This hour, we’ll talk about how social media has forced teenage girls to grow up at an accelerated pace with Nancy Jo Sales, author of “American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers.”
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Research Before Wikipedia
This hour, we’ll talk about the history of human’s desire to compile knowledge with Rutgers University English professor Jack Lynch, author of “You Could Look It Up: The Reference Shelf From Ancient Babylon to Wikipedia”
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Our Data, Ourselves
This hour, we’ll talk about how researchers are using big data to better understand how we live – and about the potential harm in collecting all of this information.
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Rebuilding Our Roads
This hour, we’ll talk with Duke University civil engineering professor Henry Petroski about how our economic future is tied to our willingness to shore up our infrastructure.
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Inside Our Memories
This hour, we’ll learn about how scientists are developing a better understanding of how memories work – and how they can sometimes be manipulated – with Anna Lee Strachan, director of an upcoming “NOVA” episode on the topic.
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Brain-To-Brain Communication
This hour, we’ll talk with neuroscientist Dr. Miguel Nicolelis about the future of brain-machine interfacing.
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The Philosophy of Science
This hour, we’ll talk with Tim Lewens, a philosopher at the University of Cambridge and author of “The Meaning of Science: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science”.
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The Search For ‘Planet X’
This hour, we’ll talk about efforts to nail down the existence of the celestial body known as “Planet X” with Michael D. Lemonick. His story “Hidden Planet X” appears in the current issue of “Scientific American.”
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How We Innovate
This hour, we’ll talk about the process of innovation with Pagan Kennedy, author of “Inventology: How We Dream Up Things That Change the World.”
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Digging For The Origins Of Earth
This hour, we’ll talk about how the Earth and living creatures may have evolved together, the subject of the upcoming NOVA documentary “Life’s Rocky Start.”
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Home As Natural Habitat
This hour, we’ll talk with neuroanthropologist John S. Allen about how our evolutionary drive to put down roots may have also provided early humans a safe environment for growing their minds.
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Before The Big Bang
This hour, we’ll talk about how physicists are exploring the creation of the universe.
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