Mario Livio: His Astrophysics, His New Book (Brilliant Blunders), His Other Books

09/25/13 Astrophysicist and popular science author, Mario Livio, talks about his science, his writing, and his passion for art

Dark Matter and Other Cosmic Mysteries

02/15/18 New insights about dark matter, primordial black holes, and gravitational waves. Julian B. Muñoz

What Happened to the Honeybees?

01/20/15 The decimation of honeybee colonies is also a public health warning about pesticides. Chensheng (Alex) Lu

Language Acquisition: How Many Languages Can You Learn?

10/10/18 The acquisition of even one language is very complicated. But there are some --called hyperpolyglotals-- who learn dozens of languages. How does the brain do this? Evelina Fedorenko

Our Record-Breaking Global Heat

01/07/25 Why climate scientists are very concerned about the global heat trend, how they analyze it, and what must be done. Mathew Barlow & Jeffrey Basara

How Plankton Blooms Absorb CO2

02/24/15 What causes the massive plankton blooms that are necessary for stabilizing Earth's CO2 balance, and how does the process work? Amala Mahadevan

The Youth Pill

09/10/10 What are the possibilities of extending human life and good health? David Stipp

What Ails American Healthcare?

08/30/22 The U.S. healthcare system ranks last among 11 high-income countries. We spend more than other nations on medical care, but the service is seriously inadequate. What can be done? Melissa Gariddo

Why Are We Spending Billions on Carbon Capture and Storage?

09/20/22 Despite the hype, carbon capture and storage (CCS) is not a solution to the CO2 problem. Charles Harvey

Renewable Energy Progress --Despite Resistance from the Fossil Fuel Industry

11/10/15 What we can do to speed up the transition to renewable energy, despite Big Oil's well funded resistance. Jeff Deyette

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Jané Kondev, Ph.D.

A major textbook in the field of physical biology

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Jané Kondev, PhD

An expert on the physical mechanisms of cells explains the implications of the random decisions cells make.