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| Alpha and Omega: Part II |
| Topic: Cosmic Evolution |
09/01/03 |
| Summary: How did the universe begin and how will it end? And perhaps, more importantly, how can we know? Science magazine writer, Charles Seife, has taken up this compelling question in his new book, Alpha and Omega. He discusses the findings of cosmologists in Part II of this two-part interview with the Astrobiology magazine. |
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| Alpha and Omega: Part I |
| Topic: Cosmic Evolution |
08/18/03 |
| Summary: How did the universe begin and how will it end? And perhaps, more importantly, how can we know? Science magazine writer, Charles Seife, has taken up this compelling question in his new book, Alpha and Omega. He discusses the findings of cosmologists in this two-part interview with the Astrobiology magazine. |
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| Bridging the Gap: Part I |
| Topic: Missions |
08/13/03 |
| Summary: Renowned physicist, Freeman Dyson, has proposed some of the most compelling concepts for space explorations. These range from a theory of life's origins--called the "double-origin hypothesis"--which at the beginning, posits two separate creatures, one replicating and the other metabolizing. |
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| Interview with Neville Woolf: Part II |
| Topic: New Planets |
07/23/03 |
| Summary: This is the second of a two-part interview with Neville Woolf, a Professor of Astronomy at the University of Arizona. Woolf is the principal investigator of one of the lead teams recently awarded a five-year grant by the NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) to conduct astrobiology-related research. |
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| Interview with Neville Woolf |
| Topic: New Planets |
07/21/03 |
| Summary: This is the first of a two-part interview with Neville Woolf, a Professor of Astronomy at the University of Arizona. Woolf is the principal investigator of one of the lead teams recently awarded a five-year grant by the NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) to conduct astrobiology-related research. |
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| Water: The Molecule of Life |
| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
05/07/03 |
| Summary: Philip Ball, author of "Life's Matrix: A Biography of Water," says that liquid water is essential for the kind of delicate chemistry that makes life possible. In an interview with Astrobiology Magazine, he discusses his thoughts on the role of liquid water for life on Earth and on other worlds |
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| Earth, Sky and Astrobiology |
| Topic: Missions |
03/07/03 |
| Summary: In the 1990s, scientists coined the term "astrobiology" to refer to the study of life in space. On the radio broadcast, Earth and Sky, discover more about this fascinating field from Dr. Bruce Runnegar. |
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| Hitch-Hiker's Guide to Biology's Second Datum |
| Topic: Missions |
01/29/03 |
| Summary: Midway through their marathon 2-week space shuttle experiments, Neil Tyson and David Warmflash explore one of biology's most elusive mysteries: Does life fit a second data point? |
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| Genetic Engineering and Human Intervention: Part III |
| Topic: Biosphere |
12/29/02 |
| Summary: Interview (Part III) with Andrew Knoll, Harvard paleobiologist, about the role of human intervention in shaping the global biosphere: "We just need to recognize that we live in a world where local actions sometimes have large reactions.
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| Extinctions: Interview with Andrew Knoll Part II |
| Topic: Meteorites, Comets and Asteroids |
12/28/02 |
| Summary: "Progress is a very loaded term for people who study the philosophy of biology," says Harvard's Andrew Knoll. In part II of the interview, find out the role of extinction in evolution. "...the central fact of our planet, as far as biology is concerned, is that it's dynamic ..." |
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