New Directions in Particle Physics

06/18/24 WGBH Forum Network webinar. CERN’s Large Hadron Collider has made very significant discoveries (including the Higgs boson), but physicists now need to expand the probe. Tulika Bose

Dark Energy and the Cosmic Expansion

12/14/21 The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is the most advanced probe of the relationship between dark energy and the expansion of the universe. A unique project in astronomy. Arjun Dey

The Mystery of Animal Migration

09/17/24 How migratory creatures navigate so accurately to their seasonal destinations, sometimes thousands of miles away, is still often a mystery. What do scientists know, and what are they still trying to discover? Charles Walcott

Sustaining Life: Biodiversity and Human Health

06/07/11 Aaron Bernstein, M.D, MPH and author explains how the unprecedented loss of biodiversity impacts human health.

The Vital Role of Seagrass in Marine Ecosystems

01/10/17 A fascinating look at the vital role of seagrass in marine ecosystems............ Barnabas Daru

The Battle for the Future of Food

06/11/24 WGBH Forum Network webinar. Industrial agriculture (“Big Ag”) is a major contributor to global warming, environmental destruction, and disruption of good farming traditions. There is a better way to feed the world without destroying the planet. Tim Wise

Breakthroughs in Nanotechnology

09/27/16 Advances in nanotechnology are revolutionizing medicine. A leader in the field describes recent developments and his commitment to making them available to a wide public. Sameer Sonkusale

What Should We Talk about When We Talk about Health?

01/30/18 A comprehensive approach to public health: the body, the environment, the culture, the conditions. Sandro Galea

Designing Sustainable Urban Development

11/25/19 How the world-class Sustainable Design Lab at MIT combines architecture, engineering, physics --and creative genius-- to design the optimal urban environment. Christoph Reinhart

The D-Lab at MIT: The People's Engineering Team

05/29/13 The award-winning D-Lab's unique approach to improving lives in the poorest nations. Amy Smith

Today's Featured Contributors

Featured Author

Les Kaufman, Ph.D.

Insightful essays about the relationship between environmental damage and extinction

Featured Guest

Max Tegmark, PhD

A prominent astrophysicist's perspective on multiple universes