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Introduction to Human Anatomy
by John K. Young
Available on: Audio Download
Learn about your body with this lecture delivered by Professor John K. Young on the axial skeleton of the human. Professor Young starts the lecture with some definitions of basic human anatomy terms.
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The Life of Charles Darwin
by Chandak Sengoopta
Available on: Audio Download
In this lecture professor Chandak Sengoopta discusses the life of Charles Darwin covering the major events in Darwin's life including his voyage on the HMS Beagle and his eventual publication of On the Origin of Species in 1859.
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Consciousness, Creativity, and the Brain
by David Lynch
Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio | Online Video | Video Download
Award-winning writer, director, and producer David Lynch answers questions on his films, his 32-year practice of Transcendental Meditation, and the role of consciousness in the creative process.
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General Biology 1B
Available on: Podcast | Online Video
General Biology. Lectures include; Roots, Structure and Development...
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Mammalian Cloning and Stem Cell Therapy
by Rudolf Jaenisch
Available on: Online Video
In 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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Sherwin B. Nuland on Electroshock Therapy
by Sherwin B. Nuland
Available on: Online Video | Video Download
Surgeon and author Sherwin Nuland discusses the development of electroshock therapy as a cure for severe, life-threatening depression -- including his own.
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How Cancer Begins
by Robert Weinberg
Available on: Online Video
If you’re worried about getting cancer, do yourself a favor: steer clear of red meat and rich foods, and avoid cigarettes. In this lecture, Robert Weinberg provides the scientific basis for this commonplace advice…
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Vilayanur Ramachandran: A Journey to the Center of Your Mind
by Vilayanur Ramachandran
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video | Video Download
Vilayanur Ramachandran tells us what brain damage can reveal about the connection between celebral tissue and the mind, using three startling delusions as examples.
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Jill Bolte Taylor's Stroke of Insight
by Jill Bolte Taylor
Available on: Audio Download | Video Download | Online Video
Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions -- motion, speech, self-awareness -- shut down one by one.
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Richard Dawkins: The Universe is Queerer Than We Can Suppose
by Richard Dawkins
Available on: Audio Download | Video Download | Online Video
Biologist Richard Dawkins makes a case for "thinking the improbable" by looking at how the human frame of reference limits our understanding of the universe.
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Oliver Sacks: Musicophilia
by Oliver Sacks
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Neurologist Oliver Sacks discusses his newest book Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain.
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MRI
by Laurie Hall
Available on: Online Video
Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides a powerful means of not only distinguishing between different types of tissue but also of identifying whether the tissues are normal or diseased.
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Nanotechnology
by Colin Blakemore
Available on: Online Video
What 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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Architecture of the Brain
by Elly Nedivi
Available on: Online Video
In this lecture Elly Nedivi provides an overview on the basics of brain anatomy, working her way up the spinal column to the deepest recesses of the cerebral cortex.
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The Next 100 Years of Science
by Kevin Kelly
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Starting from this long-term view of science's past transformation, Kevin Kelly speculates on how the practice of science will change in the future.
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James Watson on How He Discovered DNA
by James Watson
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video | Video Download
Nobel 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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The Human Genome Project
by Eric S. Lander
Available on: Online Video
Dr. 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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Richard Dawkins on Militant Atheism
by Richard Dawkins
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video | Video Download
Richard Dawkins urges all atheists to openly state their position -- and to fight the incursion of the church into politics and science. A fiery, funny, powerful talk.
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Richard Dawkins: The God Delusion
by Richard Dawkins
Available on: Online Video
The God Delusion.
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The Origin of the Human Mind
by Martin Sereno
Available on: Online Video
UCSD cognitive scientist Martin Sereno takes you on a captivating exploration of the brain's structure and function as revealed through investigations with new advanced imaging techniques and understandings of evolution.
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Neuroethics
by Stephan Chorover
Available on: Online Video
Philosophers have long sought to answer questions about who we are, where we come from and where we’re going.
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Biolinguistics Explorations
by Noam Chomsky
Available on: Online Audio
This week's show broadcast a lecture by Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Noam Chomsky.
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Human Cloning and Human Rights
by Rudolf Jaenisch
Available on: Online Video
Ignore the noisy debate around cloning, Rudolf Jaenisch quietly insists, and instead look closely at the biology involved.
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Debating Matters: Human Genetic Engineering
by Mark Walport
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Designer Babies: Human genetic engineering is a step too far.
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Biology of Mood
by William Carlezon
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Between three and twelve percent of school-age children may suffer from attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder…
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