Explorations – December 19, 2006
(1) 2006 was 6th hottest year ever recorded (2) Will your city be underwater by 2100? (3) Why did breast cancer rates drop for 2003? (4) First cloned cat has 3 kittens. (5) Can dark matter be observed directly?
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 – December 12, 2006
(1) US plans moon base; will it be for peace? (2) Astronomers find evidence of liquid water on Mars (3) Can cell phones cause cancer (4) Are large portion sizes causing obesity in the US (5) The Alps are the hottest in 1,300 years, say scientists.
Explorations – December 5, 2006
(1) US plans moon base; will it be for peace? (2) Astronomers find evidence of liquid water on Mars (3) Can cell phones cause cancer (4) Are large portion sizes causing obesity in the US (5) The Alps are the hottest in 1,300 years, say scientists.
Explorations – November 21, 2006
Special guests: 1) Dr. Chris Landea, hurricane expert, speaks of monster hurricanes. 2) Dr. Robert Watson, of the World Bank, speaks of the future of the environment, including global warming.
Explorations – November 14, 2006
Special guests: 1) Phil Coyle, former secretary of defense in the US Pentagon, speaks of the emerging crisis over Iran. 2) David Helvarg, TV producer, fears the collapse of the oceans.
Explorations – November 7, 2006
Special guests: 1) Dr. Neil Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium, speaks about the universe. 2) Dr. Fulvia Melia, of the Univ. of Arizona, speaks of black holes and what may lie beyond.
Explorations – October 31, 2006
Guests: 1) Peter Schwarz, of the Global Business Network, speaks of a Pentagon plan to use nuclear weapons if global warming goes out of control. 2) Michael Oppenheimer, of Princeton, speaks of global warming and the weather.
Explorations – October 24, 2006
Special guests: (re-run) 1) Christopher Flavin, director of the famed World Watch Institute. 2) Science writer Timothy Ferris, author of Coming of Age in the Milky Way
Explorations – October 17, 2006
(1) By 2050, temperatures will be the hottest in 1 million years (2) Arctic melting accelerates (3) Was the N. Korean test a dud? (4) Space tourism gets a boost (5) 200 extra-solar planets found in outer space (6) Mediterranean diet is good against Alzhei
Explorations – October 10, 2006
Michio talks with John Cox, author of the book, Climate Crash. Many researchers are now quietly abandoning the traditional vision of a long, slow waltz of slumbering ice ages and more temperate periods of interglacial warming. While they’ve long recognized the threats posed by global warming, they must now consider that the natural behavior of … Continued