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Hurricane Comms
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The idea that the universe is made of tiny vibrating strings was once the science theory du jour. String theory promised to unite the disparate theories describing particles and gravity, and many people, not just scientists, were optimistic that a theory of everything might be within our grasp. But here we are, many years later, and string theory doesn’t seem to have delivered on its initial promise. What happened? We consider the science around string theory in this episode of Skeptic Check.
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DNA: The Nucleotide Is Turning
Guests: Frederick Bieber – Harvard Medical School Harla Heidelberg – University of Southern California Erin Murphy – University of California, Berkeley Nicholas Wade – Author Listen ⇢
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Technology: Hero or Horror?
Guests: Gregory Cochran – University of Utah Diane Halpern – Claremont McKenna College Karl Sabbagh – Author Listen ⇢
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Doomsday: the Early Hours
The iconic Doomsday clock has been moved two minutes closer to midnight, symbolizing the growing international threat of nuclear disaster. Find out what led the directors at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists to inch the hand closer to this ominous hour, and why – for the first time –… Listen ⇢
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From Microbes to Mensa: What Life is Out There?
Guests: Rocco Mancinelli – SETI Institute Christopher McKay – NASA Ames Research Center Scott Sandford – NASA Ames Research Center Seth Shostak – SETI Institute Peter Ward – University of Washington Listen ⇢
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A Special Skeptical Sunday: Road Trip to Roswell Part II
In 1947, aliens intent on visiting our planet are said to have crashed into the New Mexico desert near Roswell. According to several witnesses, the U.S. military not only recovered the saucer debris (together with some dead, extraterrestrial passengers), but secreted away the evidence. There are also claims that the… Listen ⇢
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Array of Hope
Although SETI experiments have not yet picked up a signal from another world, there’s plenty of optimism among the scientists looking for ET’s pings. That’s because new telescopes, both radio and optical, will soon greatly speed up our cosmic reconnaissance. As example, the Allen Telescope Array, scheduled to begin observing… Listen ⇢
