Cancer’s Fingerprints
Cancer researcher Ludmil Alexandrov talks about the CSI of cancer–how to find out, on a cellular level, what are the external factors that cause cancer, and what that means for prevention.
Danger on the mountain…
Climate scientist and mountaineer John All talks about the risks and rewards trekking to the highest peaks of the Himalayas, the jungles of Central America, and the wilds of southern Africa to collect scientific data.
Sugar is sweet…
…but too much of it has bitter consequences for your health. Public health doctor Charlie Clements explains the risks of excessive sugar in the American diet.
Grass Roots, Big Data, and You: Citizen Science
How are ordinary people getting involved in species conservation? Mary Ellen Hannibal talks about how big data meets grass roots participation.
Wanna go to Mars? Or at least remotely control a science buggy up there?
Nina Lanza does. We talk about what Mars is like and whether there is, or has ever been, life there.
Why do some people survive and others not?
Journalist Laurence Gonzales tells stories about natural and man-made disasters, who survives, and why.
Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned
A conversation with computer scientists Ken Stanley about the value of exploration and serendipity…and the data backing it up.
What happens when polar ice melts? (Hint: it’s not good.)
Geomorphologist Cathy Wilson on thawing permafrost in the arctic.
Does language affect how we think?
Linguist John McWhorter on his book The Language Hoax: Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language
The process of treating and eradicating a disease
Nancy Owen Lewis on her book, book Chasing The Cure in New Mexico: Tuberculosis and the Quest for Health