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September 13, 2009 - Sunday

Writer and Master of Transcultural Martial Arts and Yoga Allen Pittman speaks on the history and other aspects of yoga.

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Physics, Philosophy and Spirituality

September 6, 2009 - Sunday

Dr. P. Venugopala Rao discusses the scientific world view derived from science and physics, and their parallels within the faith traditions of both the east and west.

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The Ancient Teachings of Tribal Shamanism

August 16, 2009 - Sunday

Dr. Bruce Cunningham shares a glimpse into the ideas behind Shamanism, one of the most ancient of spiritual practices.

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Bird Boom

August 13, 2009 - Thursday

Zoo Atlanta Curator of Birds James Ballance discusses the zoo's avian baby boom during a 2009 Discovery Talk.

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Earth Changes and the Procession of the Equinox

August 9, 2009 - Sunday

Randall Carlson tries to dispel misunderstandings surrounding the Earth's changes and place the subject on a solid scientific foundation.

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The World, According to GE

June 19, 2009 - Friday

General Electric Vice Chairman John Rice comments on his multi-national company's progress and policies, as well as ancillary issues of the day.

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Connecting Corals and Climate Change

May 12, 2009 - Tuesday

Kim Cobb, Assistant Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology, describes what corals can tell us about climate change.

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The Chemistry of Whale Sharks

April 7, 2009 - Tuesday

Julia Kubanek, from The Georgia Institute of Technology, discusses cutting edge technology used to explore the chemistry of whale shark blood samples from the Georgia Aquarium.

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Philip Motta: How Whale Sharks Eat

March 26, 2009 - Thursday

Philip J. Motta, from the University of South Florida, presents the results of work he and his colleagues have been conducting on whale sharks at the Georgia Aquarium and in Mexico.

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Marine Mammal Malaises

December 20, 2008 - Saturday

Dr. Gregory Bossart discusses how emerging diseases are impacting marine mammals.

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Cradle to Cradle - William McDonough

December 2, 2008 - Tuesday

Architect and designer William McDonough speaks about his Cradle to Cradle philosophy and design practice.

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Water War: Georgia vs. Florida vs. Alabama

November 11, 2008 - Tuesday

Carol Collier is joined by Chick Krautler, Wilton Rooks, Dick Timmerberg, Patricia T. Barmeyer, Dan Tonsmiere and moderator Marc Pcikard to discuss the 18-year struggle over water between Georgia, Florida and Alabama.

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Gila Monsters Do Good! - Daniel Beck

November 6, 2008 - Thursday

Dr. Daniel D. Beck, professor of biology at Central Washington University, uses multimedia to present gila monsters and beaded lizards as two of the most intriguing lizard species in existence.

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The Carters, on The Carter Center

September 23, 2008 - Tuesday

Jimmy Carter, former US President, and his wife, Rosalynn, discuss current initiatives at The Carter Center.

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Abraham's Children - Jon Entine

September 21, 2008 - Sunday

Author Jon Entine discusses his Abraham's Children: Race, Identity, and the DNA of the Chosen People. *This selection's audio requires adjustment. Thank you.

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Lynn Margulis: Tales of Science and Love

September 18, 2008 - Thursday

Lynn Margulis reveals science from the inside: its passions, disappointments, and triumphs, giving personal voice to those who attempt to wrest secrets from nature. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Meet the Atlanta Zookeepers

June 12, 2008 - Thursday

Zookeepers Lisa Smith, Laura Mayo and Joseph Mendelson lead a presentation of Behind-the-Scenes at Zoo Atlanta: Making a Difference at Home and Around the World.

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Lunch with a Laureate: Sususu Tonegawa

May 2, 2008 - Friday

Sususu Tonegawa gives a lunchtime talk and answers questions at the MIT Museum as a part of the 2008 Cambridge Science Festival. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Jerome I. Friedman: Particles, Protons and Quarks

May 1, 2008 - Thursday

Jerome I. Friedman gives a lunchtime talk and answers questions at the MIT Museum as a part of the 2008 Cambridge Science Festival. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Lunch with a Laureate: Dudley Herschbach

April 30, 2008 - Wednesday

Dudley Herschbach gives a lunchtime talk and answers questions at the MIT Museum as a part of the 2008 Cambridge Science Festival. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Lunch with a Laureate: Chemist Dudley Herschbach

April 30, 2008 - Wednesday

Dudley Herschbach gives a lunchtime talk and answers questions at the MIT Museum as a part of the 2008 Cambridge Science Festival. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Dudley Herschbach: Molecular Beam Experiments

April 30, 2008 - Wednesday

Dudley Herschbach gives a lunchtime talk and answers questions at the MIT Museum as a part of the 2008 Cambridge Science Festival. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Amphibians in Crisis - Zoo Atlanta

March 27, 2008 - Thursday

Dr. Jeffrey Bonner, president and CEO of the St. Louis Zoo, tells how amphibians are becoming extinct at an increasingly rapid rate.

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Gorilla Conservation and the Karisoke Center

December 31, 2007 - Monday

Katie Fawcett speaks about the current conservation status of gorillas and the Karisoke Center.

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Edward Ball: The Genetic Strand

November 9, 2007 - Friday

Edward Ball sheds a bright light on the questionable track record of forensic scientists.

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The Evolution of Sex: Rethinking the Y Chromosome

March 27, 2007 - Tuesday

David Page describes the male-specific Y chromosomes of humans and other species, it's evolutionary dynamism and critical role in male infertility. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Unexpected Interface: Protein Folding & Evolutionary Change

March 20, 2007 - Tuesday

Lindquist's explains the forces that govern protein folding and how the genes encoded by an organism's DNA are translated into phenotypic traits. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Pleasurable Kingdom

April 24, 2006 - Monday

Jonathan Balcombe, an expert in animal behavior, discusses animals that seem to demonstrate pleasure, and pleasure's theoretical origins in evolution. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Onset of Civilization and Prospects for the Future I

October 12, 2005 - Wednesday

An astronomer and an anthropologist examine the continuously unfolding story of cosmic evolution. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Onset of Civilization and Prospects for the Future II

October 12, 2005 - Wednesday

An astronomer and an anthropologist examine the continuously unfolding story of cosmic evolution. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Boston IDEAS 2005: Lisa Randall

October 7, 2005 - Friday

Lisa Randall discusses her research which focuses on string theory and the idea that there are multiple dimensions in space. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Origin and Evolution of Life on Earth I

October 5, 2005 - Wednesday

Lynn Rothschild, NASA astrobiologist, talks about cosmic evolution. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Origin and Evolution of Life on Earth II

October 5, 2005 - Wednesday

James Hanken, evolutionary biologist, talks about cosmic evolution. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Birth and Death of Stars and Planets I

September 28, 2005 - Wednesday

Astronomer Michael Shara and planetologist Dimitar Sasselov explore the changes that our star and planet have been through during their development. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Birth and Death of Stars and Planets II

September 28, 2005 - Wednesday

Astronomer Michael Shara and planetologist Dimital Sasselov explore the changes that our star and planet have been through during their development. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Early Universe and the Origin of Galaxies I

September 21, 2005 - Wednesday

Physicists Frank Wilcesk and Colin Norman begin an exploration of beginnings, with a look at the beginning of time. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Early Universe and the Origin of Galaxies II

September 21, 2005 - Wednesday

Physicists, Frank Wilczek and Colin Norman, begin an exploration of beginnings, with a look at the beginning of time. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Monsters, Dwarfs, and Everything in Between

April 20, 2005 - Wednesday

Learn how physics enables us to study distant stars, from monsters 100 times heavier than the sun, to white dwarfs no larger than Earth but 100,000 times more dense. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Planets R Us

April 13, 2005 - Wednesday

Dr David Charbonneau talks about oddballs in the cosmos and whether or not our solar system is among them. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Lonely Planets: The Natural Philosophy of Alien Life

January 7, 2005 - Friday

Dr David Grinspoon, an internationally recognized planetary scientist, explains recent findings in astrobiology that may challenge the way we view our role in the universe. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Origins of the Universe

September 12, 2004 - Sunday

Tyson discusses the origins of the universe by exposing us to star formation, exploding stars, dwarf galaxies, and the structure of our Milky Way. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Mars Exploration: Odyssey of Discovery

April 21, 2004 - Wednesday

Drs. Aguilar and Kounaves discuss what the NASA Mars Exploration Rovers have learned about Mars so far. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Exploring Saturn and Its Titan Moon

April 14, 2004 - Wednesday

Drs. Aguilar and Porco discuss the quest of the Cassini Orbitor and the Huyguns Probe and what we hope to learn about Saturn. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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The Transit of Venus

April 7, 2004 - Wednesday

Scientists explain the rare planetary phenomenon, known as the transit of Venus, when, on June 8th, 2004, Venus will pass in front of the Sun for the first time in 122 years. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Einstein's Clocks, PoincarÃ©'s Maps

March 3, 2004 - Wednesday

Galison introduces us to the world that Einstein grew up in, and subsequently changed forever, with the release of his earth shattering theory of special relativity. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Einstein's Clocks, Poincaré's Maps

March 3, 2004 - Wednesday

Galison introduces us to the world that Einstein grew up in, and subsequently changed forever, with the release of his earth shattering theory of special relativity. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Exploring Mars: Landscapes and the History of Water

January 2, 2004 - Friday

Dr. Maria Zuber shares the reasons scientists want to study Mars in the first place as well as the questions they sought to answer on the recent mission. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Space Exploration: JFK to Dr. Mae

December 2, 2003 - Tuesday

Dr. Mae Jemison details the United States' efforts in space exploration from the Kennedy years to the present. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Our Special Planet: A Cradle for Life

October 23, 2002 - Wednesday

Peter Ward explains how the unique traits of our solar system helped life on Earth to gain that initial foothold necessary for survival. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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The Search for New Earths

October 16, 2002 - Wednesday

Wesley Traub explores how scientists have succeeded in their quest to find new planets and how they will look for life on these new worlds. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Life on Our Home Turf: Scanning the Solar System

October 9, 2002 - Wednesday

Ursula Marvin probes whether life is strong enough to exist elsewhere in our solar system. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Fish Worship and Art

Ray Troll discusses his fishy images based on the latest scientific discoveries,bringing a street-smart sensibility to the worlds of ichthyology and paleontology. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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The Evolution of Our Moral Intuitions

Marc Hauser argues that morality, at some level, may be hard-wired into our brains, as an innate 'moral grammar' that has evolved with us over time. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Global Warming, Up Close and Local

Richard Primack and Abraham Miller-Rushing launch a new citizen's science campaign to collect more observations of the local effects of global warming. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Science City Summit

Emily Rooney and Lisa Mullin host a summit with the local community about the impact of the sciences on Boston's economy, institutions, and neighborhoods. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Transrobotism (Human-Robot Bonds)

Rodney Brooks and others discuss the emerging new realities of human-machine relationships. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Can Nuclear Energy and Non-Proliferation Co-Exist?

Owen Cote moderates a lively discussion about nuclear energy and international nuclear non-proliferation efforts. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Diverse Applications of Nuclear Technology

Ian Hutchinson and experts doing work a variety of areas of nuclear technology discuss the wide range of applications represented by their research. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Counting the Dead in Iraq

Gilbert Burnham explains how his 2006 Johns Hopkins study arrived at a different number (650,000) than the UN did (34,000) in its estimate of Iraqis killed in the war. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Undermining Science

Seth Shulman describes the results of his investigative journalism on charges of serious mishandling of scientific information in the Bush administration. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Alan Turing's Contribution to World History

Jack B. Copleland reads his paper "The Future of Al and Super-Turing Machines" at a 70th Anniversary celebration of one Turing's major works. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Public Debate on the Limits of Intelligent Machines

David Gelernter and Ray Kurzweil debate the limits of intelligent machines at a 70th anniversary celebration of one Turing's major works. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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March of The Penguins

Learn about the challenges facing this charismatic taxonomic group, whose dire situation is a reflection of the escalating crisis facing the world's marine ecosystems, (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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The Planets

Dava Sobel takes listeners on a journey through the Cosmos in her latest book The Planets. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Boston Firsts: Innovations and Inventions in Beantown

Lynda Morgenroth describes the scientific advances and breakthroughs in culture that are woven in Boston's fascinating and quirky history. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Behavior and Conservation of Magellanic Penguins

J. Alan Clark, speaks about his many years of research on Magellanic penguins in Argentina. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Aquaculture: The Evolution of The Blue Revolution

Barry Costa-Pierce discusses the latest thinking in aquaculture. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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New Orleans: Global Warming Disaster

William Sargent discusses the present state of New Orleans and what can be done to prevent future damage. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness

Tal Ben-Shahar discusses current research on the science of happiness and introduces ideas and tools that can actually make a difference in one's life. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Over My Dead Body

A panel and audience discussion about what happens to our bodies after we die, and who decides what is okay. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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The Darwin Conspiracy

John Darnton examines what current theories of intelligent design share with the arguments of Darwin's creationist critics and how they differ. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Hurricane Katrina: Where Do We Go From Here?

John Christian presents the results of his geological research on the causes of Katrina's devastating physical impact on New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Ocean Exploration and Conservation

Dr. Stone relates details of his experiences diving in Antarctica, living in an undersea research station, and doing coral reef research in the remote South Pacific Ocean. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Hurricanes and Climate

Dr. Emanuel explains how the destructive power of hurricanes has nearly doubled over the past three decades at least partially because of human-induced global warming. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Stem Cells: Where Will the Road Lead?

Scientists and experts on stem cell research discuss where the research is going and what the controversy is all about. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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IDEAS Boston Youth Summit: Mish Michaels

Mish Michaels introduces and moderates the 2006 IDEAS Boston Youth Summit. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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IDEAS Boston Youth Summit: Dr. Amy Wagers

Dr. Amy Wagers describes her career path and her study of stem cell biology at the 2006 IDEAS Boston Youth Summit. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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God, Darwin and Design: The New Battle Over Evolution

Kenneth R. Miller recounts recent political battles over evolution, including his role as lead witness in the 2005 "intelligent design" trial in Dover, Pennsylvania. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Exploring Space with Humans and Robots

Dr. Jeffrey Hoffman, discusses personal experiences of space flight and shares his thoughts on the synergy between human and robotic exploration of space. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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NASA's Vision for Human Space Exploration

Dr. Tyson and Dr. McDowell discuss the benefits and disadvantages of manned versus robotic missions (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Feathers, Fins, and Scales: Aquatic Animal Medicine

Dr. Scott Weber explains the work of the Animal Health Department in a public aquarium, sharing a few medical case histories. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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1901st Meeting of the Academy of Arts and Sciences

Alan Lightman outlines the intellectual and emotional landscape of the major scientific discoveries made in the last century and explores how scientists think. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Planarians: How to Regenerate a New Head in Under a Week

Peter Reddien discusses how he uses the planarian flatworm to study the mystery of regeneration. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Stem Cells 101 and Beyond

Mathur and Lengner discuss the basics of stem cell research as well as their latest findings. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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The Origins of Cancer Stem Cells

Bob Weinberg explores how researchers are looking into the origins of the cancer stem cell. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Cloning and Stem Cell Therapy: Promise, Problem, Reality

Dr. Rudolf Jaenisch discusses his research into alternative methods for creating embryonic stem cells. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Great Scientific Breakthroughs of the 20th Century

Alan Lightman and Christopher Lydon discuss the 25 most important scientific discoveries of the 20th century. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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The Plausibility of Life: Resolving Darwin's Dilemma

Marc Kirschner describes the impact of new discoveries in evolutionary biology on our understanding of Darwin and on current debates about school science curricula. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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NOVA scienceNOW: Fuel Cells

Fuel cell researcher, Martin Baucom moderates a discussion of the science of fuel cell research at a Science CafÃ© after a screening of NOVA scienceNOW: Fuel Cells. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Meet the "Other" Einstein

John Stachel discusses the evidence for the existence of "the other Einstein" and his efforts to find what he called "a purely algebraic physics." (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Strange Views of Space and Time: Einstein to String Theory

Gary Horowitz describes the modern view of space and time. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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First Principles: Building an Einstein Factory

Howard Burton describes the process and pitfalls of constructing a home for budding Einsteins from scratch in Waterloo. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Faster than the Speed of Light

Joao Magueijo discusses some of the more dramatic implications of a varying speed of light. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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From Stem Cells To Cancer Cells

Dr. Fernando Camargo discusses the potential for discovery about cancer cell activity based on new research on stem cell replication. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Measure of God: Can We Reconcile Science and Religion?

Larry Witham explores the tension between science and religion that lies at the heart of contemporary debates. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Einstein & Picasso: The Beauty that Causes Havoc

Arthur I. Miller examines the similarities and synchronicity between the themes that Einstein was researching in physics, and those that Picasso was researching in his art. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Einstein Recovers Judaism and Discovers Politics

Robert Schulmann sets Einstein's views over a 30-year period in the context of the of Hitler's absolute rule in Germany and the destruction of European Jews. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Companion Stars: Einstein & Godel at Princeton

John W. Dawson explores the contrasting personalities, revolutionary results, consonant world views, and confluent interests, and friendship of Einstein and Godel. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Einstein's Political Priorities: World Government

David Rowe describes the evolution of Einstein's political beliefs. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Einstein's Rise to Fame

David Rowe describes the incredible stardom that Einstein attained in his lifetime and its roots in the particularities of Weimar-era Germany. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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1905: The Philosophical Context

Ray Monk outlines the seminal works of philosophy circa 1905, and how they drew the battlelines of the great philosophical disputes of the last hundred years. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Exploration to the Ends of the Earth: Roald Amundsen

James P. Delgado examines the life, feats, trials, failures and successes of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, who made the first transit of the Northwest Passage. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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The Wright Brothers and the Invention of the Aerial Age

Peter L. Jakab asks how the Wright Brothers were able to achieve something that had eluded other capable engineers and scientists for centuries. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Boston IDEAS 2005: Neil Gershenfeld

Neil Gershenfeld discusses his development of "fabrication laboratories" that bring design technology to ordinary people. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Boston IDEAS 2005: Amy Smith

Amy Smith discusses her interest in creating elegantly simple life-enhancing solutions and labor-saving technologies for the developing world. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Was Einstein Right?

Clifford Will asks whether or not Einstein's theories are able to survive today's level of scientific scrutiny. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Einstein' s Atoms: Sugar and Pollen Witnesses

John Rigden describes Eistein's two papers where he showed, with a simple ruler and stopwatch, that one could witness atoms at work and prove their existence. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Einstein: Reshaping Space, Time and Energy

John Rigden describes Eistein's two papers where he demonstrates that though humans distinguish between mass and energy, nature does not. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Einstein's Century: Physics as Queen of Science

John S. Rigden discusses the development of physics as a science and a cultural phenomena in the 19th century. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Einstein's Climate of Simultaneity

Stephen Kern sets the stage for the miraculous year with an examination of the general cultural climate surrounding Einstein's publications of 1905. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Einstein's Revolutionary Quantum Paper

John Rigden discusses the only paper that Einstein himself called revolutionary, directly challenging the firm beliefs of all previous physicists. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Linked: Networks from Biology to the World Wide Web

Albert-Laszlo Barabasi explores the relationships of networks from epidemics, to the internet, with a bit of 'Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon' in between. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Hunting for Hominid Fossils in Ethiopia's Afar Desert

Dr Yohannes Haile-Selassie presents the exciting results of his three-year paleoanthropological exploration of the Afar desert. (Lecture contributed by WCPN)

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Crab Wars: Horseshoe Crabs, Bioterrorism, and Health

William Sargent, environmental author and NOVA consultant, reveals intense debates currently surrounding horseshoe crabs. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Our Bodies, Our Technologies

Ray Kurzweil explores the social and philosophical ramifications of our potential to overcome the limitations of biology. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Growing New Body Parts

Dr David Scadden and others describe the current state and the future prospects in the exploding field of tissue engineering. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Cognitive Science and the Science of Education Policy

Dr Feuer presents the third in a series of lectures on links between cognitive science and education policy. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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NOVA scienceNOW: Sam Adams and Stem Cells

Harvard stem cell researcher, Kevin Eggan discusses stem cell research at the RedLine CafÃ© in Harvard Square after a screening of NOVA scienceNOW: Stem Cells. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Who Needs Physics?

Gould argues that physics underlies all other branches of science, and will ultimately reveal the true nature of the cosmos. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Human Blindness: How Horseshoe Crabs May Lead to Cures

Robert Barlow explains how our eyes change at night and what horseshoe crabs, which have remarkable night vision, can teach teach us about blindness. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Improbable Research and the IgNobel Prizes

Marc Abrahams, editor of the Annals of Improbable Research, gives an overview of the most mind-popping IgNobel Prize winners. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Tissue Engineering: The Challenges of Imitating Nature

Dr. Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic and her research team try to answer some of the biggest questions about tissue engineering. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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The Future of the Brain

Steven Rose discusses his latest book The Future of the Brain: The Promise and Perils of Tomorrow's Neuroscience. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Public Dialogue on Genetic Enhancement and Sports I

Tom Goldman discusses "gene doping" in athletics. (Lecture contributed by OPB)

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Public Dialogue on Genetic Enhancement and Sports II

Theodore Friedmann discusses "gene doping" in athletics. (Lecture contributed by OPB)

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Public Dialogue on Genetic Enhancement and Sports III

Mari Holden discusses "gene doping" in athletics. (Lecture contributed by OPB)

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Public Dialogue on Genetic Enhancement and Sports IV

Maxwell Mehlman discusses "gene doping" in athletics. (Lecture contributed by OPB)

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Long and Wide: Far-Reaching Earthquakes

Seismologist Susan Wright explains how earthquakes can be remotely triggered and what that means to earthquake science. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Inside a Stem Cell Laboratory

Ann Parsons, science journalist and author, discusses stem cell research with four scientists at one of the country's leading research laboratories. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Can Right Whales Survive Modern Industrial America?

Dr. Kraus explores how right whale survival is linked to the shipping and fishing industries. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Stem Cell Research and Policy

Dr. George Daley and his team of researchers from Harvard Medical School present his cutting edge research on stem cell research. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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The Biggest Animal On Earth

Calambokidis shares new discoveries about blue whales and shows footage taken from a "Crittercam" on a blue whale showing it feeding and vocalizing underwater. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Society and Culture of the Sperm Whale

Dr. Whitehead discusses the social structures, and most recently, the cultures, of the strange and remarkable sperm whale. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Eavesdropping on Dolphins

Learn about the intricacies of how dolphins share information with one another and what they might be "talking" about. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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New England's Humpback Whales

Weinrich explores extensive findings on the reproduction, social organization, and ecology of humpback whales, (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Porpoises: The Smallest Whales

Read discusses the ecology, behavior and conservation of the world's porpoises, focusing on harbor porpoises in the Gulf of Maine. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Whale Tales!

Iain Kerr from the Ocean Alliance talks about what scientists have been learning about whales over the past several decades. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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The Science and Religion Dialogue: Why It Matters

Three recipients of the Templeton Prize - a cosmologist, a philosopher, and a mathematical physicist and Anglican priest - discuss science and theology. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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The Acoustic World of Whales

Green discusses humpback whales in Hawaii, where she studies their use of sound to communicate as well as the impact of underwater noise pollution on marine mammals. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Nature to Nanotechnology and Back

Angela Belcher explains how she adapts the conditions and control mechanisms found in nature to non-biological inorganic materials. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Using Reverse Engineering to Go Forward

James Collins shares how he is developing nonlinear dynamical techniques and devices to characterize, improve and mimic biological function. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Is It Possible to Add Years to Your Life?

Dr. Guarente discusses how calorie restriction and natural substances in red wine are part of his research on how to add decades to expected lifespans. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Undersea Aliens: Jellies of the Open Sea

Laurence P. Madin uses many of his breathtaking photographs to illustrate lessons he is learning from sea jellies. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Journey with the Manatees

Mark Merrall and Tom Boyd share the mysterious trail of the manatee from its land-dwelling ancestors to its present status as an aquatic celebrity. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Saga of an Undersea Volcanic Eruption

Richard Lutz shares photos and video clips of an undersea volcanic ridge 2,500 meters deep in the Pacific Ocean. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Journey to the Galapagos

Dr. Baldwin shares personal stories and insights about the Galapagos expedition during which she identified more than a dozen previously unknown species. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Hunting Killer Storms: Flying Into Isabel

Mish Michaels tells the story of what it was like to be the only Boston reporter to fly into the eye of Hurricane Isabel! (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Sharks of New England

Greg Skomal talks about the many shark species that can be found in New England waters that are rich in food and reproductive opportunities. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Einstein in Berlin

Levenson discusses Einstein's years in Berlin, that mark some of the most defining moments in history, as well as his own rise as the world's most famous scientist. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Chasing the Masterpiece of Copernicus

Gingerich, author of The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Copernicus, discusses his 30 year obsession with Copernicus' last work. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Einstein's Unfinished Symphony

Bartusiak takes us through gravity waves, the last piece of Einstein's general theory of relativity yet to be observed. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Robert Hooke: The Man Who Measured London

Lisa Jardine discusses the gifted but cranky English scientist Robert Hooke and some of the social drama that surrounded the earliest work of modern science. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Einstein's Clocks, Poincar's Maps

Galison introduces us to the world that Einstein grew up in, and subsequently changed forever, with the release of his earth shattering theory of special relativity. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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From New Biology to Novel Therapies

Dr. Goldberg explains how the recent revolutionary progress in understanding living cells at the molecular level is leading to new therapies. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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How Genomes and Other Forces are Changing Your Life

Juan Enriquez raises a series of issues that demonstrate the impact of the genetic, digital, and intellectual revolutions of modern life. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Summer Haunt: Mystery of the Lost Right Whales

Scott Kraus relives last summer's expedition to answer one of the great mysteries of right whale biology. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Secret Hunt for North American Diamonds

Kevin Krajick tells the amazing story of modern day prospectors in Canada's frozen North who did the impossible and struck riches. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Power of One: Local Heroes of Biodiversity

These individuals demonstrate how acting individually, and locally, really does make a difference in the world. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Double Helix: Implications for Disease

Weinberg and Daly show how genetic research is fighting cancer and how new genomic technologies are hunting for disease-causing genes. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Double Helix: More Than Meets the Genome

Susan Lindquist presents research suggesting that proteins have the ability to fine tune the instructions embedded in a cell's genetic code. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Double Helix: The Script for Life

Young discusses how researchers are using new approaches to biology to map out cell circuitry and illuminate the cause of disease. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Double Helix: Genomes to Biological Networks

Trey Ideker, Ph.D. discusses how researchers are using new approaches to biology to map out cell circuitry and illuminate the cause of disease. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Global Climate Change: The Arctic

James McCarthy explains how the Southern Ocean is undergoing an alarming warming trend that may affect climates in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Global Climate Change: The Southern Ocean

Sarah Gille explains how the Southern Ocean is undergoing an alarming warming trend that may affect climates in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Global Climate Change: The Ross Ice Shelf

Greg Stone explains how global warming is melting the Ross Ice Shelf in the south, and how giant lakes are replacing what used to be ice fields in the north. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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The Whales of Stellwagen Through Compound Eyes

Dr. Mayo describes the interrelationship of human endeavors and the life patterns of whales within the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Human Origins: Complexities and Controversies

Daniel Lieberman reveals how a seven-million-year-old skull discovered in Chad, Africa this past summer, questioned many long-held scientific beliefs. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Rex Appeal: Sue the Dinosaur

Paleontologist Peter Larsen and reporter Kristin Donnan share their stories of how his team at Black Hills Institute unearthed the largest intact T-rex skeleton ever found. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Going Deeper: New Marine Technologies

James Lindholm presents the fascinating science and technology currently being used just a few miles off the shore of Massachusetts. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Overfishing and the Collapse of Coastal Ecosystems

Jeremy Jackson explores historical, human-caused changes to various marine ecosystems (kelp forests, sea grass beds, coral reefs, and estuaries). (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Brief History of Time Travel

Ronald Mallett believes he may have found a practical way of getting from here to, well, yesterday. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Study in Ecology: Decline of the Sugar Maple

These scientists examines the unusually high mortality rate of sugar maple as a means of illuminating broader issues affecting Northeastern US forests. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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New England Forests: A View from Space

These scientists present an overview of earth-observing remote sensing technologies as part of the White Mountain Mapping and Analysis project. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Global Change: Effects on the Northern Forest

Dr. Scott Ollinger explores climate change and air pollution in the northeastern US, with a focus on forest health and productivity. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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In Search of Our Ancestors: What Mummies Tell Us

Heather Pringle reveals how mummies are a wealth of biological, cultural, and spiritual information found all over the world. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Technology, the Brain, and the Future

Ray Kurzweil and Howard Gardner discuss technology, the brain, and the future. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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The Human Genome and Beyond

Dr. Lander explores genomic maps of the human, mouse and rat genomes in order to better understand cancer, diabetes, hypertension, renal failure and dwarfism. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Creative Mind: The Theoretical Scientist as Creator

From the WGBH Archives we bring you a series of 12 original radio essays by leading thinkers in the 20th Century on the nature of creativeness in American arts, sciences, and professions. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Creative Mind: The Research Scientist as Creator

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Creative Mind: The Creative Personality

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Creative Mind Series: The Creative Mind

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Cinema, Science, and Invention

John Underkoffler offers a behind the scenes perspective on technology in the entertainment industry and also discusses (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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The North Pole Was Here

Andrew Revkin describes his visit to the icy outer limits of earth with a team of scientists looking at natural and man-made causes of climate change in the Arctic. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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The Dark Side of Bright Light: Night Work and Cancer Risk

Dr. Eva Schernhammer talks about her research on the effects of light at night on cancer risk, demonstrating that it may affect breast cancer as well as other cancers. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Nanotechnology and Cancer Drug Discovery

Dr. Cynthia Bamdad describes her company's nanoparticle-sized biochips, used to identify 'smart' drugs that only kill cancer cells. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Breast Cancer Metastasis: How it Works

Dr. Christina Scheel describes her research on how tumor cells communicate with, attract and exploit other cells to support their own growth and spread. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Elastography: An Emerging Breast Imaging Technique

Dr. Marvin Doyley describes new imaging technology which may become useful for detecting breast cancer and reduce the need for some biopsies. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Evolution as a Tool Kit for Understanding Human Disease

Harvey Lodish shares examples of how research on 'lower' organisms has provided insights into, and facilitated development of therapies for, several human diseases. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Commotion in the Ocean

Amy Bower describes her research on the complex puzzle that is our Earth's climate system, and adventures along the way, even battling pirates on the high seas! (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Celebrating Leonhard Euler and Sudoku

Joe Albree surveys Euler's many contributions to science and mathematics, including Sudoku.

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AltWheels: Overview of Transportation Choices

Stephen Connors focuses on the gap that exists between exciting new technologies and the limited potential they present in solving our transportation problems. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Designing a Car of the Future: The Soft Car

Dr. Joachim shares some of his 'out of this world' thinking and design around his work to rethink car design based upon more humanistic principles. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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AltWheels: Overview of Transportation Technologies

Stephen Connors opens the AltWheels symposium with an overview of the technologies to be discussed over the course of the two days. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Pleasurable Kingdom: Animals and Feeling Good

Jonathan Balcombe, an expert in animal behavior, discusses animals that seem to demonstrate pleasure, and pleasure's theoretical origins in evolution. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Life on the Edge: 30 Years at the Hydrothermal Vents

Peter Girguis describes animals and microbes that live at enormous pressure in complete darkness on the brink of perishing in superheated water. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Exit to Freedom

Calvin C. Johnson's discusses his wrongful conviction in 1983, his 16 year imprisonment, and the events that led to his exoneration based on DNA testing. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Mid-Ocean Ridges of the Pacific: Why the Sea is Salty

Gary Massoth describes a journey of discovery along the margins of the Pacific plate and explains why the sea is salty. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Burning Issue: Flame Retardants in Harbor Seals

Dr. Susan D. Shaw talks about her work investigating the effects of toxic pollutants in harbor seals in the northwestern Atlantic. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Galapagos: Laboratory for Global Marine Conservation

Jack Grove explores the unusual beauty and conservation challenges in the Galapagos Archipelago. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Lessons from Sputnik: Shaping Science Education

Panelists consider how Sputnik, as a "focusing event," served to galvanize support for the reform of science teaching, and how this method might be applied now. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Translating Science for Public Understanding

Experts discuss the connection between child development and public policy and explain the intertwined processes of development in easy to understand terms. (Lecture contributed by WGBH)

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Researching Whale Sharks

Dr. Bob Hueter discusses research being conducted by the Georgia Aquarium, Mote Marine Laboratory, and Mexican scientists off the coast of the Yucatan peninsula.

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