Science - Audio

Just how much separates homo sapiens from our closest relatives in the animal kingdom? Not all that much, as it turns out. Dr. Robert Sapolosky, professor of biology and neurology at Stanford University, explains in this discussion on his lates

Eugenie Scott - Science and Skepticism

Jul 27th, 2010 56m 29s

How are science and skepticism related? Is skepticism a part of science, or is science a tool of skepticism? Dr. Eugenie C. Scott, Executive Director of the National Center for Science Education, discusses these questions, and explores the impo

Richard Dawkins on The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution

Jul 16th, 2010 44m 9s

Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins discusses his book, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution, in collaboration with 2010 Adelaide Writer's Festival. This program was recorded on March 1, 2010.He's the King of All the Athe

Bethany Cobb - In Galileo's Footsteps: The Legacy of Edwin Hubble

May 20th, 2010 1h 2m

UC-Berkeley Astronomer Bethany Cobb delivers a lecture on the history of astronomy and the legacy of Edwin Hubble, followed by an audience Q and A. This program was recorded in collaboration with the Commonwealth Club of California, on October

Sir Paul Nurse - Great Ideas of Biology

Apr 28th, 2010 1h 7m

Nobel Prize-winning geneticist Sir Paul Nurse lectures on "Great Ideas of Biology." This program was recorded in collaboration with City University of New York, on April 12, 2010.Paul Nurse is the President of Rockefeller University, and Head

Physicist Frank Wilczek Explains the Large Hadron Collider

Mar 31st, 2010 1h 6m

Frank Wilczek, Nobel Prize-winning physicist and the Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at MIT, discusses topics including the Large Hadron Collider and Unified Field Theory. This program was recorded in collaboration with the Commonwealth Cl