Are We Alone? - Science Radio for a Thinking Species
8 Feb 2010, 08:00 UTC
The extra-solar planet count is more than 400 and rising. Before long we may find an Earth-like planet around another star. If we do, and can visit, what next? Stake out our claim on an alien world or tread lightly and preserve it?
We’ll look at what our record on Earth says about our planet stewardship. Also, whether a massive technological fix can get us out of our climate mess. Plus, what we can learn about extreme climate from our neighbors in the solar system, Venus and Mars.
Guests:
Ken Caldeira – Climate scientist from the Carnegie Institution’s Department of Global Ecology at Stanford University
Keith Cowing – Biologist, and editor of NASAwatch.com
Kathryn Denning – Anthropologist at York University in Canada
Gary Davis – Director of the Joint Astronomy Center in Hilo, Hawaii
David Grinspoon – Curator of the Denver Museum of Science and Nature
Descripción en español
Searching for life as we don't know it begins with
understanding life as we do. From amoebas to zebras, from androids to
antimatter, Are We Alone? explores the science that makes life possible.
Find out, how to extract DNA from a banana, what size wrench you need to
build a time machine, and whether dark energy can be bottled (yes). Also,
separate the science from pseudoscience during our monthly feature on
critical thinking. Are We Alone? - science radio for thinking species on
any worldSearching for life as we don't know it begins with
understanding life as we do. From amoebas to zebras, from androids to
antimatter, Are We Alone? explores the science that makes life possible.
Find out how to extract DNA from a banana, what size wrench you need to
build a time machine, and whether dark energy can be bottled (yes). Also,
separate the science from pseudoscience during our monthly feature on
critical thinking. Are We Alone? - science radio for thinking species on
any world.
