Did you know that malaria is a leading cause of child mortality? TV and film director Valerie Weiss talks to Fredros Okumu a leading mosquito biologist about how malaria makes you sick and why it causes so many deaths. One of the world’s deadliest diseases could be conquered in our…
Emily Carmichael, screenwriter of Jurassic World: Dominion, asks PaBeth Shapiro, Chief Science Officer at Colossal, about the differences between DNA found in animal living today and DNA found in animals from millions of years ago.
Can DNA survive intact in frozen sediment for millions of years? Meet the maverick scientists…
Does it matter if the world doesn’t have frogs? Amphibian researcher Gina Della Togna talks with Jon Turteltaub, film director, about why we need to keep frogs from going extinct.
The Ark at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama houses hundreds of large, captive communities of frogs, some of…
Albert Einstein, hidden formulas for fusion energy, stellarators, and time travel. For Drew Lindo, writer and producer for Quantum Leap, high-level science was at the heart of his episode “Secret History.” Quantum Leap is a revival of the original series (1989–1993) with Dr. Ben Song, played by Raymond Lee, who…
The world’s reliance on fossil fuels are a contributor to climate change. Can fusion be a solution? Learn when writer/producer Angela Harvey talks to Stephanie Diem, a physicist and engineer at University of Wisconsin-Madison.…
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Con artists and scammers occupy a unique space in the public consciousness these days. Just as they repulse us, so too do they draw us in. We feel the need to re-enact their stories in Hollywood: Enron, Bernie Madoff, Elizabeth Holmes…. Do we relive the con…
The emerging AI technology has many people thinking about how it will effect them, and society. AI technologist Ashley Llorens talks about his perceived positives and negatives of AI with TV writer Ariella Blejer.…
Different types of artificial intelligence seem to be popping up everywhere these days; music, art, and even writing. But what is AI and how is it different from AGI? Find out when AI technologist Ashley Llorens talks with TV writer Ariella Blejer.…
What is the difference between traditional and modern methods that are used for editing plant genetics? Find out when TV/film writer Emilia Serrano speaks with plant geneticist Bobby Williams.…
