Sex and the SETI

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Sex and the SETI Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> Explore or exploit. true 2010-02-08T00:00:00-08:00 The extra-solar planet count is more than 400 and rising. Before long we may find an Earth-like planet around another star. If we do, and can visit, what next? Stake out our claim on an alien world or tread lightly and preserve it? We’ll look at what our record on Earth says about our planet stewardship. Also, whether a massive technological fix can get us out of our climate mess. Plus, what we can learn about extreme climate from our neighbors in the solar system, Venus and Mars. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://dge.stanford.edu/labs/caldeiralab/">Ken Caldeira</a> - Climate scientist from the Carnegie Institution’s Department of Global Ecology at Stanford University</li> <li><a href="http://www.cowing.com/">Keith Cowing</a> - Biologist, and editor of <a href="http://NASAwatch.com">NASAwatch.com</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.yorku.ca/kdenning/">Kathryn Denning</a> - Anthropologist at York University in Canada</li> <li>Gary Davis - Director of the <a href="http://www.jach.hawaii.edu/">Joint Astronomy Center</a> in Hilo, Hawaii</li> <li><a href="http://www.funkyscience.net/">David Grinspoon</a> - Curator of the Denver Museum of Science and Nature</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-allanando-nuevos-mundos/">Descripción en español</a>

The extra-solar planet count is more than 400 and rising. Before long we may find an Earth-like planet around another star. If we do, and can visit, what next? Stake out our claim on an alien world or tread lightly and preserve it? We’ll look at what our record on Earth says about our planet stewardship. Also, whether a massive technological fix can get us out of our climate mess. Plus, what we can learn about extreme climate from our neighbors in the solar system, Venus and Mars. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://dge.stanford.edu/labs/caldeiralab/">Ken Caldeira</a> – Climate scientist from the Carnegie Institution’s Department of Global Ecology at Stanford University</li> <li><a href="http://www.cowing.com/">Keith Cowing</a> – Biologist, and editor of <a href="http://NASAwatch.com">NASAwatch.com</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.yorku.ca/kdenning/">Kathryn Denning</a> – Anthropologist at York University in Canada</li> <li>Gary Davis – Director of the <a href="http://www.jach.hawaii.edu/">Joint Astronomy Center</a> in Hilo, Hawaii</li> <li><a href="http://www.funkyscience.net/">David Grinspoon</a> – Curator of the Denver Museum of Science and Nature</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-allanando-nuevos-mundos/">Descripción en español</a>

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Ken Caldeira, Keith Cowing, Kathryn Denning, Gary Davis, David Grinspoon

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2010-02-08T00:00:00-08:00

Pave New Worlds The next show follows the previous show and precedes the show two weeks from now. Guests will include those people invited to participate in the program to discuss a subject in which they may have some expertise. There will also be a skit. Or not. false 2010-02-08T00:00:00-08:00 The next show follows the previous show and precedes the show two weeks from now. Guests will include those people invited to participate in the program to discuss a subject in which they may have some expertise. There will also be a skit. Or not.

The next show follows the previous show and precedes the show two weeks from now. Guests will include those people invited to participate in the program to discuss a subject in which they may have some expertise. There will also be a skit. Or not.

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2008-12-13T00:00:00-08:00

Generic Show Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> The chemistry of love. false 2010-02-01T00:00:00-08:00 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. <h2>Guests</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://helenfisher.com/">Helen Fisher</a> - Anthropologist, Rutgers University</li> <li><a href="http://www.science.duq.edu/faculty/woodley.htm">Sarah Woodley</a> - Biologist, Duquesne University</li> <li><a href="http://mypage.iu.edu/%7Essplace/">Skyler Place</a> - Doctoral Student, Indiana University's Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences</li> <li><a href="http://research.yerkes.emory.edu/Young/larry.html">Larry Young</a> - Neurobiologist, Emory University</li> <li><a href="http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/%7Emzuk/">Marlene Zuk</a> - Biologist, University of California, Riverside</li> </ul> <a href="%20http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3577__podcast_del_institutoseti.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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. <h2>Guests</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://helenfisher.com/">Helen Fisher</a> – Anthropologist, Rutgers University</li> <li><a href="http://www.science.duq.edu/faculty/woodley.htm">Sarah Woodley</a> – Biologist, Duquesne University</li> <li><a href="http://mypage.iu.edu/%7Essplace/">Skyler Place</a> – Doctoral Student, Indiana University’s Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences</li> <li><a href="http://research.yerkes.emory.edu/Young/larry.html">Larry Young</a> – Neurobiologist, Emory University</li> <li><a href="http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/%7Emzuk/">Marlene Zuk</a> – Biologist, University of California, Riverside</li> </ul> <a href="%20http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3577__podcast_del_institutoseti.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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Helen Fisher, Sarah Woodley, Skyler Place, Larry Young, Marlene Zuk

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2009-02-23T10:46:17-08:00

It's the Science, Cupid! Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> Scientific firsts. false 2010-01-25T00:00:00-08:00 Being first counts in science. Land that coveted spot and you’ll make history, whether it’s with the first steam engine or the discovery of our earliest human ancestor. But what does “first” mean when technological invention so heavily builds on what’s come before... and evolution represents continuous change? Find out how “publish or perish” made Darwin famous… why we’ll never find the first human fossil… and how powerful new telescopes are allowing us to see the earliest galaxies. Plus, the chicken and egg battle it out in line. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.ucolick.org/~board/faculty/illingworth.html">Garth Illingworth</a> - Astrophysicist at the University of California, Santa Cruz</li> <li><a href="http://seanbcarroll.com/">Sean B. Carroll</a> - Molecular biologist and geneticist at the University of Wisconsin Madison and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0547247788?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0547247788">Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0547247788" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://ib.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/profiles/more/lhlusko.php">Leslea Hlusko</a> - Paleontologist at the University of California- Berkeley. <a href="http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2009/1001sp_ardi.shtml">Read more about Ardi</a></li> <ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-¿quien-esta-en-primer-lugar/">Descripción en español</a>

Being first counts in science. Land that coveted spot and you’ll make history, whether it’s with the first steam engine or the discovery of our earliest human ancestor. But what does “first” mean when technological invention so heavily builds on what’s come before… and evolution represents continuous change? Find out how “publish or perish” made Darwin famous… why we’ll never find the first human fossil… and how powerful new telescopes are allowing us to see the earliest galaxies. Plus, the chicken and egg battle it out in line. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.ucolick.org/~board/faculty/illingworth.html">Garth Illingworth</a> – Astrophysicist at the University of California, Santa Cruz</li> <li><a href="http://seanbcarroll.com/">Sean B. Carroll</a> – Molecular biologist and geneticist at the University of Wisconsin Madison and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0547247788?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0547247788">Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0547247788" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://ib.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/profiles/more/lhlusko.php">Leslea Hlusko</a> – Paleontologist at the University of California- Berkeley. <a href="http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2009/1001sp_ardi.shtml">Read more about Ardi</a></li> <ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-¿quien-esta-en-primer-lugar/">Descripción en español</a>

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Garth Illlingworth, Sean B. Carroll, Leslea Hlusko

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2010-01-25T00:00:00-08:00

Who's on First? Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> Public mistrust of science. false 2010-01-18T00:00:00-08:00 Public distrust of science is higher than at any time since the Enlightenment. New Yorker writer Michael Specter argues how our anti-science bias and our irrationalism about everything from genetically modified foods to climate change to childhood vaccines endangers our future. And remember when… a look back at scientists who at first pooh-poohed plate tectonics... meteorites, and quantum physics. How the evidence turned them around. It’s Skeptic Check… but don’t take our word for it. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.michaelspecter.com/">Michael Specter</a> - Writer for The New Yorker and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594202303?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1594202303">Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1594202303" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.hnl.bcm.tmc.edu/faculty.html">Read Montague</a> - Director of the Human Neuroimaging Lab at Baylor College of Medicine and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000R7PZ42?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000R7PZ42">Why Choose This Book?: How We Make Decisions</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000R7PZ42" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.aip.org/history/climate/author.htm">Spencer Weart</a> - Historian of science</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-revision-esceptica-nadando-en-la-negacion/">Descripción en español</a>

Public distrust of science is higher than at any time since the Enlightenment. New Yorker writer Michael Specter argues how our anti-science bias and our irrationalism about everything from genetically modified foods to climate change to childhood vaccines endangers our future. And remember when… a look back at scientists who at first pooh-poohed plate tectonics… meteorites, and quantum physics. How the evidence turned them around. It’s Skeptic Check… but don’t take our word for it. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.michaelspecter.com/">Michael Specter</a> – Writer for The New Yorker and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594202303?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1594202303">Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1594202303" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.hnl.bcm.tmc.edu/faculty.html">Read Montague</a> – Director of the Human Neuroimaging Lab at Baylor College of Medicine and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000R7PZ42?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000R7PZ42">Why Choose This Book?: How We Make Decisions</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000R7PZ42" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.aip.org/history/climate/author.htm">Spencer Weart</a> – Historian of science</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-revision-esceptica-nadando-en-la-negacion/">Descripción en español</a>

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Michael Specter, Read Montague, Spencer Weart

AWA_10-01-18.mp3

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2010-01-18T00:00:00-08:00

Skeptic Check: Swimming in Denial Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> What makes a super-achiever. false 2010-01-11T00:00:00-08:00 From the double-helix to the expansion of the universe, great scientific discoveries reshape our understanding of who we are and how things work. But great discoveries require more than just a great mind. We tour brainy breakthroughs from Archimedes to Darwin, and find out what made their revolutionary insights possible. Also, why you need more than a stratospheric I.Q. to be a super-achiever. And how the invention of reading re-directed the course of civilization and re-wired our brains in the process. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.umassd.edu/faculty/focus/alanhirshfeld.cfm">Alan Hirshfeld</a> - Professor of physics at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0802716180?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0802716180">Eureka Man: The Life and Legacy of Archimedes</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0802716180" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth119">Richard Holmes</a> - Author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375422226?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0375422226">The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0375422226" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~duckwort/">Angela Duckworth</a> - Psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania. Her grit study can be found <a href="http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~duckwort/images/17-item%20Grit%20and%20Ambition.040709.pdf">here</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.unicog.org/main/pages.php?page=Stanislas_Dehaene">Stanislas Dehaene</a> - Cognitive neruoscientist at the the Collège de France in Paris, and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0670021105?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0670021105">Reading in the Brain: The Science and Evolution of a Human Invention</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0670021105" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-%C2%A1eureka/">Descripción en español</a>

From the double-helix to the expansion of the universe, great scientific discoveries reshape our understanding of who we are and how things work. But great discoveries require more than just a great mind. We tour brainy breakthroughs from Archimedes to Darwin, and find out what made their revolutionary insights possible. Also, why you need more than a stratospheric I.Q. to be a super-achiever. And how the invention of reading re-directed the course of civilization and re-wired our brains in the process. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.umassd.edu/faculty/focus/alanhirshfeld.cfm">Alan Hirshfeld</a> – Professor of physics at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0802716180?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0802716180">Eureka Man: The Life and Legacy of Archimedes</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0802716180" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth119">Richard Holmes</a> – Author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375422226?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0375422226">The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0375422226" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~duckwort/">Angela Duckworth</a> – Psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania. Her grit study can be found <a href="http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~duckwort/images/17-item%20Grit%20and%20Ambition.040709.pdf">here</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.unicog.org/main/pages.php?page=Stanislas_Dehaene">Stanislas Dehaene</a> – Cognitive neruoscientist at the the Collège de France in Paris, and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0670021105?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0670021105">Reading in the Brain: The Science and Evolution of a Human Invention</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0670021105" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-%C2%A1eureka/">Descripción en español</a>

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Guests: Alan Hirshfeld, Richard Holmes, Angela Duckworth, Stanislas Dehaene

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2010-01-11T00:00:00-08:00

Eureka! arewealone@seti.org How to beat the clock. false 2010-01-04T00:00:00-08:00 ENCORE Ever since Einstein, we've known that time doesn't barrel willy-nilly into the future. Moving clocks tick at a different rates, and by riding a fast rocket, we can slow time to a crawl. Such tricks may give you a way to see the distant future, but can you go back in time? Discover one man's quest to build a time machine. Also learn how to put the brakes on aging by getting near a black hole. Plus, does your entire life really pass before your eyes if you jump off the Brooklyn Bridge? Our perception of time. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li>Roy Gould - Astrophysicist, <a href="http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/">Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.phys.uconn.edu/%7Emallett/main/main.htm">Ronald Mallett</a> - Professor of Physics, University of Connecticut, and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385612435?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0385612435">The Time Traveller</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0385612435" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> </li> <li>Simon Steel - Astrophysicist, <a href="http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/">Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics</a></li> <li><a href="http://cnl.salk.edu/%7Eeagleman/">David Eagleman</a> - Neuroscientist at Baylor College of Medicine, and Director of the Laboratory for Perception and Action</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-misterios-del-tiempo-2a-parte-viajando-a-traves-del-tiempo/">Descripción en español</a>

ENCORE Ever since Einstein, we’ve known that time doesn’t barrel willy-nilly into the future. Moving clocks tick at a different rates, and by riding a fast rocket, we can slow time to a crawl. Such tricks may give you a way to see the distant future, but can you go back in time? Discover one man’s quest to build a time machine. Also learn how to put the brakes on aging by getting near a black hole. Plus, does your entire life really pass before your eyes if you jump off the Brooklyn Bridge? Our perception of time. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li>Roy Gould – Astrophysicist, <a href="http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/">Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.phys.uconn.edu/%7Emallett/main/main.htm">Ronald Mallett</a> – Professor of Physics, University of Connecticut, and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385612435?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0385612435">The Time Traveller</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0385612435" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> </li> <li>Simon Steel – Astrophysicist, <a href="http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/">Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics</a></li> <li><a href="http://cnl.salk.edu/%7Eeagleman/">David Eagleman</a> – Neuroscientist at Baylor College of Medicine, and Director of the Laboratory for Perception and Action</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-misterios-del-tiempo-2a-parte-viajando-a-traves-del-tiempo/">Descripción en español</a>

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Roy Gould, Ronald Mallett, Simon Steel, David Eagleman

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2008-11-10T00:00:00-08:00

Time's Mysteries Part II: Warping Time Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> Keeping track of tick-tock. false 2009-12-28T00:00:00-08:00 ENCORE Time's a mystery, yet we've invented clever ways to capture it. From sundials to atomic clocks, trace the history of time-keeping. Also, discover the surprising accuracy of nature's dating schemes - from the decay of carbon to laying down tree rings. Plus, why the "New York minute" stretches to hours in Rio de Janeiro: cultural differences in the perception of time. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.christurney.com/Home/Welcome.html">Chris Turney</a> - Geologist at the University of Wollongong, Australia and the author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0230551947?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0230551947">Bones, Rocks and Stars: The Science of When Things Happened</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0230551947" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.iau.org/administration/membership/individual/5622/">Demetrios Matsakis</a> - Head of the U.S. Naval Observatory's Time Service</li> <li>Steven Jefferts - Physicist at the <a href="http://www.nist.gov/">National Institute of Standards and Technology</a> in Boulder, Colorado</li> <li><a href="http://www.psych.csufresno.edu/levine/">Robert Levine</a> - Psychologist at California State University in Fresno and the author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465026427?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0465026427">A Geography of Time: The Temporal Misadventures of a Social Psychologist, or How Every Culture Keeps Time Just a Little Bit Differently</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0465026427" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li>Norman Mohr - Owner, <a href="http://www.mohrclocks.com/">Mohr Clocks</a>, Mountain View, California</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-misterios-del-tiempo-1a-parte-marcando-el-tiempo/">Descripción en español</a>

ENCORE Time’s a mystery, yet we’ve invented clever ways to capture it. From sundials to atomic clocks, trace the history of time-keeping. Also, discover the surprising accuracy of nature’s dating schemes – from the decay of carbon to laying down tree rings. Plus, why the “New York minute” stretches to hours in Rio de Janeiro: cultural differences in the perception of time. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.christurney.com/Home/Welcome.html">Chris Turney</a> – Geologist at the University of Wollongong, Australia and the author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0230551947?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0230551947">Bones, Rocks and Stars: The Science of When Things Happened</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0230551947" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.iau.org/administration/membership/individual/5622/">Demetrios Matsakis</a> – Head of the U.S. Naval Observatory’s Time Service</li> <li>Steven Jefferts – Physicist at the <a href="http://www.nist.gov/">National Institute of Standards and Technology</a> in Boulder, Colorado</li> <li><a href="http://www.psych.csufresno.edu/levine/">Robert Levine</a> – Psychologist at California State University in Fresno and the author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465026427?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0465026427">A Geography of Time: The Temporal Misadventures of a Social Psychologist, or How Every Culture Keeps Time Just a Little Bit Differently</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0465026427" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li>Norman Mohr – Owner, <a href="http://www.mohrclocks.com/">Mohr Clocks</a>, Mountain View, California</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-misterios-del-tiempo-1a-parte-marcando-el-tiempo/">Descripción en español</a>

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Chris Turney, Demetrios Matsakis, Steven Jefferts, Robert Levine, Norman Mohr

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2008-11-03T00:00:00-08:00

Time's Mysteries Part I: Marking Time Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> A special broadcast. false 2009-12-21T00:00:00-08:00 A massive black hole lies at the center of our galaxy, a monster hunkered down in the Milky Way’s innermost sanctum. Here, the bizarre laws of General Relativity take over, as the physics we know break down. And our spaceship is headed straight for it. Join us on a special dramatized 26,000 light-year adventure to the Galaxy’s hulking heart of darkness. We explore a cosmos held together by gravity – discover why it’s not really a force – and try to avoid getting too close to a black hole, the ultimate expression of gravity. This program is part of the traveling exhibit: “Black Holes, Space Warps and Time Twists,” a production of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Find out more at: <a href="http://web-bh.cfa.harvard.edu/"> http://web-bh.cfa.harvard.edu/</a> <h2>Voices:</h2> Roland Pease, Lilia Roman, Roe DeVasto, Doug Vakoch, Patrick Porter, Gary Niederhoff <a href="http://www.seti.cl/viaje-un-agujero-negro/">Descripción en español</a>

A massive black hole lies at the center of our galaxy, a monster hunkered down in the Milky Way’s innermost sanctum. Here, the bizarre laws of General Relativity take over, as the physics we know break down. And our spaceship is headed straight for it. Join us on a special dramatized 26,000 light-year adventure to the Galaxy’s hulking heart of darkness. We explore a cosmos held together by gravity – discover why it’s not really a force – and try to avoid getting too close to a black hole, the ultimate expression of gravity. This program is part of the traveling exhibit: “Black Holes, Space Warps and Time Twists,” a production of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Find out more at: <a href="http://web-bh.cfa.harvard.edu/"> http://web-bh.cfa.harvard.edu/</a> <h2>Voices:</h2> Roland Pease, Lilia Roman, Roe DeVasto, Doug Vakoch, Patrick Porter, Gary Niederhoff <a href="http://www.seti.cl/viaje-un-agujero-negro/">Descripción en español</a>

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Roland Pease, Lilia Roman, Roe DeVasto, Doug Vakoch, Patrick Porter, Gary Niederhoff

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2009-12-21T00:00:00-08:00

Journey to a Black Hole Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> The International Year of Astronomy: A Man, A Planet… false 2009-12-14T00:00:00-08:00 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. <h2>Guests</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/">Neil deGrasse Tyson</a> - Astrophysicist, Head of the Hayden Planetarium, and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393337324?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393337324">The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0393337324" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Stern">Alan Stern</a> - Planetary Scientist at the Southwest Research Institute, lead investigator on NASA’s New Horizons Mission</li> <li>Jeffrey Van Cleve - Astronomer at the <a href="http://kepler.nasa.gov/">Kepler Mission</a> Science Office</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_Porco">Carolyn Porco</a> - Planetary scientist and Lead for NASA’s Cassini Mission</li> <li><a href="http://www.seti.org/Page.aspx?pid=462">Jill Tarter</a> - Director of SETI Research at the SETI Institute</li> <li><a href="http://www.seti.org/Page.aspx?pid=486">Andy Fraknoi</a> - Astronomer at Foothill College and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0534409059?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0534409059">Voyages Through the Universe (with CD-ROM, Virtual Astronomy Labs, and InfoTrac )</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0534409059" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></a> </ul> <a href="http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3580_podcast_del_instituto_seti_hombre_planeta_tenal_panama.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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. <h2>Guests</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/">Neil deGrasse Tyson</a> – Astrophysicist, Head of the Hayden Planetarium, and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393337324?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393337324">The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0393337324" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Stern">Alan Stern</a> – Planetary Scientist at the Southwest Research Institute, lead investigator on NASA’s New Horizons Mission</li> <li>Jeffrey Van Cleve – Astronomer at the <a href="http://kepler.nasa.gov/">Kepler Mission</a> Science Office</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_Porco">Carolyn Porco</a> – Planetary scientist and Lead for NASA’s Cassini Mission</li> <li><a href="http://www.seti.org/Page.aspx?pid=462">Jill Tarter</a> – Director of SETI Research at the SETI Institute</li> <li><a href="http://www.seti.org/Page.aspx?pid=486">Andy Fraknoi</a> – Astronomer at Foothill College and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0534409059?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0534409059">Voyages Through the Universe (with CD-ROM, Virtual Astronomy Labs, and InfoTrac )</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0534409059" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></a></ul> <a href="http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3580_podcast_del_instituto_seti_hombre_planeta_tenal_panama.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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Neil deGrasse Tyson, Alan Stern, Jeffrey Van Cleve, Carolyn Porco, Jill Tarter, Andy Fraknoi

AWA_09-12-14.mp3

267284800

false A_Man_A_Planet_A_Tenal_Panama_ 1

2009-03-02T08:30:28-08:00

A Man, A Planet, A Tenal: Panama! Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> The emergence of intelligence. false 2009-12-07T00:00:00-08:00 Can animals think? Merely asking the question was once thought ridiculous. But studies that range from chimps to birds to sea creatures have prompted scientists to reassess the cognitive capabilities of our animal friends. These results challenge not only our idea of intelligence, but man’s unequivocal perch at the top. Learn the secret communication between camouflaging cuttlefish… how the smarts of Alex the parrot turned “birdbrain” into a compliment… and why brawn sometimes trumps brains in evolution. Plus, why - after billions of years of evolution - our brains just barely work! <h2>Guests</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.alexfoundation.org/dr_irene_pepperberg.html">Irene Pepperberg</a> - teaches animal cognition at Harvard University, and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061673986?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0061673986">Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence--and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0061673986" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.mbl.edu/mrc/hanlon/index.html">Roger Hanlon</a> - senior scientist at Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory in Massachusetts</li> <li><a href="http://www.psych.nyu.edu/gary/">Gary Marcus</a> - psychologist at New York University and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/054723824X?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=054723824X">Kluge: The Haphazard Evolution of the Human Mind</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=054723824X" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://pangea.stanford.edu/research/paleobiology/">Jonathan Payne</a> - assistant professor of geological and environmental science at Stanford University</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3566_podcast_del_institutoseti_are_alone_los_plumiferos_comprenden.htm">Descripción en español</a>

Can animals think? Merely asking the question was once thought ridiculous. But studies that range from chimps to birds to sea creatures have prompted scientists to reassess the cognitive capabilities of our animal friends. These results challenge not only our idea of intelligence, but man’s unequivocal perch at the top. Learn the secret communication between camouflaging cuttlefish… how the smarts of Alex the parrot turned “birdbrain” into a compliment… and why brawn sometimes trumps brains in evolution. Plus, why – after billions of years of evolution – our brains just barely work! <h2>Guests</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.alexfoundation.org/dr_irene_pepperberg.html">Irene Pepperberg</a> – teaches animal cognition at Harvard University, and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061673986?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0061673986">Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Discovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence—and Formed a Deep Bond in the Process</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0061673986" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.mbl.edu/mrc/hanlon/index.html">Roger Hanlon</a> – senior scientist at Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory in Massachusetts</li> <li><a href="http://www.psych.nyu.edu/gary/">Gary Marcus</a> – psychologist at New York University and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/054723824X?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=054723824X">Kluge: The Haphazard Evolution of the Human Mind</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=054723824X" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://pangea.stanford.edu/research/paleobiology/">Jonathan Payne</a> – assistant professor of geological and environmental science at Stanford University</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3566_podcast_del_institutoseti_are_alone_los_plumiferos_comprenden.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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Irene Pepperberg, Roger Hanlon, Gary Marcus, Jonathan Payne

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2009-02-03T00:29:26-08:00

Feather Knows Best Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> The anti-vax movement. false 2009-11-30T00:00:00-08:00 As the anti-vax campaign rages, parents are just saying “no” to vaccines. But now the incidence of childhood diseases such as whooping cough are on the rise. A number of studies have refuted the link between vaccines, autism and other chronic conditions, yet the anti-vaccine movement continues. Find out why. Also, how the media have irresponsibility framed the debate. Plus, we panic over plague, sweat about swine flu, but don’t think twice about jumping in a car and roaring down a crowded highway at 70 mph. Discover why most of our health worries are overblown. It’s Skeptic Check… but don’t take our word for it! <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.paul-offit.com/">Paul Offit</a> - Pediatrician, Chief of Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0231146361?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0231146361">Autism's False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0231146361" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?page_id=2">Steven Novella</a> - Assistant professor of neurology at Yale School of Medicine and co-founder and editor of <a href="http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/">sciencebasedmedicine.org</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.philipalcabes.com/">Philip Alcabes</a> - Professor of urban public health at Hunter College, and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1586486187?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1586486187">Dread: How Fear and Fantasy have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to the Avian Flu</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1586486187" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-instituto-seti-revision-esceptica-vacunas-demosles-una-oportunidad/">Descripción en español</a>

As the anti-vax campaign rages, parents are just saying “no” to vaccines. But now the incidence of childhood diseases such as whooping cough are on the rise. A number of studies have refuted the link between vaccines, autism and other chronic conditions, yet the anti-vaccine movement continues. Find out why. Also, how the media have irresponsibility framed the debate. Plus, we panic over plague, sweat about swine flu, but don’t think twice about jumping in a car and roaring down a crowded highway at 70 mph. Discover why most of our health worries are overblown. It’s Skeptic Check… but don’t take our word for it! <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.paul-offit.com/">Paul Offit</a> – Pediatrician, Chief of Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0231146361?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0231146361">Autism’s False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0231146361" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?page_id=2">Steven Novella</a> – Assistant professor of neurology at Yale School of Medicine and co-founder and editor of <a href="http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/">sciencebasedmedicine.org</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.philipalcabes.com/">Philip Alcabes</a> – Professor of urban public health at Hunter College, and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1586486187?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1586486187">Dread: How Fear and Fantasy have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to the Avian Flu</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1586486187" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-instituto-seti-revision-esceptica-vacunas-demosles-una-oportunidad/">Descripción en español</a>

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Paul Offit, Phil Plait, Steven Novella, Philip Alcabes

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2009-11-30T00:00:00-08:00

Skeptic Check: Vaccines: Give 'Em Your Best Shot Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> Life’s friendliest element. false 2009-11-23T00:00:00-08:00 Bond it to oxygen and it’s the scourge of climate change. But earthly life wouldn’t be possible without carbon, and maybe that’s true for alien life, too. And carbon has other exciting forms: tiny diamonds may be evidence of a catastrophic comet impact 13,000 years ago. And, chalky carbonates may point to a once-habitable Mars. So get cozy with carbon. Find out if you could swap it for silicon in DNA. Plus, the conundrum of calculating a carbon footprint. <h2>Guests</h2> <ul> <li>Allen West - Retired Geophysicist</li> <li><a href="http://crism.jhuapl.edu/team/profiles/Ehlmann.php">Bethany Ehlmann</a> - Geologist, Brown Unviversity</li> <li><a href="http://ssed.gsfc.nasa.gov/vitae/mumma.html">Michael Mumma</a> - Planetary scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center</li> <li><a href="http://www.cambrensis.org/jmcvprint.htm">John Murlis</a> - Chief Scientific Advisor to the <a href="http://www.carbonneutral.com/">Carbon Neutral Company</a> in the U.K.</li> <li><a href="http://www.ffame.org/people/sbenner.html">Steven Benner</a> - Molecular Biologist, Founder of the Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3565_podcast_del_institutoseti_are_alone_carboniza_entusiasmo.htm">Descripción en español</a>

Bond it to oxygen and it’s the scourge of climate change. But earthly life wouldn’t be possible without carbon, and maybe that’s true for alien life, too. And carbon has other exciting forms: tiny diamonds may be evidence of a catastrophic comet impact 13,000 years ago. And, chalky carbonates may point to a once-habitable Mars. So get cozy with carbon. Find out if you could swap it for silicon in DNA. Plus, the conundrum of calculating a carbon footprint. <h2>Guests</h2> <ul> <li>Allen West – Retired Geophysicist</li> <li><a href="http://crism.jhuapl.edu/team/profiles/Ehlmann.php">Bethany Ehlmann</a> – Geologist, Brown Unviversity</li> <li><a href="http://ssed.gsfc.nasa.gov/vitae/mumma.html">Michael Mumma</a> – Planetary scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center</li> <li><a href="http://www.cambrensis.org/jmcvprint.htm">John Murlis</a> – Chief Scientific Advisor to the <a href="http://www.carbonneutral.com/">Carbon Neutral Company</a> in the U.K.</li> <li><a href="http://www.ffame.org/people/sbenner.html">Steven Benner</a> – Molecular Biologist, Founder of the Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3565_podcast_del_institutoseti_are_alone_carboniza_entusiasmo.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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Allen West, Bethany Ehlmann, Michael Mumma, John Murlis, Steven Benner

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2009-01-26T08:20:28-08:00

Carbon Your Enthusiasm Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> What’s next in the search. false 2009-11-16T00:00:00-08:00 Hello! Is anyone out there? As the scientific search for extraterrestrial intelligence marks its 50th anniversary, there’s been no contact as yet with alien beings. But SETI researchers maintain that we are not alone. Find out why in a SETI retrospective that looks at the past and future of the search. We remember the first scientific SETI search… Carl Sagan... how the SETI Institute began… the WOW signal…and the 1993 NASA budget cuts. We’ll also hear from critics of the search… scientists involved in optical SETI and SETI@home. Plus, international collaborations… and where the search is headed. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.seti.org/Page.aspx?pid=418">Frank Drake</a> - Director of the Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe, SETI Institute</li> <li><a href="http://www.seti.org/Page.aspx?pid=462">Jill Tarter</a> - Director of the Center for SETI Research, SETI Institute</li> <li><a href="http://www.seti.org/Page.aspx?pid=445">Tom Pierson</a> - CEO, SETI Institute</li> <li><a href="http://www.physics.harvard.edu/people/facpages/horowitz.html">Paul Horowitz</a> - Physicist, electrical engineer, Harvard University <li><a href="http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/sah_about.php">Dan Werthimer</a> - Chief Scientist, SETI@home, University of California, Berkeley</li> <li><a href="http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~ben/">Ben Zuckerman</a> - Physicist, Astronomer, UCLA</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-¿y-ahora-que/">Descripción en español</a>

Hello! Is anyone out there? As the scientific search for extraterrestrial intelligence marks its 50th anniversary, there’s been no contact as yet with alien beings. But SETI researchers maintain that we are not alone. Find out why in a SETI retrospective that looks at the past and future of the search. We remember the first scientific SETI search… Carl Sagan… how the SETI Institute began… the WOW signal…and the 1993 NASA budget cuts. We’ll also hear from critics of the search… scientists involved in optical SETI and SETI@home. Plus, international collaborations… and where the search is headed. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.seti.org/Page.aspx?pid=418">Frank Drake</a> – Director of the Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe, SETI Institute</li> <li><a href="http://www.seti.org/Page.aspx?pid=462">Jill Tarter</a> – Director of the Center for SETI Research, SETI Institute</li> <li><a href="http://www.seti.org/Page.aspx?pid=445">Tom Pierson</a> – CEO, SETI Institute</li> <li><a href="http://www.physics.harvard.edu/people/facpages/horowitz.html">Paul Horowitz</a> – Physicist, electrical engineer, Harvard University <li><a href="http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/sah_about.php">Dan Werthimer</a> – Chief Scientist, SETI@home, University of California, Berkeley</li> <li><a href="http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~ben/">Ben Zuckerman</a> – Physicist, Astronomer, UCLA</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-¿y-ahora-que/">Descripción en español</a>

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Frank Drake, Jill Tarter, Tom Pierson, Paul Horowitz, Dan Werthimer, Ben Zuckerman

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2009-11-16T00:00:00-08:00

SETI: Now What? Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> Popcorn and pandemonium. false 2009-11-09T00:00:00-08:00 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. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/research/2007/morrison.html">Dave Morrison</a> - Astrobiologist, NASA Ames Research Center</li> <li><a href="http://www.badastronomy.com/info/whois.html">Phil Plait</a> - Astronomer, keeper of <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/">badastronomy.com</a>, and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0670019976?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0670019976">Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . .</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0670019976" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://amesteam.arc.nasa.gov/CVs/cv_rothschild_lynn.html">Lynn Rothschild</a> - Astrobiologist, NASA Ames Research Center</li> <li><a href="http://dge.stanford.edu/labs/caldeiralab/index.html">Ken Caldeira</a> - Scientist at the Carnegie Institution for Science's Department of Global Ecology</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/revision-esceptica-el-fin-del-mundo-en-las-peliculas/">Descripción en español</a>

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. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/research/2007/morrison.html">Dave Morrison</a> – Astrobiologist, NASA Ames Research Center</li> <li><a href="http://www.badastronomy.com/info/whois.html">Phil Plait</a> – Astronomer, keeper of <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/">badastronomy.com</a>, and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0670019976?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0670019976">Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . .</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0670019976" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://amesteam.arc.nasa.gov/CVs/cv_rothschild_lynn.html">Lynn Rothschild</a> – Astrobiologist, NASA Ames Research Center</li> <li><a href="http://dge.stanford.edu/labs/caldeiralab/index.html">Ken Caldeira</a> – Scientist at the Carnegie Institution for Science’s Department of Global Ecology</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/revision-esceptica-el-fin-del-mundo-en-las-peliculas/">Descripción en español</a>

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Guests: David Morrison, Phil Plait, Lynn Rothschild, Ken Caldeira

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2009-08-10T00:00:00-07:00

Skeptic Check: Doomsday at the Movies Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> Better life through computation. false 2009-11-02T00:00:00-08:00 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! <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.decodingtheheavens.com/">Jo Marchant</a> - Freelance science journalist and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/030681742X?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=030681742X">Decoding the Heavens: A 2,000-Year-Old Computer--and the Century-Long Search to Discover Its Secrets</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=030681742X" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.stephenwolfram.com/">Stephen Wolfram</a> - Mathematican, computer programmer, and founder of Wolfram Research and Wolfram Alpha</li> <li><a href="http://fredstutzman.com/">Fred Stutzman</a> - PhD student at the University of North Carolina School of Information and Library Science</li> <li><a href="http://peggyorenstein.com/">Peggy Orenstein</a> - author and contributing editor to the New York Times Magazine, which is where we found her article <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/magazine/25FOB-WWLN-t.html?_r=1">“Stop Your Search Engines”</a></li> <li><a href="http://singularity.com/aboutray.html">Ray Kurzweil</a> - Inventor, futurist and author, most recently, of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143037889?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0143037889">The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0143037889" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-%C2%BFlas-computadoras-nos-aventajan/">Descripción en español</a>

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! <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.decodingtheheavens.com/">Jo Marchant</a> – Freelance science journalist and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/030681742X?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=030681742X">Decoding the Heavens: A 2,000-Year-Old Computer—and the Century-Long Search to Discover Its Secrets</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=030681742X" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.stephenwolfram.com/">Stephen Wolfram</a> – Mathematican, computer programmer, and founder of Wolfram Research and Wolfram Alpha</li> <li><a href="http://fredstutzman.com/">Fred Stutzman</a> – PhD student at the University of North Carolina School of Information and Library Science</li> <li><a href="http://peggyorenstein.com/">Peggy Orenstein</a> – author and contributing editor to the New York Times Magazine, which is where we found her article <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/magazine/25FOB-WWLN-t.html?_r=1">“Stop Your Search Engines”</a></li> <li><a href="http://singularity.com/aboutray.html">Ray Kurzweil</a> – Inventor, futurist and author, most recently, of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143037889?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0143037889">The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0143037889" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-%C2%BFlas-computadoras-nos-aventajan/">Descripción en español</a>

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Jo Marchant, Stephen Wolfram, Fred Stutzman, Peggy Orenstein, Ray Kurzweil

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2009-11-02T00:00:00-08:00

Do Computers Byte? Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> How placebos heal. false 2009-10-26T00:00:00-07:00 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! <ul> <li><a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/o/dennis_overbye/index.html">Dennis Overbye</a> - Domestic Correspondent, New York Times</li> <li><a href="http://www.badastronomy.com/info/whois.html">Phil Plait</a> - Keeper of the skeptical website <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/">badastronomy.com</a> and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0670019976?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0670019976">Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . .</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0670019976" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.stevesilberman.com/">Steve Silberman</a> - Contributing editor, Wired Magazine, author of “The Placebo Problem” in the September 2009 issue</li> <li><a href="http://portal.ctrl.ucla.edu/sph/institution/personnel?personnel_id=254761">Leeka Kheifets</a> - Epidemiologist, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-revision-esceptica-cuida-tu-cuerpo/">Descripción en español</a>

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! <ul> <li><a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/o/dennis_overbye/index.html">Dennis Overbye</a> – Domestic Correspondent, New York Times</li> <li><a href="http://www.badastronomy.com/info/whois.html">Phil Plait</a> – Keeper of the skeptical website <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/">badastronomy.com</a> and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0670019976?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0670019976">Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . .</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0670019976" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.stevesilberman.com/">Steve Silberman</a> – Contributing editor, Wired Magazine, author of “The Placebo Problem” in the September 2009 issue</li> <li><a href="http://portal.ctrl.ucla.edu/sph/institution/personnel?personnel_id=254761">Leeka Kheifets</a> – Epidemiologist, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-revision-esceptica-cuida-tu-cuerpo/">Descripción en español</a>

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Dennis Overbye, Phil Plait, Steve Silberman, Leeka Kheifets

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2009-10-26T00:00:00-07:00

Skeptic Check: Mind Your Body Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> Who knows what we'll find? false 2009-10-19T00:00:00-07:00 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. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://sites.google.com/site/brusatte/">Steve Brusatte</a> - Vertebrate paleontologist from the American Museum of Natural History in New York</li> <li><a href="http://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/">Steven Pinker</a> - Psychologist, Harvard University</li> <li><a href="http://astro.berkeley.edu/~gmarcy/">Geoff Marcy</a> - Astronomer, University of California, Berkeley</li> <li><a href="http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~showman/">Adam Showman</a> - Planetary scientist at the University of Arizona</li> <li>Mike Collins - Associate Director, <a href="http://www.utexas.edu/research/tarl/default.php">Texas Archeological Research Laboratory</a></li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-el-almacen-de-seth-shostak/">Descripción en español</a>

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. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://sites.google.com/site/brusatte/">Steve Brusatte</a> – Vertebrate paleontologist from the American Museum of Natural History in New York</li> <li><a href="http://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/">Steven Pinker</a> – Psychologist, Harvard University</li> <li><a href="http://astro.berkeley.edu/~gmarcy/">Geoff Marcy</a> – Astronomer, University of California, Berkeley</li> <li><a href="http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~showman/">Adam Showman</a> – Planetary scientist at the University of Arizona</li> <li>Mike Collins – Associate Director, <a href="http://www.utexas.edu/research/tarl/default.php">Texas Archeological Research Laboratory</a></li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-el-almacen-de-seth-shostak/">Descripción en español</a>

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Steve Brusatte, Steven Pinker, Geoff Marcy, Adam Showman, Mike Collins

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2009-10-19T00:00:00-07:00

Seth's Storage Locker Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> Earth rumblings. false 2009-10-12T00:00:00-07:00 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? <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://seismo.berkeley.edu/seismo.people.html">Robert Nadeau</a> - Geologist, University of California, Berkeley Seismological Laboratory and part of <a href="http://www.rice.edu/nationalmedia/news2009-09-30-earthquake.shtml"> a team from Rice University researching the San Andreas Fault</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/style/columns/achenbach/">Joel Achenbach</a> - Reporter, author of “When Yellowstone Explodes”, August 2009 National Geographic cover story</li> <li><a href="http://www.wovo.org/1302.html">Jim Kauahikaua</a> - Scientist-in-Charge, United States Geologic Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory</li> <li><a href="http://www.wku.edu/cehp/Team/patkambesis/">Pat Kambesis</a> - Geologist, Assistant Director of the Hoffman Environmental Research Institute at Western Kentucky University</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-geologia-extrema/">Descripción en español</a>

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? <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://seismo.berkeley.edu/seismo.people.html">Robert Nadeau</a> – Geologist, University of California, Berkeley Seismological Laboratory and part of <a href="http://www.rice.edu/nationalmedia/news2009-09-30-earthquake.shtml"> a team from Rice University researching the San Andreas Fault</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/style/columns/achenbach/">Joel Achenbach</a> – Reporter, author of “When Yellowstone Explodes”, August 2009 National Geographic cover story</li> <li><a href="http://www.wovo.org/1302.html">Jim Kauahikaua</a> – Scientist-in-Charge, United States Geologic Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory</li> <li><a href="http://www.wku.edu/cehp/Team/patkambesis/">Pat Kambesis</a> – Geologist, Assistant Director of the Hoffman Environmental Research Institute at Western Kentucky University</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-geologia-extrema/">Descripción en español</a>

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Robert Nadeau, Joel Achenbach, Jim Kauahikaua, Pat Kambesis

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2009-10-12T00:00:00-07:00

Extreme Geology Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> Do animals – or even plants – use language? false 2009-10-05T00:00:00-07:00 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. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://douglascarltonabrams.com/main/">Douglas Carlton Abrams</a> - Author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1416532544?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1416532544">Eye of the Whale: A Novel</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1416532544" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.seti.org/Page.aspx?pid=417">Laurance Doyle</a> - Scientist at the SETI Institute</li> <li><a href="http://www.seti.org/Page.aspx?pid=464">Douglas Vakoch</a> - Director of Interstellar Message Composition at the SETI Institute</li> <li><a href="http://www.stanford.edu/~degusta/"> David DeGusta</a> - Anthropologist at Stanford University</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-¿que-dices/">Descripción en español</a>

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. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://douglascarltonabrams.com/main/">Douglas Carlton Abrams</a> – Author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1416532544?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1416532544">Eye of the Whale: A Novel</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1416532544" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.seti.org/Page.aspx?pid=417">Laurance Doyle</a> – Scientist at the SETI Institute</li> <li><a href="http://www.seti.org/Page.aspx?pid=464">Douglas Vakoch</a> – Director of Interstellar Message Composition at the SETI Institute</li> <li><a href="http://www.stanford.edu/~degusta/"> David DeGusta</a> – Anthropologist at Stanford University</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-¿que-dices/">Descripción en español</a>

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Douglas Carlton Abrams, Laurance Doyle, Douglas Vakoch, David DeGusta

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Say What? Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> Astronomy and big telescopes false 2009-09-28T00:00:00-07:00 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. Join the astronomers who use the Keck Telescopes to peer at objects so far away, their light started out before Earth was born. Also discover how the new Thirty Meter Telescope will dwarf even the massive glass eyes now in place, and why some of the world’s most important astronomical discoveries are being made in the Aloha State. Plus, why the building of telescopes on the volcano is controversial to some native Hawaiians. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.tmt.org/people/index.html">Charles Blue</a> - Science writer, Thirty Meter Telescope Project </li> <li><a href="http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~rse/">Richard Ellis</a> - Astronomer, California Institute of Technology</a> <li>Koa Rice – Hawaiian culture consultant</li> <li><a href="http://www.gemini.edu/staff/department/ao">Julian Christou</a> - Adaptive optics scientist, Gemini North Telescope</li> <li><a href="http://keckobservatory.org/contact">Ashley Yeager</a> - Outreach manager, Keck Telescope </li> <li><a href="http://keckobservatory.org/about/dr_taft_armandroff">Taft Armandroff</a> - Director of the W. M. Keck Telescope</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-aloha-a-la-astronomia/">Descripción en español</a>

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. Join the astronomers who use the Keck Telescopes to peer at objects so far away, their light started out before Earth was born. Also discover how the new Thirty Meter Telescope will dwarf even the massive glass eyes now in place, and why some of the world’s most important astronomical discoveries are being made in the Aloha State. Plus, why the building of telescopes on the volcano is controversial to some native Hawaiians. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.tmt.org/people/index.html">Charles Blue</a> – Science writer, Thirty Meter Telescope Project </li> <li><a href="http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~rse/">Richard Ellis</a> – Astronomer, California Institute of Technology</a> <li>Koa Rice – Hawaiian culture consultant</li> <li><a href="http://www.gemini.edu/staff/department/ao">Julian Christou</a> – Adaptive optics scientist, Gemini North Telescope</li> <li><a href="http://keckobservatory.org/contact">Ashley Yeager</a> – Outreach manager, Keck Telescope </li> <li><a href="http://keckobservatory.org/about/dr_taft_armandroff">Taft Armandroff</a> – Director of the W. M. Keck Telescope</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-aloha-a-la-astronomia/">Descripción en español</a>

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Charles Blue, Richard Ellis, Koa Rice, Julian Christou, Ashley, Taft Armandroff

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2009-09-28T00:00:00-07:00

Aloha Astronomy Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> Cryogenics and zombies. false 2009-09-21T00:00:00-07:00 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! <ul> <li><a href="http://www.americancryonics.org/freezea.html">Jim Yount</a> - Chief Operating Officer, American Cryonics Society</li> <li><a href="http://www.mathstat.uottawa.ca/~rsmith/">Robert Smith?</a> - Mathematician, University of Ottawa</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Vado">Dan Vado</a> - President of SLG Publishing, San Jose, California</li> <li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0553515/">Edward Martinez</a> - Makeup specialist, Hayward, California</li> <li><a href="http://www.badastronomy.com/info/whois.html">Phil Plait</a> - Keeper of the skeptical website <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/">badastronomy.com</a> and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0670019976?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0670019976">Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . .</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0670019976" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.curragh-labs.org/briley.shtml">Brendan Riley</a> - Assistant professor of English, Columbia College, Chicago</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-revision-esceptica-muertos-vivientes/">Descripción en español</a>

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! <ul> <li><a href="http://www.americancryonics.org/freezea.html">Jim Yount</a> – Chief Operating Officer, American Cryonics Society</li> <li><a href="http://www.mathstat.uottawa.ca/~rsmith/">Robert Smith?</a> – Mathematician, University of Ottawa</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Vado">Dan Vado</a> – President of SLG Publishing, San Jose, California</li> <li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0553515/">Edward Martinez</a> – Makeup specialist, Hayward, California</li> <li><a href="http://www.badastronomy.com/info/whois.html">Phil Plait</a> – Keeper of the skeptical website <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/">badastronomy.com</a> and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0670019976?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0670019976">Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . .</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0670019976" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.curragh-labs.org/briley.shtml">Brendan Riley</a> – Assistant professor of English, Columbia College, Chicago</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-revision-esceptica-muertos-vivientes/">Descripción en español</a>

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Jim Yount, Robert Smith?, Dan Vado, Edward Martinez, Phil Plait, Brendan Riley

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2009-09-21T00:00:00-07:00

Skeptic Check: Waking the Dead Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> New discoveries. false 2009-09-14T00:00:00-07:00 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. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.williams.edu/Astronomy/people/jpasachoff/">Jay Pasachoff</a> - Astronomer, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts</li> <li><a href="http://www.physics.uci.edu/~ebarton/">Betsy Barton</a> - Astronomer, University of California, Irvine</li> <li><a href="http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/">Mike Brown</a> - Planetary Astronomer, California Institute of Technology </li> <li><a href="http://www.seti.org/Page.aspx?pid=433">Jon Jenkins</a> - SETI Institute scientist with NASA’s Kepler Mission</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-observando-estrellas-y-planetas/">Descripción en español</a>

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. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.williams.edu/Astronomy/people/jpasachoff/">Jay Pasachoff</a> – Astronomer, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts</li> <li><a href="http://www.physics.uci.edu/~ebarton/">Betsy Barton</a> – Astronomer, University of California, Irvine</li> <li><a href="http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/">Mike Brown</a> – Planetary Astronomer, California Institute of Technology </li> <li><a href="http://www.seti.org/Page.aspx?pid=433">Jon Jenkins</a> – SETI Institute scientist with NASA’s Kepler Mission</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-observando-estrellas-y-planetas/">Descripción en español</a>

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Jay Pasachoff, Betsy Barton, Mike Brown, Jon Jenkins

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2009-09-14T00:00:00-07:00

Seeing Stars and Planets arewealone@seti.org Mysteries of physics. false 2009-09-07T00:00:00-07:00 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? <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.santafe.edu/%7Emgm/">Murray Gell-Mann</a> - Physics Nobel Laureate, Professor Emeritus - California Institute of Technology, Distinguished Fellow at the Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico</li> <li><a href="http://www.columbia.edu/cu/physics/fac-bios/Greene/faculty.html">Brian Greene</a> - Mathematician and physicist, Columbia University, author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393058581?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393058581">The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0393058581" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> and, most recently, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307268888?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0307268888">Icarus at the Edge of Time</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0307268888" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.physics.harvard.edu/people/facpages/randall.html">Lisa Randall</a> - Physicist, Harvard University, author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060531096?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060531096">Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0060531096" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.dur.ac.uk/theology.religion/staff/?id=2006">David Wilkinson</a> - Theologian, University of Durham, U.K.</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-¡esto-es-cosmico/">Descripción en español</a>

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? <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.santafe.edu/%7Emgm/">Murray Gell-Mann</a> – Physics Nobel Laureate, Professor Emeritus – California Institute of Technology, Distinguished Fellow at the Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico</li> <li><a href="http://www.columbia.edu/cu/physics/fac-bios/Greene/faculty.html">Brian Greene</a> – Mathematician and physicist, Columbia University, author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393058581?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393058581">The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0393058581" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> and, most recently, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307268888?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0307268888">Icarus at the Edge of Time</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0307268888" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.physics.harvard.edu/people/facpages/randall.html">Lisa Randall</a> – Physicist, Harvard University, author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060531096?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060531096">Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe’s Hidden Dimensions</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0060531096" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.dur.ac.uk/theology.religion/staff/?id=2006">David Wilkinson</a> – Theologian, University of Durham, U.K.</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-¡esto-es-cosmico/">Descripción en español</a>

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That's Cosmic! arewealone@seti.org Reading the brain. false 2009-08-31T00:00:00-07:00 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." <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/">Steven Pinker</a> - Psychologist, Harvard University and author, most recently, of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143114247?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0143114247">The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0143114247" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.neurofocus.com/company_team.htm">A. K. Pradeep</a> - Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Neurofocus in Berkeley, California</li> <li>Quentin Baldwin - Client Services Engineer at <a href="http://www.neurofocus.com/">Neurofocus</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/biology/faculty_eco.html">Richard Klein</a> - Paleoanthropologist at Stanford University</li> <li><a href="http://web.njcu.edu/sites/faculty/dbennett/Content/default.asp">Deborah Bennett</a> - Mathematician at New Jersey City University</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-%C2%BFque-esta-usted-pensando/">Descripción en español</a>

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.” <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://pinker.wjh.harvard.edu/">Steven Pinker</a> – Psychologist, Harvard University and author, most recently, of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143114247?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0143114247">The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0143114247" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.neurofocus.com/company_team.htm">A. K. Pradeep</a> – Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Neurofocus in Berkeley, California</li> <li>Quentin Baldwin – Client Services Engineer at <a href="http://www.neurofocus.com/">Neurofocus</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/biology/faculty_eco.html">Richard Klein</a> – Paleoanthropologist at Stanford University</li> <li><a href="http://web.njcu.edu/sites/faculty/dbennett/Content/default.asp">Deborah Bennett</a> – Mathematician at New Jersey City University</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-%C2%BFque-esta-usted-pensando/">Descripción en español</a>

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What Were You Thinking? Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> The human legacy: Part II false 2009-08-24T00:00:00-07:00 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. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.algalita.org/charles_bio.html">Charles Moore</a> - Sea Captain and founder of Algalita Marine Research Foundation</li> <li><a href="http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/geology/extranet/staff/academic-and-research-staff/jaz1">Jan Zalasiewicz</a> - Geologist, University of Leicester and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0199214972?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0199214972">The Earth After Us: What Legacy Will Humans Leave in the Rocks?</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0199214972" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/w/matthew_l_wald/index.html">Matthew Wald</a> - Reporter for the New York Times and author of the article <a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=is-there-a-place-for-nuclear-waste">“Is There a Place for Nuclear Waste?”</a> in the August 2009 issue of Scientific American</li> <li><a href="http://www.seti.org/Page.aspx?pid=464">Doug Vakoch</a> - Director of Interstellar Message Composition at the SETI Institute</li> <li>David Korsmeyer - Chief of the <a href="http://ti.arc.nasa.gov/organization/">Intelligent Systems Division</a> at NASA Ames Research Center</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-la-tierra-dentro-de-un-milenio/">Descripción en español</a>

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. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.algalita.org/charles_bio.html">Charles Moore</a> – Sea Captain and founder of Algalita Marine Research Foundation</li> <li><a href="http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/geology/extranet/staff/academic-and-research-staff/jaz1">Jan Zalasiewicz</a> – Geologist, University of Leicester and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0199214972?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0199214972">The Earth After Us: What Legacy Will Humans Leave in the Rocks?</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0199214972" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/w/matthew_l_wald/index.html">Matthew Wald</a> – Reporter for the New York Times and author of the article <a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=is-there-a-place-for-nuclear-waste">“Is There a Place for Nuclear Waste?”</a> in the August 2009 issue of Scientific American</li> <li><a href="http://www.seti.org/Page.aspx?pid=464">Doug Vakoch</a> – Director of Interstellar Message Composition at the SETI Institute</li> <li>David Korsmeyer – Chief of the <a href="http://ti.arc.nasa.gov/organization/">Intelligent Systems Division</a> at NASA Ames Research Center</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-la-tierra-dentro-de-un-milenio/">Descripción en español</a>

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Charles Moore, Jan Zalasiewicz, Matthew Wald, Doug Vakoch, David Korsmeyer

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Earth: A Millennium Hence Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> The human legacy, part I. false 2009-08-17T00:00:00-07:00 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? <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.jameslovelock.org">James Lovelock</a> - Independent scientist and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001Y35J0I?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001Y35J0I">The Vanishing Face of Gaia</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B001Y35J0I" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.croptrust.org/main/staff.php">Cary Fowler</a> - Executive Director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust</li> <li><a href="http://www.users.bigpond.com/russellblackford/">Russell Blackford</a> - Philosopher, writer, and editor-in-chief of the “Journal of Evolution and Technology.”</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/la-tierra-dentro-de-un-siglo/">Descripción en español</a>

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? <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.jameslovelock.org">James Lovelock</a> – Independent scientist and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001Y35J0I?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001Y35J0I">The Vanishing Face of Gaia</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B001Y35J0I" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.croptrust.org/main/staff.php">Cary Fowler</a> – Executive Director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust</li> <li><a href="http://www.users.bigpond.com/russellblackford/">Russell Blackford</a> – Philosopher, writer, and editor-in-chief of the “Journal of Evolution and Technology.”</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/la-tierra-dentro-de-un-siglo/">Descripción en español</a>

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James Lovelock, Cary Fowler, Russell Blackford

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Earth: A Century Hence Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> Why we die. false 2009-08-03T00:00:00-07:00 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. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_M._Bass">Bill Bass</a> - Forensic Anthropologist, founder of the University of Tennessee Forensic Research Facility. Author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060875283?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060875283">Beyond the Body Farm: A Legendary Bone Detective Explores Murders, Mysteries, and the Revolution in Forensic Science</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0060875283" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> and fiction, written under the pen name, Jefferson Bass. The latest: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061284742?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0061284742">Bones of Betrayal: A Body Farm Novel</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0061284742" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />.</li> <li><a href="http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/anth/brandes.html">Stanley Brandes</a> - Cultural Anthropologist, University of California, Berkeley, author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000RN86SS?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000RN86SS">Skulls to the Living, Bread to the Dead: The Day of the Dead in Mexico and Beyond</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000RN86SS" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.pathology.washington.edu/faculty/profile?id=585">Matt Kaeberlein</a> - Pathologist, University of Washington</li> <li><a href="http://www.rossdonaldson.com/">Ross Donaldson</a> - Doctor and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002HRY186?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B002HRY186">The Lassa Ward</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B002HRY186" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-asuntos-graves/">Descripción en español</a>

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. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_M._Bass">Bill Bass</a> – Forensic Anthropologist, founder of the University of Tennessee Forensic Research Facility. Author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060875283?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060875283">Beyond the Body Farm: A Legendary Bone Detective Explores Murders, Mysteries, and the Revolution in Forensic Science</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0060875283" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> and fiction, written under the pen name, Jefferson Bass. The latest: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061284742?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0061284742">Bones of Betrayal: A Body Farm Novel</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0061284742" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />.</li> <li><a href="http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/anth/brandes.html">Stanley Brandes</a> – Cultural Anthropologist, University of California, Berkeley, author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000RN86SS?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000RN86SS">Skulls to the Living, Bread to the Dead: The Day of the Dead in Mexico and Beyond</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000RN86SS" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.pathology.washington.edu/faculty/profile?id=585">Matt Kaeberlein</a> – Pathologist, University of Washington</li> <li><a href="http://www.rossdonaldson.com/">Ross Donaldson</a> – Doctor and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002HRY186?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B002HRY186">The Lassa Ward</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B002HRY186" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-asuntos-graves/">Descripción en español</a>

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Guests: Bill Bass; Stanley Brandes; Matt Kaeberlein; Ross Donaldson

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Grave Matters arewealone@seti.org Is the net changing how we behave? false 2009-07-27T00:00:00-07:00 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." <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.bjfogg.com/">BJ Fogg</a> - Experimental Psychologist and Director of Stanford University's Persuasive Technology Lab</li> <li><a href="http://mayoresearch.mayo.edu/mayo/research/staff/levine_ja.cfm">James Levine</a> - Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic</li> <li><a href="http://andrewkeen.typepad.com/">Andrew Keen</a> - Author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cult-Amateur-MySpace-user-generated-destroying/dp/0385520816/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1220643903&sr=1-1">The Cult of the Amateur; How the Internet is Killing Our Culture and Assaulting our Economy</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.redrockinstitute.org/founders.html">Patricia Zaradic</a> - Conservation Ecologist with the Red Rock Institute</li> <li><a href="http://www.edwardtenner.com/">Edward Tenner</a> - Writer and consultant on technology and culture at Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania, and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Why-Things-Bite-Back-Consequences/dp/0679747567/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1220646448&sr=8-1">Why Things Bite Back: Technology and the Revenge of Unintended Consequences</a> and, most recently, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Our-Own-Devices-Technology-Humanity/dp/0375707077/ref=pd_sim_b_3">Our Own Devices: How Technology Remakes Humanity</a> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-txt-msg-comportamiento/">Descripción en español</a>

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.” <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.bjfogg.com/">BJ Fogg</a> – Experimental Psychologist and Director of Stanford University’s Persuasive Technology Lab</li> <li><a href="http://mayoresearch.mayo.edu/mayo/research/staff/levine_ja.cfm">James Levine</a> – Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic</li> <li><a href="http://andrewkeen.typepad.com/">Andrew Keen</a> – Author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cult-Amateur-MySpace-user-generated-destroying/dp/0385520816/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1220643903&sr=1-1">The Cult of the Amateur; How the Internet is Killing Our Culture and Assaulting our Economy</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.redrockinstitute.org/founders.html">Patricia Zaradic</a> – Conservation Ecologist with the Red Rock Institute</li> <li><a href="http://www.edwardtenner.com/">Edward Tenner</a> – Writer and consultant on technology and culture at Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania, and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Why-Things-Bite-Back-Consequences/dp/0679747567/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1220646448&sr=8-1">Why Things Bite Back: Technology and the Revenge of Unintended Consequences</a> and, most recently, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Our-Own-Devices-Technology-Humanity/dp/0375707077/ref=pd_sim_b_3">Our Own Devices: How Technology Remakes Humanity</a></ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-txt-msg-comportamiento/">Descripción en español</a>

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BJ Fogg, James Levine, Andrew Keen, Patricia Zaradic, Edward Tenner

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2008-09-08T00:00:00-07:00

TXT MSG: Behavior arewealone@seti.org Is the net changing how we think? false 2009-07-20T00:00:00-07:00 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. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.nicholasgcarr.com/">Nick Carr</a> - Journalist and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393333949?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393333949">The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0393333949" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />. His article "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" is the cover story of the July/August 2008 issue of <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/">Atlantic Monthly</a></li> <li><a href="http://research.microsoft.com/%7Ejgrudin/">Jonathan Grudin</a> - Researches human-computer interaction at Microsoft Corporation</li> <li><a href="http://www.calit2.net/people/detail.php?id=170">David Kirsh</a> - Cognitive scientist, University of California, San Diego</li> <li><a href="http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/jzittrain">Jonathan Zittrain</a> - Author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300151241?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0300151241">The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0300151241" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> and co-founder of Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet and Society</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-txt-msg-pensamiento/">Descripción en español</a>

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. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.nicholasgcarr.com/">Nick Carr</a> – Journalist and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393333949?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393333949">The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0393333949" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />. His article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” is the cover story of the July/August 2008 issue of <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/">Atlantic Monthly</a></li> <li><a href="http://research.microsoft.com/%7Ejgrudin/">Jonathan Grudin</a> – Researches human-computer interaction at Microsoft Corporation</li> <li><a href="http://www.calit2.net/people/detail.php?id=170">David Kirsh</a> – Cognitive scientist, University of California, San Diego</li> <li><a href="http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/jzittrain">Jonathan Zittrain</a> – Author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300151241?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0300151241">The Future of the Internet—And How to Stop It</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0300151241" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> and co-founder of Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-txt-msg-pensamiento/">Descripción en español</a>

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Nick Carr; Jonathan Grudin; David Kirsch; Jonathan Zittrain

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TXT MSG: Thought Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> Customized mediciine. false 2009-07-13T00:00:00-07:00 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. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.jcvi.org/cms/about/bios/jcventer/">Craig Venter</a> - Genome scientist</li> <li><a href="http://cancer.ucsf.edu/mccormick/">Frank McCormick</a> - Director of the <a href="http://cancer.ucsf.edu/ ">Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center</a> at the University of California, San Francisco</li> <li><a href="http://www.davidewingduncan.com/">David Ewing Duncan</a> - Journalist and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470176784?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0470176784">Experimental Man: What One Man's Body Reveals about His Future, Your Health, and Our Toxic World</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0470176784" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.survivalofthesickestthebook.com/theauthor.php">Sharon Moalem</a> - Neurogeneticist and Evolutionary Biologist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001HVD5OO?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001HVD5OO">Survival of the Sickest</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B001HVD5OO" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://faculty.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/faculty/sdowens/">Sean Owens</a> - Director of the Regenerative Medicine Laboratory at the University of California, Davis</li> <li>Julie Burges - Animal Health Technician, <a href="http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/vmth/regen_med/default.cfm">Regenerative Medicine Laboratory</a>, University of California, Davis </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-la-medicina-ahora-es-personal/">Descripción en español</a>

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. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.jcvi.org/cms/about/bios/jcventer/">Craig Venter</a> – Genome scientist</li> <li><a href="http://cancer.ucsf.edu/mccormick/">Frank McCormick</a> – Director of the <a href="http://cancer.ucsf.edu/ ">Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center</a> at the University of California, San Francisco</li> <li><a href="http://www.davidewingduncan.com/">David Ewing Duncan</a> – Journalist and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470176784?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0470176784">Experimental Man: What One Man’s Body Reveals about His Future, Your Health, and Our Toxic World</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0470176784" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.survivalofthesickestthebook.com/theauthor.php">Sharon Moalem</a> – Neurogeneticist and Evolutionary Biologist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001HVD5OO?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001HVD5OO">Survival of the Sickest</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B001HVD5OO" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://faculty.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/faculty/sdowens/">Sean Owens</a> – Director of the Regenerative Medicine Laboratory at the University of California, Davis</li> <li>Julie Burges – Animal Health Technician, <a href="http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/vmth/regen_med/default.cfm">Regenerative Medicine Laboratory</a>, University of California, Davis </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-la-medicina-ahora-es-personal/">Descripción en español</a>

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Craig Venter, Frank McCormick, David Ewing Duncan, Sharon Moalem, Sean Owens, Julie Burgess

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2009-07-13T00:00:00-07:00

Rxs Get Personal Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> Moon myths. false 2009-07-06T00:00:00-07:00 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. Plus, space travel – boxed and bundled. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.badastronomy.com/info/whois.html">Phil Plait</a> - Keeper of the skeptical website <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/">badastronomy.com</a> and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0670019976?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0670019976">Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . .</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0670019976" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li>Matthew Goodman - Author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0023RSZPA?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0023RSZPA">The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0023RSZPA" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.cfiwest.org/contact.htm">Jim Underdown</a> - Executive Director for the Center for Inquiry West, Los Angeles and keeper of the blog <a href="http://hollywoodrealitycheck.com/">Hollywood Reality Check</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.lsu.edu/necrofile/pulliam.htm">June Pulliam</a> - English professor, Louisiana State University</li> <li><a href="http://www.seti.org/Page.aspx?pid=444">Cynthia Phillips</a> - Scientist at the SETI Institute and author, most recently, of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470445734?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0470445734">Space Exploration For Dummies (For Dummies (Math & Science))</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0470445734" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> </li> <li><a href="http://www.spudislunarresources.com/Resume/Resume%202006.htm">Paul Spudis</a> - Senior scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/revision-esceptica-locura-lunar/">Descripción en español</a>

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. Plus, space travel – boxed and bundled. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.badastronomy.com/info/whois.html">Phil Plait</a> – Keeper of the skeptical website <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/">badastronomy.com</a> and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0670019976?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0670019976">Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . .</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0670019976" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li>Matthew Goodman – Author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0023RSZPA?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0023RSZPA">The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0023RSZPA" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.cfiwest.org/contact.htm">Jim Underdown</a> – Executive Director for the Center for Inquiry West, Los Angeles and keeper of the blog <a href="http://hollywoodrealitycheck.com/">Hollywood Reality Check</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.lsu.edu/necrofile/pulliam.htm">June Pulliam</a> – English professor, Louisiana State University</li> <li><a href="http://www.seti.org/Page.aspx?pid=444">Cynthia Phillips</a> – Scientist at the SETI Institute and author, most recently, of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470445734?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0470445734">Space Exploration For Dummies (For Dummies (Math & Science))</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0470445734" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> </li> <li><a href="http://www.spudislunarresources.com/Resume/Resume%202006.htm">Paul Spudis</a> – Senior scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/revision-esceptica-locura-lunar/">Descripción en español</a>

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Phil Plait; Matthew Goodman; Jim Underdown; June Pulliam, Cynthia Phillips; Paul Spudis

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2009-06-29T00:00:00-07:00

Skeptic Check: Sheer Lunacy arewealone@seti.org Onward and upward. false 2009-06-29T00:00:00-07:00 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. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.well.com/%7Ers/rls-bio.html">Rusty Schweickart</a> - Former NASA astronaut and Chairman of the Board of the B612 Foundation</li> <li>John Mankins - 25-year NASA veteran who managed the Agency's exploration technology activities</li> <li><a href="http://students.washington.edu/sanjoy/">Sanjoy Som</a> - Planetary scientist at the University of Washington, Seattle</li> <li>Will Whitehorn - President of <a href="http://www.virgingalactic.com">Virgin Galactic</a></li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_So-yeon">Yi So-yeon</a> - Biomechanical engineer and South Korean astronaut</li> <li><a href="http://www.stephen-baxter.com/">Stephen Baxter</a> - Science fiction author, most recently of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0441015921?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0441015921">Weaver: Time's Tapestry, Book Four</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0441015921" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> </li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-humanos-en-el-espacio/">Descripción en español</a>

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. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.well.com/%7Ers/rls-bio.html">Rusty Schweickart</a> – Former NASA astronaut and Chairman of the Board of the B612 Foundation</li> <li>John Mankins – 25-year NASA veteran who managed the Agency’s exploration technology activities</li> <li><a href="http://students.washington.edu/sanjoy/">Sanjoy Som</a> – Planetary scientist at the University of Washington, Seattle</li> <li>Will Whitehorn – President of <a href="http://www.virgingalactic.com">Virgin Galactic</a></li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_So-yeon">Yi So-yeon</a> – Biomechanical engineer and South Korean astronaut</li> <li><a href="http://www.stephen-baxter.com/">Stephen Baxter</a> – Science fiction author, most recently of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0441015921?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0441015921">Weaver: Time’s Tapestry, Book Four</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0441015921" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> </li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-humanos-en-el-espacio/">Descripción en español</a>

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Rusty Schweckart, Sanjoy Som, Will Whitehorn, Yi So-yeon, Stephen Baxter

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2008-10-06T00:00:00-07:00

Humans in Space... ace... ace Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> Moving with the times. false 2009-06-22T00:00:00-07:00 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. <ul> <li><a href="http://www.harvardscience.harvard.edu/directory/researchers/richard-wrangham">Richard Wrangham</a> - Biological anthropologist at Harvard University and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465013627?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0465013627">Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0465013627" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.gladstone.ucsf.edu/gladstone/site/pollard/">Katherine Pollard</a> - Biostatistician at the Gladstone Institutes at the University of California, San Francisco</li> <li><a href="http://www.stanford.edu/group/howiwrite/Bios/robertsapolsky/index.html">Robert Sapolsky</a> - Biological scientist at Stanford University and neurologist at Stanford’s School of Medicine. Author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805073698?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0805073698">Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers, Third Edition</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0805073698" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> and, more recently, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743260163?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0743260163">Monkeyluv: And Other Essays on Our Lives as Animals</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0743260163" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/bios/cochran.html">Gregory Cochran</a> - Anthropologist at the University of Utah and co-author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465002218?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0465002218">The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0465002218" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><li> </ul> <a href=" http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-%C2%BFque-nos-hace-humanos-2%C2%AA-parte-adaptabilidad/">Descripción en español</a>

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. <ul> <li><a href="http://www.harvardscience.harvard.edu/directory/researchers/richard-wrangham">Richard Wrangham</a> – Biological anthropologist at Harvard University and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465013627?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0465013627">Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0465013627" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.gladstone.ucsf.edu/gladstone/site/pollard/">Katherine Pollard</a> – Biostatistician at the Gladstone Institutes at the University of California, San Francisco</li> <li><a href="http://www.stanford.edu/group/howiwrite/Bios/robertsapolsky/index.html">Robert Sapolsky</a> – Biological scientist at Stanford University and neurologist at Stanford’s School of Medicine. Author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0805073698?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0805073698">Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers, Third Edition</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0805073698" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> and, more recently, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743260163?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0743260163">Monkeyluv: And Other Essays on Our Lives as Animals</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0743260163" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/bios/cochran.html">Gregory Cochran</a> – Anthropologist at the University of Utah and co-author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465002218?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0465002218">The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0465002218" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><li> </ul> <a href=" http://www.seti.cl/podcast-del-instituto-seti-%C2%BFque-nos-hace-humanos-2%C2%AA-parte-adaptabilidad/">Descripción en español</a>

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Richard Wrangman, Katherine Pollard, Robert Sapolsky, Gregory Cochran

AWA_09-06-22.mp3

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2009-06-22T00:00:00-07:00

What Makes Us Human Part II: Adaptability Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> Our mingling species. false 2009-06-15T00:00:00-07:00 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. <ul> <li><a href="http://www.fsu.edu/profiles/falk/">Dean Falk</a> - Anthropologist at Florida State University and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465002196?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0465002196">Finding Our Tongues: Mothers, Infants, and the Origins of Language</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0465002196" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://psychology.uchicago.edu/people/faculty/cacioppo/index.shtml">John Cacioppo</a> - Director of the Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience at the University of Chicago and co-author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393061701?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393061701">Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0393061701" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.emory.edu/LIVING_LINKS/marino.html">Lori Marino</a> - Biologist at Emory University</li> <li><a href="http://www.yorku.ca/kdenning/">Kathryn Denning</a> - Anthropologist at York University</li> <li><a href="http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Charles-Siebert">Charles Siebert</a> - Author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743295862?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0743295862">The Wauchula Woods Accord: Toward a New Understanding of Animals</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0743295862" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.port.ac.uk/departments/academic/psychology/staff/title,73074,en.html">Marina Davila-Ross</a> - Psychologist at the University of Portsmouth in the U.K.</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-instituto-seti-%c2%bfque-nos-hace-humanos-1a-parte-los-demas/">Descripción en español</a>

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. <ul> <li><a href="http://www.fsu.edu/profiles/falk/">Dean Falk</a> – Anthropologist at Florida State University and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465002196?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0465002196">Finding Our Tongues: Mothers, Infants, and the Origins of Language</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0465002196" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://psychology.uchicago.edu/people/faculty/cacioppo/index.shtml">John Cacioppo</a> – Director of the Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience at the University of Chicago and co-author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393061701?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393061701">Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0393061701" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.emory.edu/LIVING_LINKS/marino.html">Lori Marino</a> – Biologist at Emory University</li> <li><a href="http://www.yorku.ca/kdenning/">Kathryn Denning</a> – Anthropologist at York University</li> <li><a href="http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Charles-Siebert">Charles Siebert</a> – Author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743295862?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0743295862">The Wauchula Woods Accord: Toward a New Understanding of Animals</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0743295862" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.port.ac.uk/departments/academic/psychology/staff/title,73074,en.html">Marina Davila-Ross</a> – Psychologist at the University of Portsmouth in the U.K.</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.seti.cl/podcast-instituto-seti-%c2%bfque-nos-hace-humanos-1a-parte-los-demas/">Descripción en español</a>

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Dean Falk, John Cacioppo, Lori Marino, Kathryn Denning, Charles Siebert, Marina Davila-Ross

AWA_09-06-15.mp3

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2009-06-15T00:00:00-07:00

What Makes Us Human Part I: Others Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> Astronomy at high speeds. false 2009-06-08T00:00:00-07:00 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 <a href="http://radio.seti.org/pages/International_Year_of_Astronomy_IYA_2009"> International Year of Astronomy</a>: 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 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_(film)">2001: A Space Odyssey</a> Plus, Seth gets around ... and around … when he takes a spin in a gravitational centrifuge. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/team/keller.html">John Keller</a> - Deputy project scientist for NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter</li> <li><a href="http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~rkirshner/">Robert Kirschner</a> - Astronomer at Harvard University</li> <li><a href="http://mvl.mit.edu/MVL-personnel.htm">Jaime Mateus</a> - Graduate student at M.I.T.’s Manned Vehicle Laboratory</li> <li>Mark Frank - Astrodynamicist in California</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keir_Dullea">Keir Dullea</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Lockwood">Gary Lockwood</a> - Stars of the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey</li> <ul> <a href="http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3650_podcast_del_instituto_seti__cuerpos_movimiento.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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 <a href="http://radio.seti.org/pages/International_Year_of_Astronomy_IYA_2009"> International Year of Astronomy</a>: 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 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_(film)">2001: A Space Odyssey</a> Plus, Seth gets around … and around … when he takes a spin in a gravitational centrifuge. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/team/keller.html">John Keller</a> – Deputy project scientist for NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter</li> <li><a href="http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~rkirshner/">Robert Kirschner</a> – Astronomer at Harvard University</li> <li><a href="http://mvl.mit.edu/MVL-personnel.htm">Jaime Mateus</a> – Graduate student at M.I.T.’s Manned Vehicle Laboratory</li> <li>Mark Frank – Astrodynamicist in California</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keir_Dullea">Keir Dullea</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Lockwood">Gary Lockwood</a> – Stars of the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey</li> <ul> <a href="http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3650_podcast_del_instituto_seti__cuerpos_movimiento.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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AWA_09-06-08.mp3

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2009-06-08T00:00:00-07:00

Bodies in Motion Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> Machines in charge. false 2009-06-01T00:00:00-07:00 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. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.pwsinger.com/">P.W. Singer</a> - Director of the 21st Century Defense Initiative at the Brookings Institution, and the author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594201986?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1594201986">Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1594201986" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.yale.edu/bioethics/studygrps_techno.shtml">Wendell Wallach</a> - Chair of a technology and ethics working group for Yale University’s Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, and the co-author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195374045?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0195374045">Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right from Wrong</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0195374045" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.sri.com/news/imagebank/PabloGarciaBio.html">Pablo Garcia</a> - – Principal engineer working on medical robotics at SRI International, Menlo Park, California</li> <li><a href="http://science.jpl.nasa.gov/people/Anderson/">Robert Anderson</a> - Planetary geologist, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory</li> <li>Robyn Asimov - Daughter of author <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_asimov">Isaac Asimov</a></li> </ul> <a href="http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3645_podcast_del_instituto_seti__los_robots_estan_cargo.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.pwsinger.com/">P.W. Singer</a> – Director of the 21st Century Defense Initiative at the Brookings Institution, and the author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594201986?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1594201986">Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1594201986" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.yale.edu/bioethics/studygrps_techno.shtml">Wendell Wallach</a> – Chair of a technology and ethics working group for Yale University’s Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, and the co-author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195374045?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0195374045">Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right from Wrong</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0195374045" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.sri.com/news/imagebank/PabloGarciaBio.html">Pablo Garcia</a> – – Principal engineer working on medical robotics at SRI International, Menlo Park, California</li> <li><a href="http://science.jpl.nasa.gov/people/Anderson/">Robert Anderson</a> – Planetary geologist, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory</li> <li>Robyn Asimov – Daughter of author <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_asimov">Isaac Asimov</a></li> </ul> <a href="http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3645_podcast_del_instituto_seti__los_robots_estan_cargo.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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Guests: P.W. Singer, Wendell Wallach, Pablo Garcia, Robert Anderson, Robyn Asimov

AWA_09-06-01.mp3

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2009-06-01T00:00:00-07:00

Robots Call the Shots Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> Dubious prescriptions false 2009-05-25T00:00:00-07:00 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. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.badastronomy.com/info/whois.html">Phil Plait</a> - Author, <a href="http://badastronomy.com">badastronomy.com</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0670019976?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0670019976">Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . .</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0670019976" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li>Mark Adams - writer and editor, and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060594756?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060594756">Mr. America: How Muscular Millionaire Bernarr Macfadden Transformed the Nation Through Sex, Salad, and the Ultimate Starvation Diet</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0060594756" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.cfiwest.org/contact.htm">Jim Underdown</a> - Executive Director, Center for Inquiry, West - Los Angeles</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Novella">Steven Novella</a> - Assistant professor of neurology at Yale School of Medicine</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3641_podcast_del_instituto_seti__revision_esceptica_jugando_doctor.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.badastronomy.com/info/whois.html">Phil Plait</a> – Author, <a href="http://badastronomy.com">badastronomy.com</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0670019976?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0670019976">Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . .</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0670019976" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li>Mark Adams – writer and editor, and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060594756?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060594756">Mr. America: How Muscular Millionaire Bernarr Macfadden Transformed the Nation Through Sex, Salad, and the Ultimate Starvation Diet</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0060594756" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.cfiwest.org/contact.htm">Jim Underdown</a> – Executive Director, Center for Inquiry, West – Los Angeles</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Novella">Steven Novella</a> – Assistant professor of neurology at Yale School of Medicine</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3641_podcast_del_instituto_seti__revision_esceptica_jugando_doctor.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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Guests: Phil Plait, Jim Underdown, Mark Adams, Steven Novella

AWA_09-05-25.mp3

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2009-05-19T00:00:00-07:00

Skeptic Check: Playing Doctor arewealone@seti.org The biological roots of human behavior. false 2009-05-18T00:00:00-07:00 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? <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/%7Emnkylab/HauserBio.html">Marc Hauser</a> - Evolutionary psychologist and biologist at Harvard, author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Moral-Minds-Nature-Right-Wrong/dp/006078072X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217345933&sr=8-1">Moral Minds: How Nature Designed Our Universal Sense of Right and Wrong</a> Take Marc's <a href="http://moral.wjh.harvard.edu/">Moral Sense Test</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/CBD/part%20faclt/bios/marcowebsite.html">Marco Iacoboni</a> - Psychologist and neuroscientist at UCLA and the author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0374210179?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0374210179">Mirroring People: The New Science of How We Connect with Others</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0374210179" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://stairs.umd.edu/">Allen Stairs</a> - Philosopher at the University of Maryland</li> <li><a href="http://www.bccn-berlin.de/People/haynes">John-Dylan Haynes</a> - Neuroscientist, Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Berlin</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3638_podcast_del_instituto_seti__por_que_hacemos_que_debemos.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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? <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/%7Emnkylab/HauserBio.html">Marc Hauser</a> – Evolutionary psychologist and biologist at Harvard, author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Moral-Minds-Nature-Right-Wrong/dp/006078072X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217345933&sr=8-1">Moral Minds: How Nature Designed Our Universal Sense of Right and Wrong</a> Take Marc’s <a href="http://moral.wjh.harvard.edu/">Moral Sense Test</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/CBD/part%20faclt/bios/marcowebsite.html">Marco Iacoboni</a> – Psychologist and neuroscientist at UCLA and the author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0374210179?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0374210179">Mirroring People: The New Science of How We Connect with Others</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0374210179" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://stairs.umd.edu/">Allen Stairs</a> – Philosopher at the University of Maryland</li> <li><a href="http://www.bccn-berlin.de/People/haynes">John-Dylan Haynes</a> – Neuroscientist, Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Berlin</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3638_podcast_del_instituto_seti__por_que_hacemos_que_debemos.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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Guests: Marc Hauser, Marco Iacoboni, Allen Stairs, John-Dylan Haynes

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2008-08-04T00:00:00-07:00

Why We Do What We Shoo Be Do Be Do Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> How they’re changing. false 2009-05-11T00:00:00-07:00 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 href="http://www.aseachange.net/">A Sea Change</a> 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. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/field/explorers/sylvia-earle.html">Sylvia Earle</a> - Oceanographer, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, founder of <a href="http://www.deepdeep.org">DeepSearch Foundation</a>, and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1426203195?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1426203195">Ocean: An Illustrated Atlas (National Geographic Atlas)</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1426203195" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.twosquaremiles.com/crew.html">Sven Huseby</a> - Co-producer of the documentary <a href="http://www.aseachange.net/">A Sea Change</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.musc.edu/mbes/faculty/moeller.html">Peter Moeller</a> - Toxin and Natural Products Chemist at NOAA</li> <li><a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/zn.html">Pacific Ocean</a> - Largest oceanic division of the world, overlay of the Pacific Plate</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3633_podcast_del_instituto_seti__oceanos_del_momento.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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 href="http://www.aseachange.net/">A Sea Change</a> 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. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/field/explorers/sylvia-earle.html">Sylvia Earle</a> – Oceanographer, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence, founder of <a href="http://www.deepdeep.org">DeepSearch Foundation</a>, and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1426203195?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1426203195">Ocean: An Illustrated Atlas (National Geographic Atlas)</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1426203195" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.twosquaremiles.com/crew.html">Sven Huseby</a> – Co-producer of the documentary <a href="http://www.aseachange.net/">A Sea Change</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.musc.edu/mbes/faculty/moeller.html">Peter Moeller</a> – Toxin and Natural Products Chemist at NOAA</li> <li><a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/zn.html">Pacific Ocean</a> – Largest oceanic division of the world, overlay of the Pacific Plate</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3633_podcast_del_instituto_seti__oceanos_del_momento.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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Seas the Moment arewealone@seti.org The age of synthetic biology. false 2009-05-04T00:00:00-07:00 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? <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://cheme.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/keasling/keasling.html">Jay Keasling</a> - professor of chemical engineering and biological engineering at UC Berkeley and founder of Amyris Biotechnologies</li> <li><a href="http://genomics.ucdavis.edu/faculty.html#eisen">Jonathan Eisen</a> - biologist at UC Davis</li> <li><a href="http://www.etcgroup.org/en/about/staff/jim_thomas.html">Jim Thomas</a> - researcher at ETC group in Ottawa, Canada</li> <li>Ed Regis - science writer and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195383419?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0195383419">What Is Life?: Investigating the Nature of Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0195383419" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li>Michael Dosmann - curator of Living Collections at the <a href="http://arboretum.harvard.edu/index.html">Arnold Arboretum</a> of Harvard University</li> </ul> <a href=" http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3631_podcast_del_instituto_seti__genes_adecuados.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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? <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://cheme.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/keasling/keasling.html">Jay Keasling</a> – professor of chemical engineering and biological engineering at UC Berkeley and founder of Amyris Biotechnologies</li> <li><a href="http://genomics.ucdavis.edu/faculty.html#eisen">Jonathan Eisen</a> – biologist at UC Davis</li> <li><a href="http://www.etcgroup.org/en/about/staff/jim_thomas.html">Jim Thomas</a> – researcher at ETC group in Ottawa, Canada</li> <li>Ed Regis – science writer and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195383419?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0195383419">What Is Life?: Investigating the Nature of Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0195383419" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li>Michael Dosmann – curator of Living Collections at the <a href="http://arboretum.harvard.edu/index.html">Arnold Arboretum</a> of Harvard University</li> </ul> <a href=" http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3631_podcast_del_instituto_seti__genes_adecuados.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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2008-07-21T00:00:00-07:00

Genes That Fit Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> What will we find? false 2009-04-27T00:00:00-07:00 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. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~ghez/">Andrea Ghez</a> - Astronomer at University of California, Los Angeles</li> <li><a href="http://www.yorku.ca/kdenning/">Kathryn Denning</a> - Professor of Anthropology at York University</li> <li><a href="http://www.mariolivio.com/">Mario Livio</a> - Senior Astronomer at the Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/074329405X?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=074329405X">Is God a Mathematician?</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=074329405X" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.johnbohannon.org/">John Bohannon</a> - Gonzo Scientist and Contributing Correspondent for Science</li> <li><a href="http://www.univie.ac.at/tops/team/kolenberg.html">Katrien Kolenberg</a> - Astrophysicist, University of Vienna</li> <li>Danielle Lemay - Nutrition Scientist at the <a href="http://foodscience.ucdavis.edu/">University of California, Davis</a></li> </ul> <a href=" http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3628_podcast_del_instituto_seti__garage_seth_shostak.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~ghez/">Andrea Ghez</a> – Astronomer at University of California, Los Angeles</li> <li><a href="http://www.yorku.ca/kdenning/">Kathryn Denning</a> – Professor of Anthropology at York University</li> <li><a href="http://www.mariolivio.com/">Mario Livio</a> – Senior Astronomer at the Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/074329405X?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=074329405X">Is God a Mathematician?</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=074329405X" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /></li> <li><a href="http://www.johnbohannon.org/">John Bohannon</a> – Gonzo Scientist and Contributing Correspondent for Science</li> <li><a href="http://www.univie.ac.at/tops/team/kolenberg.html">Katrien Kolenberg</a> – Astrophysicist, University of Vienna</li> <li>Danielle Lemay – Nutrition Scientist at the <a href="http://foodscience.ucdavis.edu/">University of California, Davis</a></li> </ul> <a href=" http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3628_podcast_del_instituto_seti__garage_seth_shostak.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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Andrea Ghez; Kathryn Denning; Mario Livio; John Bohannon; Katrien Kolenberg; Danielle Lemay

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2009-04-27T00:00:00-07:00

Seth's Garage Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> From Fossils to ET Signals false 2009-04-20T00:00:00-07:00 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. <a href="http://www.seti.org/alienhunter">Join TeamSETI today </a> and buy a signed copy of Seth's book for $15! Already a member? <a href="http://www.seti.org/Page.aspx?pid=278">Sign in to TeamSETI</a> to buy your copy today. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.molbio.wisc.edu/carroll/">Sean Carroll</a> - Molecular biologist and geneticist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/015101485X?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=015101485X">Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origin of Species</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=015101485X" alt="" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" border="0" height="1" width="1"></li> <li><a href="http://www.paulsereno.org/paulsereno/">Paul Sereno</a> - Paleontologist at the University of Chicago, and National Geographic Explorer in Residence</li> <li><a href="http://www.seti.org/Page.aspx?pid=455">Seth Shostak</a> - Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1426203926?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1426203926">Confessions of an Alien Hunter: A Scientist's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1426203926" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> </li> </ul> <a href="http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3620_podcast_del_instituto_seti__leyendo_las_hojas_vida.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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. <a href="http://www.seti.org/alienhunter">Join TeamSETI today </a> and buy a signed copy of Seth’s book for $15! Already a member? <a href="http://www.seti.org/Page.aspx?pid=278">Sign in to TeamSETI</a> to buy your copy today. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.molbio.wisc.edu/carroll/">Sean Carroll</a> – Molecular biologist and geneticist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/015101485X?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=015101485X">Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origin of Species</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=015101485X" alt="" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" border="0" height="1" width="1"></li> <li><a href="http://www.paulsereno.org/paulsereno/">Paul Sereno</a> – Paleontologist at the University of Chicago, and National Geographic Explorer in Residence</li> <li><a href="http://www.seti.org/Page.aspx?pid=455">Seth Shostak</a> – Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1426203926?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1426203926">Confessions of an Alien Hunter: A Scientist’s Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1426203926" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> </li> </ul> <a href="http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3620_podcast_del_instituto_seti__leyendo_las_hojas_vida.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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2009-04-20T11:41:22-07:00

Reading Life's Tea Leaves arewealone@seti.org Keeping ourselves in the dark. false 2009-04-13T00:00:00-07:00 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. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.susanjacoby.com/">Susan Jacoby</a> - Author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400096383?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1400096383">The Age of American Unreason (Vintage)</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1400096383" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> </li> <li><a href="http://www.simonsays.com/content/destination.cfm?tab=10&pid=361320">Peter Pringle</a> - Journalist and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743264983?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0743264983">The Murder of Nikolai Vavilov: The Story of Stalin's Persecution of One of the Great Scientists of the Twentieth Century</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0743264983" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> </li> <li><a href="http://www.badastronomy.com/info/whois.html">Phil Plait</a> – Keeper of the skeptical website <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/">badastronomy.com</a> and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0670019976?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0670019976">Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . .</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0670019976" alt="" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" border="0" height="1" width="1"></li> <li><a href="http://www.cfiwest.org/contact.htm">James Underdown</a> - Executive Director of the Center for Inquiry West in Los Angeles</li> </ul> <a href="%20http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3617_podcast_del_instituto_seti_ignorancia_una_bendicion.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.susanjacoby.com/">Susan Jacoby</a> – Author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400096383?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1400096383">The Age of American Unreason (Vintage)</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1400096383" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> </li> <li><a href="http://www.simonsays.com/content/destination.cfm?tab=10&pid=361320">Peter Pringle</a> – Journalist and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743264983?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0743264983">The Murder of Nikolai Vavilov: The Story of Stalin’s Persecution of One of the Great Scientists of the Twentieth Century</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0743264983" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> </li> <li><a href="http://www.badastronomy.com/info/whois.html">Phil Plait</a> – Keeper of the skeptical website <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/">badastronomy.com</a> and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0670019976?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0670019976">Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . .</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0670019976" alt="" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" border="0" height="1" width="1"></li> <li><a href="http://www.cfiwest.org/contact.htm">James Underdown</a> – Executive Director of the Center for Inquiry West in Los Angeles</li> </ul> <a href="%20http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3617_podcast_del_instituto_seti_ignorancia_una_bendicion.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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Skeptical Sunday: Is Ignorance Bliss? Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> Its neuro-engineered future. false 2009-04-06T00:00:00-07:00 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. <h2>Guests</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.anthropology.northwestern.edu/faculty/leonard.html"></a>Bill Leonard - department chairman and professor of Anthropology at Northwestern University</li> <li><a href="http://www.psych.ucsb.edu/%7Egazzanig/">Michael Gazzaniga</a> - neuroscientist and director of the University of California – Santa Barbara’s SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind. Author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060892889?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060892889">Human: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0060892889" alt="" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" border="0" height="1" width="1"></li> <li><a href="http://www.btinternet.com/%7Eian.pearson/">Ian Pearson</a> - futurologist at Futurizon</li> <li><a href="http://www.stevenroseonline.net/SPRR/Welcome.html">Steven Rose</a> - biologist and director of the Brain and Behavior Research Group at the Open University in London. Author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/019530893X?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=019530893X">The Future of the Brain: The Promise and Perils of Tomorrow's Neuroscience</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=019530893X" alt="" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" border="0" height="1" width="1"> </li> <li><a href="http://edboyden.org/">Ed Boyden</a> - neuroscientist at MIT’s Media Lab and Department of Biological Engineering</li> </ul> <a href="%20http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3614_podcast_del_instituto_seti_vida_del_cerebro.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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. <h2>Guests</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.anthropology.northwestern.edu/faculty/leonard.html"></a>Bill Leonard – department chairman and professor of Anthropology at Northwestern University</li> <li><a href="http://www.psych.ucsb.edu/%7Egazzanig/">Michael Gazzaniga</a> – neuroscientist and director of the University of California – Santa Barbara’s SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind. Author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060892889?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060892889">Human: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0060892889" alt="" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" border="0" height="1" width="1"></li> <li><a href="http://www.btinternet.com/%7Eian.pearson/">Ian Pearson</a> – futurologist at Futurizon</li> <li><a href="http://www.stevenroseonline.net/SPRR/Welcome.html">Steven Rose</a> – biologist and director of the Brain and Behavior Research Group at the Open University in London. Author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/019530893X?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=019530893X">The Future of the Brain: The Promise and Perils of Tomorrow’s Neuroscience</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=019530893X" alt="" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" border="0" height="1" width="1"></li> <li><a href="http://edboyden.org/">Ed Boyden</a> – neuroscientist at MIT’s Media Lab and Department of Biological Engineering</li> </ul> <a href="%20http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3614_podcast_del_instituto_seti_vida_del_cerebro.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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Life of Brain arewealone@seti.org Communicating with the aliens. false 2009-03-30T00:00:00-07:00 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=B4<d2&=d5>t'.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!</d2&=d5> <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/anth/deacon.html">Terrence Deacon</a> - Professor of anthropology and neuroscience, University of California, Berkeley</li> <li><a href="http://www.seti.org/about-us/staff/vakoch-doug.php">Douglas Vakoch</a> - Director of Interstellar Message Composition, SETI Institute</li> <li>Donald Boozer - Librarian, Coordinator of Cleveland Public Library's <a href="http://www.cpl.org/?q=node/5177%20">recent exhibit</a> "Esperanto, Elvish, and Beyond...The World of Constructed Languages"</li> <li>Jim Glass - Director of the <a href="http://www.sls.csail.mit.edu"> Spoken Language Systems Group</a> at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Systems. Ask MIT's <a href="http://groups.csail.mit.edu/sls/research/jupiter.shtml">Jupiter</a> about the weather!</li> </ul> <a href="%20http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3608_podcast_del_instituto_seti__hablando_klingon.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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=B4<d2&=d5>t’.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!</d2&=d5> <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/anth/deacon.html">Terrence Deacon</a> – Professor of anthropology and neuroscience, University of California, Berkeley</li> <li><a href="http://www.seti.org/about-us/staff/vakoch-doug.php">Douglas Vakoch</a> – Director of Interstellar Message Composition, SETI Institute</li> <li>Donald Boozer – Librarian, Coordinator of Cleveland Public Library’s <a href="http://www.cpl.org/?q=node/5177%20">recent exhibit</a> “Esperanto, Elvish, and Beyond…The World of Constructed Languages”</li> <li>Jim Glass – Director of the <a href="http://www.sls.csail.mit.edu"> Spoken Language Systems Group</a> at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Systems. Ask MIT’s <a href="http://groups.csail.mit.edu/sls/research/jupiter.shtml">Jupiter</a> about the weather!</li> </ul> <a href="%20http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3608_podcast_del_instituto_seti__hablando_klingon.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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Speaking Klingon Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> Do Numbers Count? false 2009-03-23T00:00:00-07:00 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! <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.badastronomy.com/info/whois.html">Phil Plait</a> – Keeper of the skeptical website <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/">badastronomy.com</a> and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0670019976?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0670019976">Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . .</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0670019976" alt="" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" border="0" height="1" width="1"></li> <li><a href="http://www.richardwiseman.com/biography/biog.htm">Richard Wiseman</a> - Psychologist at the University of Hertfordshire in England</li> <li><a href="http://www.theology.bham.ac.uk/staff/parker.htm">David Parker</a> - Professor of New Testament Textual Criticism and Paleography at the University of Birmingham in England</li> <li><a href="http://www.mckeague.com/index.html">Pat McKeague</a> - Teacher in San Luis Obispo in California</li> <li><a href="http://www.cfiwest.org/contact.htm">Jim Underdown</a> - Executive Director, Center for Inquiry in Los Angeles</li> </ul> <a href="%20http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3606_podcast_del_instituto_seti_tome_numero.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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! <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.badastronomy.com/info/whois.html">Phil Plait</a> – Keeper of the skeptical website <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/">badastronomy.com</a> and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0670019976?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0670019976">Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . .</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0670019976" alt="" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" border="0" height="1" width="1"></li> <li><a href="http://www.richardwiseman.com/biography/biog.htm">Richard Wiseman</a> – Psychologist at the University of Hertfordshire in England</li> <li><a href="http://www.theology.bham.ac.uk/staff/parker.htm">David Parker</a> – Professor of New Testament Textual Criticism and Paleography at the University of Birmingham in England</li> <li><a href="http://www.mckeague.com/index.html">Pat McKeague</a> – Teacher in San Luis Obispo in California</li> <li><a href="http://www.cfiwest.org/contact.htm">Jim Underdown</a> – Executive Director, Center for Inquiry in Los Angeles</li> </ul> <a href="%20http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3606_podcast_del_instituto_seti_tome_numero.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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Skeptical Sunday: Take a Number Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> Schmooze with the ooze. false 2009-03-16T00:00:00-07:00 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! <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.amesteam.arc.nasa.gov/Research/biosignatures.html">Tori Hoeler</a> - Astrobiologist, NASA Ames Research Center</li> <li><a href="http://www.comparativephys.ca/members/dfudge/members/dfudge">Douglas Fudge</a> - Biologist, University of Guelph, Canada</li> <li><a href="http://www.princeton.edu/eeb/people/display_person.xml?netid=jtbonner&display=All">John Tyler Bonner</a> - Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691139393?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0691139393">The Social Amoebae: The Biology of Cellular Slime Molds</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0691139393" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> </li> <li><a href="http://www.crnano.org/about_us.htm#Principals">Chris Phoenix</a> - Director of Research, Center for Responsible Technology</li> <li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0097004/maindetails">Andre Bormanis</a> - Television Writer and Producer</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3602_podcast_del_instituto_seti__han_embarrado.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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! <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.amesteam.arc.nasa.gov/Research/biosignatures.html">Tori Hoeler</a> – Astrobiologist, NASA Ames Research Center</li> <li><a href="http://www.comparativephys.ca/members/dfudge/members/dfudge">Douglas Fudge</a> – Biologist, University of Guelph, Canada</li> <li><a href="http://www.princeton.edu/eeb/people/display_person.xml?netid=jtbonner&display=All">John Tyler Bonner</a> – Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691139393?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0691139393">The Social Amoebae: The Biology of Cellular Slime Molds</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0691139393" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> </li> <li><a href="http://www.crnano.org/about_us.htm#Principals">Chris Phoenix</a> – Director of Research, Center for Responsible Technology</li> <li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0097004/maindetails">Andre Bormanis</a> – Television Writer and Producer</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3602_podcast_del_instituto_seti__han_embarrado.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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You've Been Slimed! arewealone@seti.org Fighting the decline. false 2009-03-09T00:00:00-07:00 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. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.positscience.com/science/global_science_team/michael_merzenich.php">Michael Merzenich</a> - Professor Emeritus Neuroscientist, University of California, San Francisco</li> <li>Gordy Slack - Science journalist and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Over-Meaning-Everything-Intelligent/dp/0470379316/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212697449&sr=1-1">The Battle Over the Meaning of Everything: Evolution, Intelligent Design, and a School Board in Dover, PA</a></li> <li><a href="http://synapse.princeton.edu/joomla2/index.php?option=com_contact&task=view&contact_id=8&Itemid=29">Sam Wang</a> - Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Molecular Biology at Princeton University and the author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Welcome-Your-Brain-Puzzles-Everyday/dp/1596912839">Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys but Never Forget how to Drive and other Puzzles of Everyday Life</a></li> <li>Lisa Schoonerman - Co-founder, <a href="http://www.vibrantbrains.com/">VibrantBrains</a></li> <li>Jan Zivic - Co-founder, <a href="http:%0D%0A//www.vibrantbrains.com/">VibrantBrains</a></li> </ul> <a href=" http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3591_podcast_del_instituto_seti_construyendo_mejores_cerebros.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.positscience.com/science/global_science_team/michael_merzenich.php">Michael Merzenich</a> – Professor Emeritus Neuroscientist, University of California, San Francisco</li> <li>Gordy Slack – Science journalist and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Over-Meaning-Everything-Intelligent/dp/0470379316/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212697449&sr=1-1">The Battle Over the Meaning of Everything: Evolution, Intelligent Design, and a School Board in Dover, PA</a></li> <li><a href="http://synapse.princeton.edu/joomla2/index.php?option=com_contact&task=view&contact_id=8&Itemid=29">Sam Wang</a> – Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Molecular Biology at Princeton University and the author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Welcome-Your-Brain-Puzzles-Everyday/dp/1596912839">Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys but Never Forget how to Drive and other Puzzles of Everyday Life</a></li> <li>Lisa Schoonerman – Co-founder, <a href="http://www.vibrantbrains.com/">VibrantBrains</a></li> <li>Jan Zivic – Co-founder, <a href="http:%0D%0A//www.vibrantbrains.com/">VibrantBrains</a></li> </ul> <a href=" http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3591_podcast_del_instituto_seti_construyendo_mejores_cerebros.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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Building Better Brains arewealone@seti.org Astrobiologists discuss cosmic life. false 2009-02-16T00:00:00-08:00 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. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/%7Evalenc/">Diana Valencia</a> - Planetary physicist at Harvard University</li> <li><a href="http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/%7Echarley/">Charley Lineweaver</a> - Cosmologist at the Australian National University</li> <li><a href="http://biomedical.ucsc.edu/Deamer.html">David Deamer</a> - Research scientist at the University of California at Santa Cruz</li> <li><a href="http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1976/blumberg-autobio.html">Baruch Blumberg</a> - Scientist at the Fox Chase Cancer Institute, Nobel Prize winner, and Trustee at the SETI Institute</li> <li><a href="http://mmtao.org/%7Emattk/">Matthew Kenworthy</a> - Astronomer at the University of Arizona</li> <li><a href="http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/%7Ekorpela/">Eric Korpela</a> - Research scientist at the University of California, Berkeley</li> <li><a href="http://www.physics.berkeley.edu/research/faculty/muller.html">Richard Muller</a> - Physicist, University of California, Berkeley</li> <li><a href="http://www.yorku.ca/kdenning/">Kathryn Denning</a> - Anthropologist at York University</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3572_podcast_del_institutoseti.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/%7Evalenc/">Diana Valencia</a> – Planetary physicist at Harvard University</li> <li><a href="http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/%7Echarley/">Charley Lineweaver</a> – Cosmologist at the Australian National University</li> <li><a href="http://biomedical.ucsc.edu/Deamer.html">David Deamer</a> – Research scientist at the University of California at Santa Cruz</li> <li><a href="http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1976/blumberg-autobio.html">Baruch Blumberg</a> – Scientist at the Fox Chase Cancer Institute, Nobel Prize winner, and Trustee at the SETI Institute</li> <li><a href="http://mmtao.org/%7Emattk/">Matthew Kenworthy</a> – Astronomer at the University of Arizona</li> <li><a href="http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/%7Ekorpela/">Eric Korpela</a> – Research scientist at the University of California, Berkeley</li> <li><a href="http://www.physics.berkeley.edu/research/faculty/muller.html">Richard Muller</a> – Physicist, University of California, Berkeley</li> <li><a href="http://www.yorku.ca/kdenning/">Kathryn Denning</a> – Anthropologist at York University</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3572_podcast_del_institutoseti.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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Life's Stories Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> Our prediction addiction. false 2009-02-09T00:00:00-08:00 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? <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.nostradamus500.com/">Peter Lemesurier</a> - author of the biography <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1903816327?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1903816327">The Unknown Nostradamus: 500th Anniversary Biography</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1903816327" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> . He lives in Wales.</li> <li><a href="http://artsci.wustl.edu/%7Epsych/oconnor.html">Akira O'Connor</a> - psychologist at Washington University, in Saint Louis</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Radford">Ben Radford</a> - managing editor of <a href="http://www.csicop.org/si/">Skeptical Inquirer</a> magazine and an investigator with the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3568_podcast_del_institutoseti_are_alone__que_sera_sera.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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? <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.nostradamus500.com/">Peter Lemesurier</a> – author of the biography <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1903816327?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1903816327">The Unknown Nostradamus: 500th Anniversary Biography</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1903816327" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> . He lives in Wales.</li> <li><a href="http://artsci.wustl.edu/%7Epsych/oconnor.html">Akira O’Connor</a> – psychologist at Washington University, in Saint Louis</li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Radford">Ben Radford</a> – managing editor of <a href="http://www.csicop.org/si/">Skeptical Inquirer</a> magazine and an investigator with the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry</li> </ul> <a href="http://www.astroseti.org/noticia_3568_podcast_del_institutoseti_are_alone__que_sera_sera.htm">Descripción en español</a>

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Skeptical Sunday: Que Sera... No Sera? arewealone@seti.org Releasing the inner you. false 2009-01-19T00:00:00-08:00 Maybe Dr. Doolittle was on to something; animals are smarter than we think. Birds, apes, and dolphins are all clever problem solvers with a rich vocabularly and - in some cases - self-awareness. Find out what you can learn from our furry, finned and feathered friends. Also, why you are so much an animal yourself, all the way down to the bare bones. Plus, enter the locked vaults that hold extinct and newly-discovered animal species. And why B-movie critters steal the show. <div class="floater-left"><img src="/images/grey-faced_sengi_sm.jpg"></div> A new species? This is a grey-faced sengi. Click <a href="https://radioshow-test.seti.org/images/grey-faced%20sengi%20full.jpg">here</a> for another photo. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://pondside.uchicago.edu/oba/faculty/shubin_n.html">Neil Shubin</a> - Anatomist and Associate Dean at the University of Chicago, and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307277453?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0307277453">Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body (Vintage)</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0307277453" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> </li> <li><a href="http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/reviewers_query?one=T&name=Galen+Rathbun">Galen Rathbun</a> - Biologist, California Academy of Sciences</li> <li><a href="http://www.calacademy.org/science_now/archive/academy_research/jack_dumbacher.php">Jack Dumbacher</a> - Curator, Birds and Mammals, California Academy of Sciences</li> <li>Virginia Morell - Science writer. Her cover story <a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/03/animal-minds/virginia-morell-text">Inside Animal Minds</a> is in the March, 2008 issue of National Geographic</li> <li><a href="http://users.ox.ac.uk/%7Ekgroup/people/alexkacelnik.shtml">Alex Kacelnik</a> - Behavioral Ecologist at Oxford University</li> <li><a href="http://www.emory.edu/LIVING_LINKS/marino.html">Lori Marino</a> - Behavioral Biologist at Emory University</li>

Maybe Dr. Doolittle was on to something; animals are smarter than we think. Birds, apes, and dolphins are all clever problem solvers with a rich vocabularly and – in some cases – self-awareness. Find out what you can learn from our furry, finned and feathered friends. Also, why you are so much an animal yourself, all the way down to the bare bones. Plus, enter the locked vaults that hold extinct and newly-discovered animal species. And why B-movie critters steal the show. <div class="floater-left"><img src="/images/grey-faced_sengi_sm.jpg"></div> A new species? This is a grey-faced sengi. Click <a href="https://radioshow-test.seti.org/images/grey-faced%20sengi%20full.jpg">here</a> for another photo. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://pondside.uchicago.edu/oba/faculty/shubin_n.html">Neil Shubin</a> – Anatomist and Associate Dean at the University of Chicago, and author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307277453?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0307277453">Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body (Vintage)</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0307277453" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> </li> <li><a href="http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/reviewers_query?one=T&name=Galen+Rathbun">Galen Rathbun</a> – Biologist, California Academy of Sciences</li> <li><a href="http://www.calacademy.org/science_now/archive/academy_research/jack_dumbacher.php">Jack Dumbacher</a> – Curator, Birds and Mammals, California Academy of Sciences</li> <li>Virginia Morell – Science writer. Her cover story <a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/03/animal-minds/virginia-morell-text">Inside Animal Minds</a> is in the March, 2008 issue of National Geographic</li> <li><a href="http://users.ox.ac.uk/%7Ekgroup/people/alexkacelnik.shtml">Alex Kacelnik</a> – Behavioral Ecologist at Oxford University</li> <li><a href="http://www.emory.edu/LIVING_LINKS/marino.html">Lori Marino</a> – Behavioral Biologist at Emory University</li>

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You Animal! Seth Shostak <sshostak@seti.org> Astronomy is looking up. false 2009-01-12T00:00:00-08:00 A loud radio hiss is coming from the cosmos. Is it the swan song of the first giant stars of the universe? Find out from stargazers attending the American Astronomical Society meeting in California... the brightest flash in the universe illuminates how a galaxy grows up... a planet hunter closes in on Earth-size prey. Also, find out how to spy on the universe from the comfort of your living room. Plus, the four-century-old history of the telescope... and Galileo didn't invent it! It's the kick off to the International Year of Astronomy - so scope it out! <a href="http://mo-www.cfa.harvard.edu/microobs/guestobserverportal/">Visit the MicroObservatory</a> Find out more about <a href="http://www.400years.org/">400 Years of the Telescope</a> <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/%7Edcharbon/frames.html">David Charbonneau</a> - Astronomer, Harvard University</li> <li><a href="http://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/staff/CVs/Alan.Kogut/">Alan Kogut</a> - Astrophysicist, NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center</li> <li><a href="http://www.ucolick.org/%7Exavier/">Xavier Prochaska</a> - Astronomer, University of California at Santa Cruz</li> <li>Simon Steel - Astronomer, <a href="http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/">Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics</a></li> <li>Kris Koenig - Producer, <a href="http://www.interstellarstudios.com/">Interstellar Studios</a>, Chico, California</li> <li><a href="http://www.markslater.net/">Mark Slater</a> - Film composer</li> </ul>

A loud radio hiss is coming from the cosmos. Is it the swan song of the first giant stars of the universe? Find out from stargazers attending the American Astronomical Society meeting in California… the brightest flash in the universe illuminates how a galaxy grows up… a planet hunter closes in on Earth-size prey. Also, find out how to spy on the universe from the comfort of your living room. Plus, the four-century-old history of the telescope… and Galileo didn’t invent it! It’s the kick off to the International Year of Astronomy – so scope it out! <a href="http://mo-www.cfa.harvard.edu/microobs/guestobserverportal/">Visit the MicroObservatory</a> Find out more about <a href="http://www.400years.org/">400 Years of the Telescope</a> <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/%7Edcharbon/frames.html">David Charbonneau</a> – Astronomer, Harvard University</li> <li><a href="http://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/staff/CVs/Alan.Kogut/">Alan Kogut</a> – Astrophysicist, NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center</li> <li><a href="http://www.ucolick.org/%7Exavier/">Xavier Prochaska</a> – Astronomer, University of California at Santa Cruz</li> <li>Simon Steel – Astronomer, <a href="http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/">Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics</a></li> <li>Kris Koenig – Producer, <a href="http://www.interstellarstudios.com/">Interstellar Studios</a>, Chico, California</li> <li><a href="http://www.markslater.net/">Mark Slater</a> – Film composer</li> </ul>

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Scoping Out Astronomy arewealone@seti.org Everything you always wanted to know. false 2009-01-05T00:00:00-08:00 We all know how sex begins: a dimly-lit room, a come-hither smile, and a surfeit of parasol-shaded cocktails. But long before all that, the gentle currents of the ancient sea floor set the mood. It was there, 570 million years ago, that two ropy sea creatures found each other and changed the course of evolution. Hear how sex began and where it's headed: if you think your love life is mechanical now, just wait until you're cozying up to titanium skin and the latest emotion software. Plus, everything you always wanted to know about modern sex research, but were afraid to ask. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.maryroach.net/">Mary Roach</a> - Author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393334791?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393334791">Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0393334791" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> </li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Levy_%28chess_player%29">David Levy</a> - Artificial intelligence researcher and the author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061359807?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0061359807">Love and Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0061359807" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> </li> <li><a href="http://earthsciences.ucr.edu/droser.html">Mary Droser</a> - Professor of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside</li> </ul>

We all know how sex begins: a dimly-lit room, a come-hither smile, and a surfeit of parasol-shaded cocktails. But long before all that, the gentle currents of the ancient sea floor set the mood. It was there, 570 million years ago, that two ropy sea creatures found each other and changed the course of evolution. Hear how sex began and where it’s headed: if you think your love life is mechanical now, just wait until you’re cozying up to titanium skin and the latest emotion software. Plus, everything you always wanted to know about modern sex research, but were afraid to ask. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.maryroach.net/">Mary Roach</a> – Author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393334791?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0393334791">Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0393334791" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> </li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Levy_%28chess_player%29">David Levy</a> – Artificial intelligence researcher and the author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061359807?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0061359807">Love and Sex with Robots: The Evolution of Human-Robot Relationships</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0061359807" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> </li> <li><a href="http://earthsciences.ucr.edu/droser.html">Mary Droser</a> – Professor of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside</li> </ul>

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Sex: From Beginning to End arewealone@seti.org In defense of the smart-set. false 2008-12-29T00:00:00-08:00 There are two kinds of people: those who are unstylish, socially inept, yet academically gifted, and those who tease them. Being a nerd is rough; it's no fun to sit alone in the cafeteria or be forced to dine on beach sandwiches. But revenge is sweet: the world depends more than ever on the witty and gifted to keep it technologically and scientifically turning. So who gets the last laugh? Just ask Bill Gates. Then again, have attitudes towards eggheads really matured? Just ask Al Gore. Hear why America has contempt for nerds, while other countries treat them as rock stars. Also, how to solve a Rubik's Cube in seconds, and a Geeksta Rap sing-along. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.bennington.edu/acad_fac_andereggd.asp">David Anderegg</a> - Author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001BCFSF8?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001BCFSF8">Nerds: Who They Are and Why We Need More of Them</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B001BCFSF8" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> </li> <li><a href="http://www.ws.binghamton.edu/fridrich/cube.html">Jessica Fridrich</a> - Electrical and computer engineer at Binghamton University in New York</li> <li><a href="http://www.physics.hku.hk/%7Ekwok/">Sun Kwok</a> - Physicist and astronomer at the University of Hong Kong</li> <li><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/bios?blogid=3">Peter Hartlaub</a> - Pop Culture Critic for the <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/06/DDSCVE5B2.DTL">San Francisco Chronicle</a></li> <li>Christian Ternus - Sophomore at <a href="http://www.news.com/8301-13772_3-9903140-52.html">MIT</a></li> <li><a href="http://what.gi.alaska.edu/fh/index.html">Fred Hall</a> - Space Physicist</li> </ul>

There are two kinds of people: those who are unstylish, socially inept, yet academically gifted, and those who tease them. Being a nerd is rough; it’s no fun to sit alone in the cafeteria or be forced to dine on beach sandwiches. But revenge is sweet: the world depends more than ever on the witty and gifted to keep it technologically and scientifically turning. So who gets the last laugh? Just ask Bill Gates. Then again, have attitudes towards eggheads really matured? Just ask Al Gore. Hear why America has contempt for nerds, while other countries treat them as rock stars. Also, how to solve a Rubik’s Cube in seconds, and a Geeksta Rap sing-along. <h2>Guests:</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.bennington.edu/acad_fac_andereggd.asp">David Anderegg</a> – Author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001BCFSF8?ie=UTF8&tag=arweal-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001BCFSF8">Nerds: Who They Are and Why We Need More of Them</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=arweal-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B001BCFSF8" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> </li> <li><a href="http://www.ws.binghamton.edu/fridrich/cube.html">Jessica Fridrich</a> – Electrical and computer engineer at Binghamton University in New York</li> <li><a href="http://www.physics.hku.hk/%7Ekwok/">Sun Kwok</a> – Physicist and astronomer at the University of Hong Kong</li> <li><a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/bios?blogid=3">Peter Hartlaub</a> – Pop Culture Critic for the <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/06/DDSCVE5B2.DTL">San Francisco Chronicle</a></li> <li>Christian Ternus – Sophomore at <a href="http://www.news.com/8301-13772_3-9903140-52.html">MIT</a></li> <li><a href="http://what.gi.alaska.edu/fh/index.html">Fred Hall</a> – Space Physicist</li> </ul>

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