WGBH-FM: WGBH Forum Network: Science, Tech and Innovation Podcast http://www.forum-network.org ]]> 2013 WGBH Educational Foundation NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 en ]]> Produced for WGBH Educational Foundation. science,technology,WGBH,WGBH FM,WGBH Forum Network Soapbox,Boston,Massachusetts WGBH Educational Foundation support@wgbh.org WGBH Educational Foundation no http://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/thumbnail/icon_510192.jpg WGBH-FM: WGBH Forum Network: Science, Tech and Innovation Podcast http://www.forum-network.org Mon, 24 Sep 2012 04:23:37 -0400 Anna Lappe and Frances Moore Lappe: Diet for a Hot Planet Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It.In 1971, Frances Moore Lappe's Diet for a Small Planet sparked a revolution in how we think about hunger, alerting millions to the hidden environmental and social impacts of our food choices. Now, nearly four decades later, her daughter, Anna Lappe, picks up the conversation. In her groundbreaking new book, the younger Lappe exposes another hidden cost of our food system: the climate crisis.]]> Mon, 24 Sep 2012 04:23:37 -0400 http://www.forum-network.org http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/396/510192/161669111/WGBH_161669111.mp3 Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It.In 1971, Frances Moore Lappe's Diet for a Small Planet sparked a revolution in how we think about hunger, alerting millions to the hidden environmental and social impacts of our food choices. Now, nearly four decades later, her daughter, Anna Lappe, picks up the conversation. In her groundbreaking new book, the younger Lappe exposes another hidden cost of our food system: the climate crisis.]]> WGBH,WGBH FM,WGBH Forum Network Soapbox,Boston,Massachusetts 0:00 no WGBH-FM http://www.wgbh.org/897 Renaissance Roots of Modern Science Science for the Public to discuss important discoveries, and rediscoveries, that brought about the first map to show America (The Fourth Part of the World (2009), and Da Vinci's iconic Vitruvian Man (Da Vinci's Ghost) (2012). Both of these accomplishments reflected an intellectual shift over centuries that led to modern science.]]> Mon, 10 Sep 2012 01:13:50 -0400 http://www.forum-network.org http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/396/510192/160858219/WGBH_160858219.mp3 Science for the Public to discuss important discoveries, and rediscoveries, that brought about the first map to show America (The Fourth Part of the World (2009), and Da Vinci's iconic Vitruvian Man (Da Vinci's Ghost) (2012). Both of these accomplishments reflected an intellectual shift over centuries that led to modern science.]]> WGBH,WGBH FM,WGBH Forum Network Soapbox,Boston,Massachusetts 0:00 no WGBH-FM http://www.wgbh.org/897 Anna Lappe and Frances Moore Lappe: Diet for a Hot Planet Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It.In 1971, Frances Moore Lappe's Diet for a Small Planet sparked a revolution in how we think about hunger, alerting millions to the hidden environmental and social impacts of our food choices. Now, nearly four decades later, her daughter, Anna Lappe, picks up the conversation. In her groundbreaking new book, the younger Lappe exposes another hidden cost of our food system: the climate crisis.]]> Mon, 03 Sep 2012 01:53:14 -0400 http://www.forum-network.org http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/396/510192/160483919/WGBH_160483919.mp3 Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It.In 1971, Frances Moore Lappe's Diet for a Small Planet sparked a revolution in how we think about hunger, alerting millions to the hidden environmental and social impacts of our food choices. Now, nearly four decades later, her daughter, Anna Lappe, picks up the conversation. In her groundbreaking new book, the younger Lappe exposes another hidden cost of our food system: the climate crisis.]]> WGBH,WGBH FM,WGBH Forum Network Soapbox,Boston,Massachusetts 0:00 no WGBH-FM http://www.wgbh.org/897 String Theory and the Universe's Hidden Dimensions The Shape of Inner Space: String Theory and the Geometry of the Universes Hidden Dimensions. String theory says we live in a 10-dimensional universe, but that only four are accessible to our everyday senses. According to theorists, the missing six are curled up in bizarre structures known as Calabi-Yau manifolds. In The Shape of Inner Space, Shing-Tung Yau, the man who mathematically proved that these manifolds exist, argues that not only is geometry fundamental to string theory, it is also fundamental to the very nature of our universe. Time and again, where Yau has gone, physics has followed.]]> Mon, 27 Aug 2012 02:15:57 -0400 http://www.forum-network.org http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/396/510192/160092057/WGBH_160092057.mp3 The Shape of Inner Space: String Theory and the Geometry of the Universes Hidden Dimensions. String theory says we live in a 10-dimensional universe, but that only four are accessible to our everyday senses. According to theorists, the missing six are curled up in bizarre structures known as Calabi-Yau manifolds. In The Shape of Inner Space, Shing-Tung Yau, the man who mathematically proved that these manifolds exist, argues that not only is geometry fundamental to string theory, it is also fundamental to the very nature of our universe. Time and again, where Yau has gone, physics has followed.]]> WGBH,WGBH FM,WGBH Forum Network Soapbox,Boston,Massachusetts 0:00 no WGBH-FM http://www.wgbh.org/897 The Life of Super-Earths: How the Hunt for Alien Worlds Will Revolutionize Life on Our Planet The Life of Super-Earths: How the Hunt for Alien Worlds and Artificial Cells Will Revolutionize Life on Our Planet. Sasselov discusses current efforts to search for other planets that may hold the key to this answer. Sasselov, the founding director of Harvard University’s Origins of Life Initiative, shows how the search for “super-Earths”—rocky planets like our own that orbit other stars—may provide the key to answering essential questions about the origins of life here and elsewhere.]]> Mon, 20 Aug 2012 02:01:42 -0400 http://www.forum-network.org http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/396/510192/159295218/WGBH_159295218.mp3 The Life of Super-Earths: How the Hunt for Alien Worlds and Artificial Cells Will Revolutionize Life on Our Planet. Sasselov discusses current efforts to search for other planets that may hold the key to this answer. Sasselov, the founding director of Harvard University’s Origins of Life Initiative, shows how the search for “super-Earths”—rocky planets like our own that orbit other stars—may provide the key to answering essential questions about the origins of life here and elsewhere.]]> WGBH,WGBH FM,WGBH Forum Network Soapbox,Boston,Massachusetts 0:00 no WGBH-FM http://www.wgbh.org/897 Alzheimer's Prevention Program
Alzheimer’s disease currently afflicts 5 million Americans; one American is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s every 70 seconds, and right now the only cure is prevention. Can Alzheimer’s really be prevented? What are the new research techniques being used to study Alzheimer’s disease? And what do they show us about the possibilities for preventing or delaying its degenerative effects?In his new book, The Alzheimer’s Prevention Program, Dr. Gary Small looks at what Alzheimer's disease actually is and reviews the research on preventing its onset. Small challenges the widely held notion that Alzheimer's is not preventable and discusses a variety of ways to keep the brain healthy.
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Alzheimer’s disease currently afflicts 5 million Americans; one American is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s every 70 seconds, and right now the only cure is prevention. Can Alzheimer’s really be prevented? What are the new research techniques being used to study Alzheimer’s disease? And what do they show us about the possibilities for preventing or delaying its degenerative effects?In his new book, The Alzheimer’s Prevention Program, Dr. Gary Small looks at what Alzheimer's disease actually is and reviews the research on preventing its onset. Small challenges the widely held notion that Alzheimer's is not preventable and discusses a variety of ways to keep the brain healthy.
]]> WGBH,WGBH FM,WGBH Forum Network Soapbox,Boston,Massachusetts 0:00 no WGBH-FM http://www.wgbh.org/897 Connectome: How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We Are Connectome: How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We Are.Seung is at the forefront of a revolution in neuroscience. He believes that our identity lies not in our genes, but in the connections between our brain cells—our own particular wiring. Seung and a dedicated group of researchers are leading the effort to map these connections, neuron by neuron, synapse by synapse — a development previously unobtainable due to the incredible computing power needed. The result would be a map of the brain's activity referred to as the "connectome", analogous to the genome.If they succeed, they hope to reveal a more complete understanding of the brain's workings, uncovering the basis of personality, identity, intelligence, memory, and perhaps disorders such as autism and schizophrenia.]]> Mon, 06 Aug 2012 02:23:38 -0400 http://www.forum-network.org http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/396/510192/158182785/WGBH_158182785.mp3 Connectome: How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us Who We Are.Seung is at the forefront of a revolution in neuroscience. He believes that our identity lies not in our genes, but in the connections between our brain cells—our own particular wiring. Seung and a dedicated group of researchers are leading the effort to map these connections, neuron by neuron, synapse by synapse — a development previously unobtainable due to the incredible computing power needed. The result would be a map of the brain's activity referred to as the "connectome", analogous to the genome.If they succeed, they hope to reveal a more complete understanding of the brain's workings, uncovering the basis of personality, identity, intelligence, memory, and perhaps disorders such as autism and schizophrenia.]]> WGBH,WGBH FM,WGBH Forum Network Soapbox,Boston,Massachusetts 0:00 no WGBH-FM http://www.wgbh.org/897 David Weinberger: Too Big to Know Too Big to Know: Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts, Experts are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room is the Room. Knowledge used to be a more straightforward matter than it is now; answers came from books or experts. But in the Internet age, knowledge has moved onto networks. There is more knowledge than ever, but it is different: topics have no boundaries, and disagreement is much more prevalent.]]> Mon, 30 Jul 2012 01:07:13 -0400 http://www.forum-network.org http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/396/510192/157575530/WGBH_157575530.mp3 Too Big to Know: Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts, Experts are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room is the Room. Knowledge used to be a more straightforward matter than it is now; answers came from books or experts. But in the Internet age, knowledge has moved onto networks. There is more knowledge than ever, but it is different: topics have no boundaries, and disagreement is much more prevalent.]]> WGBH,WGBH FM,WGBH Forum Network Soapbox,Boston,Massachusetts 0:00 no WGBH-FM http://www.wgbh.org/897 Oceanographer Sylvia Earle Discusses The World is Blue
Marine biologist Sylvia Earle, discusses her latest book, The World Is Blue, which reveals a global ecosystem on the brink of irreversible environmental crisis unless we act immediately.Sylvia Earle, the first woman to walk freely on the ocean floor (at a depth of 1,250 feet), has been called “Her Deepness” by The New Yorker and The New York Times. An Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society since 1998 and named Time magazine’s first “hero for the planet,” Earle has been at the forefront of deep ocean exploration for four decades. She is a dedicated advocate for the world’s oceans and the creatures that live in them.
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Marine biologist Sylvia Earle, discusses her latest book, The World Is Blue, which reveals a global ecosystem on the brink of irreversible environmental crisis unless we act immediately.Sylvia Earle, the first woman to walk freely on the ocean floor (at a depth of 1,250 feet), has been called “Her Deepness” by The New Yorker and The New York Times. An Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society since 1998 and named Time magazine’s first “hero for the planet,” Earle has been at the forefront of deep ocean exploration for four decades. She is a dedicated advocate for the world’s oceans and the creatures that live in them.
]]> WGBH,WGBH FM,WGBH Forum Network Soapbox,Boston,Massachusetts 0:00 no WGBH-FM http://www.wgbh.org/897 The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos. Greene is recognized for groundbreaking discoveries in superstring theory and was called the “single best explainer of abstruse ideas in the world today” by the Washington Post. Journey to parallel universes, an adventure grounded firmly in science and limited only by our minds.]]> Mon, 16 Jul 2012 01:57:29 -0400 http://www.forum-network.org http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/396/510192/156826624/WGBH_156826624.mp3 The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos. Greene is recognized for groundbreaking discoveries in superstring theory and was called the “single best explainer of abstruse ideas in the world today” by the Washington Post. Journey to parallel universes, an adventure grounded firmly in science and limited only by our minds.]]> WGBH,WGBH FM,WGBH Forum Network Soapbox,Boston,Massachusetts 0:00 no WGBH-FM http://www.wgbh.org/897