Science writer Stephen S. Hall joins us to talk about how gene editing may be the solution to global food shortages.
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Steve Clifford of the Planetary Science Institute joins us to talk about the significance of a lake on Mars – and what it could mean for colonization efforts.
Read moreThe World Of Whales
Nick Pyenson joins us to talk about how whales evolved from land-roaming creatures – and about their prospects for survival in a warming world.
Read moreBecoming A Tech Billionaire Is Harder Than You Think
Cory Pein joins us to talk about his experience as a young entrepreneur hoping to win the jackpot in Silicon Valley.
Read moreMaybe We Evolved To Be Internet Trolls
Anthropologist Agustín Fuentes joins us to talk about how some of our terrible social media behavior is actually partly a result of our evolution.
Read moreDrones: A Tool, A Toy, A Threat?
Alex Fitzpatrick of Time magazine joins us to talk about the many ways that drones have infiltrated our lives.
Read moreForever A Temp
Sarah Kessler joins us to talk about how the gig economy is transforming the places people live, the hours they work and their ability to plan their lives.
Read moreTeaching Computers To Ask Why Will Change Everything
UCLA computer scientist Judea Pearl joins us to talk about the science of cause and effect.
Read moreThe Sun Had A Mother
Science journalist Rebecca Boyle joins us to talk about how astronomers are gaining a better understanding of the sun’s 4.6 billion years in existence.
Read moreTech Dreams That Might Come True
Zach Weinersmith talks about technology dreams that could one day become reality.
Read moreDon’t Believe Everything You See
Franklin Foer joins us to talk about how manipulation of digital video is chipping away what we consider to be real.
Read moreClose Encounters With Pluto
Alan Stern led the planning of the mission to Pluto for NASA, and he joins us to talk about the years of work that went into sending the New Horizon more than 3 billion miles from Earth.
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