The Virtual Telescope Project: video promo

"This is the video promo of the Virtual Telescope, a project consisting in several cutting-edge technology telescopes accessible over the internet and making possible an unprecedent global science communication and cultural experience."



Source: http://www.youtube.com/user/VirtualTelescope

License: Standard YouTube License

Are We Alone for 04/06/09 - Life of Brain

Are We Alone - Life of Brain
We should award frequent travel miles to your brain. After all, it’s evolved a long way from the days of guiding brachiation from tree-to-tree to become the three pounds of web-surfing, Sudoku-playing powerhouse it is today. But a suite of technologies may expand human brains further still.

From smart pills to nano-wires: discover the potential – and peril – of neuro-engineering to repair and enhance our cognitive function.

Also, how our brains got so big in the first place: a defense of the modern diet.

Guests

• Bill Leonard - department chairman and professor of Anthropology at Northwestern University
• Michael Gazzaniga - neuroscientist and director of the University of California – Santa Barbara’s SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind. Author of Human: The Science Behind What Makes Us Unique
• Ian Pearson - futurologist at Futurizon
• Steven Rose - biologist and director of the Brain and Behavior Research Group at the Open University in London. Author of The Future of the Brain: The Promise and Perils of Tomorrow's Neuroscience

You can listen to this and other episodes at http://radio.seti.org/, and be sure to check out Are We A Blog?, the companion blog to the radio show.