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.
Environmentalist Michael Oppenheimer, Professor of Geosciences, Princeton University, on the state of the planet. Also: It’s official: 2004 is the 4th hottest year ever recorded: The 1990s was the hottest decade; 200 nations send representatives to Buenos Ares to hammer out the finer points of the Kyoto Protocols, designed to reign in green house gases; … Continued
Sheila and David Rothman, authors of The Pursuit of Perfection : The Promise and Perils of Medical Enhancement. Also: Another oil spill in Alaska; The Department on Energy seems determined to send plutonium into space: Public hearing scheduled; Chicken genes have been analyzed; Scientists reverse breast cancer tumor growth with gene therapy; Scientists find anatomical … Continued
Neil Tyson, one of the leading African American scientists in the U.S., director of the Hayden Planetarium, author of Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution. Also: Russia claims to have test fired its own version of a Star Wars anti-ballistic missile system, raising fears of a new nuclear arms race; Putin has ominously declared … Continued
Richard Restak, MD, author of Poe’s Heart and the Mountain Climber : Exploring the Effect of Anxiety on Our Brains and Culture. Does Iran really mean to give up its nuclear ambitions?; The Europian Union wants a new generation nuclear power plants: Plants that use solar power; Can the heart regenerate heart tissue after heart … Continued
Science journalist Gretchen Reynolds, author of the recent article in the New York Times Magazine The Flu Hunters, about a possible flu pandemic. Also, Vitamin E controversy: Rent study finds the vitamin may be harmful in large doses and may shorten life span – others criticize the study; Stem Cells and Heart Attacks: Scientists make … Continued
Henry Petroski, author of Pushing the Limits : New Adventures in Engineering. Also, new report involving 250 scientists paints a pessimistic viewpoint of what the arctic will be like in 100 years; Mordechai Vanunu arrested again, why?; Gigantic solar cell will be launched into orbit next year, could pioneer a whole new propulsion system by … Continued
Ann Parson, author of The Proteus Effect: Stem Cells and Their Promise for Medicine. Also, What impact will Bush’s reelection have on stem cell research; Putin signs Kyoto Protocols; Major disruption of the food chain in the south pole; Scientists identify single molecule that causes nicotine’s addictive properties; Scientists find location of the origin of … Continued
Paul Gilster, author of Centauri Dreams: Imagining And Planning Interstellar Exploration. Also: Russian upper house of parliament decides to ratify the Kyoto Protocols. If Putin ratifies it could mean the Kyoto Protocols go into effect as early as next year; New species of humans found: remains of a dwarf-like creature found near Java that died … Continued
The future of energy, with Steve Taub, researcher with the Cambridge Energy Research Associates, an energy monitoring agency. Also: Coalition of environmental groups say wealthy nations must do more to stop global warming; The world’s cities brace for a future in which sea level rise can have environmental and economic impacts; National Audubon Society reports … Continued
Excerpts of interviews with Robert Kennedy Jr., author of Crimes Against Nature : How George W. Bush and His Corporate Pals Are Plundering the Country and Hijacking Our Democracy , and Lester Brown, founder of Worldwatch Institute. Also: Nuclear power accident in New Jersey; Scientist find that 1/3rd of all amphibians on earth face extinction; … Continued
