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Ethics and the BRAIN Project 20 Aug 2013 | 07:48 pm
President Obama’s BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) Initiative aims to provide an unprecedented window into the internal life of the human brain. But ethical issue...
Can Eyewitnesses be Trusted? 17 Aug 2013 | 12:19 am
Legal expert Nita Farahany and neuroscientist Anthony Wagner say that fMRI studies show that we cannot rely on our memories to be accurate. But technology to prove this is not yet ready for the courtr...
On the Shoulders of Giants: A Special Address by James Watson 15 Aug 2013 | 01:02 am
Every generation benefits from the insights and discoveries of the generations who came before. “If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants,” wrote Isaac Newton. In a...
The Black Hole Mystery That Keeps Physicist Raphael Bousso Up At Night 14 Aug 2013 | 02:39 am
Einstein’s General Relativity established that there would be no physical effect marking the location of the black hole’s edge. Recent results have pitted this nearly century old scientific dogma agai...
Dr. James Watson on Searching for the Cure for Cancer 10 Aug 2013 | 12:27 am
Dr. James Watson stunned the world by cracking the code of life in 1953. The discovery of the double helix has had a breathtaking impact on modern science and medicine, and continues his legacy in re...
Cheers to Science! A Drinkable Feast of Beer, Biotechnology and Archaeology 8 Aug 2013 | 07:42 pm
With mugs in hand, biomolecular archaeologist and “Indiana Jones of Ancient Ales” Patrick McGovern talks beer and biotechnology with brewmaster and Dogfish Head founder Sam Calagione. They account th...
World Science Festival and NPR’s Ask Me Another episode 6 Aug 2013 | 12:18 am
Watch a video from the World Science Festival episode of Ask Me Another with host Ophira Eisenberg, house musician Jonathan Coulton, puzzle guru John Chaneski. Topics: Tags:
Hilbert’s Infinite Hotel 30 Jul 2013 | 07:29 pm
Mathematician Steven Strogatz explains Cantor’s notion of infinity using the famous example of “Hilbert’s Infinite Hotel.” Watch the full program on Infinity here. Topics: The Mind, Different Views,...
The Arctic’s Future – Will There Be Ice-Free Summers? 26 Jul 2013 | 02:30 am
As the Arctic is drastically and rapidly changing, whales are our insight on how rising temperatures are affecting their world, as well as ours. Their health is the warning signal to our heath and our...
Whale Week Day 4: Garth Stevenson Performs the Magical Sounds of the Arctic Whales 25 Jul 2013 | 02:13 am
Watch a spectacular performance by Brooklyn-based composer Garth Stevenson, who carried his 150-year-old double-bass to Antarctica to gain inspiration for a film score and found himself with an unlike...
