Biology


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The Superorganism: Exploring Insect Societies
Edward O. Wilson
December 9, 2008
01:08:05
Edward O. Wilson describes the lives of social insects in his new volume, The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies.
Daniel Beck: Gila Monsters Do Good!
Daniel D. Beck
November 6, 2008
00:58:39
Daniel D. Beck, professor of biology at Central Washington University, presents gila monsters and beaded lizards as two of the most intriguing lizard species in existence. Both are venomous, but their danger to humans is often misunderstood.
Lynn Margulis: Tales of Science and Love
Lynn Margulis
September 18, 2008
01:30:02
Internationally renowned evolutionist Lynn Margulis reveals science from the inside: its passions, disappointments, and triumphs.
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Chasing the Crescent Moon: Sickle Cell Disease
Kwaku Ohene-Frempong
July 26, 2008
00:59:06
A genetic disease mostly affecting those of African descent, sickle cell produces debilitating pain and a life sometimes cut short, especially for the undiagnosed.
Susumu Tonegawa: Genetics and Antibody Diversity
Susumu Tonegawa
May 2, 2008
00:59:12
Susumu Tonegawa gives a lunchtime talk and answers questions at the MIT Museum as a part of the 2008 Cambridge Science Festival.
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Choosing Our Genes?
Roberta Berry
April 7, 2008
01:17:33
In this ethics lecture Should We Engineer the Genomes of Our Children?: Navigational Policymaking in the New Genetic Era, Roberta Berry explains why this question poses a difficult challenge for policymaking in modern, pluralistic, democratic societies, and proposes how we might best respon
Natural History, Aesthetics, and Conservation
Harry W. Greene
May 23, 2007
01:05:06
Harry W. Greene discusses what there is to like about snakes, frogs, and crocodiles using the insights of Charles Darwin and Immanuel Kant.
Evolution of Our Moral Intuitions
Marc Hauser
April 26, 2007
00:54:26
Marc Hauser argues that morality, at some level, may be hard-wired into our brains, as an innate "moral grammar" that has evolved with us over time.