Though SETI (Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence) research has been around since 1960, the institute of the same name was founded on Nov. 20, 1984. The SETI Institute lost it’s government funding in 1993, but the work continues…read more.
Some parrots can talk — but can they really understand what they’re saying? In this podcast, researcher Irene Pepperberg describes her cognitive experiments with African grey parrots, and discusses why the line between human and animal intelligence is sometimes blurry. Listen now…
CERN’s massive particle collider in Geneva, Switzerland, may create tiny black holes when it goes back online — hopefully — in 2009. Not to worry, though: in this podcast, physicist Dave Wark explains that there’s no way these can destroy the world. Listen now…
Three separate teams overcome a biomedical hurdle — creating stem cells without the use of human embryos. Download a video (88.18 MB) about this scientific feat from NOVA ScienceNow.
Mark Siddall, a.k.a. Dr. Leech, says that while searching for the giant Amazonian leech, bloodsucking creatures were the least of his problems. Listen to an interview about the Leech doc’s harrowing experience…
A roundup of video from PBS and Thirteen programs that aired last week that you can also watch in toto online. See the list for all full episodes and full segments.
Asteroid: the doomsday rock
The quest for element 114
Obesity: the compulsion to eat
Profile: Karl Iagnemma - robiticist & writer
NOVA ScienceNow producer Julia Cort talks to MIT geologist Sam Bowring about a mass extinction at the end of the Permian period and discusses whether it could happen again. Listen now…
A roundup of all streaming video online from PBS and Thirteen programs that aired last week. See the list for all full episodes and full segments.
Aging: the “longevity gene”
Space Elevator: 22,000-miles-high
Mayan Ruins: pinpointed by satellite
Profile: Bonnie Bassler - how bacteria “talk”
