Daniel Dennett is one of the leading advocates of evolutionary theory and a fierce critic of creationism.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Get a local sampler of Ithaca cuisine with David Hirsch of the popular and influential Moosewood Restaurant.
I dunno, but it seems kind of extreme, not to mention risky, to bio-engineer a mass mosquito die-off. So Steve Paulson tracked down the world’s greatest living entomologist to see what he has to say. E. O Wilson is sometimes called “the ant man” – that’s the insect he studied most – but he’s best known as the evolutionary biologist and a champion of biodiversity. He’s 86 years old now, and has just finished what is probably his last book – called “Half Earth”. It’s a passionate plea to save humanity by dedicating half the planet to nature. You’d assume that Wilson would be happy to let mosquitos live in that half… but that’s not what he told Steve.
Chris Moulin is a cognitive neuro-psychologist at Leeds University.
Biologist Bill Streever is a cryophile – someone who loves the cold.
Neurosurgeon Charles Limb and jazz bassist Mike Pope talk about some groundbreaking brain imaging studies of jazz musicians while they improvise.
For decades, urbanists have been thinking about cities as organisms. They take in resources, eject waste, spread and grow. Theoretical physicist Geoffrey West decided to put the idea through the mathematical ringer. So, are cities like organisms? Yes. And no.
You can also hear the uncut interview with West.
Ellen Handler-Spitz talks with Jim Fleming about the how imagination develops in childhood.
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