Science (Audio)

How cultural traditions have shaped, and continue to shape, our genomes with presentations on Genetic Impact of Culturally-Based Mating Systems (Marcus Feldman), The Grandmother Hypothesis and Rates of Aging (Kristen Hawkes), and Do Genetic Differences Affect Language Evolution? (Mark Aronoff and Carol Padden) Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 23905]

How cultural traditions have shaped, and continue to shape, our genomes with presentations on Genomic Basis for Dietary Shifts during Human Origins (Gregory Wray), Adaptations to Human Adult Milk Intake (Sarah Tishkoff), and Ongoing Evolution in Humans (Henry Harpending) Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 23904]

April 2012 marked the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. Join Scripps oceanographer Jules Jaffe as he recounts his experience as a member of the science team at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution that discovered the wreckage in 1985. Since joining Scripps, Jaffe has developed a number of underwater optical imaging systems that have offered unique views of a variety of organisms that live in the ocean. Jaffe describes his past and ongoing projects and explains how his work helps provide new insights into marine ecosystems. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 23549]

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory biological engineer Henrik Scheller chats with Sabin Russell, former San Francisco Chronicle reporter turned Berkeley Lab science writer. Scheller hopes to generate modified plants that are potentially more suitable for biofuel production. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Summer Series" [Science] [Show ID: 22555]

Merrian Fuller from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Environmental Energy Technologies Division joins former San Francisco Chronicle reporter turned Berkeley Lab science writer Sabin Russell to discuss financing and deployment of energy efficiency and renewable energy. Series: "Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Summer Series" [Science] [Show ID: 22554]

How cultural traditions have shaped, and continue to shape, our genomes with presentations on Origins of Modern Human Behavior (Alison Brooks), Culture-led Gene-culture Coevolution (Peter Richerson), and Human Adaptations to Diverse Environments (Anna Di Rienzo) Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 21015]

His Holiness the Dalai Lama engages with Larry Hinman of the University of San Diego, V.S. Ramachandran of UC San Diego and Jennifer Thomas of San Diego State University in a scientific and philosophical discussion of human consciousness. This is the final event of the Dalai Lama’s “Compassion Without Borders” tour sponsored by San Diego’s three largest universities. Series: "Dalai Lama" [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 23653]

Fifty years after the rights of Henrietta Lacks were ignored, federal law and ethical guidelines now govern the use of human subjects in research. How well do such safeguards work in an era of dwindling privacy and widening socioeconomic gaps? Philosopher Mary Devereaux leads a panel discussion with members of the UC San Diego Student Society for Medical Ethics in this final installment of the Henrietta Lacks series sponsored by the Center for Ethics in Science and Technology. Series: "Exploring Ethics" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 23216]

His Holiness the Dalai Lama joins esteemed scientists Richard Somerville and Veerabhadran Ramanathan at UC San Diego to discuss the need for humanitarian values and universal responsibility in responding to the impacts of climate change on communities and ecosystems. This lecture is part of the Dalai Lama’s “Compassion without Borders” symposium in San Diego. Series: "Helen Edison Lecture Series" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 20669]

Learn why Spencer Klein goes to the ends of the Earth to search for ghostly neutrinos in Antarctica. From Chernobyl to Central Asia, Tamas Torok travels the globe to study microbial diversity in extreme environments. Andrew Minor uses the world's most advanced electron microscopes to explore materials at ultrahigh stresses and in harsh environments. And microbes that talk to computers? Caroline Ajo-Franklin is pioneering cellular-electrical connections that could help transform sunlight into fuel. Series: "Science at the Theater" [Science] [Show ID: 23652]

Seth Lerer, the dean of Arts and Humanities at UC San Diego, presents how language, the written word and the recognition of the passage of time have led to the modern conception of self and the individual in this series exploring what it means to be human. Lerer’s lecture is part of the “To Be Human” series sponsored by the Making of the Modern World program at Eleanor Roosevelt College at UC San Diego. Series: "To Be Human " [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 23245]

Edward Rubin, Carnegie Mellon University, explores the role of government actions in fostering the technology innovations needed to address global climate change. Several key questions are addressed: What kinds of innovations are needed to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions? What do we know about the process of technology innovation? How do government actions influence that process? And, what types of policies can stimulate innovations that help mitigate climate change? Series: "Election 2012" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 23749]

UC Santa Barbara Professor Mark Rodwell, whose research has extended the limits of high-frequency radio, high-speed optical communications, and powerful imaging applications, has been awarded the Doluca Family Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering in recognition of his exceptional achievements. He discusses his work in the area of analog and mixed-signal circuit design Series: "Scientific Horizons " [Science] [Education] [Show ID: 22734]

When the massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck Japan last March, Scripps Oceanography was listening. The Institution operates local, national and international seismic observing systems, each finely tuned for detecting earthquakes – from those in our backyard to ones on the other side of the globe. Join Scripps seismologist Frank Vernon as he describes two such projects: the USArray Transportable Array and the San Jacinto Fault Zone Experiment. Learn how Scripps scientists are “wiring” the earth to understand the rumblings of our dynamic planet. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 23548]

Mark Mann of Point Loma Nazarene University leads a panel of distinguished religious scholars in discussing how the various views of life, death, and the afterlife intersect with theological and ethical issues that lie at the heart of the Henrietta Lacks story. This lecture is part of the Henrietta Lacks series sponsored by the Center for Ethics in Science and Technology in San Diego. Series: "Exploring Ethics" [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 23214]