Explorations – August 19, 2008
Guest 1: Dr. Robert Callum, author of the Unnatural History of the Sea. Are we witnessing the end-game of the oceans?Guest 2: Dr. Oliver Sachs, author of Musicophilia? Why do we like music?
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 1: Dr. Robert Callum, author of the Unnatural History of the Sea. Are we witnessing the end-game of the oceans?Guest 2: Dr. Oliver Sachs, author of Musicophilia? Why do we like music?
Theme: origins of the universe and origins of humanity. Guest 1: Dr. Simon Singh, author of The Big Bang. Guest 2: Dr. Spencer Wells, ancient migrations of humans going back 50,000 years.
Michael Marriot of the Nuclear Information Resource Service: Can nuclear energy save us? And Dr. John Connoly: can plastic surgery really save us from the aging process? How safe is it?
Social Responsibility of Scientists. How should we view great scientists who willing worked for the Nazis? Guests: Michael Neufeld, author of a book about Werner Von Braun, father of American and Nazi rocketry.Daniel Charles, author of a book on Fritz Harber, who created gas warfare weapons which were used on his relatives.
Phil Coyle, former Assist. Secretary of Defense, speaking about possible war with Iran (rebroadcast); and Dr. Dana McKenzie, speaking about where the moon came from.
Will the Large Hadron Collider produce a black hole which will eat up the earth? Will the LHC be able to test string theory, the "theory of everything?" Guest 1: Brian Greene, author of Elegant Universe.Guest 2: Lisa Randall, author of Warped Passages.