Program Archives

A TRIBUTE TO PHILIP MORRISON
May 2, 2005
Guests: Philip Morrison
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Famed physicist and SETI pioneer Philip Morrison has passed away at 89. He is remembered fondly by Harvard physicist and SETI researcher Paul Horowitz, and former JPL Director Bruce Murray. Emily...  more »

DIRECTOR JAMES CAMERON SEARCHES FOR ALIENS
January 24, 2005
Guests: James Cameron
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The maker of Titanic, the number one movie of all time, has now created Aliens of the Deep, an IMAX 3D documentary that takes us deep in the ocean to learn about possible life far from Earth. Emily...  more »

IBM ENTERS SETI@HOME'S GAME
December 6, 2004
Guests: David Anderson
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With the announcement of its World Community Grid, Big Blue may have paid a compliment to SETI@Home, the five year old Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence project that relies on millions of home...  more »

SETI@HOME CHIEF SCIENTIST DAN WERTHIMER SAYS SORRY, WRONG NUMBER
September 20, 2004
Guests: Dan Wertheimer
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The rumors of a message from an extraterrestrial intelligence have been greatly exaggerated, according to Dan Werthimer. He updates us on this and lots of other recent developments, including a...  more »

SETI@HOME TURNS FIVE!
May 17, 2004
Guests: David Anderson
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SETI@Home, the world's largest computing project, has just completed five years of its Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. We celebrate by visiting with the project's Director, David Anderson....  more »

LIFE ON MARS...AND EARTH
April 5, 2004
Guests: Andrew Knoll
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We visit Harvard biologist Andrew Knoll for a conversation about finding life on the red planet. Emily Lakdawalla is seeing red on another of Earth's neighbors, and Bruce Betts spins a tale of Death...  more »

COLUMBIA EXPERIMENT RECOVERED!
May 5, 2003
Guests: Louis Friedman, David Warmflash
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A special interview with Lou Friedman and David Warmflash, who reported in from the Kennedy Space Center. They had just witnessed the opening of the container that carried the "Growth of Bacterial...  more »

DEEP SPACE 1 / ET PHONES HOME!
April 7, 2003
Guests: Marc Rayman
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Deep Space 1 has just won an award. Project manager Marc Rayman talks about the ion-engine powered spacecraft that visited Comet Borrelly. Emily looks forward to TV from Mars. SETI@home's Dan...  more »

SETI@HOME AIMS ARECIBO AT THE BEST ET CANDIDATES
March 17, 2003
Guests: Dan Wertheimer
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After four years of data analysis, with four million personal computers on the job, SETI@home takes over the Arecibo radio telescope this week. Chief scientist Dan Werthimer talks about aiming the...  more »

LIFE IN THE EXTREME
March 10, 2003
Guests: Chris McKay
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On Earth, life always seems to find a way to thrive. Could the same be true on Mars? NASA planetary scientist Chris McKay wants to know. Chris also talks about Europa and Titan on this week's...  more »