"Why do we like and dislike certain foods? The most important thing in the tasting process is not the tongue, nose or ears – it’s the brain." Barry Smith explores how the brain makes us capable of language, thinking and feeling.
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Mysteries of the Brain - Part One
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Stranger Than Fiction: Kim Stanley Robinson
This week, Tim speaks with Kim Stanley Robinson, author of the Mars trilogy and 2312. In Slate last year, Choire Sicha of the Awl wrote that 2312 “is his boldest trip into all of the marvelous SF genres—ethnography, future shock, screed against capitalism, road to earth—and all of the ways to thrill and be thrilled. It’s a future history that’s so secure and comprehensive that it reads as an account of the past—a trick of craft that belongs almost exclusively to the supreme SF task force of Le Guin and Margaret Atwood.”
In the episode, Robinson talks to Tim about the politics of science fiction, how robots have historically represented wage workers, and why we need to right Earth before we head to Mars.
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‘Erasing Death’ Explores The Science Of Resuscitation (audio; Terry Gross speaks with Sam Parnia on Fresh Air; 2013)
A fascinating scientific study of near-death / after-death experiences. Explores the mind/brain relationship. Highly recommended.
http://www.npr.org/2013/02/21/172495667/resuscitation-experiences-and-erasing-death
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A Martian Odyssey
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Science Weekly podcast: the origin of life
Scientist, broadcaster and writer Adam Rutherford discusses his new book Creation which explores the chemical origins of life on Earth, and reveals why he believes our future is in the hands of genetic engineers.
Alok Jha is joined by Adam Rutherford to discuss how life began some 4bn years ago – and the manipulation of its blueprint, DNA, through genetic engineering. Adam’s latest book, Creation: The Origin of Life/The Future of Life, is two books in one. The first details the latest research into how the first cellular life form emerged, and the second looks at the rapidly developing science of synthetic biology.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/audio/2013/apr/22/podcast-science-weekly-rutherford-creation
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Science Weekly podcast: Jaron Lanier on Who Owns The Future?
On this week’s Science Weekly podcast, Guardian science correspondent Ian Sample and Guardian digital correspondent Jemima Kiss meet scientist, musician and web guru Jaron Lanier to discuss his new book Who Owns The Future?
Alok Jha discovers the lesser known role of Isaac Newton as radical historian when he meets Jed Buchwald and Mordechai Feingold, authors of Newton and The Origin of Civilization, about Newton’s Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended, published in 1728, one year after his death, which unleashed a storm of controversy.
Plus, Ian is joined by Observer science editor Robin McKie to discuss this week’s science news, including evidence of water vapour on exoplanets and the bicentenary of the father of epidemiology John Snow.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/audio/2013/mar/18/science-weekly-podcast-jaron-lanier
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Book Review: Lee Smolin’s ‘Time Reborn’ : 13.7: Cosmos And Culture : NPR
Time is special. How we see it helps determine how we see the rest of the Universe. Physicist Lee Smolin has a new book out that says we’ve been looking at time the wrong way. Adam Frank digs in and offers his own perspective on Smolin’s argument.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2013/05/02/180037757/is-time-real
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Movie Review - ‘Star Trek: Into Darkness’ - Exploring Familiar Territory, Boldly And With Twists : NPR
The 12th film based on Gene Roddenberry’s ’60s sci-fi TV show is the second to star a new group of actors as Kirk, Spock and their crew. J.J. Abrams returns as director, and Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch plays the memorable villain.
http://www.npr.org/2013/05/16/184485990/into-darkness-boldly-and-with-a-few-twists
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KNS002 – Podcast-Krabbelgruppe und Katrins Projekt
In der 2. KonScience-Folge geht es um frohe Botschaften von der Konstanzer Uni, andere interessante Neuigkeiten, und um Katrins Projekt "Kommunikation von Diatomeen und Bakterien in Biofilmen".
"Krabbelgruppe" weil Mariëlles Podcastraum unter’m Dachfirst eingerichtet ist, sodass man sich darin nicht aufrecht fortbewegen kann.
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Science Weekly podcast: Cory Doctorow on an internet that sets us free | Science | guardian.co.uk
Author and web activist Cory Doctorow delivers the 2013 Sense About Science lecture
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