Science & the City
By The New York Academy of Sciences
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Science & the City brings you a weekly podcast featuring cutting-edge research and science from New York City and beyond. Leading scientists tell their stories in a mixture of documentaries, interviews, and lectures. Visit www.scienceandthecity.org.
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A Thought for Food: Fire in Your Belly | Though fat and sugar are often seen as the bad guys in the world of nutrients, the truth is our body needs them to survive. Begin to explore those most maligned compounds in the third edition of our nutrition series. | 8 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Mighty Oysters of New York Harbor | Oysters—once more abundant in New York Harbor than anywhere else in the world—fell victim to over-harvesting and pollution. But today, thanks to the efforts of a few key groups—like the NY Harbor School—New York's oysters are making a comeback. Hear moderator Andy Revkin lead a panel discussion on how these little bivalves can help restore New York Harbor to its former glory. | 2 5 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Junior Roboticists Take on a Food Challenge | This March, 17 middle-school teams descended on the Academy for the 2nd Annual FIRST LEGO League Robotics Scrimmage. Find out what went down this year, as teams turned their sights to food safety. | 9 4 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Unraveling the Obesity-Cancer Connection | You've heard it once, you've heard it a thousand times: the U.S. has a big problem with obesity. But did you know that there are demonstrated links between obesity and all kinds of serious health problems—including cancer? In this episode, Science & the City explores the obesity-cancer connection. | 25 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Science Stories Ep. 2: Trials & Terrors of High School Bio | Author, storyteller, and teacher Matthew Dicks tells the story of his high-school arch nemesis, a biology teacher known as "Bunhead," in part two of our science-storytelling podcast series. | 15 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Science Stories Ep. 1: Have Lobster, Will Travel | Kelly Vaughan isn't your average middle school science teacher. She's willing to go out on a limb to engage her students—even if that means wrangling crustaceans now and then. She recounted her story during the Science & the City-Story Collider "Science Teachers"-themed storytelling night this February. Now, you can hear it live. | 7 3 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Thought for Food: Tiny Amounts | Scurvy was once the scourge of the seven seas, but it turned out to have a simple solution: Vitamin C. In the second installment of our nutrition series, learn all about the power of vitamins, minerals, and other micronutrients. | 26 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Thought for Food: My Dinner with My Dinner | How do we know what's really good for us in an age of information overload? The first installment in our new podcast series on nutrition follows the journey of food from the table through the digestive tract to begin to get to the bottom of that big question. | 12 2 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Matchmaking in the Digital Age | As internet dating gains popularity, millions of singles are turning over large amounts of personal data to computers in the hopes that an algorithm will find them the perfect mate. OK Cupid's data blogger Christian Rudder explains how all that data can reveal some interesting—and often funny—facts about the sex lives of humans online. | 17 1 12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Virtual Humanity - Part 2 | In the world of online gaming, natural reality often blends and blurs with virtual reality. This November, anthropologist Thomas Malaby and game designer Lee T. Guzofski spoke at the Academy on "The Anthropology of Online Worlds"; in this two-part series, we bring you that talk. | 25 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Virtual Humanity - Part 1 | In the world of online gaming, natural reality often blends and blurs with virtual reality. This November, anthropologist Thomas Malaby and game designer Lee T. Guzofski spoke at the Academy on "The Anthropology of Online Worlds"; in this two-part series, we bring you that talk. | 14 12 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What Your Brain Can Tell You About Learning | Cognitive neuroscientists are discovering new insights into how our brains learn all the time, but lab research doesn't always translate to real world of education. S&C asked three brain scientists—and organizers of the Academy's Aspen Brain Forum—about their own work and how it can be applied to the classroom. | 20 11 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Now Screening: Life in the Lab | As a medium, film has the power to bring us into the inner world of science, breaking down misconceptions by creating an alternative narrative. Alexis Gambis, founder of the Imagine Science Film Festival, and filmmaker and scientist Valerie Weiss share their insights. | 10 10 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Micronutrients Without Borders | This special podcast looks at the problem of folic acid delivery to women in the developing world, an issue the Academy's first annual Scientists Without Borders Nutrition Prize looked to solve. | 21 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Healthy Hearts: Fighting an Epidemic | Heart disease is the leading death for Americans today. In this special edition of the Science & the City podcast, hear what Dr. Valentin Fuster—Physician-in-Chief of the Mount Sinai Medical Center, director of the Wiener Cardiovascular Institute at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and scientific organizer of the Academy's upcoming conference on cardiovascular health in Barcelona, Spain—has to say about heart healthy behavior in children, youth, and adults. | 1 9 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Experimenting with Summer Science Ed | This year, the Academy launched its new "Summer Matters" mentoring program, which paired grad students with primary school kids for a hands-on brand of science-ed over the summer. S&C visited one of those schools to get a deeper look into STEM education—that is, Science, Tech, Engineering, and Math—in the city. | 25 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Exploring the Universe with Brian Cox | Physicist Brian Cox talks about his new TV show "Wonders of the Universe" and the future of physics as the search for the Higgs Boson heats up at CERN's Large Hadron Collider. | 1 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Sustainable City: Farming Upwards | Professor Dickson Despommier talks to Science & the City about the city, climate change and how his "big idea", the Vertical Farm, is becoming a reality. | 18 7 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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An Alternative Fuel Future? | Two researchers talk to Science & the City about petroleum dependence and the future of the automobile in the 21st century—from the new electric car to advanced biofuels. | 27 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Improv for Scientists | Actor/director Alan Alda talks to us about problems in science communication today and why improv—yes, improv—can help scientists connect better with their audience. Physicist and World Science Festival co-founder Brian Greene joins in the conversation as Science & the City goes behind the scenes of the 2011 Festival. | 9 6 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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On the Cutting Edge of Autism Research | Two autism researchers offer a behind-the-scenes look at novel technologies and treatments that could redefine how we understand this developmental disorder. | 26 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Behind the Scenes with Cancer's Biographer | Oncologist and acclaimed author Siddhartha Mukherjee takes us on a journey through the long and complex history of cancer, and discusses what it took to bring his Pulitzer Prize winning book, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, to life. | 1 5 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Diabetes-Gum Disease Connection | Good oral hygiene helps prevent tooth decay and gum disease, but the health of your mouth may have a big impact on the rest of your body too—especially if you have diabetes. Find out more in this special edition podcast from The Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science. | 13 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Sci/Tech Kitchen | Scientist and award-winning chef Nathan Myhrvold came to the Academy this March as part of a whirlwind tour for his much anticipated new cookbook Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking. | 4 4 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tales from the Brain | Drawing on strange and thought-provoking case studies, eminent neurologist V. S. Ramachandran offers unprecedented insight into the evolution of the uniquely human brain in his new book, The Tell-Tale Brain. | 17 3 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Are You What You Eat? | Harvard science historian Steven Shapin discusses the history of food science and the human view of nutrition from dietetics to modern moderation in this podcast presented by The Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science at the New York Academy of Sciences. | 17 2 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Your Brain, Now in Technicolor | Carl Schoonover’s book Portraits of the Mind provides a stunning visual history of neuroscience through the ages, from the earliest, abstract concepts of the mind to modern-day, full-color imagery. He spoke at the Academy on December 15, 2010. We caught up with him for a brief interview, but you can download the full lecture and slides . | 17 1 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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This is Your Brain on Tech | Nicholas Carr, author of The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains, presents a case for stepping away from your computer, now and then, if you can. | 2 12 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Science as a Modern Creation Story | History professor David Christian's riveting account of the known world is acclaimed for synthesizing the history of everything, including the sciences, into one framework. So says Bill Gates. See accompanying slides. | 28 10 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What's So Personal about Personalized Medicine? | Three experts who spoke at a recent Academy conference discuss what personalized medicine is, the technology behind it, and how it will change the patient's experience. | 23 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What Makes Us Wise? | Can we all be wise old owls? Science journalist Stephen Hall and neuroscientist Andre Fenton dissect what we call wisdom, from the neurons in our brain, to the social constructs behind it. | 9 9 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Better Brains | Neuroscientist Richard Restak thinks with the right mental exercises, our brains can be much better. Today he teams with writer Susan Orlean to talk about our brainy potential. | 26 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How Prosperity Evolves | With our economy a shambles and our environment threatened, is there any reason to be optimistic about the future? Matt Ridley says there's scientific proof to say we should be. | 12 8 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Oxidative Stress | Foods high in antioxidants are believed to fight oxidative stress. But what is oxidative stress? Two scientists from a recent NYAS conference break it down and discuss whether antioxidants have superpowers. | 29 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Moon, Mars, and Beyond | Neil deGrasse Tyson hosts the 2010 Isaac Asimov debate at the Hayden Planetarium. He and five panelists debate whether NASA should bother going back to the moon, or just focus on Mars instead. | 15 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What's that Smell? | Biologist Stewart Firestein and world-renowned perfumer Christophe Laudamiel team up to tackle the science of smell. | 1 7 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Secret Lives of Bees | New York City is home to more than 200 species of bees, and only one makes honey. Learn about them all from the experts, and hear about the Great Pollinator Project. | 17 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Between Earth and Sky | Forest ecologist Nalini Nadkarni, the Queen of the Forest Canopy, explains what 30 years of exploration have taught her about the intimate connection between humans and trees. | 3 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What Time Is It? | Famed screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and theoretical physicist Brian Greene dissect time as we know it. What is the smallest unit of time, and what does it look like? For starters, you should stop looking at the clock, and start looking at the universe. | 20 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Why Him, Why Her? | What attracts us to a mate? Is "chemistry" really to blame for love at first sight? Biological anthropologist Helen Fisher explains the science behind our mating preferences. | 13 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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How the Universe Got Its Spots | Physicist Janna Levin and artist Laurie Anderson (NASA's first artist in residence) tackle the origins of our universe. | 6 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Adventures in Taxidermy | Writer Melissa Milgrom has a thing for stuffed animals, and we're not talking about your child's teddy bears. She's the author of Still Life and she explains the science of taxidermy. | 29 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Why Humans Have Sex | Evolutionary psychologist David Buss explains the mating rituals and patterns of our quirky species. We might not have colorful peacock tails, but we've got some fancy strategies of our own to make up for it. | 22 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Does Chaos Have Meaning? | Award-winning filmmaker Shekhar Kapur and astrophysicist Piet Hut discuss what chaos is and what it means when it comes to the universe. | 15 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Adventures with Sea Monsters | Eugenie Clark (aka the Shark Lady), recounts her more than 60 years as an ichthyologist. This week, she delves into some of the most extreme sea 'monsters' she's ever seen, like a giant 6-foot crab, and great white sharks. | 8 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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More than a Yogurt Cup | Delve into the world of prebiotic and probiotic science. We talk to three people in the field and learn why keeping the good microbes in our bodies happy means a lot for health. | 1 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Go Green Ideas | We visit the Go Green Expo and look at five interesting ways for city slickers to be eco-friendly. | 25 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hypermusic: Ascension | Harvard physicist Lisa Randall teamed with composer Hector Parra and visual artist Matthew Ritchie to produce an opera based on modern theoretical physics. They performed last week at the Guggenheim and this week, tell us about their experiences. | 18 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Meditating Health | Can meditation have long-term beneficial effects on the plasticity of our brains? Bon meditation practitioner Alejandro Chaoul and oncologist Lorenzo Cohen evaluate the healing potential of meditation in a discussion from the Rubin Museum of Art's Brainwave Festival. | 11 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Where the Grizzly Bears Go | Grizzly bears are showing up in an area of northern Manitoba where they've never been seen before. It's also an area inhabited by polar bears. S&C talks to the AMNH's Robert Rockwell about why the grizzlies are moving, and what it means for both bear species. | 4 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What to Eat | NYU's food guru Marion Nestle gives you a lesson in decoding food labels, holding big food corporations accountable, and choosing food wisely. She spoke as part of S&C's Girls Night Out series. | 25 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Extreme Fear | Science journalist and adventure-seeker Jeff Wise talks about his new book Extreme Fear: The Science of Your Mind in Danger. | 18 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Circadian Science | Our circadian rhythms control everything from when we sleep and wake, to when we get hungry. Learn about what (literally) makes us tick, and hear about Carla Green's research into a circadian gene that could offer a cure for obesity. | 11 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Advances in Autism | We talk to two scientists at Hunter College who research different aspects of Autism Spectrum Disorder(ASD). Jason Dictenberg studies synapses in our brain, and Michael Siller looks at play-based therapies for autistic children. Both are on the cutting edge of new research in the field of autism. | 4 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ADHD and the Brain | Neuropsychologist Jeffrey Halperin is using behavioral therapy on preschoolers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). He hopes to train their brains to develop in new ways and if effective, his therapies could offer permanent, drug-free treatment for the disorder. | 28 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Silk Road | Take an anthropological tour of the Silk Road exhibit at the AMNH with its curator, Mark Norell. The 4,600-mile trail was the most important trade route in the Eastern world for more than 3,000 years. | 21 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Feeling the Light | Researchers at Harvard have discovered why the headaches of some migraine sufferers worsen when the person is exposed to light. Rami Burstein, the study's senior author, explains what's happening in the brain, and how they made the breakthrough. | 14 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Science of Love and Whom We Choose | Helen Fisher, a biological anthropologist and chief scientific adviser for Chemistry.com, delves into the science of why we lust for some people and not for others. Fisher kicked off S&C's 2010 Girl's Night Out series. Watch the Thirteen WNET video of this event here. | 7 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Science of Sushi | Danish biophysicist Ole Mouritsen also happens to be an expert on, and lover of sushi. This week, we talk to him about his new book, Sushi: Food for the Eye, the Body, and the Soul. | 31 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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No Small Matter | We sit down with science photographer Felice Frankel and nanotechnology pioneer and Harvard chemist George Whitesides to hear about their new book on nanoscience, No Small Matter. | 17 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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150 Years of the Origin of Species | Nobel Laureate and neurobiologist Gerald Edelman, psychologist Paul Ekman, and anthropologist Terrence Deacon tell us how Charles Darwin has influenced science and their personal careers. View the Thirteen WNET video of this event here. | 10 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Climate Change in the City | According to the New York City Panel on Climate Change, global warming could have a big impact on the five boroughs. Three experts discuss the Panel's recent findings, and tell us what weather and policy changes to expect. | 3 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Great Science Reads | Seven scientists and science-lovers—Dean Kamen, Helen Fisher, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and more—recommend their favorite science books, fiction and non, for you to wrap up and gift for the holidays (or maybe just read yourself). | 26 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Man behind the Dioramas | Steve Quinn has crafted the dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History for more than 35 years. Hear how these amazing displays of art and science come together from the expert himself. | 19 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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MIT's Math Maze | Gioia De Cari went to MIT for her PhD in mathematics. What she, got in addition to a degree, was an unexpected experience and material for her latest solo play Truth Values: One Girl's Romp Through MIT's Male Math Maze. | 12 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Antioxidant Science | Foods high in antioxidants are believed to fight oxidative stress. But what is oxidative stress? Two scientists from a recent NYAS conference break it down and discuss whether antioxidants have superpowers. | 5 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Extreme Mammals | Tour the AMNH's Extreme Mammals exhibition with its curator, John Flynn. Hear about mammals that lay eggs, wear armor, and sport headgear, just to name a few. | 29 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Greatest Show on Earth | Richard Dawkins launches his newest book in the third S&C Provocative Thinkers in Science event. He argues evolution is an indisputable fact, despite nearly half of Americans believing the opposite. | 22 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Looking for the Key in P53 | Visit the lab of Hunter College's Jill Bargonetti, a biologist researching cancer. Her team studies P53, a natural tumor-suppressor protein found in our bodies with a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde personality. | 15 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Around the Americas | In a 13-month journey, this 64-foot sailboat called Ocean Watch is sailing around North and South America to raise awareness of how our oceans are changing, and conduct scientific experiments along the way. Catch up with them during their New York stop. | 8 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The End of Aging | Hear how Aubrey de Grey, a British biomedical gerontologist, thinks science can help extend our lives by decades. De Grey spoke as part of S&C's Fall Provocative Thinkers series. | 1 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Diabetes Epidemic? | One in every 13 Americans has diabetes. And ethnic minorities have a much higher incidence of Type 2 diabetes. Learn about the challenges, and some possible solutions from three experts who spoke at a conference last week at the Academy. | 24 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The New Executive Brain | Hear how your executive brain makes decisions from Elkhonon Goldberg, the first speaker in S&C’s Provocative Thinkers in Science series. | 17 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Metal Origami | Go behind the scenes at Milgo Bufkin, a company using cutting edge technology and mathematics to create art and architecture from metal. The famous NYC 'Love' sculpture? They made it happen. | 10 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Tangled Bank | S&C chats with science writer Carl Zimmer about his newest book on evolution. Hear what's changed since Darwin. | 3 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Twisted Molecules | Kent Kirshenbaum, an NYU chemistry professor, explains his team's recent discovery of how to make molecules with a twist - these molecules can fold in to twisted helical shapes that can accelerate selected chemical reactions. | 27 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Buzz About Bees | New York City is home to more than 200 species of bees, and only one makes honey. Learn about them and all the others from the experts, and hear about the Great Pollinator Project. | 13 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DNA Barcoding Plants | Damon Little, assistant curator of bioinformatics at the New York Botanical Garden, describes the recent agreement by scientists on a universal DNA barcode marker for plants. | 6 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rocket Park | Over a round of astrophysics mini-golf, learn what goes into creating a world-class science exhibit from Eric Siegel, Director of the NY Hall of Science, Lee Skolnick, the course’s architect, and physicist Alan Friedman. | 30 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Greening Columbia | In this podcast, Columbia University's Assistant VP of Environmental Stewardship, Nilda Mesa, talks about the process and challenges of greening up this local urban Ivy League. | 23 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cryogen-etics | The National Park Service is now giving all endangered species tissue samples it collects to the cryogenic frozen tissue lab at the AMNH. In this podcast, hear what liquid nitrogen, DNA, and threatened species have to do with each other. | 16 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Seismic Climate Change | Seismic records from ocean wave patterns and iceberg behavior around the world are being analyzed for the first time. Geophysicist Rick Aster describes what his data can tell us about our warming planet. | 9 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Painting the Genome | Genetic research fuses with fine art when the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard brings Daniel Kohn, a Brooklyn-based painter, into their lab for a residency. | 1 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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From Animal to Person | In a re-broadcast from 2007, Daniel Dennett, philosopher and co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University, describes the evolution of human culture, which he says is a "second information highway," swifter and more reliable than genetic transmission. | 25 6 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bridging Science and the Humanities | The two-time Pulitzer Prize winner E.O. Wilson delivers his keynote address at S&C's symposium, The Two Cultures in the 21st Century, held in May. | 18 6 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The ScentOpera | Smells and sounds collide for the world premiere of "Green Aria," a synesthetic art and science fusion at the Guggenheim featuring two composers, a writer and a master perfumier. | 11 6 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Science of H1N1 | Top researchers offer an in-depth look at the science behind the global influenza outbreak, plus some of the work being done to keep us healthy. | 4 6 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Inventing Scientists | Dean Kamen, one of the world's top inventors (think the Segway and portable dialysis machine), talks about his FIRST program designed to get high schoolers onto the path to become scientists during our Two Cultures in the 21st Century conference. | 28 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Go Fly a Kite | Check out FlyNY, one of New York's kite flying showdowns, and the science, design, and history behind our earliest flying machines. | 21 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Taking Science to Congress | Former Congressman John Porter offers concrete suggestions on how to get government thinking science, in one of the keynote lectures of our Two Cultures conference. | 14 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Sweetest Sounds: What is Music to Your Ears? | Perception expert Daniel Levitin joins Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Rosanne Cash at our Science of Hearing event to explore our sense of hearing -- with a little musical accompaniment, of course. | 7 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Circuits of Life's Program | NYU scientist Richard Bonneau delves into the complex interactions in biological systems - using the genome as his map. Part of S&C's Spring events series. | 30 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Go Green Solutions | We take you through NYC's Go Green Expo and find 5 easy ways for New Yorkers to green up. | 23 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Back Me Up | Biologist Marie Filbin says new discoveries in spinal nerve regeneration are giving researchers hope in the race to cure spinal cord injuries. | 16 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Teaching Robots to See | NYU computer scientist Yann LeCun looks to biological models to create vision systems, and artificial intelligence in machines. From the S&C Spring event series. | 9 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Our Toxic World? | "Experimental Man" David Ewing Duncan and toxicologist Matt Bogdanffy delve into the dangers (and myths) of toxins in our everyday environment. | 2 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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From Planets to Plutoids | Six leading planetary scientists debate whether Pluto is a planet in a broadcast of the Hayden Planetarium's 2009 Isaac Asimov lecture. | 26 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naturally Obsessed | A look at Carole and Richard Rifkind's latest documentary film on life in a crystallography lab. Learn the science and meet the characters. | 19 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Forget Me Not | Columbia University neurologist Scott Small uses fMRI imaging on mice to research our aging brains. Turns out, you've got some control over how sharp you stay. | 12 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Psychobiology of Genocide | A multidisciplinary panel examine the psychobiology of human aggression and genocide at a recent roundtable at the Philoctetes Center. | 5 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gold Medal Glory | When it comes to Olympic gold medal times, humans have been improving steadily over the past 100 years. But is there a limit to how good we can get? Learn about the technology, technique, and doping that keeps athletes improving. | 26 2 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Test Your Tongue: The Science of Taste | Two taste gurus deconstruct our sense of taste in S&C's Science of the 5 Senses series -- from the molecules that give us flavor to the mystery of the fifth taste. | 19 2 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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An AMNH PhD? | Meet the first 5 students at the new graduate school at the American Museum of Natural History -- the first museum in America awarding PhDs. | 12 2 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Getting Cellular | A Nobel Laureate delves into what we know about our cells - from their 4.5 billion year history, to modern-day mutations, and protein zip codes (cellular love letters). | 5 2 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Egg and Nest | Explore the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology's extraordinary collection of eggs and nests with two scientists from the foundation and the photographer for their new book, Egg and Nest. | 29 1 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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See What You've Been Missing | There's a lot more to vision than first meets the eye. An ex-magician and cognitive neuroscientist team and tackle the science of sight in S&C's Science of the 5 Senses series. | 22 1 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Playing Science | Take a look at the Ensemble Studio Theatre Sloan Project, which aims to bring science stories and playwrights together, and preview their science festival, on now. | 15 1 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Pianocktail, Anyone? | Take a tour of the Interactive Telecommunications Program's wacky and inventive Winter thesis show at NYU. | 8 1 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Carl Sagan's Search for God | Hayden Planetarium director Tyson, Carl Sagan's widow, and Sagan's former colleague discuss the astrobiologist's perspective on science, the spiritual experience, and the search for God. | 1 1 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gifting Science | From eBay meteorites to DNA artwork, Science and the City gives you quirky science gift options for the holiday season. | 18 12 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Science of Smell | Two smell scientists tackle the biology, genetics, and psychology behind our noses in S&C's Science of the 5 Senses series. | 11 12 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Genes and Jazz | A Nobel Laureate and his son, a jazz musician, team up to fuse art and science, (cancer cell biology and jazz), at the Guggenheim's Works and Process program.Multimedia: Video animations | 4 12 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fearful Brains in an Anxious World | An NYU neuroscientist reveals what his research tells us about how our brains process fear and anxiety. LeDoux was featured in the S&C Fall events series. | 20 11 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Our Brain, the Kluge | Think you've got a supercomputer for a brain? Think again. An NYU psychologist argues we've got kluges for brains and evolution to blame. Marcus was part of the S&C Fall events schedule. | 6 11 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Hooked on a Feeling: The Science of Touch | A neurophysiologist and a filmmaker team up to talk about somatosensory research as part of the S&C Science of the 5 Senses series. | 3 11 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Paraphilias: Does Sex Need Science? | Two psychiatrists, a philosopher, and an ex dominatrix debate the definition of paraphilias and discuss whether science has a place between the sheets. | 30 10 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Science in Fiction on the Big Screen | The Imagine Science Film Festival kicks off with a discussion at the Academy on the key to making a successful science movie - without compromising the story or the science. | 23 10 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Science of Getting a Grip | Psychologist Ekman discusses how 40 hours of conversation with the Dalai Lama changed his views on our ability to be emotionally aware. | 9 10 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Neuroscience of Elections | Three NYU scientists describe some of the research into why we vote the way we do at an S&C Fall series event. | 6 10 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Time Paradox | A renowned psychologist describes how our individual perception of time shapes the choices we make at an S&C Fall series event. | 2 10 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The LHC: Physics' New Golden Age | A Nobel Laureate explains the Large Hadron Collider and its potential to revolutionize the field of physics at an S&C Fall event. | 25 9 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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New York's Paper Solutions | From your old magazines to a brand new recycled paper pizza box, we take a trip to Pratt Industry's Staten Island paper recycling facility to see how NYC's paper is reused.Multimedia: Slideshow | 17 9 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bat-tastic | Follow Paul Keim and his echolocator as he leads a fact-packed tour of Central Park's bat population. And no, they're not blind. | 11 9 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ferocious Beauty: Genome | Human genetics and multi-media dance meet onstage in this true fusion of art and science.Multimedia: Slideshow | 4 9 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fuel Cell Future | Get behind the wheel of some of the world's most advanced hydrogen-powered vehicles and learn about the technology, timeline, and real-life potential for H2. | 28 8 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Sex Lives of Animals | Think sex for animals is all about mating? You're wrong. Learn about the diversity and biology behind the sex lives of animals at the Museum of Sex's new exhibit. Warning: Explicit Content | 21 8 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Back to Black | Go behind the scenes at the Guggenheim's "Imageless" exhibit, where one of Ad Reinhardt's black paintings gets some major laser restoration treatment.Multimedia: Slideshow | 14 8 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Conserving Madagascar | A conservation biologist describes the unique animals and conservation programs in Madagascar while touring the new Bronx Zoo Madagascar exhibit.Multimedia: Slideshow | 7 8 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What the Nose Knows | Learn about the science of smelling and scent and check out Gilbert's latest book. For more on the science of senses, check out Joanne Chen's The Taste of Sweet.Multimedia: Slideshow | 31 7 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Science Barge | Check out New York Sun Works' floating sustainable greenhouse, The Science Barge, and learn some ecological science and energy solutions for growing green in a concrete city. | 24 7 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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One Bryant Park | Take a tour of the new Bank of America building at One Bryant Park - now the greenest office tower in New York City, with a Platinum LEED ranking. The building's lead architect and mechanical engineer join to give context to this skyscraper's ultra-sustainable features. | 24 7 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Experimental Cuisine Collective | Hear the story of the Experimental Cuisine Collective, a program created to make polymer science accessible to the average person.Multimedia: Slideshow | 17 7 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Artscience: Creativity in the Post-Google Generation | Learn about new fusions of art and science, and the creation of a unique innovation space in Paris. | 10 7 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Buckminster Fuller | Hear the story of one of the greatest innovators of the 20th century - the man behind the geodesic dome, Dymaxion Car and Dwelling Machine, and other inventive ideas.Multimedia: Slideshow, Video Presentation | 2 7 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Science in the Middle East | A geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey discusses the challenges he's faced when doing science in the Middle East, and his research on the Dead Sea basin.Multimedia: Slideshow | 19 6 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Elegant Universe | A New York-based choreographer teams up with a composer and a leading theoretical physicist to produce a ballet based on The Elegant Universe, by Brian Greene. Multimedia: Slideshow | 12 6 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Project Walkway | Eight teenage girls learn to mix technology with fashion at Eyebeam, a center for art and technology located in Manhattan. Hear their story of the Girls Eye View program, an experience which aims to get young women interested in science.Multimedia: Slideshow | 5 6 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mixing Science and Policy | Three experts in science and policy discuss their thoughts on the best way for scientists to communicate with governments, and vice versa, in the effort to create a more open and productive national dialogue on science. | 22 5 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Science of Scotch | Learn all that goes into making Scotland's traditional drink, which turns out to be a lot of culture, a bit of science, and just a pinch of art. | 19 5 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Science of Champagne | Gerard Liger-Belair has been studying the science of champagne bubbles for 10 years. Learn just how important bubbles are to the taste this celebratory drink - and find out the science behind it. | 15 5 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sundance-Sloan Film Awards | Meet the Sundance Institute's Sloan Fellowship winner and the 2008 Sundance-Sloan Grant recipient - two screenwriters with a serious science focus.Editor's Note: The Sundance Screenwriter's Lab was held in Park City, Utah. | 8 5 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Food Foraging in Central Park | Join a New York naturalist as he leads a spring food foraging tour in Central Park. Learn the history, science, and folklore behind foraging for your own food. www.wildmanstevebrill.com. | 1 5 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Distortions of Memory | Experts in language, literature, neuroscience, philosophy, and psychoanalysis discuss what is known about how we store and subsequently recall the past. | 24 4 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Physics of the Impossible | The cofounder of string field theory offers a scientific exploration of the world of phasers, force fields, teleportation, and time travel. | 17 4 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Future of the Stockmarket | Investors, economists, and quantitative finance experts discuss how technological innovations have hastened the growth of the markets. | 10 4 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Origin of Brain Degenerative Disorders | A Mt. Sinai School of Medicine neuroscientist explains the morpho-molecular features that render certain neuronal populations of the brain vulnerable to degeneration. | 3 4 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Your Inner Fish | The University of Chicago's Associate Dean of Organismal Biology and Anatomy speaks about his new book, which gives the 3.5 billion year history of the human body. | 27 3 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Rapidly Changing Climate System | A lead author with the Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change gives a global warming overview. | 20 3 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Neuroscience of Fair Play | The head of the Laboratory of Neurobiology and Behavior at Rockefeller University describes how ethics may be a hardwired function of the human brain. | 13 3 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Biology of Freedom | Psychoanalysts and neuroscientists discuss the effect of the environment on brain activity and micro-anatomy. | 6 3 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Science of Chocolate | A nutrition scientist from Tufts University gives an overview of the health benefits of chocolate. Sponsor: Chocolate Manufacturers Association | 28 2 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Life Decoded | The leader of the private-sector human genome project has published an autobiography. | 21 2 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fueling the Car of the Future | The Global Environment and Energy Correspondent for The Economist takes an up-close look at global warming, the auto industry, and government. | 14 2 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Unbowed | The 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Winner and leader of the Pan African Green Belt Movement introduces her new autobiography. | 7 2 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Perception through the Five Senses | A perfumer, a chef, a neurologist, a sound engineer, and a painter discuss how we take in the world. | 31 1 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Mind of the Market | The author, publisher, and founder of the International Skeptics Society shares neuroeconomic insights into human behavior. | 24 1 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Childhood Depression | An expert in childhood mood and anxiety disorders speaks at the 19th Annual New York City Mental Health Symposium. | 17 1 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Life in the Valley of Death | Executive Director for Science and Exploration at the Wildlife Conservation Society based at the Bronx Zoo discusses his new book which details his efforts to create the world's largest tiger reserve in Myanmar's Hukaung Valley. | 10 1 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Science of Coffee | The Chairman of illycaffe S.p.A. discusses the chemistry and technology that produce a great cup of coffee. | 3 1 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mood Disorders and the Brain's Perception of Danger | The Chief of Child and Adolescent Research in the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program of the National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research Program talks about child and adult mood and anxiety disorders. | 20 12 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Secret History of the War on Cancer | A new book from the director of the Center on Environmental Oncology at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute exposes a muddled century-long research effort. | 6 12 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Daydreaming and Night-Dreaming | A roundtable discussion of stimulus-independent thought, including review of data from neuroscience imaging and clinical applications of research on human fantasy. | 3 12 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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New York Goes Green | The President and CEO of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority shares details of how the Spitzer team is tackling New York's environmental, energy, and climate changes. | 29 11 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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An Evening with Oliver Sacks | The famed author and physician introduces ideas from his new book, Musicophilia, to a sold-out crowd at the New York Academy of Sciences. | 15 11 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Climate Change | Oceanographer Richard Feely, geochemist W. Berry Lyons, and biologist Margaret Lowman discuss factors that govern the process of climate change based on their field research. | 6 11 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Stuff of Thought | Hear what Harvard University psychologist Steven Pinker has to say about language and cognition, what swearing reveals about emotion, and what innuendo says about relationships. Warning: Explicit Language. | 1 11 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Unnatural History of the Sea | A marine conservation biologist shares details from his new book about the human exploitations of the ocean's bounty and our shifting environmental baselines. | 25 10 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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BLAST | The documentary filmmaker speaks about his experiences following a close-knit team of international scientists as they attempt to launch a multi-million dollar telescope on a NASA high-altitude balloon. | 18 10 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Beneath Mount Everest | A seismologist from the University of Colorado, Boulder, shares research she conducted in the Himalayas throughout eastern Nepal and southern Tibet, an area she calls a breeding ground of destructive earthquakes. | 11 10 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Body Adornment | The director of NYU's Institute for Ice Age Studies tells what we can learn about a culture from the personal ornamentation it used. | 4 10 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Polyhedron Man | The artist, mathematician, and computer scientist talks about his geometric sculptures. | 27 9 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mummy Genetics | A biological anthropologist, who stars in an IMAX documentary currently showing at the Liberty Science Center, speaks about her work using genetic data to study the genealogy of ancient mummies and the ecology of parasitic infectious diseases. | 20 9 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cats of Africa | Conservation biologists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and the AMNH Center for Conservation Genetics discuss the behavior of wild cats and how new techniques in molecular genetics are helping conserve endangered cats across the globe. | 13 9 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Acting and Mirror Neurons | A discussion drawing on the perspectives of neuroscience, drama therapy, kinesiology, and acting technique to address the mechanisms that allow an actor to emotionally move an audience. | 23 8 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Framing Science | A science journalist and a professor of communications show scientists how they can help reeducate the public about science policy. | 16 8 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Man Who Saved Geometry | The author of a recent biography about the greatest classical geometer of the last century talks about the late mathematician Donald Coxeter and his influence on mathematics and the arts. | 8 8 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Search for "The Missing Link" | The Evan Pugh Professor of Biological Anthropology and Biology at Penn State discusses the fossil evidence of our earliest human ancestor. | 2 8 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Modern Cosmology Roundtable | Astrophysicists and a philosopher discuss recent, data-driven, explanations for the appearance and evolution of our universe and how our new views on the universe have informed our every-day lives and beliefs. | 26 7 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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String Theory for Dummies | Without getting bogged down in the math, the John S. Toll Professor in Physics at the University of Maryland explains the beautiful set of equations which may or may not describe our universe. | 19 7 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Science of Happiness | The popular Spanish science journalist and television host offers insights and a formula from his book, "The Happiness Trip: A Scientific Journey," a bestseller in Spain and newly released in the U.S. | 12 7 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Remembering Silent Spring | On the 100th anniversary of the birth of Rachel Carson, three scientists present current research on the presence of DDT in nature and its consequences for birds, breast cancer rates and malaria. | 5 7 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Eye of the Beholder | The scientist who discovered mirror neurons engages in a roundtable discussion with artists and art historians about how neuroscientific discoveries can influence our understanding of how we perceive art. | 28 6 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Biblical Natural History | An ecologist and soil physics expert who has consulted globally to the U.N. and the World Bank describes how the natural environment in the Middle East has changed since biblical times. | 21 6 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Blame It on My Genes! | The Columbia University psychiatrist, ethicist, and legal scholar explores behavioral genetics and the causes of crime. | 14 6 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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From Animal to Person | Philosopher and codirector of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University, Dennett describes the evolution of human culture, which he says is a "second information highway," swifter and more reliable than genetic transmission. | 7 6 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Say Cheese | The author of American Farmstead Cheese: The Complete Guide to Making and Selling Artisan Cheese talks about the history of cheese making in America and the art and science of making cheese. | 31 5 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Einstein: His Life and Universe | The author of the new biography of history's most famous genius discusses his work in advance of his June 12th appearance at the Academy. | 24 5 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Intellectual Polygamy | Chemist Carl Djerassi, the "father" of the birth control pill, discusses art, science, and his new play, Phallacy, which is about to have its New York premiere. | 17 5 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Antikythera Mechanism | An exhibit opening May 25 in NYC, Gods, Myths, and Mortals: Discover Ancient Greece, showcases a new reconstruction model of the world's first computer, a 2,000+ year-old geared navigation instrument. | 10 5 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Cosmic Jackpot | Physicist and cosmologist Paul Davies, who will speak at the Academy on May 9, 2007, discusses the big questions of existence and his new book, Cosmic Jackpot, Why Our Universe Is Just Right for Life. | 26 4 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dinner: The Final Frontier | Hervé This is a physical chemist, popular author, and television personality in France. He is also the only person to hold a Ph.D. in molecular gastronomy, the application of science to culinary art and practice. | 19 4 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Death by Blackhole | The Hayden Planetarium director, Nova ScienceNow host, and eminently entertaining astrophysicist discusses his new book. | 12 4 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Brain Science: New Syntheses | On April 18, Harvard Psychology Professor Steven J. Pinker will host a discussion on how the physiology of the brain gives rise to our experience of mind. Pinker explains why he tapped young neuroscience investigators Bruce Lahn and Rebecca Saxe to be the evening's featured speakers. | 5 4 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bomb Scare | Find out where this leading weapons expert, VP for National Security at the Center for American Progress, believes the planet's greatest threats are harbored. | 3 4 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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High School Research | From neural networks to traffic patterns, New York City's youngest investigators describe their research at the NYC Science and Engineering Fair, a program of the NYC Department of Education, coordinated by the New York Academy of Sciences in partnership with Polytechnic University. | 29 3 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Aglow in the Dark | WNYC Studio 360 executive producer Julie Burstein moderates a panel discussion on the ways bioluminescence has inspired art, architecture, and scientific research. | 26 3 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Elephant Voices | The research director of the Amboseli Elephant Research Project at the Amboseli Trust for Elephants and founder of Elephant Voices shares observations from nearly 30 years of field research. | 15 3 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mystery of the Mind | Renowned NYU neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux joins a psychologist, a philosopher, an author, and a psychotherapist to debate and define the meaning of consciousness. | 8 3 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Science of Beer | The Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Brewing Science at the University of California, Davis, chats about malting, fermenting, and imbibing!Sponsor: | 1 3 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Neanderthal Brains | Lahn, whose lab in the Human Genetics Department at the University of Chicago researches human brain evolution, explains the genetic link he has discovered between Homo Sapiens and Neanderthals. | 22 2 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 200 Episodes |
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