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1. | | NPR: Science Friday Podcast by Ira Flatow Available on: PodcastScience Friday, as heard on NPR, is a weekly discussion of the latest news in science, technology, health, and the environment hosted by Ira Flatow. |
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2. | | All In the Mind Podcast Available on: PodcastAll In The Mind is Radio National's weekly foray into the mental universe, the mind, brain and behaviour - everything from addiction to artificial intelligence. |
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3. | | Mammalian Cloning and Stem Cell Therapy by Rudolf Jaenisch Available on: Online VideoIn this talk, leading genetist Rudolf Jaenisch delivers a clear overview of the challenges facing the cloning, dispelling many of the misconceptions about cloning that are pervasive in popular media. |
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4. | | Getting Ready by Bernie Siegel Available on: Audio Download ($7.12) | Audio CD ($8.76) | Audio CassetteWith the right attitude, you can make your day of surgery one of rebirth! This uplifting audio program by medical revolutionary Dr. Bernie Siegel brings you a series of visualization exercises to help you... |
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5. | | The Naked Scientists Science Radio Show Podcast by Dr. Chris Smith Available on: PodcastThe Naked Scientists - interactive science, medicine and technology weekly live radio show with Dr. Chris Smith. We strip down science and lay the facts bare answering your science questions, interviewing top scientists and catching up with the latest top science news stories. |
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6. | | General Genetics Podcast by Fyodor Urnov Available on: PodcastIn-depth introduction to genetics, including mechanisms of inheritance; gene transmission and recombination; transposable DNA elements... |
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7. | | Nanotechnology by Colin Blakemore Available on: Online VideoWhat is nanotechnology? Will it change the world, as some have promised? What's all this about molecular machines in our blood? |
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8. | | Immortality by Ben Bova Available on: Audio Download ($12.60) | Audio CassetteIs death inevitable? Not at all, says respected author and futurist Dr. Ben Bova, who predicted... |
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9. | | James Watson on How He Discovered DNA by James Watson Available on: Audio Download | Online Video | Video DownloadNobel laureate James Watson opens TED2005 with the frank and funny story of how he and his research partner, Francis Crick, discovered the structure of DNA. |
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10. | | The Human Genome Project by Eric S. Lander Available on: Online VideoDr. Lander is a geneticist, molecular biologist and a mathematician, with research interests in human genetics, mouse genetics, population genetics and computational and mathematical methods in biology. |
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11. | | The Hot Zone by Richard Preston Available on: Audio Download | Audio CD ($7.96)In 1989, a shipment of 100 monkeys arrived at a biomedical supply company in Reston, Virginia.... |
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12. | | Aubrey de Grey Says We Can Avoid Aging by Aubrey de Grey Available on: Audio Download | Video Download | Online VideoCambridge researcher Aubrey de Grey argues that aging is merely a disease -- and a curable one at that. Humans age in seven basic ways, he says, all of which can be averted. |
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13. | | Debating Matters: Human Genetic Engineering by Mark Walport Available on: Audio Download | Online VideoDesigner Babies: Human genetic engineering is a step too far. |
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14. | | Human Cloning and Human Rights by Rudolf Jaenisch Available on: Online VideoIgnore the noisy debate around cloning, Rudolf Jaenisch quietly insists, and instead look closely at the biology involved. |
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15. | | The Enlightened Universe by Ray Kurzweil Available on: Audio Download ($4.95)How do you think about the future? As something long off, far away, “out there”? Think again, as eminent author, inventor and futurist Dr. Ray Kurzweil speaks with ease and eloquence about the challenging task of keeping pace with the exponential rate of technological change occurring on the planet. |
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16. | | Our Bodies, Our Technologies by Ray Kurzweil Available on: Audio Download | Online Video | Video DownloadHow close are we to a world in which the abilities of machines are indistinguishable from those of the species that invented them? |
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17. | | Genetically Modified Foods: Monsters or Miracles? by Nina Federoff Available on: Audio Download | Online VideoGenetically Modified Foods: Monsters or Miracles? with Nina Fedoroff. |
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18. | | Nanotubes by Sumio Iijima Available on: Online VideoCarbon nanotubes, some 1000 times smaller than conventional carbon fibers, have tensile strengths 100x that of steel and conduct electricity like metals. |
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19. | | Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering by Michael Sandel Available on: Audio Download | Online VideoThe Case Against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering with Michael Sandel and William Haseltine speaking at the 2007 Aspen Ideas Festival. Elliot Gerson moderates the discussion. |
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20. | | The Genome War by James Shreeve Abridged Edition Available on: Audio Download | Audio CD | Audio CassetteThe long-awaited story of the science, the business, the politics, the intrigue behind the scenes of the most ferocious competition in the history of modern science.... |
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21. | | A Life Eternal: Ray Kurzweil's Quest for Immortality by Ray Kurzweil Available on: Audio Download ($4.95)Life is uncertain and the future is difficult to predict. Our bodies are complex machines that grow frail as we age, and a long, healthy life can be elusive. But does it have to be that way? What if we could use our scientific knowledge and technological know-how to bend the rules in our favor—and maybe even change them completely? |
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22. | | Science Versus the Biological Clock by Nigel Cameron Available on: Audio Download | Online VideoDespite advances in medical research, we're all getting older - but that hasn't stopped the scientific search for the Fountain of Youth. |
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23. | | DNA by James Watson Abridged Edition Available on: Audio Download | Audio CDFifty years ago, James D. Watson, then just 24, helped launch the greatest ongoing scientific quest of our time... |
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24. | | Tissue Engineering by Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic Available on: Audio Download | Online VideoImagine a world where we could engineer living tissues to cure a disease, heal an injury, or fix a broken heart… |
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25. | | Medical Practice Management: Technology Podcast by Greenbranch Publishing Available on: PodcastFor the medical practice administrator or physician executive, discussion topics include electronic medical records, the internet, security issues, and selective vendors. |