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.
An interview with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the environmental record of the Bush administration. Also: At the Nuclear non-proliferation talks, Iran reveals it has converted 37 tons of uranium to uranium gas, the first step toward nuclear weapons or commercial nuclear power; NASA confirms it has pictures of a Black Hole being born; A … Continued
A sampling of Michio Kaku’s new books Einstein’s Cosmos: How Albert Einstein’s Vision Transformed Our Understanding of Space and Time and Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos.
Kevin Martin, director of National Peace Action, on the non-proliferations talks being held at the United Nations. Also, Scientist now have direct evidence that human activity is driving global warming; EPA suppresses a report that states can benefit by 2 billion dollars by reducing mercury pollution, contradicting the Bush administrations claims; Scientists announce they have … Continued
Dr. Steven Rose, author of The Future Of The Brain: The Promise And Perils Of Tomorrow’s Neuroscience; Bruce Gagnon of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space. Also: Continuing retreat of the glaciers of the South Pole: New scientific survey shows 84% recession; The House of Representatives passes Bush’s Energy Bill on … Continued
Nobel prize winning physicist Robert B. Laughlin, author of A Different Universe: Reinventing Physics from the Bottom Down. Also: Is it possible to restrain greenhouse gases while maintaining economic vitality? President Bush says No, but new DOE study says yes; Bush, facing rising gas prices around the country, is forced to clarify his new energy … Continued
The Future of Commercial Nuclear Power, with guest Kevin Kamp, Director of the Southeast Office of Nuclear Information and Resource Service – www.nirs.org. Also: State of the Earth: 1300 scientist assessment: Earth is very sick; Yucca Mountains waste dump, riddled with scandals, may never open; Paleontologists find soft tissue from bones of a T-Rex that … Continued
Novelist and philosopher Rebecca Goldstein, author of Incompleteness: The Proof and Paradox of Kurt Godel. Also, renewed calls for Nuclear Energy by the world leaders; Government employees deliberately falsified safety documents at the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump; Another computer study shows that the greenhouse effect is irreversible; Astronomers detect another extra-solar planet – this … Continued
Science, Art, and Society, with guests Alan Lightman, author of A Sense of the Mysterious: Science and the Human Spirit and Einstein’s Dreams; John J. Connolly, author of America’s Cosmetic Doctors & Dentists.
Professional charlatain, showman, and magician, Jim Rose, author of Snake Oil: Life’s Calculations, Misdirections, and Manipulations. Also, Bush’s “Clean Skies Initiative” defeated, environmentalists say this is a small but significant victory for the environment; Mercury is being found in birds for the first time; New director for NASA; Scientists find correlation between marriage and heart … Continued
