But what does "first" mean when technological invention so heavily builds on what´s come before… and evolution represents continuous change?

Find out how "publish or perish" made Darwin famous... why we´ll never find the first human fossil... and how powerful new telescopes are allowing us to see the earliest galaxies.

Plus, the chicken and egg battle it out in line.

Guests:

• Garth Illingworth –' Astrophysicist at the University of California, Santa Cruz
• Sean B. Carroll –' Molecular biologist and geneticist at the University of Wisconsin Madison and author of Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species
• Leslea Hlusko –' Paleontologist at the University of California- Berkeley. Read more about Ardi

Descripción en español

]]> Sky and Telescope Monday, 14 March 2011 05:00:02 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_11-03-14.mp3 ENCORE Being first counts in science. Land that coveted spot and you´ll make history, whether it´s with the first steam engine or the discovery of our earliest human ancestor.

But what does "first" mean when technological invention so heavily builds on what´s come before… and evolution represents continuous change?

Find out how "publish or perish" made Darwin famous... why we´ll never find the first human fossil... and how powerful new telescopes are allowing us to see the earliest galaxies.

Plus, the chicken and egg battle it out in line.

Guests:

• Garth Illingworth –' Astrophysicist at the University of California, Santa Cruz
• Sean B. Carroll –' Molecular biologist and geneticist at the University of Wisconsin Madison and author of Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species
• Leslea Hlusko –' Paleontologist at the University of California- Berkeley. Read more about Ardi

Descripción en español

]]> Monday, 14 March 2011 05:00:02 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_11-03-07.mp3 ENCORE From the double-helix to the expansion of the universe, great scientific discoveries reshape our understanding of who we are and how things work. But great discoveries require more than just a great mind. We tour brainy breakthroughs from Archimedes to Darwin, and find out what made their revolutionary insights possible.

Also, why you need more than a stratospheric I.Q. to be a super-achiever. And how the invention of reading re-directed the course of civilization and re-wired our brains in the process.

Guests:

• Alan Hirshfeld –' Professor of physics at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, and author of Eureka Man: The Life and Legacy of Archimedes
• Richard Holmes –' Author of The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
• Angela Duckworth –' Psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania. Her grit study can be found here
• Stanislas Dehaene –' Cognitive neruoscientist at the the Collège de France in Paris, and author of Reading in the Brain: The Science and Evolution of a Human Invention

Descripción en español

]]> Sky and Telescope Monday, 07 March 2011 05:00:04 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_11-03-07.mp3 ENCORE From the double-helix to the expansion of the universe, great scientific discoveries reshape our understanding of who we are and how things work. But great discoveries require more than just a great mind. We tour brainy breakthroughs from Archimedes to Darwin, and find out what made their revolutionary insights possible.

Also, why you need more than a stratospheric I.Q. to be a super-achiever. And how the invention of reading re-directed the course of civilization and re-wired our brains in the process.

Guests:

• Alan Hirshfeld –' Professor of physics at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, and author of Eureka Man: The Life and Legacy of Archimedes
• Richard Holmes –' Author of The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science
• Angela Duckworth –' Psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania. Her grit study can be found here
• Stanislas Dehaene –' Cognitive neruoscientist at the the Collège de France in Paris, and author of Reading in the Brain: The Science and Evolution of a Human Invention

Descripción en español

]]> Monday, 07 March 2011 05:00:04 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_11-02-28.mp3 The weaker the mixture, the stronger the potency. That paradox is a central tenet of homeopathy. More than 200 years old and developed long before germ theory, the practice is the fastest growing form of alternative medicine worldwide.

Proponents say its diluted remedies cure disease. Most scientists maintain there´s nothing in homeopathic solution but water. We´ll hear the arguments, and also the role placebos might be playing in the cure.

Plus, skeptic Phil Plait voyages to the edge of the solar system where a new planet has been discovered ... maybe!

And, consider our brains: the product of millions of years of evolution. So why aren´t we more consistent in our reasoning?

It´s Skeptic Check.... but don´t take our word for it.

Guests:

• Iris Bell –' Psychiatrist and researcher in alternative medicine at the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine
• Simon Singh –' Science writer based in the U.K., author of Trick or Treatment: The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine
• Phil Plait –' Astronomer, skeptic, and keeper of the web site badastronomy.com
• Jim Underdown –' Executive Director, Center for Inquiry, Los Angeles
• Gordy Slack –' Science writer and keeper of the neuroscience web site, "Brainstorm"
• Robert Kurzban –' Associate professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and author of Why Everyone (Else) Is a Hypocrite: Evolution and the Modular Mind

Descripción en español

]]> Sky and Telescope Monday, 28 February 2011 05:00:02 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_11-02-28.mp3 The weaker the mixture, the stronger the potency. That paradox is a central tenet of homeopathy. More than 200 years old and developed long before germ theory, the practice is the fastest growing form of alternative medicine worldwide.

Proponents say its diluted remedies cure disease. Most scientists maintain there´s nothing in homeopathic solution but water. We´ll hear the arguments, and also the role placebos might be playing in the cure.

Plus, skeptic Phil Plait voyages to the edge of the solar system where a new planet has been discovered ... maybe!

And, consider our brains: the product of millions of years of evolution. So why aren´t we more consistent in our reasoning?

It´s Skeptic Check.... but don´t take our word for it.

Guests:

• Iris Bell –' Psychiatrist and researcher in alternative medicine at the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine
• Simon Singh –' Science writer based in the U.K., author of Trick or Treatment: The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine
• Phil Plait –' Astronomer, skeptic, and keeper of the web site badastronomy.com
• Jim Underdown –' Executive Director, Center for Inquiry, Los Angeles
• Gordy Slack –' Science writer and keeper of the neuroscience web site, "Brainstorm"
• Robert Kurzban –' Associate professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and author of Why Everyone (Else) Is a Hypocrite: Evolution and the Modular Mind

Descripción en español

]]> Monday, 28 February 2011 05:00:02 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_11-02-21.mp3 Think small to solve big problems. That, in a nutshell, is the promise of nanotechnology. In this barely visible world, batteries charge 100 times faster and drugs go straight to their targets in the body. Discover some of these nano breakthroughs and how what you can´t see can help you...

...or hurt you? What if tiny machines turn out to be nothing but trouble? We´ll look at the health and safety risks of nanotech.

Plus, scaling up in science fiction: why a Godzilla-sized insect is fun, but just doesn´t fly.

Guests:

• Bill Flounders –' executive director of the Marvell Nanofabrication Laboratory at the University of California at Berkeley
• Joseph DeSimone –' professor of chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and chemical engineering at North Carolina State University
• David Guston –' political scientist at Arizona State University where he directs The Center for Nanotechnology in Society
• Stan Williams –' Senior Fellow and founding director of the Information and Quantum Systems Lab at Hewlett-Packard
• Michael LeBarbera –' Professor in organismal biology, anatomy and geophysical sciences, University of Chicago

Descripción en español

]]> Sky and Telescope Monday, 21 February 2011 05:00:02 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_11-02-21.mp3 Think small to solve big problems. That, in a nutshell, is the promise of nanotechnology. In this barely visible world, batteries charge 100 times faster and drugs go straight to their targets in the body. Discover some of these nano breakthroughs and how what you can´t see can help you...

...or hurt you? What if tiny machines turn out to be nothing but trouble? We´ll look at the health and safety risks of nanotech.

Plus, scaling up in science fiction: why a Godzilla-sized insect is fun, but just doesn´t fly.

Guests:

• Bill Flounders –' executive director of the Marvell Nanofabrication Laboratory at the University of California at Berkeley
• Joseph DeSimone –' professor of chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and chemical engineering at North Carolina State University
• David Guston –' political scientist at Arizona State University where he directs The Center for Nanotechnology in Society
• Stan Williams –' Senior Fellow and founding director of the Information and Quantum Systems Lab at Hewlett-Packard
• Michael LeBarbera –' Professor in organismal biology, anatomy and geophysical sciences, University of Chicago

Descripción en español

]]> Monday, 21 February 2011 05:00:02 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_11-02-14.mp3 Earth may not be rare after all. New data from NASA´s Kepler mission suggests that the universe is chock-a-block with planets. More than a thousand new possible planets have just been found, and more than fifty of these might be suitable for life. Ready for cosmic company? We discuss the results of the Kepler mission in a roundtable with some of its top scientists.

Meanwhile, the Voyager spacecraft continues to be humanity´s point man in the race to interstellar space. Poised to leave our solar system, we reflect on the mission –' including its on-board messages for aliens.

Plus, out-of-this world science. From lab coats to warp speed: does Hollywood get it right? Does it matter?

Guests:

• Jon Jenkins –' Co-principal investigator for the Kepler Mission
• Doug Caldwell –' Co-investigator and instrument scientist for the Kepler Mission
• Jessie Christiansen –' Data scientist working on the Kepler mission
• Ed Stone –' Professor of physics at the California Institute of Technology, and former Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• Jennifer Ouellette –' Writer and former director, National Academy of Sciences´ Science and Entertainment Exchange

Descripción en español

]]> Sky and Telescope Monday, 14 February 2011 05:00:02 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_11-02-14.mp3 Earth may not be rare after all. New data from NASA´s Kepler mission suggests that the universe is chock-a-block with planets. More than a thousand new possible planets have just been found, and more than fifty of these might be suitable for life. Ready for cosmic company? We discuss the results of the Kepler mission in a roundtable with some of its top scientists.

Meanwhile, the Voyager spacecraft continues to be humanity´s point man in the race to interstellar space. Poised to leave our solar system, we reflect on the mission –' including its on-board messages for aliens.

Plus, out-of-this world science. From lab coats to warp speed: does Hollywood get it right? Does it matter?

Guests:

• Jon Jenkins –' Co-principal investigator for the Kepler Mission
• Doug Caldwell –' Co-investigator and instrument scientist for the Kepler Mission
• Jessie Christiansen –' Data scientist working on the Kepler mission
• Ed Stone –' Professor of physics at the California Institute of Technology, and former Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• Jennifer Ouellette –' Writer and former director, National Academy of Sciences´ Science and Entertainment Exchange

Descripción en español

]]> Monday, 14 February 2011 05:00:02 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_11-02-07.mp3 It´s the perennial dream: build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door. We go to San Jose´s famed Tech Museum to learn what it takes to turn a good idea into a grand success.

Remember the Super Soaker squirt gun? Hear how its inventor is now changing the rules for solar energy.

Where do good ideas come from? A Eureka moment in the bathtub? We´ll find out that it doesn´t happen so quickly –' or easily.

And finally, the life cycle of society-changing technologies, from the birth of radio to the future of the Internet.

Inventions, inventors and innovation: all part of the mix on "Better Mousetrap."

Guests:

• Steven Johnson –' Author of Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation
• Lonnie Johnson –' Inventor and former NASA engineer; CEO of Johnson Research and Development Company
• Tim Wu –' Professor of Communication Law at Columbia University and author of The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires (Borzoi Books)

Descripción en español

]]> Sky and Telescope Tuesday, 08 February 2011 05:00:03 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_11-02-07.mp3 It´s the perennial dream: build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door. We go to San Jose´s famed Tech Museum to learn what it takes to turn a good idea into a grand success.

Remember the Super Soaker squirt gun? Hear how its inventor is now changing the rules for solar energy.

Where do good ideas come from? A Eureka moment in the bathtub? We´ll find out that it doesn´t happen so quickly –' or easily.

And finally, the life cycle of society-changing technologies, from the birth of radio to the future of the Internet.

Inventions, inventors and innovation: all part of the mix on "Better Mousetrap."

Guests:

• Steven Johnson –' Author of Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation
• Lonnie Johnson –' Inventor and former NASA engineer; CEO of Johnson Research and Development Company
• Tim Wu –' Professor of Communication Law at Columbia University and author of The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires (Borzoi Books)

Descripción en español

]]> Tuesday, 08 February 2011 05:00:03 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_11-01-31.mp3 You´re right: it´s a show about ESP. And, correct again: we´re excited about the publication of a paper that claims precognition exists. You´ve already divined what our paranormal investigator says about the paper, whether the statistics that it cites are significant, and what the editor-in-chief of a major scientific journal has to say on the tricky matter of publishing such a result at all.

You´re not surprised that Brains on Vacation takes on the matter of Armageddon-by-exploding-star, because, you knew that. You also knew that it will be an excellent show. But, tune in anyway –' consider it a repeat.

Guests:

• Bruce Alberts –' Editor-in-chief of Science
• Jim Underdown –' Executive Director, Center for Inquiry –' Los Angeles
• Jeff Rouder –' Quantitative psychologist, University of Missouri
• Phil Plait –' Skeptic and keeper of the website badastronomy.com
• Steve Macknik –' Neuroscientist, author of Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions
]]> Sky and Telescope Monday, 31 January 2011 05:00:02 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_11-01-31.mp3 You´re right: it´s a show about ESP. And, correct again: we´re excited about the publication of a paper that claims precognition exists. You´ve already divined what our paranormal investigator says about the paper, whether the statistics that it cites are significant, and what the editor-in-chief of a major scientific journal has to say on the tricky matter of publishing such a result at all.

You´re not surprised that Brains on Vacation takes on the matter of Armageddon-by-exploding-star, because, you knew that. You also knew that it will be an excellent show. But, tune in anyway –' consider it a repeat.

Guests:

• Bruce Alberts –' Editor-in-chief of Science
• Jim Underdown –' Executive Director, Center for Inquiry –' Los Angeles
• Jeff Rouder –' Quantitative psychologist, University of Missouri
• Phil Plait –' Skeptic and keeper of the website badastronomy.com
• Steve Macknik –' Neuroscientist, author of Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions
]]> Monday, 31 January 2011 05:00:02 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_11-01-24.mp3 We all hear about research discoveries, but what about what scientists don´t find? Tune in for a round-up of eureka moments that have yet to come, such as the hunt for the dark energy of the universe and the search for the elusive elementary particle responsible for the mass of objects.

Also, we miss the woolly mammoth so much, scientists plan to clone the hairy beast and bring the extinct animal back.

Plus, why the missing link is no longer missing, what extrasolar planets have now been found, and –' NASA money for science: where´d it go?

Guests:

• Alan Stern –' Aerospace consultant and planetary scientist
• Natalie Batalha –' Deputy Science Team Lead for NASA´s Kepler Mission
• Leslea Hlusko –' Biologist at the University of California, Berkeley
• Ian Sample –' Science writer, author of Massive: The Missing Particle That Sparked the Greatest Hunt in Science
• Saul Perlmutter –' Physicist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Darin Croft –' Professor of Anatomy, Case Western Reserve, Cleveland
]]> Sky and Telescope Monday, 24 January 2011 05:00:02 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_11-01-24.mp3 We all hear about research discoveries, but what about what scientists don´t find? Tune in for a round-up of eureka moments that have yet to come, such as the hunt for the dark energy of the universe and the search for the elusive elementary particle responsible for the mass of objects.

Also, we miss the woolly mammoth so much, scientists plan to clone the hairy beast and bring the extinct animal back.

Plus, why the missing link is no longer missing, what extrasolar planets have now been found, and –' NASA money for science: where´d it go?

Guests:

• Alan Stern –' Aerospace consultant and planetary scientist
• Natalie Batalha –' Deputy Science Team Lead for NASA´s Kepler Mission
• Leslea Hlusko –' Biologist at the University of California, Berkeley
• Ian Sample –' Science writer, author of Massive: The Missing Particle That Sparked the Greatest Hunt in Science
• Saul Perlmutter –' Physicist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Darin Croft –' Professor of Anatomy, Case Western Reserve, Cleveland
]]> Monday, 24 January 2011 05:00:02 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_11-01-17.mp3 It´s the star of our solar system, but much about the Sun is still mysterious. Find out what a new NASA mission to our favorite fireball might discover about its super-hot outer regions.

Also, why the most common stars in the galaxy don´t shine thanks to nuclear energy as our Sun does. And, recreating Sol´s energy source on Earth at the National Ignition Facility.

Plus, an ex-Star Wars animator and photographer on how to film an atomic blast.

Guests:

• Peter Kuran –' An animator on Star Wars, now a filmmaker, documentarian of “”http://www.atomcentral.com/trinity.html">Trinity and Beyond," and author of How To Photograph an Atomic Bomb
• Davy Kirkpatrick –' Astronomer, California Institute of Technology, and scientist for NASA´s WISE mission
• Stuart Bale –' Physicist at the University of California, Berkeley and Director of the Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory
• Mike Dunne –' Physicist, and Program Director for Fusion Energy at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
]]> Sky and Telescope Monday, 17 January 2011 05:00:03 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_11-01-17.mp3 It´s the star of our solar system, but much about the Sun is still mysterious. Find out what a new NASA mission to our favorite fireball might discover about its super-hot outer regions.

Also, why the most common stars in the galaxy don´t shine thanks to nuclear energy as our Sun does. And, recreating Sol´s energy source on Earth at the National Ignition Facility.

Plus, an ex-Star Wars animator and photographer on how to film an atomic blast.

Guests:

• Peter Kuran –' An animator on Star Wars, now a filmmaker, documentarian of “”http://www.atomcentral.com/trinity.html">Trinity and Beyond," and author of How To Photograph an Atomic Bomb
• Davy Kirkpatrick –' Astronomer, California Institute of Technology, and scientist for NASA´s WISE mission
• Stuart Bale –' Physicist at the University of California, Berkeley and Director of the Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory
• Mike Dunne –' Physicist, and Program Director for Fusion Energy at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
]]> Monday, 17 January 2011 05:00:03 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/ Dickinsonia rex, a sort of living bathmat without eyes or a mouth, and other strange denizens of the primordial slimebed. Paleontologists Mary Droser and Jim Gehling explain how they´re working to reconstruct this ancient ecosystem by studying fossils and shed light on the enduring evolutionary puzzle of how and why the first complex life forms arose.
This podcast was funded by the NASA Astrobiology Institute.]]> Sky and Telescope Friday, 14 January 2011 08:48:13 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/ Dickinsonia rex, a sort of living bathmat without eyes or a mouth, and other strange denizens of the primordial slimebed. Paleontologists Mary Droser and Jim Gehling explain how they´re working to reconstruct this ancient ecosystem by studying fossils and shed light on the enduring evolutionary puzzle of how and why the first complex life forms arose.
This podcast was funded by the NASA Astrobiology Institute.]]> Friday, 14 January 2011 08:48:13 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_11-01-10.mp3 Random is as random does... makes sense doesn´t even that anyway in tune hear to randomness how lives rules.

Brain chaos the drives, restoration role of help insight ecology may into randomness the, numbers sense of make statistics can´t why we or, ants not seem of erratic behavior why the may but is.

Guests:

• Leonard Mlodinow –' Theoretical physicist and author of The Drunkard´s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives (Vintage)
• Jon Chase –' Biologist and director of the Tyson Research center at Washington University in St. Louis
• Lori Marino –' Evolutionary biologist, Emory University
• Deborah Gordon –' Biologist, Stanford University
• John Beggs –' Physicist, Indiana University at Bloomington
]]> Sky and Telescope Monday, 10 January 2011 05:00:03 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_11-01-10.mp3 Random is as random does... makes sense doesn´t even that anyway in tune hear to randomness how lives rules.

Brain chaos the drives, restoration role of help insight ecology may into randomness the, numbers sense of make statistics can´t why we or, ants not seem of erratic behavior why the may but is.

Guests:

• Leonard Mlodinow –' Theoretical physicist and author of The Drunkard´s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives (Vintage)
• Jon Chase –' Biologist and director of the Tyson Research center at Washington University in St. Louis
• Lori Marino –' Evolutionary biologist, Emory University
• Deborah Gordon –' Biologist, Stanford University
• John Beggs –' Physicist, Indiana University at Bloomington
]]> Monday, 10 January 2011 05:00:03 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_11-01-03.mp3 ENCORE The march of computer technology continues. But as silicon chips and search engines become faster and more productive –' can the same be said for us?

The creator of Wolfram Alpha describes how his new "computational knowledge engine" is changing –' and improving –' how we process information. Meanwhile, suffering from data and distraction burnout? Find out what extremes some folks take to stop their search engines.

Also, the Singularity sensation of humans merging with machines... and, why for the ancient Greeks all of this is "been there, done that." A deep sea dive turns up a 2,000 year old computer!

Guests:

• Jo Marchant –' Freelance science journalist and author of Decoding the Heavens: A 2,000-Year-Old Computer—and the Century-Long Search to Discover Its Secrets
• Stephen Wolfram –' Mathematican, computer programmer, and founder of Wolfram Research and Wolfram Alpha
• Fred Stutzman –' PhD student at the University of North Carolina School of Information and Library Science
• Peggy Orenstein –' author and contributing editor to the New York Times Magazine, which is where we found her article "Stop Your Search Engines"
• Ray Kurzweil –' Inventor, futurist and author, most recently, of The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology

Descripción en español

]]> Sky and Telescope Monday, 03 January 2011 05:00:03 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_11-01-03.mp3 ENCORE The march of computer technology continues. But as silicon chips and search engines become faster and more productive –' can the same be said for us?

The creator of Wolfram Alpha describes how his new "computational knowledge engine" is changing –' and improving –' how we process information. Meanwhile, suffering from data and distraction burnout? Find out what extremes some folks take to stop their search engines.

Also, the Singularity sensation of humans merging with machines... and, why for the ancient Greeks all of this is "been there, done that." A deep sea dive turns up a 2,000 year old computer!

Guests:

• Jo Marchant –' Freelance science journalist and author of Decoding the Heavens: A 2,000-Year-Old Computer—and the Century-Long Search to Discover Its Secrets
• Stephen Wolfram –' Mathematican, computer programmer, and founder of Wolfram Research and Wolfram Alpha
• Fred Stutzman –' PhD student at the University of North Carolina School of Information and Library Science
• Peggy Orenstein –' author and contributing editor to the New York Times Magazine, which is where we found her article "Stop Your Search Engines"
• Ray Kurzweil –' Inventor, futurist and author, most recently, of The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology

Descripción en español

]]> Monday, 03 January 2011 05:00:03 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_10-12-27.mp3 ENCORE It´s always an adventure to go digging in Seth´s storage locker –' who knows what we´ll find ...

In this imposing pile of paraphernalia, tucked between boxes of socket wrenches and old 45s, we stumble upon the hunt for extrasolar planets, the evidence for water on moons of the solar system, theories of language, a controversial hypothesis for the peopling of the Americas, and a new dinosaur fossil.

Guests:

• Steve Brusatte –' Vertebrate paleontologist from the American Museum of Natural History in New York
• Steven Pinker –' Psychologist, Harvard University
• Geoff Marcy –' Astronomer, University of California, Berkeley
• Adam Showman –' Planetary scientist at the University of Arizona
• Mike Collins –' Associate Director, Texas Archeological Research Laboratory

Descripción en español

]]> Sky and Telescope Monday, 27 December 2010 05:00:02 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_10-12-27.mp3 ENCORE It´s always an adventure to go digging in Seth´s storage locker –' who knows what we´ll find ...

In this imposing pile of paraphernalia, tucked between boxes of socket wrenches and old 45s, we stumble upon the hunt for extrasolar planets, the evidence for water on moons of the solar system, theories of language, a controversial hypothesis for the peopling of the Americas, and a new dinosaur fossil.

Guests:

• Steve Brusatte –' Vertebrate paleontologist from the American Museum of Natural History in New York
• Steven Pinker –' Psychologist, Harvard University
• Geoff Marcy –' Astronomer, University of California, Berkeley
• Adam Showman –' Planetary scientist at the University of Arizona
• Mike Collins –' Associate Director, Texas Archeological Research Laboratory

Descripción en español

]]> Monday, 27 December 2010 05:00:02 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_10-12-20.mp3 Every ten microseconds, someone places a cell phone call. These portable gadgets are ubiquitous, and increasingly a take-for-granted part of everyday life.

But could cell phones be dangerous? Could holding a microwave transmitter up to your head for hours each day substantially increase the risk of cancer?

We investigate some of the latest thinking on the danger of cell phones, and also explain that everyone –' even you –' is a radio transmitter.

It´s Skeptic Check on Are We Alone. And we´ve got your number.

Guests:

• James Geary –' Author and journalist. Read “The Man Who Was Allergic to Radio Waves”
• Richard Muller –' Professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of The Instant Physicist: An Illustrated Guide
• Devra Davis –' Scientist, and author of Disconnect: The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation, What the Industry Has Done to Hide It, and How to Protect Your Family
]]> Sky and Telescope Monday, 20 December 2010 05:00:02 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_10-12-20.mp3 Every ten microseconds, someone places a cell phone call. These portable gadgets are ubiquitous, and increasingly a take-for-granted part of everyday life.

But could cell phones be dangerous? Could holding a microwave transmitter up to your head for hours each day substantially increase the risk of cancer?

We investigate some of the latest thinking on the danger of cell phones, and also explain that everyone –' even you –' is a radio transmitter.

It´s Skeptic Check on Are We Alone. And we´ve got your number.

Guests:

• James Geary –' Author and journalist. Read “The Man Who Was Allergic to Radio Waves”
• Richard Muller –' Professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of The Instant Physicist: An Illustrated Guide
• Devra Davis –' Scientist, and author of Disconnect: The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation, What the Industry Has Done to Hide It, and How to Protect Your Family
]]> Monday, 20 December 2010 05:00:02 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_10-12-13.mp3 The language of science is mathematics. As incredible as it seems, the universe seems to run according to laws we can write down on chalkboards.

But it´s not just lab-coated researchers who wield the tool of math: Madison Avenue knows that if they tell you that a shampoo is 32 percent better, you´re likely to buy it.

Also, how scientists of the early twentieth century were forced to invent entirely new mathematical paradigms to describe the cosmos on big scales and small –' the theories of general relativity and quantum mechanics.

Plus, what about everyday arithmetic? Have pocket calculators and digital cash registers dumbed down the populace?

Guests:

• Charles Seife –' Professor of journalism at New York University, and author of Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception
• James Kakalios –' Professor of physics at the University of Minnesota, and author of The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics: A Math-Free Exploration of the Science that Made Our World
• Leonard Mlodinow –' Physicist, and author with Stephen Hawking of The Grand Design
• Aimee Ellington –' Professor of mathematics at Virginia Commonwealth University
]]> Sky and Telescope Monday, 13 December 2010 05:00:04 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_10-12-13.mp3 The language of science is mathematics. As incredible as it seems, the universe seems to run according to laws we can write down on chalkboards.

But it´s not just lab-coated researchers who wield the tool of math: Madison Avenue knows that if they tell you that a shampoo is 32 percent better, you´re likely to buy it.

Also, how scientists of the early twentieth century were forced to invent entirely new mathematical paradigms to describe the cosmos on big scales and small –' the theories of general relativity and quantum mechanics.

Plus, what about everyday arithmetic? Have pocket calculators and digital cash registers dumbed down the populace?

Guests:

• Charles Seife –' Professor of journalism at New York University, and author of Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception
• James Kakalios –' Professor of physics at the University of Minnesota, and author of The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics: A Math-Free Exploration of the Science that Made Our World
• Leonard Mlodinow –' Physicist, and author with Stephen Hawking of The Grand Design
• Aimee Ellington –' Professor of mathematics at Virginia Commonwealth University
]]> Monday, 13 December 2010 05:00:04 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_10-12-06.mp3 The times are a´changing –' rising temperatures, growing population, and new technology coming at us faster than a greased cheetah.

So how will humans respond? Find out about future farming in the city –' your vegetables might be grown in downtown, hi-rise greenhouses. Also, a population expert tells us how our planet can cope with billions more people, and the man who invented the term –˜cyberspace´ describes what the future might hold for the techno-savvy.

Darwinian evolution takes a long time to accommodate to new environments. But Homo sapiens can beat that rap by wielding the right technology –' and becoming early adapters.

Guests:

• Dickson Despommier –' Emeritus professor of public health and microbiology at Columbia University, author of The Vertical Farm: Feeding the World in the 21st Century
• William Gibson –' Author, most recently, of Zero History
• Joel Cohen –' Mathematician and biologist at Rockefeller University
• David DeGusta –' Paleoanthropologist at the Paleoanthropology Institute in California

Descripción en español

]]> Sky and Telescope Monday, 06 December 2010 05:00:02 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_10-12-06.mp3 The times are a´changing –' rising temperatures, growing population, and new technology coming at us faster than a greased cheetah.

So how will humans respond? Find out about future farming in the city –' your vegetables might be grown in downtown, hi-rise greenhouses. Also, a population expert tells us how our planet can cope with billions more people, and the man who invented the term –˜cyberspace´ describes what the future might hold for the techno-savvy.

Darwinian evolution takes a long time to accommodate to new environments. But Homo sapiens can beat that rap by wielding the right technology –' and becoming early adapters.

Guests:

• Dickson Despommier –' Emeritus professor of public health and microbiology at Columbia University, author of The Vertical Farm: Feeding the World in the 21st Century
• William Gibson –' Author, most recently, of Zero History
• Joel Cohen –' Mathematician and biologist at Rockefeller University
• David DeGusta –' Paleoanthropologist at the Paleoanthropology Institute in California

Descripción en español

]]> Monday, 06 December 2010 05:00:02 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_10-11-29.mp3 ENCORE We think of major geologic events as taking place a long time ago –' but the Earth is just as active as it ever was. We´re a planet in motion. Discover why earthquakes might be increasing worldwide... descend into daring cave exploration... and take a trip to Hawaii where new volcanoes are gurgling up right now.

Plus –' the supervolcano under Yellowstone Park… when might it erupt again?

Guests:

• Robert Nadeau –' Geologist, University of California, Berkeley Seismological Laboratory and part of a team from Rice University researching the San Andreas Fault
• Joel Achenbach –' Reporter, author of "When Yellowstone Explodes", August 2009 National Geographic cover story
• Jim Kauahikaua –' Scientist-in-Charge, United States Geologic Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
• Pat Kambesis –' Geologist, Assistant Director of the Hoffman Environmental Research Institute at Western Kentucky University

Descripción en español

]]> Sky and Telescope Monday, 29 November 2010 05:00:02 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_10-11-29.mp3 ENCORE We think of major geologic events as taking place a long time ago –' but the Earth is just as active as it ever was. We´re a planet in motion. Discover why earthquakes might be increasing worldwide... descend into daring cave exploration... and take a trip to Hawaii where new volcanoes are gurgling up right now.

Plus –' the supervolcano under Yellowstone Park… when might it erupt again?

Guests:

• Robert Nadeau –' Geologist, University of California, Berkeley Seismological Laboratory and part of a team from Rice University researching the San Andreas Fault
• Joel Achenbach –' Reporter, author of "When Yellowstone Explodes", August 2009 National Geographic cover story
• Jim Kauahikaua –' Scientist-in-Charge, United States Geologic Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
• Pat Kambesis –' Geologist, Assistant Director of the Hoffman Environmental Research Institute at Western Kentucky University

Descripción en español

]]> Monday, 29 November 2010 05:00:02 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_10-11-22.mp3 You are one-of-a-kind, unique, indispensible... oh, wait, never mind! It seems that computer over there can do what you do ... faster and with greater accuracy.

Yes, it´s silicon vs. carbon as intelligent, interactive machines out-perform humans in tasks beyond data-crunching. We´re not only building our successors, we´re developing emotional relationships with them. Find out why humans are hard-wired to be attached to androids.

Also, the handful of areas where humans still rule... as pilots, doctors and journalists. Scratch that! Journalism is automated too –' tune in for a news story written solely by a machine.

Guests:

• Clifford Nass –' Social psychologist at Stanford University and Director of the Communication Between Humans and Interactive Media Lab
• Tom Jones –' United States astronaut, space consultant, and veteran of four Space Shuttle flights
• Chris Ford –' Business director at Pixar Animation Studios
• Eric Van De Graaff -Cardiologist at Alegent Health
• James Bennighof –' Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, and professor of music theory at Baylor University in Texas
• Kathy Abbott –' Chief Scientific and Technical Advisor for Flight Deck Human Factors at the Federal Aviation Administration
• Kristian Hammond –' Co-founder, Narrative Science
]]> Sky and Telescope Monday, 22 November 2010 05:00:03 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_10-11-22.mp3 You are one-of-a-kind, unique, indispensible... oh, wait, never mind! It seems that computer over there can do what you do ... faster and with greater accuracy.

Yes, it´s silicon vs. carbon as intelligent, interactive machines out-perform humans in tasks beyond data-crunching. We´re not only building our successors, we´re developing emotional relationships with them. Find out why humans are hard-wired to be attached to androids.

Also, the handful of areas where humans still rule... as pilots, doctors and journalists. Scratch that! Journalism is automated too –' tune in for a news story written solely by a machine.

Guests:

• Clifford Nass –' Social psychologist at Stanford University and Director of the Communication Between Humans and Interactive Media Lab
• Tom Jones –' United States astronaut, space consultant, and veteran of four Space Shuttle flights
• Chris Ford –' Business director at Pixar Animation Studios
• Eric Van De Graaff -Cardiologist at Alegent Health
• James Bennighof –' Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, and professor of music theory at Baylor University in Texas
• Kathy Abbott –' Chief Scientific and Technical Advisor for Flight Deck Human Factors at the Federal Aviation Administration
• Kristian Hammond –' Co-founder, Narrative Science
]]> Monday, 22 November 2010 05:00:03 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_10-11-15.mp3 They´re here! About one-third of all Americans believe we´re being visited by extraterrestrial spacecraft. But wait, you want evidence?

UFO sighting are as prevalent as flies at a picnic. But proof of visitation –' well, that´s really alien.

Hear why belief in extraterrestrial UFOs persists ... and why military sightings that "can´t be explained" don´t warrant rolling out a welcome mat for ET.

Plus, the most fab UFOs in the movies!

It´s Skeptic Check... but don´t take our word for it!

Guests:

• Phil Plait –' Keeper of the skeptical website badastronomy.com
• Benjamin Radford –' Research Fellow with the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and managing editor of "Skeptical Inquirer Science Magazine"
• Leslie Kean –' Journalist, and author of UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go On the Record
• Susan Clancy –' Psychology Researcher, Harvard University
  and author of Abducted: How People Come to Believe They Were Kidnapped by Aliens
• Thomas Bullard –' Folkorist at Indiana University and author of The Myth and Mystery of UFOs

Descripción en español

]]> Sky and Telescope Monday, 15 November 2010 05:00:04 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_10-11-15.mp3 They´re here! About one-third of all Americans believe we´re being visited by extraterrestrial spacecraft. But wait, you want evidence?

UFO sighting are as prevalent as flies at a picnic. But proof of visitation –' well, that´s really alien.

Hear why belief in extraterrestrial UFOs persists ... and why military sightings that "can´t be explained" don´t warrant rolling out a welcome mat for ET.

Plus, the most fab UFOs in the movies!

It´s Skeptic Check... but don´t take our word for it!

Guests:

• Phil Plait –' Keeper of the skeptical website badastronomy.com
• Benjamin Radford –' Research Fellow with the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry and managing editor of "Skeptical Inquirer Science Magazine"
• Leslie Kean –' Journalist, and author of UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials Go On the Record
• Susan Clancy –' Psychology Researcher, Harvard University
  and author of Abducted: How People Come to Believe They Were Kidnapped by Aliens
• Thomas Bullard –' Folkorist at Indiana University and author of The Myth and Mystery of UFOs

Descripción en español

]]> Monday, 15 November 2010 05:00:04 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_10-11-08.mp3 If someone asks where you get off, you can now respond with precision. Satellites and computers spit out coordinates accurate to a few paces. And digital maps stand the Copernican principle on its head –' putting you at the center of everything (how does it feel?).

Find out how today´s maps are shuffling our world view. Also, how does a rat navigate a maze without GPS? Hear of the plotting that goes on in that tiny rodent brain.

Plus, mapping the universe and pinpointing just where we are in cosmic time –' lucky for us, human evolution is right on schedule.

Guests:

• Josh Winn –' Astronomer, MIT
• David Redish –' Neuroscientist, University of Minnesota
• Mario Livio –' Astrophysicist, Space Telescope Science Institute and author of Is God a Mathematician?
• Mike Goodchild –' Professor of Geography, Center for Spatial Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
]]> Sky and Telescope Monday, 08 November 2010 05:00:04 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_10-11-08.mp3 If someone asks where you get off, you can now respond with precision. Satellites and computers spit out coordinates accurate to a few paces. And digital maps stand the Copernican principle on its head –' putting you at the center of everything (how does it feel?).

Find out how today´s maps are shuffling our world view. Also, how does a rat navigate a maze without GPS? Hear of the plotting that goes on in that tiny rodent brain.

Plus, mapping the universe and pinpointing just where we are in cosmic time –' lucky for us, human evolution is right on schedule.

Guests:

• Josh Winn –' Astronomer, MIT
• David Redish –' Neuroscientist, University of Minnesota
• Mario Livio –' Astrophysicist, Space Telescope Science Institute and author of Is God a Mathematician?
• Mike Goodchild –' Professor of Geography, Center for Spatial Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
]]> Monday, 08 November 2010 05:00:04 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_10-11-01.mp3 Humans are pleasure-seekers –' from food to sex to fine art. But do we know why we crave what we do? Discover the surprising motivation behind our desires. Also, why our hedonistic cousins, the bonobos, may hold the secret to world peace.

Plus, self-awareness in monkeys: can they really pass the mirror test? Can bacteria, for that matter? Nope! But since you are, cell for cell, more microbe than human, you´ll want to know just how cognitively aware these critters are.

Guests:

• Paul Bloom –' Psychologist at Yale University and author of How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like
• Julie Neiworth –' Psychologist, Carleton College
• Vanessa Woods –' Research scientist at Duke University and author of Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo. Find out more about helping bonobos.
• Jim Shapiro –' Bacterial geneticist, University of Chicago

Descripción en español

]]> Sky and Telescope Monday, 01 November 2010 05:00:04 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_10-11-01.mp3 Humans are pleasure-seekers –' from food to sex to fine art. But do we know why we crave what we do? Discover the surprising motivation behind our desires. Also, why our hedonistic cousins, the bonobos, may hold the secret to world peace.

Plus, self-awareness in monkeys: can they really pass the mirror test? Can bacteria, for that matter? Nope! But since you are, cell for cell, more microbe than human, you´ll want to know just how cognitively aware these critters are.

Guests:

• Paul Bloom –' Psychologist at Yale University and author of How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like
• Julie Neiworth –' Psychologist, Carleton College
• Vanessa Woods –' Research scientist at Duke University and author of Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo. Find out more about helping bonobos.
• Jim Shapiro –' Bacterial geneticist, University of Chicago

Descripción en español

]]> Monday, 01 November 2010 05:00:04 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_10-10-25.mp3 If a tree feel on another planet, would we be able to detect it? Not quite yet –' but we might be able to tell if the planet was habitable. A living-planet is the promise of newly-discovered Gliese 581g. But does the planet exist at all?

Discover how we learn a planet´s geology and chemistry from afar. Also, what we learn about a civilization from what it discards, beginning with our own sloppy habits.

Plus, the hunt for derelict alien spaceships... and a man who sketches alien creatures for a living –' based on real science.

Guests:

• Lisa Kaltenegger –' Astronomer, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
• Brad Bebout –' Biologist, NASA Ames Research Center
• Robin Nagle –' Anthropologist, New York University
• Robin Hanson –' Economist, George Mason University
• Joel Hagen –' Computer graphics instructor, Modesto Junior College

Descripción en español

]]> Sky and Telescope Monday, 25 October 2010 05:00:04 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_10-10-25.mp3 If a tree feel on another planet, would we be able to detect it? Not quite yet –' but we might be able to tell if the planet was habitable. A living-planet is the promise of newly-discovered Gliese 581g. But does the planet exist at all?

Discover how we learn a planet´s geology and chemistry from afar. Also, what we learn about a civilization from what it discards, beginning with our own sloppy habits.

Plus, the hunt for derelict alien spaceships... and a man who sketches alien creatures for a living –' based on real science.

Guests:

• Lisa Kaltenegger –' Astronomer, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
• Brad Bebout –' Biologist, NASA Ames Research Center
• Robin Nagle –' Anthropologist, New York University
• Robin Hanson –' Economist, George Mason University
• Joel Hagen –' Computer graphics instructor, Modesto Junior College

Descripción en español

]]> Monday, 25 October 2010 05:00:04 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_10-10-18.mp3 ENCORE From Mauna Kea in Hawaii, the view of the cosmos is spectacular. Giant black holes, distant galaxies, and extrasolar planets have all been uncovered by the massive telescopes that perch on this volcanic cone.

Join the astronomers who use the Keck Telescopes to peer at objects so far away, their light started out before Earth was born.

Also discover how the new Thirty Meter Telescope will dwarf even the massive glass eyes now in place, and why some of the world´s most important astronomical discoveries are being made in the Aloha State.

Plus, why the building of telescopes on the volcano is controversial to some native Hawaiians.

Guests:

• Charles Blue –' Science writer, Thirty Meter Telescope Project
• Richard Ellis –' Astronomer, California Institute of Technology
  
• Koa Rice –' Hawaiian culture consultant
• Julian Christou –' Adaptive optics scientist, Gemini North Telescope
• Ashley Yeager –' Outreach manager, Keck Telescope
• Taft Armandroff –' Director of the W. M. Keck Telescope

Descripción en español

]]> Sky and Telescope Monday, 18 October 2010 05:00:04 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_10-10-18.mp3 ENCORE From Mauna Kea in Hawaii, the view of the cosmos is spectacular. Giant black holes, distant galaxies, and extrasolar planets have all been uncovered by the massive telescopes that perch on this volcanic cone.

Join the astronomers who use the Keck Telescopes to peer at objects so far away, their light started out before Earth was born.

Also discover how the new Thirty Meter Telescope will dwarf even the massive glass eyes now in place, and why some of the world´s most important astronomical discoveries are being made in the Aloha State.

Plus, why the building of telescopes on the volcano is controversial to some native Hawaiians.

Guests:

• Charles Blue –' Science writer, Thirty Meter Telescope Project
• Richard Ellis –' Astronomer, California Institute of Technology
  
• Koa Rice –' Hawaiian culture consultant
• Julian Christou –' Adaptive optics scientist, Gemini North Telescope
• Ashley Yeager –' Outreach manager, Keck Telescope
• Taft Armandroff –' Director of the W. M. Keck Telescope

Descripción en español

]]> Monday, 18 October 2010 05:00:04 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_10-10-11.mp3 ENCORE Humans have not gone unnoticed on this planet. We´ve left our mark with technology, agriculture, architecture, and a growing carbon footprint. But where is this trajectory headed?

In the second of a two-part series: what we´ll lose and what will last in 1000 years or more.

Discover what the planet might look like to geologists of the far-off-future... the stubborn longevity of plastic and radioactive waste… human civilization in space... and postcards from the galactic edge; crafting interstellar messages to E.T.

Guests:

• Charles Moore –' Sea Captain and founder of Algalita Marine Research Foundation
• Jan Zalasiewicz –' Geologist, University of Leicester and author of The Earth After Us: What Legacy Will Humans Leave in the Rocks?
• Matthew Wald –' Reporter for the New York Times and author of the article "Is There a Place for Nuclear Waste?" in the August 2009 issue of Scientific American
• Doug Vakoch –' Director of Interstellar Message Composition at the SETI Institute
• David Korsmeyer –' Chief of the Intelligent Systems Division at NASA Ames Research Center

Descripción en español

]]> Sky and Telescope Monday, 11 October 2010 05:00:04 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_10-10-11.mp3 ENCORE Humans have not gone unnoticed on this planet. We´ve left our mark with technology, agriculture, architecture, and a growing carbon footprint. But where is this trajectory headed?

In the second of a two-part series: what we´ll lose and what will last in 1000 years or more.

Discover what the planet might look like to geologists of the far-off-future... the stubborn longevity of plastic and radioactive waste… human civilization in space... and postcards from the galactic edge; crafting interstellar messages to E.T.

Guests:

• Charles Moore –' Sea Captain and founder of Algalita Marine Research Foundation
• Jan Zalasiewicz –' Geologist, University of Leicester and author of The Earth After Us: What Legacy Will Humans Leave in the Rocks?
• Matthew Wald –' Reporter for the New York Times and author of the article "Is There a Place for Nuclear Waste?" in the August 2009 issue of Scientific American
• Doug Vakoch –' Director of Interstellar Message Composition at the SETI Institute
• David Korsmeyer –' Chief of the Intelligent Systems Division at NASA Ames Research Center

Descripción en español

]]> Monday, 11 October 2010 05:00:04 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_10-09-26.mp3 ENCORE Watch out, the moon is full... of intrigue. Our lovely satellite is blamed for all sorts of Earth-bound mischief –' from robberies to shape-shifting to general nutty behavior. It´s also the setting for more than one loony tale. In this hour, as NASA spacecraft return to the moon, a look at the mythology it inspires.

Discover the true correlation between crime and a full moon... the 1835 reports of unicorns and man-bats living on moon... and, our favorite hair-raising howler: the werewolf! Also, why some still insist the Apollo moon landing is a hoax.

Plus, space travel –' boxed and bundled.

Guests:

• Phil Plait –' Keeper of the skeptical website badastronomy.com and author of Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . .
• Matthew Goodman –' Author of The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York
• Jim Underdown –' Executive Director for the Center for Inquiry West, Los Angeles and keeper of the blog Hollywood Reality Check
• June Pulliam –' English professor, Louisiana State University
• Cynthia Phillips –' Scientist at the SETI Institute and author, most recently, of Space Exploration For Dummies (For Dummies (Math & Science))
  
• Paul Spudis –' Senior scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute

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]]> Sky and Telescope Tuesday, 05 October 2010 05:00:04 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_10-09-26.mp3 ENCORE Watch out, the moon is full... of intrigue. Our lovely satellite is blamed for all sorts of Earth-bound mischief –' from robberies to shape-shifting to general nutty behavior. It´s also the setting for more than one loony tale. In this hour, as NASA spacecraft return to the moon, a look at the mythology it inspires.

Discover the true correlation between crime and a full moon... the 1835 reports of unicorns and man-bats living on moon... and, our favorite hair-raising howler: the werewolf! Also, why some still insist the Apollo moon landing is a hoax.

Plus, space travel –' boxed and bundled.

Guests:

• Phil Plait –' Keeper of the skeptical website badastronomy.com and author of Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . .
• Matthew Goodman –' Author of The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York
• Jim Underdown –' Executive Director for the Center for Inquiry West, Los Angeles and keeper of the blog Hollywood Reality Check
• June Pulliam –' English professor, Louisiana State University
• Cynthia Phillips –' Scientist at the SETI Institute and author, most recently, of Space Exploration For Dummies (For Dummies (Math & Science))
  
• Paul Spudis –' Senior scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute

Descripción en español

]]> Tuesday, 05 October 2010 05:00:04 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_10-10-04.mp3 ENCORE Humans have not gone unnoticed on this planet. We´ve left our mark with technology, agriculture, architecture, and a growing carbon footprint. But where is this trajectory headed?

In the first of a two-part series: what will be lost and what will still be around 100 years from now? James Lovelock says a hotter planet will prompt mass migrations. And Cary Fowler urges us to save our seeds –' the health of future farms may depend on it.

Plus, from antibiotics to sewage systems: why human ingenuity ultimately saves the day.

And, sure, humans will be around in a century, but –' with bionic limbs and silicon neurons –' would we recognize them?

Guests:

• James Lovelock –' Independent scientist and author of The Vanishing Face of Gaia
• Cary Fowler –' Executive Director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust
• Russell Blackford –' Philosopher, writer, and editor-in-chief of the "Journal of Evolution and Technology."

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]]> Sky and Telescope Monday, 04 October 2010 05:00:04 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_10-10-04.mp3 ENCORE Humans have not gone unnoticed on this planet. We´ve left our mark with technology, agriculture, architecture, and a growing carbon footprint. But where is this trajectory headed?

In the first of a two-part series: what will be lost and what will still be around 100 years from now? James Lovelock says a hotter planet will prompt mass migrations. And Cary Fowler urges us to save our seeds –' the health of future farms may depend on it.

Plus, from antibiotics to sewage systems: why human ingenuity ultimately saves the day.

And, sure, humans will be around in a century, but –' with bionic limbs and silicon neurons –' would we recognize them?

Guests:

• James Lovelock –' Independent scientist and author of The Vanishing Face of Gaia
• Cary Fowler –' Executive Director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust
• Russell Blackford –' Philosopher, writer, and editor-in-chief of the "Journal of Evolution and Technology."

Descripción en español

]]> Monday, 04 October 2010 05:00:04 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_10-09-13.mp3 Are humans unique or do we just do some things a little better than other species? In the first of our two-part series on the nature of humanity: how the influence of others has shaped our evolution.

Find out how baby talk gave root to human language and why social isolation can make us sick. Plus, the joke´s on us –' new research says we´re not the only laughing species: meet your giggling gorilla cousins.

And, what a writer´s visit to a chimp retirement center revealed about human discomfort with our animal ancestry.

• Dean Falk –' Anthropologist at Florida State University and author of Finding Our Tongues: Mothers, Infants, and the Origins of Language
• John Cacioppo –' Director of the Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience at the University of Chicago and co-author of Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection
• Lori Marino –' Biologist at Emory University
• Kathryn Denning –' Anthropologist at York University
• Charles Siebert –' Author of The Wauchula Woods Accord: Toward a New Understanding of Animals
• Marina Davila-Ross –' Psychologist at the University of Portsmouth in the U.K.

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]]> Sky and Telescope Friday, 01 October 2010 05:00:04 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://traffic.libsyn.com/arewealone/AWA_10-09-13.mp3 Are humans unique or do we just do some things a little better than other species? In the first of our two-part series on the nature of humanity: how the influence of others has shaped our evolution.

Find out how baby talk gave root to human language and why social isolation can make us sick. Plus, the joke´s on us –' new research says we´re not the only laughing species: meet your giggling gorilla cousins.

And, what a writer´s visit to a chimp retirement center revealed about human discomfort with our animal ancestry.

• Dean Falk –' Anthropologist at Florida State University and author of Finding Our Tongues: Mothers, Infants, and the Origins of Language
• John Cacioppo –' Director of the Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience at the University of Chicago and co-author of Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection
• Lori Marino –' Biologist at Emory University
• Kathryn Denning –' Anthropologist at York University
• Charles Siebert –' Author of The Wauchula Woods Accord: Toward a New Understanding of Animals
• Marina Davila-Ross –' Psychologist at the University of Portsmouth in the U.K.

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]]> Friday, 01 October 2010 05:00:04 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://dlc.sun.com/seti/podcast/AWA_10-09-06.mp3 What´s it all about? And we mean ALL. What makes up this vast sprawling cosmos? Why does it exist? Why do we exist? Why is there something rather than nothing? Ow, my head hurts!

For possible answers, we travel to the moment after the Big Bang and discover all that came into being in those few minutes after the great flash: time, space, matter, and light. Plus, the bizarre stuff that makes up the bulk of the universe: dark energy and dark matter.

Also, what we set in motion with the invention of the light blub. How artificial light lit up our homes, our cities and –' inadvertently –' our skies.

Guests:

• Sean Carroll –' Theoretical physicist at California Institute of Technology
• Leonard Susskind –' Theoretical physicist, Stanford University
• Jane Brox –' Author of Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light
• Peter Fisher –' Physicist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
]]> Sky and Telescope Monday, 06 September 2010 05:00:04 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://dlc.sun.com/seti/podcast/AWA_10-09-06.mp3 What´s it all about? And we mean ALL. What makes up this vast sprawling cosmos? Why does it exist? Why do we exist? Why is there something rather than nothing? Ow, my head hurts!

For possible answers, we travel to the moment after the Big Bang and discover all that came into being in those few minutes after the great flash: time, space, matter, and light. Plus, the bizarre stuff that makes up the bulk of the universe: dark energy and dark matter.

Also, what we set in motion with the invention of the light blub. How artificial light lit up our homes, our cities and –' inadvertently –' our skies.

Guests:

• Sean Carroll –' Theoretical physicist at California Institute of Technology
• Leonard Susskind –' Theoretical physicist, Stanford University
• Jane Brox –' Author of Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light
• Peter Fisher –' Physicist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
]]> Monday, 06 September 2010 05:00:04 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://dlc.sun.com/seti/podcast/AWA_10-08-30.mp3 ENCORE There´s no escape from the chattering classes –' they talk, squawk, squeal and sing all around us. Every animal communicates in some form –' it´s essential for survival. They´ve evolved to understand each other ... but do we understand them?

Find out what´s coded in humpback whale song and whether human-cetacean dialogue is possible... how information theory reveals communication patterns within the animal kingdom... how plants call out to animals to protect them... and why only humans evolved language.

Guests:

• Douglas Carlton Abrams –' Author of Eye of the Whale: A Novel
• Laurance Doyle –' Scientist at the SETI Institute
• Douglas Vakoch –' Director of Interstellar Message Composition at the SETI Institute
• David DeGusta –' Anthropologist at Stanford University

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]]> Sky and Telescope Monday, 30 August 2010 05:00:05 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://dlc.sun.com/seti/podcast/AWA_10-08-30.mp3 ENCORE There´s no escape from the chattering classes –' they talk, squawk, squeal and sing all around us. Every animal communicates in some form –' it´s essential for survival. They´ve evolved to understand each other ... but do we understand them?

Find out what´s coded in humpback whale song and whether human-cetacean dialogue is possible... how information theory reveals communication patterns within the animal kingdom... how plants call out to animals to protect them... and why only humans evolved language.

Guests:

• Douglas Carlton Abrams –' Author of Eye of the Whale: A Novel
• Laurance Doyle –' Scientist at the SETI Institute
• Douglas Vakoch –' Director of Interstellar Message Composition at the SETI Institute
• David DeGusta –' Anthropologist at Stanford University

Descripción en español

]]> Monday, 30 August 2010 05:00:05 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://dlc.sun.com/seti/podcast/AWA_10-08-23.mp3 Wish you could ditch computers? There´s no escape button for that. Computers are not only a part of your daily grind, they may soon be a part of you. We´ll hear from the world´s first cyborg about why we should make nice in our arms race with machines.

Also, the secret behind the extraordinary breakthroughs that DARPA scientists are making –' from building autonomous cars to wiring robotic surgeons.

Plus, making space for humans... and their bodily functions: the engineering tricks of toiletry. And, a carbon-based astronaut on the view of Earth from orbit.

Guests:

• Kevin Warwick –' Professor of Cybernetics at University of Reading in the U.K.
• Santiago Bilinkis –' Student at the Singularity University
• Mary Roach –' Writer and author of Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
• Tom Jones –' United States astronaut, space consultant, and veteran of four Space Shuttle flights
• Michael Belfiore –' Space and Technology writer, and author of The Department of Mad Scientists: How DARPA Is Remaking Our World, from the Internet to Artificial Limbs

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]]> Sky and Telescope Monday, 23 August 2010 05:00:04 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://dlc.sun.com/seti/podcast/AWA_10-08-23.mp3 Wish you could ditch computers? There´s no escape button for that. Computers are not only a part of your daily grind, they may soon be a part of you. We´ll hear from the world´s first cyborg about why we should make nice in our arms race with machines.

Also, the secret behind the extraordinary breakthroughs that DARPA scientists are making –' from building autonomous cars to wiring robotic surgeons.

Plus, making space for humans... and their bodily functions: the engineering tricks of toiletry. And, a carbon-based astronaut on the view of Earth from orbit.

Guests:

• Kevin Warwick –' Professor of Cybernetics at University of Reading in the U.K.
• Santiago Bilinkis –' Student at the Singularity University
• Mary Roach –' Writer and author of Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
• Tom Jones –' United States astronaut, space consultant, and veteran of four Space Shuttle flights
• Michael Belfiore –' Space and Technology writer, and author of The Department of Mad Scientists: How DARPA Is Remaking Our World, from the Internet to Artificial Limbs

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]]> Monday, 23 August 2010 05:00:04 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://dlc.sun.com/seti/podcast/AWA_10-08-16.mp3 Wait! Before you step outside… is it Friday the 13th? Any black cats prowling around? Broken a mirror lately? Homo sapiens are a superstitious lot. Find out why our brains are wired for irrational belief. Plus, from the 2012-end-of-the-world prophesy to colliding planets –' why some people believe the universe is out to get –˜em.




Also, Brains on Vacation takes on a challenge to relativity and our Hollywood skeptic has doubts about exorcism. It´s enough to make your head spin on Skeptic Check... but don´t take our word for it!

Guests:

• Bruce Hood –' Cognitive scientist at the University of Bristol in the U.K. and author of The Science of Superstition: How the Developing Brain Creates Supernatural Beliefs
• David Morrison –' Director of the Carl Sagan Center for The Study of Life in The Universe at the SETI Institute and keeper of the NASA website Ask an Astrobiologist
• Martin Snow –' Research Scientist, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder
• Jim Underdown –' Executive Director, Center for Inquiry, West –' Los Angeles
• Phil Plait –' Astronomer, keeper of badastronomy.com, and author of Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . .
]]> Sky and Telescope Tuesday, 17 August 2010 06:14:30 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://dlc.sun.com/seti/podcast/AWA_10-08-16.mp3 Wait! Before you step outside… is it Friday the 13th? Any black cats prowling around? Broken a mirror lately? Homo sapiens are a superstitious lot. Find out why our brains are wired for irrational belief. Plus, from the 2012-end-of-the-world prophesy to colliding planets –' why some people believe the universe is out to get –˜em.




Also, Brains on Vacation takes on a challenge to relativity and our Hollywood skeptic has doubts about exorcism. It´s enough to make your head spin on Skeptic Check... but don´t take our word for it!

Guests:

• Bruce Hood –' Cognitive scientist at the University of Bristol in the U.K. and author of The Science of Superstition: How the Developing Brain Creates Supernatural Beliefs
• David Morrison –' Director of the Carl Sagan Center for The Study of Life in The Universe at the SETI Institute and keeper of the NASA website Ask an Astrobiologist
• Martin Snow –' Research Scientist, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder
• Jim Underdown –' Executive Director, Center for Inquiry, West –' Los Angeles
• Phil Plait –' Astronomer, keeper of badastronomy.com, and author of Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . .
]]> Tuesday, 17 August 2010 06:14:30 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://dlc.sun.com/seti/podcast/AWA_10-08-09.mp3 ENCORE Medicine´s back.. and this time it´s personal. Get ready to have your genome read... your brain scanned... and undergo a chemical analysis so detailed, it´ll reveal the Twinkie you had for lunch. Everyone´s different, and reading those differences at the level of the gene may provide a more accurate profile of health and how to treat disease. But are you ready to know what´s wrong with you?

Discover the future of personalized medicine with biologist Craig Venter, as well as a man who turned his body over to the new science. Learn what his tests revealed.

Plus, why stem cell research really is a horse race. And, why getting sick is sometimes the best thing.

Guests:

• Craig Venter –' Genome scientist
• Frank McCormick –' Director of the Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California, San Francisco
• David Ewing Duncan –' Journalist and author of Experimental Man: What One Man´s Body Reveals about His Future, Your Health, and Our Toxic World
• Sharon Moalem –' Neurogeneticist and Evolutionary Biologist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and author of Survival of the Sickest
• Sean Owens –' Director of the Regenerative Medicine Laboratory at the University of California, Davis
• Julie Burges –' Animal Health Technician, Regenerative Medicine Laboratory, University of California, Davis

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]]> Sky and Telescope Monday, 09 August 2010 05:00:05 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://dlc.sun.com/seti/podcast/AWA_10-08-09.mp3 ENCORE Medicine´s back.. and this time it´s personal. Get ready to have your genome read... your brain scanned... and undergo a chemical analysis so detailed, it´ll reveal the Twinkie you had for lunch. Everyone´s different, and reading those differences at the level of the gene may provide a more accurate profile of health and how to treat disease. But are you ready to know what´s wrong with you?

Discover the future of personalized medicine with biologist Craig Venter, as well as a man who turned his body over to the new science. Learn what his tests revealed.

Plus, why stem cell research really is a horse race. And, why getting sick is sometimes the best thing.

Guests:

• Craig Venter –' Genome scientist
• Frank McCormick –' Director of the Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of California, San Francisco
• David Ewing Duncan –' Journalist and author of Experimental Man: What One Man´s Body Reveals about His Future, Your Health, and Our Toxic World
• Sharon Moalem –' Neurogeneticist and Evolutionary Biologist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and author of Survival of the Sickest
• Sean Owens –' Director of the Regenerative Medicine Laboratory at the University of California, Davis
• Julie Burges –' Animal Health Technician, Regenerative Medicine Laboratory, University of California, Davis

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]]> Monday, 09 August 2010 05:00:05 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://dlc.sun.com/seti/podcast/AWA_10-08-02.mp3 What you can´t see ... can make you sick. Humans have been battling viruses and bacteria since the beginning of time. The malaria parasite has been keeping deadly company with us for 500,000 years. King Tut had it and so did Julius Caesar. What´s keeping this bug going today?

Also, how disease almost halted the most ambitious engineering project in the world ... how elite disease detectives puzzle out perplexing epidemics ... And –' could tiny bugs from spaaace, ace, ace be our ancestors?

Guests:

• Sonia Shah –' Author of The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years
• Michael Conniff –' Historian, director of Global Studies at San Jose State University, and author of Black Labor on a White Canal: Panama, 1904-1981 (Pitt Latin American Series)
• Mark Pendergrast –' Author of Inside the Outbreaks: The Elite Medical Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service
• Robert Zubrin –' President of the Mars Society

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]]> Sky and Telescope Monday, 02 August 2010 05:00:03 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://dlc.sun.com/seti/podcast/AWA_10-08-02.mp3 What you can´t see ... can make you sick. Humans have been battling viruses and bacteria since the beginning of time. The malaria parasite has been keeping deadly company with us for 500,000 years. King Tut had it and so did Julius Caesar. What´s keeping this bug going today?

Also, how disease almost halted the most ambitious engineering project in the world ... how elite disease detectives puzzle out perplexing epidemics ... And –' could tiny bugs from spaaace, ace, ace be our ancestors?

Guests:

• Sonia Shah –' Author of The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years
• Michael Conniff –' Historian, director of Global Studies at San Jose State University, and author of Black Labor on a White Canal: Panama, 1904-1981 (Pitt Latin American Series)
• Mark Pendergrast –' Author of Inside the Outbreaks: The Elite Medical Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service
• Robert Zubrin –' President of the Mars Society

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]]> Monday, 02 August 2010 05:00:03 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://dlc.sun.com/seti/podcast/AWA_10-07-26.mp3 “Aspirin and Old Lace?” Okay, it would take a bottle full of pills in a glass of elderberry wine to really harm you, but aspirin can be deadly. So can too much of anything, including water. Dose is key in toxicology, after all, but there are some poisons that can do deadly work in tiny amounts.

Hear about the chemistry of poisons ... why Botox may freeze your emotions as well as your face... which animal is most lethal to humans... and how 19th-century poisoners got away with murder –' until the birth of forensic science.

Guests:

• Deborah Blum –' Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer, author of The Poisoner´s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
• Martyn Smith –' Toxicologist, University of California, Berkeley
• Joshua Ian Davis –' Psychologist, Barnard College, New York
• Jamie Seymour –' Venom biologist, director of The Tropical Australian Stinger Research Unit, School of Marine Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia
]]> Sky and Telescope Monday, 26 July 2010 05:00:04 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://dlc.sun.com/seti/podcast/AWA_10-07-26.mp3 “Aspirin and Old Lace?” Okay, it would take a bottle full of pills in a glass of elderberry wine to really harm you, but aspirin can be deadly. So can too much of anything, including water. Dose is key in toxicology, after all, but there are some poisons that can do deadly work in tiny amounts.

Hear about the chemistry of poisons ... why Botox may freeze your emotions as well as your face... which animal is most lethal to humans... and how 19th-century poisoners got away with murder –' until the birth of forensic science.

Guests:

• Deborah Blum –' Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer, author of The Poisoner´s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
• Martyn Smith –' Toxicologist, University of California, Berkeley
• Joshua Ian Davis –' Psychologist, Barnard College, New York
• Jamie Seymour –' Venom biologist, director of The Tropical Australian Stinger Research Unit, School of Marine Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia
]]> Monday, 26 July 2010 05:00:04 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://dlc.sun.com/seti/podcast/AWA_10-07-19.mp3 ENCORE We could choose not to pay income tax and suffer the consequences. But we can´t avoid death. The biological functions of all organisms eventually cease. But why should this be? Find out why animals die and meet one creature that is biologically immortal.

Plus, a trip to the Body Farm where decaying bodies help science...how we might cheat the Big Sleep with drugs... why Mexican cemeteries look like villages... and a doctor´s fight against one of the world´s deadliest diseases.

Guests:

• Bill Bass –' Forensic Anthropologist, founder of the University of Tennessee Forensic Research Facility. Author of Beyond the Body Farm: A Legendary Bone Detective Explores Murders, Mysteries, and the Revolution in Forensic Science and fiction, written under the pen name, Jefferson Bass. The latest: Bones of Betrayal: A Body Farm Novel.
• Stanley Brandes –' Cultural Anthropologist, University of California, Berkeley, author of Skulls to the Living, Bread to the Dead: The Day of the Dead in Mexico and Beyond
• Matt Kaeberlein –' Pathologist, University of Washington
• Ross Donaldson –' Doctor and author of The Lassa Ward

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]]> Sky and Telescope Monday, 19 July 2010 05:00:05 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://dlc.sun.com/seti/podcast/AWA_10-07-19.mp3 ENCORE We could choose not to pay income tax and suffer the consequences. But we can´t avoid death. The biological functions of all organisms eventually cease. But why should this be? Find out why animals die and meet one creature that is biologically immortal.

Plus, a trip to the Body Farm where decaying bodies help science...how we might cheat the Big Sleep with drugs... why Mexican cemeteries look like villages... and a doctor´s fight against one of the world´s deadliest diseases.

Guests:

• Bill Bass –' Forensic Anthropologist, founder of the University of Tennessee Forensic Research Facility. Author of Beyond the Body Farm: A Legendary Bone Detective Explores Murders, Mysteries, and the Revolution in Forensic Science and fiction, written under the pen name, Jefferson Bass. The latest: Bones of Betrayal: A Body Farm Novel.
• Stanley Brandes –' Cultural Anthropologist, University of California, Berkeley, author of Skulls to the Living, Bread to the Dead: The Day of the Dead in Mexico and Beyond
• Matt Kaeberlein –' Pathologist, University of Washington
• Ross Donaldson –' Doctor and author of The Lassa Ward

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]]> Monday, 19 July 2010 05:00:05 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://dlc.sun.com/seti/podcast/AWA_10-07-12.mp3 ENCORE A new herbal supplements is on the shelf, and it claims to improve memory. Should you take it? It´s not easy to sort through the firehose of health and nutrition advice that comes at us daily. Find out how to get healthy about health advice, plus hear the story of Bernarr Macfadden, the eccentric who kicked off America´s fitness craze; he believed that eating less was good for you, but he didn´t believe germ theory.

Plus, our Hollywood skeptic spills his guts and other entrails for a phony class for nurses and Phil Plait gives us the latest lapse in critically-thinking brains.

It´s Skeptic Check... but don´t take our word for it.

Guests:

• Phil Plait –' Author, badastronomy.com and Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . .
• Mark Adams –' writer and editor, and author of Mr. America: How Muscular Millionaire Bernarr Macfadden Transformed the Nation Through Sex, Salad, and the Ultimate Starvation Diet
• Jim Underdown –' Executive Director, Center for Inquiry, West –' Los Angeles
• Steven Novella –' Assistant professor of neurology at Yale School of Medicine

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]]> Sky and Telescope Monday, 12 July 2010 05:00:04 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://dlc.sun.com/seti/podcast/AWA_10-07-12.mp3 ENCORE A new herbal supplements is on the shelf, and it claims to improve memory. Should you take it? It´s not easy to sort through the firehose of health and nutrition advice that comes at us daily. Find out how to get healthy about health advice, plus hear the story of Bernarr Macfadden, the eccentric who kicked off America´s fitness craze; he believed that eating less was good for you, but he didn´t believe germ theory.

Plus, our Hollywood skeptic spills his guts and other entrails for a phony class for nurses and Phil Plait gives us the latest lapse in critically-thinking brains.

It´s Skeptic Check... but don´t take our word for it.

Guests:

• Phil Plait –' Author, badastronomy.com and Death from the Skies!: These Are the Ways the World Will End . . .
• Mark Adams –' writer and editor, and author of Mr. America: How Muscular Millionaire Bernarr Macfadden Transformed the Nation Through Sex, Salad, and the Ultimate Starvation Diet
• Jim Underdown –' Executive Director, Center for Inquiry, West –' Los Angeles
• Steven Novella –' Assistant professor of neurology at Yale School of Medicine

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]]> Monday, 12 July 2010 05:00:04 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://dlc.sun.com/seti/podcast/AWA_10-07-05.mp3 Shh –' can you keep it down? Nope. Not unless you want to do away with civilization. Our buzzing, humming, whirling, machine-driven world is a poster child for technological progress, right? As is hearing loss. It´s driven one man to search the world for silence. We´ll hear what he didn´t hear, and what Einstein predicted we should hear in deep space, where gravitational waves may reveal the hidden sounds of the universe, including the birth of black holes.

Guests:

• George Foy –' Author of Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute Silence
• Garret Keizer –' Author of The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want: A Book About Noise
• Craig Hogan –' Director for Particle Astrophysics at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

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]]> Sky and Telescope Monday, 05 July 2010 05:00:05 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://dlc.sun.com/seti/podcast/AWA_10-07-05.mp3 Shh –' can you keep it down? Nope. Not unless you want to do away with civilization. Our buzzing, humming, whirling, machine-driven world is a poster child for technological progress, right? As is hearing loss. It´s driven one man to search the world for silence. We´ll hear what he didn´t hear, and what Einstein predicted we should hear in deep space, where gravitational waves may reveal the hidden sounds of the universe, including the birth of black holes.

Guests:

• George Foy –' Author of Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute Silence
• Garret Keizer –' Author of The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want: A Book About Noise
• Craig Hogan –' Director for Particle Astrophysics at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

Descripción en español

]]> Monday, 05 July 2010 05:00:05 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://dlc.sun.com/seti/podcast/AWA_10-06-28.mp3 The recipe for being a scientist was easy in the old days... just be born into a rich family, have an interest in nature and plenty of time to indulge yourself. But are the days of gentlemen scientists over? Maybe not.

We go to the Maker Faire and check out how small-scale projects have big-scale ambitions.

Also, how everyday experience often tells us something profound about the universe.

Guests:

• Spencer Weart –' Former director of the Center for the History of Physics, at the American Institute of Physics
• Tim Russ –' Actor, and the character Tuvok on Star Trek Voyager
• Marcus Chown –' Science writer and author of The Matchbox That Ate a Forty-Ton Truck: What Everyday Things Tell Us About the Universe

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]]> Sky and Telescope Monday, 28 June 2010 10:36:54 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/http://dlc.sun.com/seti/podcast/AWA_10-06-28.mp3 The recipe for being a scientist was easy in the old days... just be born into a rich family, have an interest in nature and plenty of time to indulge yourself. But are the days of gentlemen scientists over? Maybe not.

We go to the Maker Faire and check out how small-scale projects have big-scale ambitions.

Also, how everyday experience often tells us something profound about the universe.

Guests:

• Spencer Weart –' Former director of the Center for the History of Physics, at the American Institute of Physics
• Tim Russ –' Actor, and the character Tuvok on Star Trek Voyager
• Marcus Chown –' Science writer and author of The Matchbox That Ate a Forty-Ton Truck: What Everyday Things Tell Us About the Universe

Descripción en español

]]> Monday, 28 June 2010 10:36:54 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/Podcast_85.mp3
Also, why climate science is solid, but its scientists need to be more open with the public.

And, from the undersea "bloop" to the Denver airport conspiracy theory. Why urban myths are so popular.

Plus, Phil Plait describes someone´s plans to meditate away the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

It´s Skeptic Check... but don´t take our word for it!]]> Sky and Telescope Tuesday, 22 June 2010 02:50:06 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/Podcast_85.mp3
Also, why climate science is solid, but its scientists need to be more open with the public.

And, from the undersea "bloop" to the Denver airport conspiracy theory. Why urban myths are so popular.

Plus, Phil Plait describes someone´s plans to meditate away the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

It´s Skeptic Check... but don´t take our word for it!]]> Tuesday, 22 June 2010 02:50:06 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/Podcast_84.mp3
From smart pills to nano-wires: discover the potential –' and peril –' of neuro-engineering to repair and enhance our cognitive function.

Also, how our brains got so big in the first place: a defense of the modern diet.]]> Sky and Telescope Tuesday, 22 June 2010 02:37:30 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/Podcast_84.mp3
From smart pills to nano-wires: discover the potential –' and peril –' of neuro-engineering to repair and enhance our cognitive function.

Also, how our brains got so big in the first place: a defense of the modern diet.]]> Tuesday, 22 June 2010 02:37:30 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/Podcast_83.mp3
We´ll find out whether the surprising discovery of stem cells in the brain really can keep our thinking organ young. And we´ll hear the remarkable story of Henrietta Lacks, the woman who unwittingly donated tissue to science in 1951, and whose cancer cells are still grown in laboratories around the world today.]]> Sky and Telescope Tuesday, 22 June 2010 02:22:43 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/Podcast_83.mp3
We´ll find out whether the surprising discovery of stem cells in the brain really can keep our thinking organ young. And we´ll hear the remarkable story of Henrietta Lacks, the woman who unwittingly donated tissue to science in 1951, and whose cancer cells are still grown in laboratories around the world today.]]> Tuesday, 22 June 2010 02:22:43 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/Podcast_82.mp3 Sky and Telescope Tuesday, 22 June 2010 02:13:18 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/Podcast_82.mp3 Tuesday, 22 June 2010 02:13:18 GMT 05:21 Your Audio Sky Tour: February 2008 http://www.astrobio.net/video/Podcast_81.mp3
Find out about the eerie collective intelligence of animals, and how an MIT researcher is hoping to put humans to work collaboratively to solve problems like climate change.

Also ... hear how research into flocking behavior helps Hollywood film a herd of stampeding dinosaurs.]]> Sky and Telescope Tuesday, 22 June 2010 01:51:05 GMT Sky and Telescope Part II http://www.astrobio.net/video/Podcast_81.mp3
Find out about the eerie collective intelligence of animals, and how an MIT researcher is hoping to put humans to work collaboratively to solve problems like climate change.

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