Exploration
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.
Explorations – June 3, 2008
NASA Mars probe lands on red planet; Ancient Eskimo DNA analyzed; Why do diet books fail? Monkey learns to manipulate a robotic arm. Special Guest:Dr. Ken Croswell, speaking about Mars, supernovae, and extra-solar planets.
Explorations – May 6, 2008
Pentagon plans possible attack on Iran. UCS charges political meddilng in EPA.Why are some women living shorter lives?2,000 humans gave rise to the entire human race. We include NPR commentaries by Dr. Kaku on (a) invisibilty (b) teleportation, and also an interview with Prof. Richard Gott of Princeton on time machines.
Explorations – April 29, 2008
Dr. Robert Hagen, Astrobiologist, speaking about the origin of life on earth, and Carl Zimmer, speaking of the evolution of the brain and humans.
Explorations – April 22, 2008
Chris Flavin, director of the World Watch Inst.: The state of the world.Timothy Ferris, the state of the universe.
Explorations – April 8, 2008
Will the earth be eaten alive by the LHC? Will the earth be destroyed by an exploding star? 18 states sue the EPA over CO2; Calif. backtracks on electric car.
Explorations – April 1, 2008
Dr. Tom Jones, NASA astronaut, speaks of the future of manned space travel and Dr. Robt. Zubrin speaks of the future manned exploration of the planet Mars.