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A salon with celebrated inventors of alternative futures. Science fiction is really a look at human history, society, and even human nature. Three authors of popular... video Is Science Fiction Science? Roundtable 26:12 Watch
A skeptic duels with a Christian theologian and a scientist who is a devout Muslim on whether or not belief in an all-powerful, eternal deity is truly compatible with... video Can We Believe in Both Science and Religion? Roundtable 26:11 Watch
An autistic teen helps brain researchers unravel the mysteries of the mind. Tito, a remarkable autistic teenager, joins three brain experts in a search for the causes and... video How Does the Autistic Brain Work? Roundtable 26:11 Watch
A group of distinguished physicists and astrophysicists outline the latest discoveries of how our universe began and continues to function, and marvel at how quickly the... video How Weird is the Cosmos? Roundtable 26:09 Watch
A group of biologists examine the multitude of unseen bacteria and viruses that inhabit every part of the globe, as well as the distinct differences between “good” and... video Microbes – Friend or Foe? Roundtable 26:11 Watch
Two Nobel laureates – a biologist and a physicist – take on the big questions. One of the greatest challenges facing science at the beginning of the 21st century is how... video How Does Order Arise in the Universe? Roundtable 26:11 Watch
From brain development to culture, music pervades the human psyche. A neuroscientist, musicologist and an educator discuss music’s universal appeal and its importance to... video Why is Music So Significant? Roundtable 26:12 Watch
Weird physics may spawn the next high tech. Three scientists who research the peculiar and tantalizing world of quantum computing speculate about how the fundamentals of... video Will Computers Take a Quantum Leap? Roundtable 26:11 Watch
Drugs and talking cures: why both may be good medicine. A psychiatrist and two psychologists debate the extent to which psychoanalysis, or “talk therapy,” has been... video Does Psychiatry Have a Split Personality? Roundtable 26:12 Watch
A physicist, a defense contractor, and an air force general link laboratories and battlefields. Three experts from different areas in the national defense establishment take... video How Does Basic Science Defend America? Roundtable 26:13 Watch
As two practitioners for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) square off with a traditionally-trained medical doctor and a leading public health advocate, their... video Who Gets to Validate Alternative Medicine? Roundtable 26:10 Watch
Four renowned brain scientists tackle the conundrum of how to define, let alone study, consciousness. Their differences are immediately apparent as they attempt to describe... video Is Consciousness Definable? Roundtable 26:12 Watch
Two planetary scientists and an astrophysicist make the case that the search for life in other parts of our universe has been made all the more valid by two recent... video Is the Universe Full of Life? Roundtable 26:24 Watch
A social scientist, an expert on science and Islam, and a card-carrying skeptic discuss how the clash between technology and religion reshapes our search for meaning. A... video Can Religion Withstand Technology? Roundtable 26:12 Watch
Experts wrestle with the ethics of clinical trials. A doctor specializing in HIV medicine, a bioethics lawyer, and a top FDA official outline the complex issues surrounding... video Testing New Drugs: Are People Guinea Pigs? Roundtable 26:12 Watch
