Exploration – October 19, 2010
Guest: Dr. Robert Lanza, future of biotech Guest: Lester Brown, State of the Earth, founder of Earth Policy Institute
Tuesdays: 2PM Pacific Time
An hour long radio program on science, technology, politics, and the environment. Topics covered include black holes, time travel, higher dimensions, string theory, wormholes, search for extra-terrestial life, dark matter and dark energy, the future of space travel, genetic engineering, the aging process, the future of medicine, the human body shop, artificial intelligence, the future of computers and robots, as well as topics from science fiction. Hosted by Michio Kaku.
Guest: Dr. Robert Lanza, future of biotech Guest: Lester Brown, State of the Earth, founder of Earth Policy Institute
Guest 1: Dr. Jay Olshansky, science of the aging process Guest 2: Margo Wutan, science of good nutrition
Guest: Robert Callum, about the forgotten history of the oceans. Guest: Dr. Oliver Sachs, Columbia Univ., about why we are genetically programmed to like music.
Pres. Barak Obama has shaken up the space program. He cancelled the space shuttle, cancelled the mission to the moon, but left open the possibility of going to Mars. Guest 1: Tom Jones, astronaut, talks about becoming an astronaut. Guest 2: Like Buzz Aldrin, Robert Zubrin wants to go to Mars, not the moon.
Pres. Obama grapples with oil leak; BP continues to give misleading numbers; 60,000 barrels a day of oil are flooding the Gulf. What went wrong? Guest: Dr. Peter Ward, author of The Flooded Earth, about when global warming floods the great cities of the world.