Mini-review: Children of Men by PD James (audiobook)

The Children of Men by PD James was actually published back in 1993 and the story is set in 2021. The basic premise is that no human babies have been born since 1995 (for 25 years). This is an interesting premise, but the book was disappointing. Obviously such an situation would would have many [...]

Books and Ideas Podcast #9: Challenging Nature with Lee M Silver

This week’s podcast is a discussion of the book Challenging Nature: The Clash of Science and Spirituality at the New Frontiers of Life, with author Lee M. Silver of Princeton University. I am also putting this episode into the Brain Science Podcast feed.
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Some highlights from Recent Science Podcasts

I recently posted a list of some of my favorite science podcasts. Today I want to mention a few recent episodes that I think are worth listening to.
First, on March 8th, the BBC 4 podcast In Our Time did an excellent review of the history of Microbiology. Host Melvyn Bragg is joined by [...]

Brain Science Podcast #7: Bonobos with Stuart Shanker, PhD

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This is the first interview episode of the Brain Science Podcast. As a follow-up to #6, I had the opportunity to interview Stuart Shanker, PhD, one of the co-authors of The First Idea: How Symbols, Language, and Intelligence Evolved From Our Primate Ancestors to Modern Humans .
I really wanted to talk [...]

Books and Ideas Podcast #8: Palestine by President Jimmy Carter

I was a little hesitant to choose a controversial book, but after I read President Carter’s new book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, I felt the ideas were too important not to share. I also feel that anyone who reads the book for themselves will agree that Jewish Americans are being unfair when they accuse President [...]