Going to Mars? Better Take Some Gravity

09/19/23 WGBH Forum Network webinar 11:30 EDT There is plenty of hype about space travel and even colonizing planets like Mars. We might need to know about the effects of zero-gravity on the human body. James Lackner

Origami: Art and Science

09/08/15 Mathematician L. Mahadevan describes how nature, science and art intersect. It will change your entire perspective.

Mass Extinctions

04/09/19 What caused Earth's five mass extinctions --and most important--are we headed for a sixth? Andrew Knoll

Antarctic Fishes: Models for Climate Change and Human Disease

07/09/13 the unique "antifreeze" blood and skeletal mutations of the Antarctic Icefishes provide insights into both climate change adaptations and human disease. H. William Detrich, III

Clive Hamilton Talks about the Geoengineering Issue

10/28/13 A major ethicist and author talks about the geoengineering issue and his new book on that topic, Earthmasters

Soil: The Skin of the Earth

10/06/15 Soil is essential for life on Earth, and life greatly enriches soil. How did the pedosphere evolve, what makes it dynamic, and how can we save it?,,,,,,,,,,... Andrew Kurtz

Who Funds the FDA - And Why Does It Matter?

06/07/22 An increasing percentage of the Food and Drug Agency's funding comes from the pharmaceutical industry. How does this arrangement affect the agency in general and the approval of new medications in particular? Aaron Kesselheim

Harnessing the Bioelectric Potential of Cells for Regeneration

02/21/12 Can bioelectric signals in cells be exploited for regeneration of limbs and tissue? This is an important area of medical research. Michael Levin

The Bionic Leaf: Clean Energy for All

08/02/22 A unique innovation based on photosynthesis, the bionic leaf can potentially produce energy and fuel inexpensively --and in a localized manner. Daniel Nocera

The Great Potential of Offshore WInd Farms

05/07/19 How effective are offshore wind farms in nations that have developed them, and why has the US been especially slow to adapt such an important energy resource? Andrew Myers

Today's Featured Contributors

Featured Author

John Quackenbush, Ph.D.

A very engaging discussion of the human genome project by one of the researchers involved

Featured Guest

Miaki Ishii, Ph.D.

A seismologist whose research is on the cutting edge of investigations of the deep Earth