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  1. Nature podcast, 02 May 2013

    Nature Podcast 02 May 2013

    In this episode:

    00:44 Flu buster A drug used to treat sepsis could beat the symptoms of severe flu and treat other lung problems too Research article: Shirey et al. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature12118

    06:20 GM crops: helpful or harmful? The debate still rages about whether GM crops are safe and environmentally friendly News special: Tarnished promise http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/497021a News feature: A hard look at GM crops http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/497024a

    11:58 Research Highlights Monkeys leave evidence of tool use which could contribute to archaeological record; flying dino Microraptor adds fish to its dietary repertoire Research Highlight: Monkeys make their mark http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/497008a Research Highlight: Winged raptor dined on fish http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/497009a

    13:18 Fly cam Researchers showcase a new camera modelled on an insect’s eye Research article: Song et al. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature12083

    18:25 NewsChat Pesticide blamed for bee deaths is banned in EU; another knock for social psychology; and UK libel law finally passed http://www.nature.com/news/index.html

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  2. Science Friday Audio Podcast

    Ask an Astrophysicist — Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist Adam Riess takes your questions on dark energy and the cosmos.

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  3. Mondo Diablo Episode 352: The Sagan Series

    This week includes the entire audio from The Sagan Series, which can be found on You Tube, and my rant to one of those Christians who says I’m Not One of Those Christians.

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  4. Science Friday Audio Podcast

    More to the Universe Than Meets the Eye — The universe is full of invisible stuff. Take dark matter—you can’t spot it with your eyes, but it outnumbers visible matter five to one!

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  5. The 100 Year Starship

    Dr. Mae Jemison was the first black woman in space. Now, she’s leading a wildly ambitious project: to achieve interstellar travel in the next 100 years. She’s with us.

    Think Star Trek and you won’t be far off. A new Pentagon project is putting out seed money for interstellar travel. Humans, rambling around among the stars. It’s called the 100 Year Starship project. It’s as wildly ambitious as just about anything you can imagine.

    The spaceship, its energy source, its passengers’ survival – full-blown or just as DNA… all giant challenges. Not to mention that we’re sort of broke and not even flying space shuttles right now. Leader of the new effort: astronaut Mae Jemison, the first black woman in space. She’s with us.

    This hour, On Point: the 100 Year Starship.

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  6. Point of Inquiry

    Neil deGrasse Tyson: Space Chronicles — This week, Point of Inquiry is thrilled to welcome back one of our most popular guests: Neil deGrasse Tyson, the famed astrophysicist and Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City. Last time we had him on, Dr. Tyson engaged in a wide ranging discussion about science communication and the place of science in America. This time, we focus in on his new book—Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier—and his call for revitalizing NASA and letting it play a central role in reconnecting America and science. Neil deGrasse Tyson is America’s most pre-eminent science communicator. In addition to his work at the Hayden Planetarium and his books and television appearances, he is also the host of Star Talk Radio.

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  7. Neil deGrasse Tyson On Exploring Cosmic Frontiers

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    Many of us spend more time at our desks than anywhere else. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson takes us into his office at the Hayden Planetarium in New York City for a tour of his office, in the fourth of Science Friday’s Desktop Diaries series. From a Saturn lamp Tyson made as a kid to his van Gogh pillow, Tyson has a lot of universe-themed paraphernalia. Tyson highlights some of his collection, and talks about what his journey to science stardom has been like. (Credits: filming: flora lichtman, christopher intagliata, production: flora lichtman, music tom pascale/beethoven) Viewed 12749 times. See More Videos

    In Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson writes of how space exploration — especially human voyages — can profoundly inspire scientists and technologists of the future, and charts the path for missions to Mars and beyond.

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  8. Nature: The original computer whizz

    Alan Turing is sometimes called ‘the founder of computer science’. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth, Charlotte Stoddart went to Oxford to meet his biographer, physicist Andrew Hodges. In this podcast, they talk about Turing’s famous 1936 paper on computable numbers, his contribution to cracking the German Enigma ciphers, and his thoughts on machine intelligence. http://www.nature.com/nature/podcast/index-turing-2012-02-23.html

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  9. Stuff You Should Know

    How SETI Works — SETI stands for ‘search for extraterrestrial intelligence,’ and the term is used to describe both the SETI institute and the search for alien life in general. In this spaced-out episode, Josh and Chuck explore the origin, aims and challenges facing SETI.

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  10. Point of Inquiry

    Lawrence Krauss: A Universe from Nothing — Host: Chris Mooney We had Lawrence Krauss on Point of Inquiry less than a year ago, to discuss his recent book on the scientific works of Richard Feynman. But in order to keep up with him, we had to have him on again. Already. You see, Krauss has a new book out that’s causing quite a stir right now—A Universe from Nothing: Why There is Something Rather than Nothing. Here’s a hint as to why: Krauss’s answer to this age-old question isn’t God. In fact, as discussed on the program, Krauss has arguably written the book that "kicks God out of physics." And along the way, he also manages to explain a heck of a lot of science. Lawrence Krauss is an the internationally known theoretical physicist and popular author. He has published hundreds of scientific papers, as well as acclaimed books like the bestselling The Physics of Star Trek and Fear of Physics. He’s director of the Origins Project at Arizona State University.

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