Explorations – October 30, 2007
Tim Flannery, author of The Weathermakers, talks about the perils of global warming.
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 – October 16, 2007
Michio Kaku talks to Brian Greene about string theory and our universe.
Explorations – October 9, 2007
1) 200 accidents invovling lethal germ warfare2) N. Korea to dismantle its nuke program3) 30% reduction in ozone hole4) Earthlike planet forming around distant star Special guest: Dr. Callum Roberts, author the Unnatural History of the Seas, argues that the oceans are in an "endgame" and are about to collapse, with severe reprecussions for humanity.
Explorations – October 2, 2007
1) Is Pres. Buish changing position on global warming?2) Strange meteor sickens Peruvians3) NASA launches probe to asteroid belt4) DNA of mammoths sequenced – wine DNA sequenced – "age genes" sequenced. Special guest: Pulitzer prize winning journalist Ross Gelbspan updates us on the effects of global warming.
Explorations – September 25, 2007
1) Nuclear power on a come-back trail2) Calif. sues auto makers for global warming3) Origin of dinosaur-killing meteor found?4) Nobel Laureate says manned space program is a waste of money. Notes: Credits: Guest: Dr. Janna Levin of Columbia, novelist and theoretical physicist, speaks of cosmology and artificial intelligence, and writing novels about them, esp. as … Continued
Explorations – September 18, 2007
Topic: String theory: a theory of everything?String theory is perhaps the most powerful, and the most controversial, theory of physics ever proposed.Guest 1: Brian Greene of Columbia UniversityGuest 2: Lisa Randall of Harvard University
Explorations – September 11, 2007
1) 6 "lost" nuclear weapons2) Collapse of Alaskan sea ice3) Extinction of polar bears4) Why are bee colonies collapsing? Guest:Phil Coyle, former Assist. Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon: crises in North Korea, Iran, star wars in Eastern Europe and loose nukes.
Explorations – September 4, 2007
Re-runGuest 1) Joseph Romm, author of Hell and High Water, warns about global catastrophyGuest 2) Travis Bradford, author of the Solar Revolution, argues that solar is the only way out.
Explorations – August 28, 2007
Rerun Guest 1: Dr. Seth Shostak, is there intelligent life in outer spac? Physicist Shostak is the director of SETI, the searth for ET’s in space.Guest 2: Ray Kurzweil, inventor, believes that robots will soon surpass us in intelligence.
Explorations – August 21, 2007
Guest 1: George Johnson of NY Times – the woman astronomer who measured the universeGuest 2: MIchael Lemonick, of Time magazine, discusses the origin of the universe.