus, robo-geologists: NASA’s vision for autonomous robots in space. Guests: P.W. Singer – Director of the 21st Century Defense Initiative at the Brookings Institution, and the author of Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century Wendell Wallach – Chair of a technology and ethics working group for Yale University’s Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, and the co-author of Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right from Wrong Pablo Garcia – – Principal engineer working on medical robotics at SRI International, Menlo Park, California Robert Anderson – Planetary geologist, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Robyn Asimov – Daughter of author Isaac Asimov Descripción en español Dr. Robot, I presume? Your appendix may be removed by motor-driven, scalpel-wielding mechanical hands one day. Robots are debuting in the medical field… as well as on battlefields. And they’re increasingly making important decisions – on their own. But can we teach robots right from wrong? Find out why the onslaught of silicon intelligence has prompted a new field of robo-ethics. Plus, robo-geologists: NASA’s vision for autonomous robots in space. Guests: P.W. Singer – Director of the 21st Century Defense Initiative at the Brookings Institution, and the author of Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century Wendell Wallach – Chair of a technology and ethics working group for Yale University’s Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, and the co-author of Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right from Wrong Pablo Garcia – – Principal engineer working on medical robotics at SRI International, Menlo Park, California Robert Anderson – Planetary geologist, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory Robyn Asimov – Daughter of author Isaac Asimov Descripción en español tag:odeo.com,2009-06-01,24636742 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24606216-Skeptic-Check-Playing-Doctor A new herbal supplements is on the shelf, and it claims to improve memory. Should you take it? It’s not easy to sort through the firehose of health and nutrition advice that comes at us daily. Find out how to get healthy about health advice, plus hear the story of Bernarr Macfadden, the eccentric who kicked off America’s fitness craze; he believed that eating less was good for you, but he didn’t believe germ theory. Plus, our Hollywood skeptic spills his guts and other entrails for a phony class for nurses and Phil Plait gives us the latest lapse in critically-thinking brains. It’s Skeptic Check… but don’t take our word for it. Guests: Phil Plait – Author, badastronomy.com and Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . . Mark Adams – writer and editor, and author of Mr. America: How Muscular Millionaire Bernarr Macfadden Transformed the Nation Through Sex, Salad, and the Ultimate Starvation Diet Jim Underdown – Executive Director, Center for I... A new herbal supplements is on the shelf, and it claims to improve memory. Should you take it? It’s not easy to sort through the firehose of health and nutrition advice that comes at us daily. Find out how to get healthy about health advice, plus hear the story of Bernarr Macfadden, the eccentric who kicked off America’s fitness craze; he believed that eating less was good for you, but he didn’t believe germ theory. Plus, our Hollywood skeptic spills his guts and other entrails for a phony class for nurses and Phil Plait gives us the latest lapse in critically-thinking brains. It’s Skeptic Check… but don’t take our word for it. Guests: Phil Plait – Author, badastronomy.com and Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . . Mark Adams – writer and editor, and author of Mr. America: How Muscular Millionaire Bernarr Macfadden Transformed the Nation Through Sex, Salad, and the Ultimate Starvation Diet Jim Underdown – Executive Director, Center for Inquiry, West – Los Angeles Steven Novella – Assistant professor of neurology at Yale School of Medicine Descripción en español A new herbal supplements is on the shelf, and it claims to improve memory. Should you take it? It’s not easy to sort through the firehose of health and nutrition advice that comes at us daily. Find out how to get healthy about health advice, plus hear the story of Bernarr Macfadden, the eccentric who kicked off America’s fitness craze; he believed that eating less was good for you, but he didn’t believe germ theory. Plus, our Hollywood skeptic spills his guts and other entrails for a phony class for nurses and Phil Plait gives us the latest lapse in critically-thinking brains. It’s Skeptic Check… but don’t take our word for it. Guests: Phil Plait – Author, badastronomy.com and Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . . Mark Adams – writer and editor, and author of Mr. America: How Muscular Millionaire Bernarr Macfadden Transformed the Nation Through Sex, Salad, and the Ultimate Starvation Diet Jim Underdown – Executive Director, Center for Inquiry, West – Los Angeles Steven Novella – Assistant professor of neurology at Yale School of Medicine Descripción en español tag:odeo.com,2009-05-25,24606216 Mon, 25 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24576784-Why-We-Do-What-We-Shoo-Be-Do-Be-Do ENCORE We see a man laughing and we smile in response. Our heart goes out to the sad-looking woman on the train. Humans are empathetic creatures – we feel what others feel, even the emotions of strangers. And it may be due to brain cells that researchers have only recently discovered: mirror neurons. Find out how these mimicking cells help us survive cocktail parties, keep society humming, and even give rise to the concept of self. Also, are humans born with a moral code? And, if human behavior is hard-wired – whatever becomes of free will? Guests: Marc Hauser – Evolutionary psychologist and biologist at Harvard, author of Moral Minds: How Nature Designed Our Universal Sense of Right and Wrong Take Marc’s Moral Sense Test Marco Iacoboni – Psychologist and neuroscientist at UCLA and the author of Mirroring People: The New Science of How We Connect with Others Allen Stairs – Philosopher at the University of Maryland John-Dylan Haynes – Neurosc... ENCORE We see a man laughing and we smile in response. Our heart goes out to the sad-looking woman on the train. Humans are empathetic creatures – we feel what others feel, even the emotions of strangers. And it may be due to brain cells that researchers have only recently discovered: mirror neurons. Find out how these mimicking cells help us survive cocktail parties, keep society humming, and even give rise to the concept of self. Also, are humans born with a moral code? And, if human behavior is hard-wired – whatever becomes of free will? Guests: Marc Hauser – Evolutionary psychologist and biologist at Harvard, author of Moral Minds: How Nature Designed Our Universal Sense of Right and Wrong Take Marc’s Moral Sense Test Marco Iacoboni – Psychologist and neuroscientist at UCLA and the author of Mirroring People: The New Science of How We Connect with Others Allen Stairs – Philosopher at the University of Maryland John-Dylan Haynes – Neuroscientist, Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Berlin ENCORE We see a man laughing and we smile in response. Our heart goes out to the sad-looking woman on the train. Humans are empathetic creatures – we feel what others feel, even the emotions of strangers. And it may be due to brain cells that researchers have only recently discovered: mirror neurons. Find out how these mimicking cells help us survive cocktail parties, keep society humming, and even give rise to the concept of self. Also, are humans born with a moral code? And, if human behavior is hard-wired – whatever becomes of free will? Guests: Marc Hauser – Evolutionary psychologist and biologist at Harvard, author of Moral Minds: How Nature Designed Our Universal Sense of Right and Wrong Take Marc’s Moral Sense Test Marco Iacoboni – Psychologist and neuroscientist at UCLA and the author of Mirroring People: The New Science of How We Connect with Others Allen Stairs – Philosopher at the University of Maryland John-Dylan Haynes – Neuroscientist, Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Berlin tag:odeo.com,2009-05-18,24576784 Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24559297-Seas-the-Moment With more water than land on this planet, Earth is more aptly-named “Ocean” or “Water.” The oceans have been here for billions of years, and make all life possible. Yet, it’s taken less than a century for humans to deal some serious blows to the watery cradle of our existence. Discover how our oceans are changing and the worrisome increase in their acidity from the maker of the documentary film, A Sea Change Also, hear how hope is bubbling up for ocean recovery from famed oceanographer Sylvia Earle. Learn about her record-breaking voyages underwater and how her reprimand to a Silicon Valley entrepreneur gave birth to Google Ocean. Plus, farming the seas for new antibiotics. Guests: Sylvia Earle – Oceanographer, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, founder of DeepSearch Foundation, and author of Ocean: An Illustrated Atlas (National Geographic Atlas) Sven Huseby – Co-producer of the documentary A Sea Change Peter Moeller – Toxin and Natural Products Chemist at... With more water than land on this planet, Earth is more aptly-named “Ocean” or “Water.” The oceans have been here for billions of years, and make all life possible. Yet, it’s taken less than a century for humans to deal some serious blows to the watery cradle of our existence. Discover how our oceans are changing and the worrisome increase in their acidity from the maker of the documentary film, A Sea Change Also, hear how hope is bubbling up for ocean recovery from famed oceanographer Sylvia Earle. Learn about her record-breaking voyages underwater and how her reprimand to a Silicon Valley entrepreneur gave birth to Google Ocean. Plus, farming the seas for new antibiotics. Guests: Sylvia Earle – Oceanographer, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, founder of DeepSearch Foundation, and author of Ocean: An Illustrated Atlas (National Geographic Atlas) Sven Huseby – Co-producer of the documentary A Sea Change Peter Moeller – Toxin and Natural Products Chemist at NOAA Pacific Ocean – Largest oceanic division of the world, overlay of the Pacific Plate With more water than land on this planet, Earth is more aptly-named “Ocean” or “Water.” The oceans have been here for billions of years, and make all life possible. Yet, it’s taken less than a century for humans to deal some serious blows to the watery cradle of our existence. Discover how our oceans are changing and the worrisome increase in their acidity from the maker of the documentary film, A Sea Change Also, hear how hope is bubbling up for ocean recovery from famed oceanographer Sylvia Earle. Learn about her record-breaking voyages underwater and how her reprimand to a Silicon Valley entrepreneur gave birth to Google Ocean. Plus, farming the seas for new antibiotics. Guests: Sylvia Earle – Oceanographer, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, founder of DeepSearch Foundation, and author of Ocean: An Illustrated Atlas (National Geographic Atlas) Sven Huseby – Co-producer of the documentary A Sea Change Peter Moeller – Toxin and Natural Products Chemist at NOAA Pacific Ocean – Largest oceanic division of the world, overlay of the Pacific Plate tag:odeo.com,2009-05-11,24559297 Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24535169-Genes-That-Fit ENCORE Remember Mr. Potato Head? You changed his look by snapping in plastic mustaches, googly eyes and feet. Now imagine doing the same with a living cell: inserting the genes you want to create the organism you want. Welcome to the world of synthetic biology. It has potential to create new bio-fuels and life-saving drugs. It also ushers in a host of ethical and safety concerns. We examine both when we discuss this emerging science of mix and match genes. Plus, does doing an end run around Mother Nature challenge the essence of life itself? Guests: Jay Keasling – professor of chemical engineering and biological engineering at UC Berkeley and founder of Amyris Biotechnologies Jonathan Eisen – biologist at UC Davis Jim Thomas – researcher at ETC group in Ottawa, Canada Ed Regis – science writer and author of What Is Life?: Investigating the Nature of Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology Michael Dosmann – curator of Living Collections at the Arnold Arbore... ENCORE Remember Mr. Potato Head? You changed his look by snapping in plastic mustaches, googly eyes and feet. Now imagine doing the same with a living cell: inserting the genes you want to create the organism you want. Welcome to the world of synthetic biology. It has potential to create new bio-fuels and life-saving drugs. It also ushers in a host of ethical and safety concerns. We examine both when we discuss this emerging science of mix and match genes. Plus, does doing an end run around Mother Nature challenge the essence of life itself? Guests: Jay Keasling – professor of chemical engineering and biological engineering at UC Berkeley and founder of Amyris Biotechnologies Jonathan Eisen – biologist at UC Davis Jim Thomas – researcher at ETC group in Ottawa, Canada Ed Regis – science writer and author of What Is Life?: Investigating the Nature of Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology Michael Dosmann – curator of Living Collections at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University Descripción en español ENCORE Remember Mr. Potato Head? You changed his look by snapping in plastic mustaches, googly eyes and feet. Now imagine doing the same with a living cell: inserting the genes you want to create the organism you want. Welcome to the world of synthetic biology. It has potential to create new bio-fuels and life-saving drugs. It also ushers in a host of ethical and safety concerns. We examine both when we discuss this emerging science of mix and match genes. Plus, does doing an end run around Mother Nature challenge the essence of life itself? Guests: Jay Keasling – professor of chemical engineering and biological engineering at UC Berkeley and founder of Amyris Biotechnologies Jonathan Eisen – biologist at UC Davis Jim Thomas – researcher at ETC group in Ottawa, Canada Ed Regis – science writer and author of What Is Life?: Investigating the Nature of Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology Michael Dosmann – curator of Living Collections at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University Descripción en español tag:odeo.com,2009-05-04,24535169 Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24510314-Seth-s-Garage It’s always a surprise to go digging in Seth’s garage – who knows what we’ll find! In this impressive heap of paraphernalia, tucked between boxes of old radio tubes and hydraulic jacks, we stumble upon the secrets to our galaxy’s central black hole… witness the dance of the PhD theses… uncover the genome of milk (while moo-ving boxes) and … hey? Who’s that crunching numbers in the corner? It’s astrophysicist Mario Livio addressing the mathematical mysteries of universe. Guests: Andrea Ghez – Astronomer at University of California, Los Angeles Kathryn Denning – Professor of Anthropology at York University Mario Livio – Senior Astronomer at the Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute and author of Is God a Mathematician? John Bohannon – Gonzo Scientist and Contributing Correspondent for Science Katrien Kolenberg – Astrophysicist, University of Vienna Danielle Lemay – Nutrition Scientist at the University of California, Davis Descripción en español It’s always a surprise to go digging in Seth’s garage – who knows what we’ll find! In this impressive heap of paraphernalia, tucked between boxes of old radio tubes and hydraulic jacks, we stumble upon the secrets to our galaxy’s central black hole… witness the dance of the PhD theses… uncover the genome of milk (while moo-ving boxes) and … hey? Who’s that crunching numbers in the corner? It’s astrophysicist Mario Livio addressing the mathematical mysteries of universe. Guests: Andrea Ghez – Astronomer at University of California, Los Angeles Kathryn Denning – Professor of Anthropology at York University Mario Livio – Senior Astronomer at the Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute and author of Is God a Mathematician? John Bohannon – Gonzo Scientist and Contributing Correspondent for Science Katrien Kolenberg – Astrophysicist, University of Vienna Danielle Lemay – Nutrition Scientist at the University of California, Davis Descripción en español It’s always a surprise to go digging in Seth’s garage – who knows what we’ll find! In this impressive heap of paraphernalia, tucked between boxes of old radio tubes and hydraulic jacks, we stumble upon the secrets to our galaxy’s central black hole… witness the dance of the PhD theses… uncover the genome of milk (while moo-ving boxes) and … hey? Who’s that crunching numbers in the corner? It’s astrophysicist Mario Livio addressing the mathematical mysteries of universe. Guests: Andrea Ghez – Astronomer at University of California, Los Angeles Kathryn Denning – Professor of Anthropology at York University Mario Livio – Senior Astronomer at the Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute and author of Is God a Mathematician? John Bohannon – Gonzo Scientist and Contributing Correspondent for Science Katrien Kolenberg – Astrophysicist, University of Vienna Danielle Lemay – Nutrition Scientist at the University of California, Davis Descripción en español tag:odeo.com,2009-04-27,24510314 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24510315-Reading-Life-s-Tea-Leaves For nearly four billion years, life has been swimming and shuffling across our planet. But how can we deduce what it was like? You don’t need Sherlock Holmes to track the clues of life that came before – call on an anthropologist or biologist. From fossils to alien radio signals, find out how to interpret the clues that living organisms leave behind, and hear adventure stories in the evolution of life on Earth. Also, the discovery of a dino-eating crocodile and the tale of scientist/explorer/polymath Idaho Brown. Join TeamSETI today and buy a signed copy of Seth's book for $15! Already a member? Sign in to TeamSETI to buy your copy today. Guests: Sean Carroll - Molecular biologist and geneticist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and author of Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origin of Species Paul Sereno - Paleontologist at the University of Chicago, and National Geographic Explorer in Residence Seth Shostak - Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute... For nearly four billion years, life has been swimming and shuffling across our planet. But how can we deduce what it was like? You don’t need Sherlock Holmes to track the clues of life that came before – call on an anthropologist or biologist. From fossils to alien radio signals, find out how to interpret the clues that living organisms leave behind, and hear adventure stories in the evolution of life on Earth. Also, the discovery of a dino-eating crocodile and the tale of scientist/explorer/polymath Idaho Brown. Join TeamSETI today and buy a signed copy of Seth's book for $15! Already a member? Sign in to TeamSETI to buy your copy today. Guests: Sean Carroll - Molecular biologist and geneticist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and author of Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origin of Species Paul Sereno - Paleontologist at the University of Chicago, and National Geographic Explorer in Residence Seth Shostak - Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute and author of Confessions of an Alien Hunter: A Scientist's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Descripción en español For nearly four billion years, life has been swimming and shuffling across our planet. But how can we deduce what it was like? You don’t need Sherlock Holmes to track the clues of life that came before – call on an anthropologist or biologist. From fossils to alien radio signals, find out how to interpret the clues that living organisms leave behind, and hear adventure stories in the evolution of life on Earth. Also, the discovery of a dino-eating crocodile and the tale of scientist/explorer/polymath Idaho Brown. Join TeamSETI today and buy a signed copy of Seth's book for $15! Already a member? Sign in to TeamSETI to buy your copy today. Guests: Sean Carroll - Molecular biologist and geneticist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and author of Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origin of Species Paul Sereno - Paleontologist at the University of Chicago, and National Geographic Explorer in Residence Seth Shostak - Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute and author of Confessions of an Alien Hunter: A Scientist's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Descripción en español tag:odeo.com,2009-04-19,24510315 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24474349-AWA-Reading-Life-s-Tea-Leaves-April-20-2009 For nearly four billion years, life has been swimming and shuffling across our planet. But how can we deduce what it was like? You don’t need Sherlock Holmes to track the clues of life that came before – call on an anthropologist or biologist. From fossils to alien radio signals, find out how to interpret the clues that living organisms leave behind, and hear adventure stories in the evolution of life on Earth. Also, the discovery of a dino-eating crocodile and the tale of scientist/explorer/polymath Idaho Brown. Guests: Sean Carroll - Molecular biologist and geneticist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and author of Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origin of Species Paul Sereno - Paleontologist at the University of Chicago, and National Geographic Explorer in Residence Seth Shostak - Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute and author of Confessions of an Alien Hunter: A Scientist's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Descripción en español For nearly four billion years, life has been swimming and shuffling across our planet. But how can we deduce what it was like? You don’t need Sherlock Holmes to track the clues of life that came before – call on an anthropologist or biologist. From fossils to alien radio signals, find out how to interpret the clues that living organisms leave behind, and hear adventure stories in the evolution of life on Earth. Also, the discovery of a dino-eating crocodile and the tale of scientist/explorer/polymath Idaho Brown. Guests: Sean Carroll - Molecular biologist and geneticist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and author of Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origin of Species Paul Sereno - Paleontologist at the University of Chicago, and National Geographic Explorer in Residence Seth Shostak - Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute and author of Confessions of an Alien Hunter: A Scientist's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Descripción en español For nearly four billion years, life has been swimming and shuffling across our planet. But how can we deduce what it was like? You don’t need Sherlock Holmes to track the clues of life that came before – call on an anthropologist or biologist. From fossils to alien radio signals, find out how to interpret the clues that living organisms leave behind, and hear adventure stories in the evolution of life on Earth. Also, the discovery of a dino-eating crocodile and the tale of scientist/explorer/polymath Idaho Brown. Guests: Sean Carroll - Molecular biologist and geneticist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and author of Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origin of Species Paul Sereno - Paleontologist at the University of Chicago, and National Geographic Explorer in Residence Seth Shostak - Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute and author of Confessions of an Alien Hunter: A Scientist's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Descripción en español tag:odeo.com,2009-04-19,24474349 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24510316-Skeptical-Sunday-Is-Ignorance-Bliss Europe is a country. Six justices sit on the Supreme Court. The Vietnamese attacked Pearl Harbor. If ignorance is bliss, this is one happy-go-lucky country. The average American's grasp of history, current events, and geography is so poor, according to one journalist, we've become a nation of dunces, seriously undermining our own future. Keeping ourselves in the dark. Find out why "F" stands for American intellect and what's behind the national trend of dumbing down. Also, the story of the brilliant Russian geneticist who paid the ultimate price during Stalin's Terror in the 1930s. Plus, Brains on Vacation assesses the doomsday threat of the Large Hadron Collider. And, hunting for ghosts in Hollywood. It's Skeptical Sunday... but don't take our word for it. Guests: Susan Jacoby - Author of The Age of American Unreason Peter Pringle - Journalist and author of The Murder of Nikolai Vavilov: The Story of Stalin's Persecution of One of the Greatest Scientists of the Twentieth Century Ph... Europe is a country. Six justices sit on the Supreme Court. The Vietnamese attacked Pearl Harbor. If ignorance is bliss, this is one happy-go-lucky country. The average American's grasp of history, current events, and geography is so poor, according to one journalist, we've become a nation of dunces, seriously undermining our own future. Keeping ourselves in the dark. Find out why "F" stands for American intellect and what's behind the national trend of dumbing down. Also, the story of the brilliant Russian geneticist who paid the ultimate price during Stalin's Terror in the 1930s. Plus, Brains on Vacation assesses the doomsday threat of the Large Hadron Collider. And, hunting for ghosts in Hollywood. It's Skeptical Sunday... but don't take our word for it. Guests: Susan Jacoby - Author of The Age of American Unreason Peter Pringle - Journalist and author of The Murder of Nikolai Vavilov: The Story of Stalin's Persecution of One of the Greatest Scientists of the Twentieth Century Phil Plait - Astronomer and keeper of the website www.badastronomy.com James Underdown - Executive Director of the Center for Inquiry West in Los Angeles Descripción en español Europe is a country. Six justices sit on the Supreme Court. The Vietnamese attacked Pearl Harbor. If ignorance is bliss, this is one happy-go-lucky country. The average American's grasp of history, current events, and geography is so poor, according to one journalist, we've become a nation of dunces, seriously undermining our own future. Keeping ourselves in the dark. Find out why "F" stands for American intellect and what's behind the national trend of dumbing down. Also, the story of the brilliant Russian geneticist who paid the ultimate price during Stalin's Terror in the 1930s. Plus, Brains on Vacation assesses the doomsday threat of the Large Hadron Collider. And, hunting for ghosts in Hollywood. It's Skeptical Sunday... but don't take our word for it. Guests: Susan Jacoby - Author of The Age of American Unreason Peter Pringle - Journalist and author of The Murder of Nikolai Vavilov: The Story of Stalin's Persecution of One of the Greatest Scientists of the Twentieth Century Phil Plait - Astronomer and keeper of the website www.badastronomy.com James Underdown - Executive Director of the Center for Inquiry West in Los Angeles Descripción en español tag:odeo.com,2009-04-12,24510316 Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24443000-AWA-Skeptical-Sunday-Is-Ignorance-Bliss-April-13-2009 Europe is a country. Six justices sit on the Supreme Court. The Vietnamese attacked Pearl Harbor. If ignorance is bliss, this is one happy-go-lucky country. The average American's grasp of history, current events, and geography is so poor, according to one journalist, we've become a nation of dunces, seriously undermining our own future. Keeping ourselves in the dark. Find out why "F" stands for American intellect and what's behind the national trend of dumbing down. Also, the story of the brilliant Russian geneticist who paid the ultimate price during Stalin's Terror in the 1930s. Plus, Brains on Vacation assesses the doomsday threat of the Large Hadron Collider. And, hunting for ghosts in Hollywood. It's Skeptical Sunday... but don't take our word for it. Guests: Susan Jacoby - Author of The Age of American Unreason Peter Pringle - Journalist and author of The Murder of Nikolai Vavilov: The Story of Stalin's Persecution of One of the Greatest Scientists of the Twentieth Century Ph... Europe is a country. Six justices sit on the Supreme Court. The Vietnamese attacked Pearl Harbor. If ignorance is bliss, this is one happy-go-lucky country. The average American's grasp of history, current events, and geography is so poor, according to one journalist, we've become a nation of dunces, seriously undermining our own future. Keeping ourselves in the dark. Find out why "F" stands for American intellect and what's behind the national trend of dumbing down. Also, the story of the brilliant Russian geneticist who paid the ultimate price during Stalin's Terror in the 1930s. Plus, Brains on Vacation assesses the doomsday threat of the Large Hadron Collider. And, hunting for ghosts in Hollywood. It's Skeptical Sunday... but don't take our word for it. Guests: Susan Jacoby - Author of The Age of American Unreason Peter Pringle - Journalist and author of The Murder of Nikolai Vavilov: The Story of Stalin's Persecution of One of the Greatest Scientists of the Twentieth Century Phil Plait - Astronomer and keeper of the website www.badastronomy.com James Underdown - Executive Director of the Center for Inquiry West in Los Angeles Descripción en español Europe is a country. Six justices sit on the Supreme Court. The Vietnamese attacked Pearl Harbor. If ignorance is bliss, this is one happy-go-lucky country. The average American's grasp of history, current events, and geography is so poor, according to one journalist, we've become a nation of dunces, seriously undermining our own future. Keeping ourselves in the dark. Find out why "F" stands for American intellect and what's behind the national trend of dumbing down. Also, the story of the brilliant Russian geneticist who paid the ultimate price during Stalin's Terror in the 1930s. Plus, Brains on Vacation assesses the doomsday threat of the Large Hadron Collider. And, hunting for ghosts in Hollywood. It's Skeptical Sunday... but don't take our word for it. Guests: Susan Jacoby - Author of The Age of American Unreason Peter Pringle - Journalist and author of The Murder of Nikolai Vavilov: The Story of Stalin's Persecution of One of the Greatest Scientists of the Twentieth Century Phil Plait - Astronomer and keeper of the website www.badastronomy.com James Underdown - Executive Director of the Center for Inquiry West in Los Angeles Descripción en español tag:odeo.com,2009-04-12,24443000 Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24414777-AWA-Life-of-Brain-April-6-2009 We should award frequent travel miles to your brain. After all, it’s evolved a long way from the days of guiding brachiation from tree-to-tree to become the three pounds of web-surfing, Sudoku-playing powerhouse it is today. But a suite of technologies may expand human brains further still. From smart pills to nano-wires: discover the potential – and peril – of neuro-engineering to repair and enhance our cognitive function. Also, how our brains got so big in the first place: a defense of the modern diet. Guests Bill Leonard - department chairman and professor of Anthropology at Northwestern University Michael Gazzaniga - neuroscientist and director of the University of California – Santa Barbara’s SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind. Author of Human: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique Ian Pearson - futurologist at Futurizon Steven Rose - biologist and director of the Brain and Behavior Research Group at the Open University in London. Author of The Future of the Brain: The Pro... We should award frequent travel miles to your brain. After all, it’s evolved a long way from the days of guiding brachiation from tree-to-tree to become the three pounds of web-surfing, Sudoku-playing powerhouse it is today. But a suite of technologies may expand human brains further still. From smart pills to nano-wires: discover the potential – and peril – of neuro-engineering to repair and enhance our cognitive function. Also, how our brains got so big in the first place: a defense of the modern diet. Guests Bill Leonard - department chairman and professor of Anthropology at Northwestern University Michael Gazzaniga - neuroscientist and director of the University of California – Santa Barbara’s SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind. Author of Human: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique Ian Pearson - futurologist at Futurizon Steven Rose - biologist and director of the Brain and Behavior Research Group at the Open University in London. Author of The Future of the Brain: The Promise and Perils of Tomorrow's Neuroscience We should award frequent travel miles to your brain. After all, it’s evolved a long way from the days of guiding brachiation from tree-to-tree to become the three pounds of web-surfing, Sudoku-playing powerhouse it is today. But a suite of technologies may expand human brains further still. From smart pills to nano-wires: discover the potential – and peril – of neuro-engineering to repair and enhance our cognitive function. Also, how our brains got so big in the first place: a defense of the modern diet. Guests Bill Leonard - department chairman and professor of Anthropology at Northwestern University Michael Gazzaniga - neuroscientist and director of the University of California – Santa Barbara’s SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind. Author of Human: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique Ian Pearson - futurologist at Futurizon Steven Rose - biologist and director of the Brain and Behavior Research Group at the Open University in London. Author of The Future of the Brain: The Promise and Perils of Tomorrow's Neuroscience tag:odeo.com,2009-04-05,24414777 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24510317-Life-of-Brain We should award frequent travel miles to your brain. After all, it’s evolved a long way from the days of guiding brachiation from tree-to-tree to become the three pounds of web-surfing, Sudoku-playing powerhouse it is today. But a suite of technologies may expand human brains further still. From smart pills to nano-wires: discover the potential – and peril – of neuro-engineering to repair and enhance our cognitive function. Also, how our brains got so big in the first place: a defense of the modern diet. Guests Bill Leonard - department chairman and professor of Anthropology at Northwestern University Michael Gazzaniga - neuroscientist and director of the University of California – Santa Barbara’s SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind. Author of Human: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique Ian Pearson - futurologist at Futurizon Steven Rose - biologist and director of the Brain and Behavior Research Group at the Open University in London. Author of The Future of the Brain: The Pro... We should award frequent travel miles to your brain. After all, it’s evolved a long way from the days of guiding brachiation from tree-to-tree to become the three pounds of web-surfing, Sudoku-playing powerhouse it is today. But a suite of technologies may expand human brains further still. From smart pills to nano-wires: discover the potential – and peril – of neuro-engineering to repair and enhance our cognitive function. Also, how our brains got so big in the first place: a defense of the modern diet. Guests Bill Leonard - department chairman and professor of Anthropology at Northwestern University Michael Gazzaniga - neuroscientist and director of the University of California – Santa Barbara’s SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind. Author of Human: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique Ian Pearson - futurologist at Futurizon Steven Rose - biologist and director of the Brain and Behavior Research Group at the Open University in London. Author of The Future of the Brain: The Promise and Perils of Tomorrow's Neuroscience Ed Boyden - neuroscientist at MIT’s Media Lab and Department of Biological Engineering Descripción en español We should award frequent travel miles to your brain. After all, it’s evolved a long way from the days of guiding brachiation from tree-to-tree to become the three pounds of web-surfing, Sudoku-playing powerhouse it is today. But a suite of technologies may expand human brains further still. From smart pills to nano-wires: discover the potential – and peril – of neuro-engineering to repair and enhance our cognitive function. Also, how our brains got so big in the first place: a defense of the modern diet. Guests Bill Leonard - department chairman and professor of Anthropology at Northwestern University Michael Gazzaniga - neuroscientist and director of the University of California – Santa Barbara’s SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind. Author of Human: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique Ian Pearson - futurologist at Futurizon Steven Rose - biologist and director of the Brain and Behavior Research Group at the Open University in London. Author of The Future of the Brain: The Promise and Perils of Tomorrow's Neuroscience Ed Boyden - neuroscientist at MIT’s Media Lab and Department of Biological Engineering Descripción en español tag:odeo.com,2009-04-05,24510317 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24510318-Speaking-Klingon Ever try talking to an alien? In the movies, they always speak perfect English. But what if we really made contact? Could we just whip out a universal translator - or even a babelfish - to understand one another? Let's say we do learn to communicate: what to say, what to say? We'll hear the protocol for just how to reply to ET. And, from Klingon to Esperanto: the recipe for creating a language from scratch. Plus, get ready to babble with your Blackberry: how computers are learning to recognize - and respond - to human speech. Q1=B4t'.f:t'.ql. P4&=tr'w.k*.k*n.=D5^Q5=P4^B5 P4&=D1>s'.t*.ql.=B5 What does this mean? Listen to the show to find out! Guests: Terrence Deacon - Professor of anthropology and neuroscience, University of California, Berkeley Douglas Vakoch - Director of Interstellar Message Composition, SETI Institute Donald Boozer - Librarian, Coordinator of Cleveland Public Library's recent exhibit "Esperanto, Elvish, and Beyond...The World of Constructed Languages"... Ever try talking to an alien? In the movies, they always speak perfect English. But what if we really made contact? Could we just whip out a universal translator - or even a babelfish - to understand one another? Let's say we do learn to communicate: what to say, what to say? We'll hear the protocol for just how to reply to ET. And, from Klingon to Esperanto: the recipe for creating a language from scratch. Plus, get ready to babble with your Blackberry: how computers are learning to recognize - and respond - to human speech. Q1=B4t'.f:t'.ql. P4&=tr'w.k*.k*n.=D5^Q5=P4^B5 P4&=D1>s'.t*.ql.=B5 What does this mean? Listen to the show to find out! Guests: Terrence Deacon - Professor of anthropology and neuroscience, University of California, Berkeley Douglas Vakoch - Director of Interstellar Message Composition, SETI Institute Donald Boozer - Librarian, Coordinator of Cleveland Public Library's recent exhibit "Esperanto, Elvish, and Beyond...The World of Constructed Languages" Jim Glass - Director of the Spoken Language Systems Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Systems. Ask MIT's Jupiter about the weather! Descripción en español Ever try talking to an alien? In the movies, they always speak perfect English. But what if we really made contact? Could we just whip out a universal translator - or even a babelfish - to understand one another? Let's say we do learn to communicate: what to say, what to say? We'll hear the protocol for just how to reply to ET. And, from Klingon to Esperanto: the recipe for creating a language from scratch. Plus, get ready to babble with your Blackberry: how computers are learning to recognize - and respond - to human speech. Q1=B4t'.f:t'.ql. P4&=tr'w.k*.k*n.=D5^Q5=P4^B5 P4&=D1>s'.t*.ql.=B5 What does this mean? Listen to the show to find out! Guests: Terrence Deacon - Professor of anthropology and neuroscience, University of California, Berkeley Douglas Vakoch - Director of Interstellar Message Composition, SETI Institute Donald Boozer - Librarian, Coordinator of Cleveland Public Library's recent exhibit "Esperanto, Elvish, and Beyond...The World of Constructed Languages" Jim Glass - Director of the Spoken Language Systems Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Systems. Ask MIT's Jupiter about the weather! Descripción en español tag:odeo.com,2009-03-29,24510318 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24386159-AWA-Speaking-Klingon-March-30-2009 Ever try talking to an alien? In the movies, they always speak perfect English. But what if we really made contact? Could we just whip out a universal translator - or even a babelfish - to understand one another? Let's say we do learn to communicate: what to say, what to say? We'll hear the protocol for just how to reply to ET. And, from Klingon to Esperanto: the recipe for creating a language from scratch. Plus, get ready to babble with your Blackberry: how computers are learning to recognize - and respond - to human speech. Q1=B4t'.f:t'.ql. P4&=tr'w.k*.k*n.=D5^Q5=P4^B5 P4&=D1>s'.t*.ql.=B5 What does this mean? Listen to the show to find out! Guests: Terrence Deacon - Professor of anthropology and neuroscience, University of California, Berkeley Douglas Vakoch - Director of Interstellar Message Composition, SETI Institute Donald Boozer - Librarian, Coordinator of Cleveland Public Library's recent exhibit "Esperanto, Elvish, and Beyond...The World of Constructed Languages"... Ever try talking to an alien? In the movies, they always speak perfect English. But what if we really made contact? Could we just whip out a universal translator - or even a babelfish - to understand one another? Let's say we do learn to communicate: what to say, what to say? We'll hear the protocol for just how to reply to ET. And, from Klingon to Esperanto: the recipe for creating a language from scratch. Plus, get ready to babble with your Blackberry: how computers are learning to recognize - and respond - to human speech. Q1=B4t'.f:t'.ql. P4&=tr'w.k*.k*n.=D5^Q5=P4^B5 P4&=D1>s'.t*.ql.=B5 What does this mean? Listen to the show to find out! Guests: Terrence Deacon - Professor of anthropology and neuroscience, University of California, Berkeley Douglas Vakoch - Director of Interstellar Message Composition, SETI Institute Donald Boozer - Librarian, Coordinator of Cleveland Public Library's recent exhibit "Esperanto, Elvish, and Beyond...The World of Constructed Languages" Jim Glass - Director of the Spoken Language Systems Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Systems. Ask MIT's Jupiter about the weather! Ever try talking to an alien? In the movies, they always speak perfect English. But what if we really made contact? Could we just whip out a universal translator - or even a babelfish - to understand one another? Let's say we do learn to communicate: what to say, what to say? We'll hear the protocol for just how to reply to ET. And, from Klingon to Esperanto: the recipe for creating a language from scratch. Plus, get ready to babble with your Blackberry: how computers are learning to recognize - and respond - to human speech. Q1=B4t'.f:t'.ql. P4&=tr'w.k*.k*n.=D5^Q5=P4^B5 P4&=D1>s'.t*.ql.=B5 What does this mean? Listen to the show to find out! Guests: Terrence Deacon - Professor of anthropology and neuroscience, University of California, Berkeley Douglas Vakoch - Director of Interstellar Message Composition, SETI Institute Donald Boozer - Librarian, Coordinator of Cleveland Public Library's recent exhibit "Esperanto, Elvish, and Beyond...The World of Constructed Languages" Jim Glass - Director of the Spoken Language Systems Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Systems. Ask MIT's Jupiter about the weather! tag:odeo.com,2009-03-29,24386159 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24510319-Skeptical-Sunday-Take-a-Number Pick a number, any number. Got it? Good. Is it a lucky or unlucky? Is it a code that gives you a clue to the future? A lot of people assign all sorts of magical significance to numbers. From Friday the 13th to lucky number 7 – we’ll find out whether the idea of digits of destiny adds up. Plus, 666 and 616: find out what famous figures these figures code for. Learn the numbers that do have significance in math and nature: how a honey bee’s lineage is an example of the Fibonacci series. Meanwhile, Brains on Vacation quashes satellite fireball rumors, and our Hollywood skeptic gives a “how to” for faking UFO photos. It’s Skeptical Sunday.. but don’t take our word for it! Guests: Phil Plait - Astronomer and author of badastronomy.com and Death from the Skies! Richard Wiseman - Psychologist at the University of Hertfordshire in England David Parker - Professor of New Testament Textual Criticism and Paleography at the University of Birmingham in England Pat McKeague - Teacher in San Luis ... Pick a number, any number. Got it? Good. Is it a lucky or unlucky? Is it a code that gives you a clue to the future? A lot of people assign all sorts of magical significance to numbers. From Friday the 13th to lucky number 7 – we’ll find out whether the idea of digits of destiny adds up. Plus, 666 and 616: find out what famous figures these figures code for. Learn the numbers that do have significance in math and nature: how a honey bee’s lineage is an example of the Fibonacci series. Meanwhile, Brains on Vacation quashes satellite fireball rumors, and our Hollywood skeptic gives a “how to” for faking UFO photos. It’s Skeptical Sunday.. but don’t take our word for it! Guests: Phil Plait - Astronomer and author of badastronomy.com and Death from the Skies! Richard Wiseman - Psychologist at the University of Hertfordshire in England David Parker - Professor of New Testament Textual Criticism and Paleography at the University of Birmingham in England Pat McKeague - Teacher in San Luis Obispo in California Jim Underdown - Executive Director, Center for Inquiry in Los Angeles Descripción en español Pick a number, any number. Got it? Good. Is it a lucky or unlucky? Is it a code that gives you a clue to the future? A lot of people assign all sorts of magical significance to numbers. From Friday the 13th to lucky number 7 – we’ll find out whether the idea of digits of destiny adds up. Plus, 666 and 616: find out what famous figures these figures code for. Learn the numbers that do have significance in math and nature: how a honey bee’s lineage is an example of the Fibonacci series. Meanwhile, Brains on Vacation quashes satellite fireball rumors, and our Hollywood skeptic gives a “how to” for faking UFO photos. It’s Skeptical Sunday.. but don’t take our word for it! Guests: Phil Plait - Astronomer and author of badastronomy.com and Death from the Skies! Richard Wiseman - Psychologist at the University of Hertfordshire in England David Parker - Professor of New Testament Textual Criticism and Paleography at the University of Birmingham in England Pat McKeague - Teacher in San Luis Obispo in California Jim Underdown - Executive Director, Center for Inquiry in Los Angeles Descripción en español tag:odeo.com,2009-03-22,24510319 Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24346808-AWA-Skeptical-Sunday-Take-a-Number-March-23-2009 Pick a number, any number. Got it? Good. Is it a lucky or unlucky? Is it a code that gives you a clue to the future? A lot of people assign all sorts of magical significance to numbers. From Friday the 13th to lucky number 7 – we’ll find out whether the idea of digits of destiny adds up. Plus, 666 and 616: find out what famous figures these figures code for. Learn the numbers that do have significance in math and nature: how a honey bee’s lineage is an example of the Fibonacci series. Meanwhile, Brains on Vacation quashes satellite fireball rumors, and our Hollywood skeptic gives a “how to” for faking UFO photos. It’s Skeptical Sunday.. but don’t take our word for it! Guests: Phil Plait - Astronomer and author of badastronomy.com and Death from the Skies! Richard Wiseman - Psychologist at the University of Hertfordshire in England David Parker - Professor of New Testament Textual Criticism and Paleography at the University of Birmingham in England Pat McKeague - Teacher in San Luis ... Pick a number, any number. Got it? Good. Is it a lucky or unlucky? Is it a code that gives you a clue to the future? A lot of people assign all sorts of magical significance to numbers. From Friday the 13th to lucky number 7 – we’ll find out whether the idea of digits of destiny adds up. Plus, 666 and 616: find out what famous figures these figures code for. Learn the numbers that do have significance in math and nature: how a honey bee’s lineage is an example of the Fibonacci series. Meanwhile, Brains on Vacation quashes satellite fireball rumors, and our Hollywood skeptic gives a “how to” for faking UFO photos. It’s Skeptical Sunday.. but don’t take our word for it! Guests: Phil Plait - Astronomer and author of badastronomy.com and Death from the Skies! Richard Wiseman - Psychologist at the University of Hertfordshire in England David Parker - Professor of New Testament Textual Criticism and Paleography at the University of Birmingham in England Pat McKeague - Teacher in San Luis Obispo in California Jim Underdown - Executive Director, Center for Inquiry in Los Angeles Descripción en español Pick a number, any number. Got it? Good. Is it a lucky or unlucky? Is it a code that gives you a clue to the future? A lot of people assign all sorts of magical significance to numbers. From Friday the 13th to lucky number 7 – we’ll find out whether the idea of digits of destiny adds up. Plus, 666 and 616: find out what famous figures these figures code for. Learn the numbers that do have significance in math and nature: how a honey bee’s lineage is an example of the Fibonacci series. Meanwhile, Brains on Vacation quashes satellite fireball rumors, and our Hollywood skeptic gives a “how to” for faking UFO photos. It’s Skeptical Sunday.. but don’t take our word for it! Guests: Phil Plait - Astronomer and author of badastronomy.com and Death from the Skies! Richard Wiseman - Psychologist at the University of Hertfordshire in England David Parker - Professor of New Testament Textual Criticism and Paleography at the University of Birmingham in England Pat McKeague - Teacher in San Luis Obispo in California Jim Underdown - Executive Director, Center for Inquiry in Los Angeles Descripción en español tag:odeo.com,2009-03-22,24346808 Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24312592-AWA-You-ve-Been-Slimed-March-16-2009 Hollywood horror flicks have captivated us with alien blobs, but the slime slithering on our own planet is as beguiling. From microscopic machines to life on ocean floors, new research reveals how essential slime is to life on Earth, and possibly other worlds. Discover the new materials made from hagfish slime… the social life of a slime mold… and the threat posed by the gray goo of self-replicating nanobots. Plus, it’s been 50 years since it first oozed across the screen: why there’s no escape from The Blob! Guests: Tori Hoeler - Astrobiologist, NASA Ames Research Center Douglas Fudge - Biologist, University of Guelph, Canada John Tyler Bonner - Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, and author of The Social Amoebae: The Biology of Cellular Slime Molds Chris Phoenix - Director of Research, Center for Responsible Technology Andre Bourmanis - Television Writer and Producer Descripción en español Hollywood horror flicks have captivated us with alien blobs, but the slime slithering on our own planet is as beguiling. From microscopic machines to life on ocean floors, new research reveals how essential slime is to life on Earth, and possibly other worlds. Discover the new materials made from hagfish slime… the social life of a slime mold… and the threat posed by the gray goo of self-replicating nanobots. Plus, it’s been 50 years since it first oozed across the screen: why there’s no escape from The Blob! Guests: Tori Hoeler - Astrobiologist, NASA Ames Research Center Douglas Fudge - Biologist, University of Guelph, Canada John Tyler Bonner - Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, and author of The Social Amoebae: The Biology of Cellular Slime Molds Chris Phoenix - Director of Research, Center for Responsible Technology Andre Bourmanis - Television Writer and Producer Descripción en español Hollywood horror flicks have captivated us with alien blobs, but the slime slithering on our own planet is as beguiling. From microscopic machines to life on ocean floors, new research reveals how essential slime is to life on Earth, and possibly other worlds. Discover the new materials made from hagfish slime… the social life of a slime mold… and the threat posed by the gray goo of self-replicating nanobots. Plus, it’s been 50 years since it first oozed across the screen: why there’s no escape from The Blob! Guests: Tori Hoeler - Astrobiologist, NASA Ames Research Center Douglas Fudge - Biologist, University of Guelph, Canada John Tyler Bonner - Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, and author of The Social Amoebae: The Biology of Cellular Slime Molds Chris Phoenix - Director of Research, Center for Responsible Technology Andre Bourmanis - Television Writer and Producer Descripción en español tag:odeo.com,2009-03-15,24312592 Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24510320-You-ve-Been-Slimed Hollywood horror flicks have captivated us with alien blobs, but the slime slithering on our own planet is as beguiling. From microscopic machines to life on ocean floors, new research reveals how essential slime is to life on Earth, and possibly other worlds. Discover the new materials made from hagfish slime… the social life of a slime mold… and the threat posed by the gray goo of self-replicating nanobots. Plus, it’s been 50 years since it first oozed across the screen: why there’s no escape from The Blob! Guests: Tori Hoeler - Astrobiologist, NASA Ames Research Center Douglas Fudge - Biologist, University of Guelph, Canada John Tyler Bonner - Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, and author of The Social Amoebae: The Biology of Cellular Slime Molds Chris Phoenix - Director of Research, Center for Responsible Technology Andre Bormanis - Television Writer and Producer Descripción en español Hollywood horror flicks have captivated us with alien blobs, but the slime slithering on our own planet is as beguiling. From microscopic machines to life on ocean floors, new research reveals how essential slime is to life on Earth, and possibly other worlds. Discover the new materials made from hagfish slime… the social life of a slime mold… and the threat posed by the gray goo of self-replicating nanobots. Plus, it’s been 50 years since it first oozed across the screen: why there’s no escape from The Blob! Guests: Tori Hoeler - Astrobiologist, NASA Ames Research Center Douglas Fudge - Biologist, University of Guelph, Canada John Tyler Bonner - Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, and author of The Social Amoebae: The Biology of Cellular Slime Molds Chris Phoenix - Director of Research, Center for Responsible Technology Andre Bormanis - Television Writer and Producer Descripción en español Hollywood horror flicks have captivated us with alien blobs, but the slime slithering on our own planet is as beguiling. From microscopic machines to life on ocean floors, new research reveals how essential slime is to life on Earth, and possibly other worlds. Discover the new materials made from hagfish slime… the social life of a slime mold… and the threat posed by the gray goo of self-replicating nanobots. Plus, it’s been 50 years since it first oozed across the screen: why there’s no escape from The Blob! Guests: Tori Hoeler - Astrobiologist, NASA Ames Research Center Douglas Fudge - Biologist, University of Guelph, Canada John Tyler Bonner - Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, and author of The Social Amoebae: The Biology of Cellular Slime Molds Chris Phoenix - Director of Research, Center for Responsible Technology Andre Bormanis - Television Writer and Producer Descripción en español tag:odeo.com,2009-03-15,24510320 Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24277604-AWA-Building-Better-Brains-March-9-2009 ENCORE Forgot your own birthday? Misplaced your Shih Tzu? Did you put the milk in your backpack and the iPod in the fridge? Age may bring wisdom but - alas - not a boost in RAM. But there's hope - scientists are discovering that the brain is more malleable than thought. We'll hear about the science of neuroplasticity and what you can do to slow that cerebellum slide. Ever been to a brain gym? pPlus, why the brains of London cabbies are bigger than those of your average commuter. Guests: Michael Merzenich - Professor Emeritus Neuroscientist, University of California, San Francisco Gordy Slack - Science journalist and author of The Battle Over the Meaning of Everything: Evolution, Intelligent Design, and a School Board in Dover, PA Sam Wang - Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Molecular Biology at Princeton University and the author of Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys but Never Forget how to Drive and other Puzzles of Everyday Life Lisa Schoonerman - Co-founder, ... ENCORE Forgot your own birthday? Misplaced your Shih Tzu? Did you put the milk in your backpack and the iPod in the fridge? Age may bring wisdom but - alas - not a boost in RAM. But there's hope - scientists are discovering that the brain is more malleable than thought. We'll hear about the science of neuroplasticity and what you can do to slow that cerebellum slide. Ever been to a brain gym? pPlus, why the brains of London cabbies are bigger than those of your average commuter. Guests: Michael Merzenich - Professor Emeritus Neuroscientist, University of California, San Francisco Gordy Slack - Science journalist and author of The Battle Over the Meaning of Everything: Evolution, Intelligent Design, and a School Board in Dover, PA Sam Wang - Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Molecular Biology at Princeton University and the author of Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys but Never Forget how to Drive and other Puzzles of Everyday Life Lisa Schoonerman - Co-founder, VibrantBrains Jan Zivic - Co-founder, VibrantBrains Descripción en español ENCORE Forgot your own birthday? Misplaced your Shih Tzu? Did you put the milk in your backpack and the iPod in the fridge? Age may bring wisdom but - alas - not a boost in RAM. But there's hope - scientists are discovering that the brain is more malleable than thought. We'll hear about the science of neuroplasticity and what you can do to slow that cerebellum slide. Ever been to a brain gym? pPlus, why the brains of London cabbies are bigger than those of your average commuter. Guests: Michael Merzenich - Professor Emeritus Neuroscientist, University of California, San Francisco Gordy Slack - Science journalist and author of The Battle Over the Meaning of Everything: Evolution, Intelligent Design, and a School Board in Dover, PA Sam Wang - Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Molecular Biology at Princeton University and the author of Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys but Never Forget how to Drive and other Puzzles of Everyday Life Lisa Schoonerman - Co-founder, VibrantBrains Jan Zivic - Co-founder, VibrantBrains Descripción en español tag:odeo.com,2009-03-08,24277604 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24510321-Building-Better-Brains ENCORE Forgot your own birthday? Misplaced your Shih Tzu? Did you put the milk in your backpack and the iPod in the fridge? Age may bring wisdom but – alas – not a boost in RAM. But there’s hope – scientists are discovering that the brain is more malleable than thought. We’ll hear about the science of neuroplasticity and what you can do to slow that cerebellum slide. Ever been to a brain gym? >p>Plus, why the brains of London cabbies are bigger than those of your average commuter. Guests: Michael Merzenich – Professor Emeritus Neuroscientist, University of California, San Francisco Gordy Slack – Science journalist and author of The Battle Over the Meaning of Everything: Evolution, Intelligent Design, and a School Board in Dover, PA Sam Wang – Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Molecular Biology at Princeton University and the author of Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys but Never Forget how to Drive and other ... ENCORE Forgot your own birthday? Misplaced your Shih Tzu? Did you put the milk in your backpack and the iPod in the fridge? Age may bring wisdom but – alas – not a boost in RAM. But there’s hope – scientists are discovering that the brain is more malleable than thought. We’ll hear about the science of neuroplasticity and what you can do to slow that cerebellum slide. Ever been to a brain gym? >p>Plus, why the brains of London cabbies are bigger than those of your average commuter. Guests: Michael Merzenich – Professor Emeritus Neuroscientist, University of California, San Francisco Gordy Slack – Science journalist and author of The Battle Over the Meaning of Everything: Evolution, Intelligent Design, and a School Board in Dover, PA Sam Wang – Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Molecular Biology at Princeton University and the author of Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys but Never Forget how to Drive and other Puzzles of Everyday Life Lisa Schoonerman – Co-founder, VibrantBrains Jan Zivic – Co-founder, VibrantBrains Descripción en español ENCORE Forgot your own birthday? Misplaced your Shih Tzu? Did you put the milk in your backpack and the iPod in the fridge? Age may bring wisdom but – alas – not a boost in RAM. But there’s hope – scientists are discovering that the brain is more malleable than thought. We’ll hear about the science of neuroplasticity and what you can do to slow that cerebellum slide. Ever been to a brain gym? >p>Plus, why the brains of London cabbies are bigger than those of your average commuter. Guests: Michael Merzenich – Professor Emeritus Neuroscientist, University of California, San Francisco Gordy Slack – Science journalist and author of The Battle Over the Meaning of Everything: Evolution, Intelligent Design, and a School Board in Dover, PA Sam Wang – Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Molecular Biology at Princeton University and the author of Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys but Never Forget how to Drive and other Puzzles of Everyday Life Lisa Schoonerman – Co-founder, VibrantBrains Jan Zivic – Co-founder, VibrantBrains Descripción en español tag:odeo.com,2009-03-08,24510321 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:00:00 -0700 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24243223-AWA-A-Man-A-Planet-A-Tenal-Panama-March-2-2009 While the Kepler spacecraft hunts for habitable planets outside our galaxy, we’ve let one of our own planets slip away! Find out why Pluto’s demotion to dwarf status created a public uproar as astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson reads us his hate mail. From third-graders! Also, how we might find Earth-like planets… the possibility of life on Saturn’s moon Titan… and TED Prize winner Jill Tarter’s vision for finding E.T. And, the man who made it all possible: 400 years of Galileo and the telescope. Part of our series for the International Year of Astronomy. Guests Neil deGrasse Tyson - Astrophysicist, Head of the Hayden Planetarium, and author of The Pluto Files:The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet Alan Stern - Planetary Scientist at the Southwest Research Institute, lead investigator on NASA’s New Horizons Mission Jeffrey Van Cleve - Astronomer at the Kepler Mission Science Office Carolyn Porco - Planetary scientist and Lead for NASA’s Cassini Mission Jill Tarter - Director... While the Kepler spacecraft hunts for habitable planets outside our galaxy, we’ve let one of our own planets slip away! Find out why Pluto’s demotion to dwarf status created a public uproar as astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson reads us his hate mail. From third-graders! Also, how we might find Earth-like planets… the possibility of life on Saturn’s moon Titan… and TED Prize winner Jill Tarter’s vision for finding E.T. And, the man who made it all possible: 400 years of Galileo and the telescope. Part of our series for the International Year of Astronomy. Guests Neil deGrasse Tyson - Astrophysicist, Head of the Hayden Planetarium, and author of The Pluto Files:The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet Alan Stern - Planetary Scientist at the Southwest Research Institute, lead investigator on NASA’s New Horizons Mission Jeffrey Van Cleve - Astronomer at the Kepler Mission Science Office Carolyn Porco - Planetary scientist and Lead for NASA’s Cassini Mission Jill Tarter - Director of SETI Research at the SETI Institute Andy Fraknoi - Astronomer at Foothill College and author of Voyages Through the Universe While the Kepler spacecraft hunts for habitable planets outside our galaxy, we’ve let one of our own planets slip away! Find out why Pluto’s demotion to dwarf status created a public uproar as astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson reads us his hate mail. From third-graders! Also, how we might find Earth-like planets… the possibility of life on Saturn’s moon Titan… and TED Prize winner Jill Tarter’s vision for finding E.T. And, the man who made it all possible: 400 years of Galileo and the telescope. Part of our series for the International Year of Astronomy. Guests Neil deGrasse Tyson - Astrophysicist, Head of the Hayden Planetarium, and author of The Pluto Files:The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet Alan Stern - Planetary Scientist at the Southwest Research Institute, lead investigator on NASA’s New Horizons Mission Jeffrey Van Cleve - Astronomer at the Kepler Mission Science Office Carolyn Porco - Planetary scientist and Lead for NASA’s Cassini Mission Jill Tarter - Director of SETI Research at the SETI Institute Andy Fraknoi - Astronomer at Foothill College and author of Voyages Through the Universe tag:odeo.com,2009-03-02,24243223 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24510322-A-Man-A-Planet-A-Tenal-Panama While the Kepler spacecraft hunts for habitable planets beyond the solar system, we’ve let one of our own planets slip away! Find out why Pluto’s demotion to dwarf status created a public uproar as astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson reads us his hate mail. From third-graders! Also, how we might find Earth-like planets… the possibility of life on Saturn’s moon Titan… and TED Prize winner Jill Tarter’s vision for finding E.T. And, the man who made it all possible: 400 years of Galileo and the telescope. Part of our series for the International Year of Astronomy. Guests Neil deGrasse Tyson - Astrophysicist, Head of the Hayden Planetarium, and author of The Pluto Files:The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet Alan Stern - Planetary Scientist at the Southwest Research Institute, lead investigator on NASA’s New Horizons Mission Jeffrey Van Cleve - Astronomer at the Kepler Mission Science Office Carolyn Porco - Planetary scientist and Lead for NASA’s Cassini Mission Jill Tarter - Dir... While the Kepler spacecraft hunts for habitable planets beyond the solar system, we’ve let one of our own planets slip away! Find out why Pluto’s demotion to dwarf status created a public uproar as astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson reads us his hate mail. From third-graders! Also, how we might find Earth-like planets… the possibility of life on Saturn’s moon Titan… and TED Prize winner Jill Tarter’s vision for finding E.T. And, the man who made it all possible: 400 years of Galileo and the telescope. Part of our series for the International Year of Astronomy. Guests Neil deGrasse Tyson - Astrophysicist, Head of the Hayden Planetarium, and author of The Pluto Files:The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet Alan Stern - Planetary Scientist at the Southwest Research Institute, lead investigator on NASA’s New Horizons Mission Jeffrey Van Cleve - Astronomer at the Kepler Mission Science Office Carolyn Porco - Planetary scientist and Lead for NASA’s Cassini Mission Jill Tarter - Director of SETI Research at the SETI Institute Andy Fraknoi - Astronomer at Foothill College and author of Voyages Through the Universe Descripción en español While the Kepler spacecraft hunts for habitable planets beyond the solar system, we’ve let one of our own planets slip away! Find out why Pluto’s demotion to dwarf status created a public uproar as astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson reads us his hate mail. From third-graders! Also, how we might find Earth-like planets… the possibility of life on Saturn’s moon Titan… and TED Prize winner Jill Tarter’s vision for finding E.T. And, the man who made it all possible: 400 years of Galileo and the telescope. Part of our series for the International Year of Astronomy. Guests Neil deGrasse Tyson - Astrophysicist, Head of the Hayden Planetarium, and author of The Pluto Files:The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet Alan Stern - Planetary Scientist at the Southwest Research Institute, lead investigator on NASA’s New Horizons Mission Jeffrey Van Cleve - Astronomer at the Kepler Mission Science Office Carolyn Porco - Planetary scientist and Lead for NASA’s Cassini Mission Jill Tarter - Director of SETI Research at the SETI Institute Andy Fraknoi - Astronomer at Foothill College and author of Voyages Through the Universe Descripción en español tag:odeo.com,2009-03-02,24510322 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24510323-It-s-the-Science-Cupid Love makes us feel warm and mushy, but the sweet sting of Cupid's arrow makes a compelling chemistry lesson, too. Research into animal mating and human courtship provides clues to an eternal mystery: what's the purpose of love? Learn lessons from the family values of field mice, and affectionate same-sex penguin pairs. Plus: Darwin's take on speed dating, and the science of smooching. Guests Helen Fisher - Anthropologist, Rutgers University Sarah Woodley - Biologist, Duquesne University Skyler Place - Doctoral Student, Indiana University's Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Larry Young - Neurobiologist, Emory University Marlene Zuk - Biologist, University of California, Riverside Descripción en español Love makes us feel warm and mushy, but the sweet sting of Cupid's arrow makes a compelling chemistry lesson, too. Research into animal mating and human courtship provides clues to an eternal mystery: what's the purpose of love? Learn lessons from the family values of field mice, and affectionate same-sex penguin pairs. Plus: Darwin's take on speed dating, and the science of smooching. Guests Helen Fisher - Anthropologist, Rutgers University Sarah Woodley - Biologist, Duquesne University Skyler Place - Doctoral Student, Indiana University's Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Larry Young - Neurobiologist, Emory University Marlene Zuk - Biologist, University of California, Riverside Descripción en español Love makes us feel warm and mushy, but the sweet sting of Cupid's arrow makes a compelling chemistry lesson, too. Research into animal mating and human courtship provides clues to an eternal mystery: what's the purpose of love? Learn lessons from the family values of field mice, and affectionate same-sex penguin pairs. Plus: Darwin's take on speed dating, and the science of smooching. Guests Helen Fisher - Anthropologist, Rutgers University Sarah Woodley - Biologist, Duquesne University Skyler Place - Doctoral Student, Indiana University's Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Larry Young - Neurobiologist, Emory University Marlene Zuk - Biologist, University of California, Riverside Descripción en español tag:odeo.com,2009-02-23,24510323 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24165306-AWA-It-s-the-Science-Cupid-February-23-2009 Love make us feel warm and mushy, but the sweet sting of Cupid's arrow makes a compelling chemistry lesson, too. Research into animal mating and human courtship provides clues to an eternal mystery: what's the purpose of love? Learn lessons from the family values of field mice, and affectionate same-sex penguin pairs. Plus: Darwin's take on speed dating, and the science of smooching. Guests Helen Fisher - Anthropologist, Rutgers University Sarah Woodley - Biologist, Duquesne University Skyler Place - Doctoral Student, Indiana University's Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Larry Young - Neurobiologist, Emory University Marlene Zuk - Biologist, University of California, Riverside Love make us feel warm and mushy, but the sweet sting of Cupid's arrow makes a compelling chemistry lesson, too. Research into animal mating and human courtship provides clues to an eternal mystery: what's the purpose of love? Learn lessons from the family values of field mice, and affectionate same-sex penguin pairs. Plus: Darwin's take on speed dating, and the science of smooching. Guests Helen Fisher - Anthropologist, Rutgers University Sarah Woodley - Biologist, Duquesne University Skyler Place - Doctoral Student, Indiana University's Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Larry Young - Neurobiologist, Emory University Marlene Zuk - Biologist, University of California, Riverside Love make us feel warm and mushy, but the sweet sting of Cupid's arrow makes a compelling chemistry lesson, too. Research into animal mating and human courtship provides clues to an eternal mystery: what's the purpose of love? Learn lessons from the family values of field mice, and affectionate same-sex penguin pairs. Plus: Darwin's take on speed dating, and the science of smooching. Guests Helen Fisher - Anthropologist, Rutgers University Sarah Woodley - Biologist, Duquesne University Skyler Place - Doctoral Student, Indiana University's Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Larry Young - Neurobiologist, Emory University Marlene Zuk - Biologist, University of California, Riverside tag:odeo.com,2009-02-23,24165306 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24510324-Life-s-Stories ENCORE How did the first cells make the scene? Could there be critters on some newly discovered planets? And what happens if we ever encounter weird life? These may not be the sort of questions you hear being bandied about in your local coffee shop, but they were hot topics at the AbSciCon conference held recently in Santa Clara, California, and sponsored by the SETI Institute. AbSciCon stands for Astrobiology Science Conference, and Seth was there, talking to researchers about progress in puzzling out how life began on Earth, and where it might have gained a claw-hold elsewhere. Could there be certain parts of our Galaxy that are off-limits for life? Also, hear whether our universe has special properties that render it just dandy for life, and whether we should be looking for viruses on Mars. Guests: Diana Valencia - Planetary physicist at Harvard University Charley Lineweaver - Cosmologist at the Australian National University David Deamer - Research scientist at the University of... ENCORE How did the first cells make the scene? Could there be critters on some newly discovered planets? And what happens if we ever encounter weird life? These may not be the sort of questions you hear being bandied about in your local coffee shop, but they were hot topics at the AbSciCon conference held recently in Santa Clara, California, and sponsored by the SETI Institute. AbSciCon stands for Astrobiology Science Conference, and Seth was there, talking to researchers about progress in puzzling out how life began on Earth, and where it might have gained a claw-hold elsewhere. Could there be certain parts of our Galaxy that are off-limits for life? Also, hear whether our universe has special properties that render it just dandy for life, and whether we should be looking for viruses on Mars. Guests: Diana Valencia - Planetary physicist at Harvard University Charley Lineweaver - Cosmologist at the Australian National University David Deamer - Research scientist at the University of California at Santa Cruz Baruch Blumberg - Scientist at the Fox Chase Cancer Institute, Nobel Prize winner, and Trustee at the SETI Institute Matthew Kenworthy - Astronomer at the University of Arizona Eric Korpela - Research scientist at the University of California, Berkeley Richard Muller - Physicist, University of California, Berkeley Kathryn Denning - Anthropologist at York University Descripción en español ENCORE How did the first cells make the scene? Could there be critters on some newly discovered planets? And what happens if we ever encounter weird life? These may not be the sort of questions you hear being bandied about in your local coffee shop, but they were hot topics at the AbSciCon conference held recently in Santa Clara, California, and sponsored by the SETI Institute. AbSciCon stands for Astrobiology Science Conference, and Seth was there, talking to researchers about progress in puzzling out how life began on Earth, and where it might have gained a claw-hold elsewhere. Could there be certain parts of our Galaxy that are off-limits for life? Also, hear whether our universe has special properties that render it just dandy for life, and whether we should be looking for viruses on Mars. Guests: Diana Valencia - Planetary physicist at Harvard University Charley Lineweaver - Cosmologist at the Australian National University David Deamer - Research scientist at the University of California at Santa Cruz Baruch Blumberg - Scientist at the Fox Chase Cancer Institute, Nobel Prize winner, and Trustee at the SETI Institute Matthew Kenworthy - Astronomer at the University of Arizona Eric Korpela - Research scientist at the University of California, Berkeley Richard Muller - Physicist, University of California, Berkeley Kathryn Denning - Anthropologist at York University Descripción en español tag:odeo.com,2009-02-16,24510324 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24113834-AWA-Life-s-Stories-February-16-2009 ENCORE How did the first cells make the scene? Could there be critters on some newly discovered planets? And what happens if we ever encounter weird life? These may not be the sort of questions you hear being bandied about in your local coffee shop, but they were hot topics at the AbSciCon conference held recently in Santa Clara, California, and sponsored by the SETI Institute. AbSciCon stands for Astrobiology Science Conference, and Seth was there, talking to researchers about progress in puzzling out how life began on Earth, and where it might have gained a claw-hold elsewhere. Could there be certain parts of our Galaxy that are off-limits for life? Also, hear whether our universe has special properties that render it just dandy for life, and whether we should be looking for viruses on Mars. Guests: Diana Valencia - Planetary physicist at Harvard University Charley Lineweaver - Cosmologist at the Australian National University David Deamer - Research scientist at the University of... ENCORE How did the first cells make the scene? Could there be critters on some newly discovered planets? And what happens if we ever encounter weird life? These may not be the sort of questions you hear being bandied about in your local coffee shop, but they were hot topics at the AbSciCon conference held recently in Santa Clara, California, and sponsored by the SETI Institute. AbSciCon stands for Astrobiology Science Conference, and Seth was there, talking to researchers about progress in puzzling out how life began on Earth, and where it might have gained a claw-hold elsewhere. Could there be certain parts of our Galaxy that are off-limits for life? Also, hear whether our universe has special properties that render it just dandy for life, and whether we should be looking for viruses on Mars. Guests: Diana Valencia - Planetary physicist at Harvard University Charley Lineweaver - Cosmologist at the Australian National University David Deamer - Research scientist at the University of California at Santa Cruz Baruch Blumberg - Scientist at the Fox Chase Cancer Institute, Nobel Prize winner, and Trustee at the SETI Institute Matthew Kenworthy - Astronomer at the University of Arizona Eric Korpela - Research scientist at the University of California, Berkeley Richard Muller - Physicist, University of California, Berkeley Kathryn Denning - Anthropologist at York University ENCORE How did the first cells make the scene? Could there be critters on some newly discovered planets? And what happens if we ever encounter weird life? These may not be the sort of questions you hear being bandied about in your local coffee shop, but they were hot topics at the AbSciCon conference held recently in Santa Clara, California, and sponsored by the SETI Institute. AbSciCon stands for Astrobiology Science Conference, and Seth was there, talking to researchers about progress in puzzling out how life began on Earth, and where it might have gained a claw-hold elsewhere. Could there be certain parts of our Galaxy that are off-limits for life? Also, hear whether our universe has special properties that render it just dandy for life, and whether we should be looking for viruses on Mars. Guests: Diana Valencia - Planetary physicist at Harvard University Charley Lineweaver - Cosmologist at the Australian National University David Deamer - Research scientist at the University of California at Santa Cruz Baruch Blumberg - Scientist at the Fox Chase Cancer Institute, Nobel Prize winner, and Trustee at the SETI Institute Matthew Kenworthy - Astronomer at the University of Arizona Eric Korpela - Research scientist at the University of California, Berkeley Richard Muller - Physicist, University of California, Berkeley Kathryn Denning - Anthropologist at York University tag:odeo.com,2009-02-16,24113834 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species http://odeo.com/episodes/24510325-Skeptical-Sunday-Que-Sera-No-Sera We all want to peek into the future and find out what fate has in store: Will I get that raise? Is love around the corner? What’s the winning combo in Las Vegas? Some people claim the ability to see events before they occur. Find out how accurate their prognostications are. Plus, how the job market drove the granddaddy of “I told you so” – Nostradamus – into the business of soothsaying. Also, how the brain misfires to produce déjà vu. Also, how the brain misfires to produce déjà vu. And, astronomical predictions for the final apocalypse … will the world end in fire or in ice? Guests: Peter Lemesurier - author of the biography The Unknown Nostradamus . He lives in Wales. Akira O'Connor - psychologist at Washington University, in Saint Louis Ben Radford - managing editor of Skeptical Inquirer magazine and an investigator with the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry Descripción en español We all want to peek into the future and find out what fate has in store: Will I get that raise? Is love around the corner? What’s the winning combo in Las Vegas? Some people claim the ability to see events before they occur. Find out how accurate their prognostications are. Plus, how the job market drove the granddaddy of “I told you so” – Nostradamus – into the business of soothsaying. Also, how the brain misfires to produce déjà vu. Also, how the brain misfires to produce déjà vu. And, astronomical predictions for the final apocalypse … will the world end in fire or in ice? Guests: Peter Lemesurier - author of the biography The Unknown Nostradamus . He lives in Wales. Akira O'Connor - psychologist at Washington University, in Saint Louis Ben Radford - managing editor of Skeptical Inquirer magazine and an investigator with the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry Descripción en español We all want to peek into the future and find out what fate has in store: Will I get that raise? Is love around the corner? What’s the winning combo in Las Vegas? Some people claim the ability to see events before they occur. Find out how accurate their prognostications are. Plus, how the job market drove the granddaddy of “I told you so” – Nostradamus – into the business of soothsaying. Also, how the brain misfires to produce déjà vu. Also, how the brain misfires to produce déjà vu. And, astronomical predictions for the final apocalypse … will the world end in fire or in ice? Guests: Peter Lemesurier - author of the biography The Unknown Nostradamus . He lives in Wales. Akira O'Connor - psychologist at Washington University, in Saint Louis Ben Radford - managing editor of Skeptical Inquirer magazine and an investigator with the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry Descripción en español tag:odeo.com,2009-02-09,24510325 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 no Are We Alone? - Science Radio for Thinking Species