space exploration

You don’t want to live on Mars

November 27, 2023 Environment, Science and Technology, Think

Kelly Weinersmith, adjunct faculty member in the BioSciences department at Rice University, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the impracticalities of space colonization and the conflicts it could create back on Earth.

Studying the universe before there was light

April 28, 2023 History, Science and Technology

Emma Chapman, a Royal Society research fellow at the University of Nottingham, discusses the 100 million years missing from the timeline of the universe, and efforts to uncover the secrets of the stars.

From Star Trek to Star Wars: Our obsession with space

January 25, 2023 Culture, Science and Technology

Margaret A. Weitekamp from the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum joins us to discuss how popular culture has tapped into our fascination with space from – Star Trek and Star Wars to Buck Rogers and Buzz Lightyear.

SpaceX And Beyond

February 26, 2018 Science and Technology

We talk with Jason Davis about the impact Elon Musk and others are having on space exploration.

The Search For Alien Life

May 30, 2017 Science and Technology

Theoretical physicist Jim Al-Khalili joins us to bring us up to date on the search for life in other parts of the universe.

Mission To Mars

August 21, 2014 Uncategorized

This hour, we’ll take a trip 35 million miles from Earth with science writer Marc Kaufman, author of “Mars Up Close: Inside the Curiosity Mission.”