The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot, Award-Winning Science Writer
Host: David Inge
This is a repeat broadcast from Monday, March 22, 2010, 11 am
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Long for This World: The Strange Science of Immortality
Jonathan Weiner, Award-Winning Writer
Host: David Inge
This is a repeat broadcast from Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 11 am
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Science
How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival
David Kaiser, Ph.D., Department of Physics Head, Program in Science, Technology and Society, MIT
Host: David Inge
This is a repeat broadcast from Monday, January 09, 2012, 10 am
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Cultural Studies,
Science
Interview with Homer Hickam
This is a repeat broadcast from Thursday, May 24, 2012, 10 am
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
Susan Cain, J.D., Writer and Attorney
Host: David Inge
We have been told that the happiest people are the most sociable. Author Susan Cain says that may be why so many introverts hide from themselves. As a personality trait, she says, introversion is seen as something between a disappointment and a pathology. And that is a perception she is out to change. Cain talks with us about her new book "Quiet: the Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking."
This is a repeat broadcast from Monday, March 12, 2012, 10 am
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Cultural Studies,
Science
Insects
May Berenbaum, Ph.D., Professor and Department Head, Entomology, University of Illinois
Host: David Inge
We welcome back University of Illinois entomologist May Berenbaum for another show about the most abundant life form on this planet, the insect. When May stops by we encourage you to put aside questions of extermination, and instead try to appreciate insects for the many and varied ways they live their lives. If you are curious about a particular insect, give us a call, and a description, and May will try to identify it and tell you something about its habits.
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How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like
Paul Bloom., Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Yale University
Host: David Inge
This is a repeat broadcast from Tuesday, November 01, 2011, 10 am
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Science
Nanoscience and Technology
Irfan S. Ahmad, Ph.D., Executive Director, Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, University of Illiniois
Yi Lu, Ph.D., Jay and Ann Schenck Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois
Host: David Inge
Many scientists believe that nanotechnology, a field that involves engineering on a very small scale, has great potential to change both our economy and the way we live. At the nanoscale, materials we know well can have very different properties, making them valuable for a wide range of products. We’ll look at recent developments in this field here at the University of Illinois. We’ll have two guests, Irfan Ahmad, associate director of the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, and Yi Lu, professor of chemistry.
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Science,
Technology
Tinderbox: How the West Sparked the AIDS Epidemic and How the World Can Finally Overcome It
Daniel Halperin, Ph.D., Adjunct Associate Professor, University of North Carolina School of Public Health
Host: David Inge
Scientists believe that the virus that causes AIDS jumped from chimpanzees to humans about a century ago. It had been confined to a small patch of southeastern Cameroon, and it might have stayed there had not Europeans come, ensuring the disease would spread as an accident of their efforts to exploit Africa’s resources. We’ll look at the role of colonialism in the spread of AIDS. Our guest will be medical anthropologist Daniel Halperin, co-author of the new book "Tinderbox: How the West Sparked the AIDS Epidemic and How the World Can Finally Overcome It."
Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think
With Steven Kotler (Award-Winning Science Writer)
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Science