Explorations
October 2005
Week of October 25 - October 31
Evolution is the topic today. Can evolution explain the origin of life, and the origin of humans?
GUESTS: Dr. Robert Hazen, author of the book Genesis: The Scientific Quest for Life's Origins, is interviewed by Dr. Kaku.
Dr. Kaku's second guest, Carl Zimmer, writer for Discover magazine, author of many books, including Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea, appears today in a previously broadcast interview.
Archive #PZ0654.04
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Week of October 18 - October 24
In previously recorded interviews, Dr. Kaku and guests talk about the very cutting edge of science.
GUESTS:Professor Fulvio Melia, Chairman of the physics department of the University of Arizona at Tucson, is one of the world's leading authorities on black holes.
Professor Gregory Stock of the University of California, Los Angeles, is the author of Redesigning Humans.
Archive #PZ0654.03
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Week of October 11 - October 17
The Future of Medicine is the concern of today's program which consists of previously recorded interviews.
University of Colorado professor of biology, Dr. Lauren Sompayrac, author of a book called How Cancer Works, (cf. Archive #PZ0555.40) discusses with Dr. Kaku some of the latest advances concerning what cancer is and how we treat it.
Dr. Arthur Kaplan, the director of the Center For Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania, is the second guest. Biotechnology, stem cell research and genetic engineering will be discussed. (cf. Archive number: PZ0389.030)
GUESTS: Dr. Lauren Sompayrac and Dr. Arthur Kaplan.
Archive #PZ0654.02
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Week of October 4 - October 10
Think the unthinkable, is the Pentagon's request of the Global Business Network. If the climate collapses, just what is the worst case scenario? Will civilization itself come to a halt?
As temperatures rise and sea levels rise and more and more monstrous storms occur, what will it mean for Earth's inhabitants?
GUESTS: Peter Schwartz, chairman of the Global Business Network, and Dr. Michael Oppenheimer [PDF], Professor of Environmental Studies at Princeton University speak in recently prerecorded interviews.
Archive #PZ0654.01
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