Science 418 Videos
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Air Date 10/12/2017Henry Louis Gates, Jr. discusses the fourth season of his PBS TV series, "Finding Your Roots." 14:54 -
Air Date 08/03/2017Dr. Shoukhrat Mitalipov and other scientists describe recent breakthroughs in gene editing to repair inherited conditions. 24:43 -
Air Date 05/24/2017Neil deGrasse Tyson introduces his latest book, "Astrophysics for People in a Hurry." 27:59 -
Air Date 05/18/2017Jim Nantz, Dr. Joseph Masdeu, and Dr. Stanley Appel on the advancement of Alzheimer's research and care. 28:29 -
Air Date 05/17/2017Gisele Bündchen and Paul Hawken on environmental activism and advocacy. 39:51 -
Air Date 04/03/2017Barbara Finamore of the NRDC on the dismantling of climate change initiatives. 09:02 -
Air Date 01/31/2017Philanthropist Eli Broad discusses financing art, science, and education. 16:14 -
Air Date 10/28/2016Nobel Laureate Eric Kandel discusses his latest book, "Reductionism in Art and Brain Science." 19:53 -
Air Date 10/18/2016A look at new advances in treating Essential Tremor, a nerve disorder. 11:28 -
Air Date 09/30/2016A discussion of the Rosetta, the first spacecraft to successfully orbit a comet. 13:43 -
Air Date 08/04/2016A look at the latest developments in the fight against the Zika virus with Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergies and... 11:27 -
Air Date 07/11/2016A look at the Juno spacecraft with Darrick Pitts of the Franklin Institute, Lauren Grush of The Verge, and Miriam Kramer of Mashable. 17:18 -
Air Date 07/01/2016The Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and physician introduces his new book, "The Gene: An Intimate History." 32:55 -
Air Date 05/27/2016A conversation about Zika and superbugs with Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health. 09:56 -
Air Date 04/08/2016Bob Wright, former president and C.E.O. of NBC, on his book, “The Wright Stuff – From NBC to Autism Speaks.” 17:45 -
Air Date 03/27/2016Andrew McAfee of MIT's Initiative on the Digital Economy discusses "the robot age." 15:32 -
Air Date 03/16/2016Alec Ross, Johns Hopkins distinguished fellow, introduces his book "Industries of the Future.” 14:01 -
Air Date 02/24/2016Maria Konnikova talks about her new book, “The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It…Every Time.” 14:07 -
Air Date 02/12/2016A panel discusses the announcement by LIGO Observatories that physicists have detected gravitational waves for the first time. 19:08 -
Air Date 02/04/2016Director Paul Dalio, actor Luke Kirby, and psychologist Kay Jamison discuss the film "Touched with Fire" and bipolar disorder. 18:51 -
Air Date 02/02/2016A conversation with Michael Milken, chairman of the Milken Institute, a nonprofit think tank focused on medical research and public health. 15:55 -
Air Date 01/11/2016USC's David Agus discusses his new book, "The Lucky Years." and how medical science can extend human life as never before. 19:44 -
Air Date 12/08/2015Physicist Lisa Randall explains the nature of dark matter and introduces her book “Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs.” 11:37 -
Air Date 11/04/2015Dr. Francis Collins, director of the NIH, explains the goals of Obama's Precision Medicine Initiative and BRAIN Initiative. 23:10 -
Air Date 11/04/2015Travelers' Jay Fishman, who was recently diagnosed with ALS, is joined by Dr. Jeff Rothstein to discuss the disease. 30:21 -
Air Date 10/12/2015Dr. Peter Whybrow presents his book, "The Well Tuned Brain: Neuroscience and the Life Well Lived." 12:39 -
Air Date 09/18/2015Several scientists discuss the research that led to their winning the Lasker Award. 34:08 -
Air Date 09/11/2015In memory of Dr. Oliver Sacks, we revisit past conversations with the acclaimed neurologist. 11:44 -
Air Date 08/04/2015Gina McCarthy, head of the EPA, describes the Obama administration's initiatives addressing climate change. 16:19 -
Air Date 07/29/2015Milner on DST Global's initiative to search for life beyond Earth and its Breakthrough Prize, an int’l award in the sciences. 17:18 -
Air Date 06/16/2015Jim O'Neill discusses the world economy and his campaign to explain the relationship between microbes and antibiotics. 28:02 -
Air Date 06/03/2015Elizabeth Holmes, C.E.O. and founder of the blood diagnostics company, Theranos. 26:54 -
Air Date 05/27/2015Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute, discusses his book, "The Age of Sustainable Development." 29:51 -
Air Date 04/08/2015Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman of Columbia Chairman introduces his book, "Shrinks:The Untold Story of Psychiatry." 17:55 -
Air Date 12/16/2014Activist Naomi Klein talks about her new book, "This Changes Everything." 27:29 -
Air Date 11/28/2014Actor Benedict Cumberbatch talks about his role in the movie "The Imitation Game." 28:02 -
Air Date 11/14/2014Chief negotiator John Podesta explains the greenhouse emissions deal between the United States and China. 18:43 -
Air Date 10/27/2014Author E. O. Wilson shares his book, "The Meaning of Human Existence." 24:58 -
Air Date 06/11/2014Journalist Thomas Friedman examines climate change in his television series, "Years of Living Dangerously." 30:00 -
Air Date 06/03/2014Co-founders Frank Waldman and Maik Maurer explain the technology that teaches people to read up to 1000 words/minute. 14:29 -
Air Date 05/15/2014The president of the Environmental Defense Fund shares his views on fracking and concerns about extracting natural gas. 15:15 -
Air Date 04/16/2014Correspondents Katty Kay and Claire Shipman discuss the "confidence gap" that exists between men and women. 22:36 -
Air Date 03/31/2014A panel of geoscientists exchange views on a recent U.N. report that outlines the global threat of climate change. 28:06 -
Air Date 03/07/2014Former C.E.O. of BP John Browne discusses his book, "Seven Elements That Changed the World." 16:29 -
Air Date 02/07/2014Journalist Lev Grossman explains what quantum computing is and speculates on its potential applications. 17:00 -
Air Date 02/05/2014Ellen V. Futter, Michael Novacek, and Neil Degrasse Tyson of the AMNH discuss the museum and what it offers. 27:34 -
Air Date 01/31/2014Seattle Seahawks owner Paul Allen talks about Super Bowl XLVIII and his brain institute. 25:59 -
Air Date 01/07/2014A look at Harvard's Human Connectome Project with science reporter James Gorman and Dr. Eric Kandel. 21:28 -
Air Date 10/29/2013Johnathan Reiner and Dick Cheney discuss their patient/doctor relationship in their book, "Heart: An American Medical Odyssey." 09:52 -
Air Date 10/21/2013The scientist explains how his team is writing genetic code to create new life, searching for life on Mars, and refining genome mapping. 32:12 -
Air Date 09/24/2013Al Gore and Bill Clinton discuss climate change and the need to address it via political action. 29:22 -
Air Date 09/16/2013Astro Teller discusses the research laboratory known as Google X. 15:21 -
Air Date 07/29/2013Chris Fischer, founder of OCEARCH, discusses tagging and tracking sharks and his organization's ocean conservation efforts. 14:58 -
Air Date 07/01/2013Composer Marc Neikrug discusses his recent record, which is intended to ease stress for patients with serious illness. 09:42 -
Air Date 06/27/2013Dmitry Itskov, founder of the 2045 Initiative, and robotics designer David Hanson describe their Avatar Project, a foray into experimental A.I. 18:15 -
Air Date 05/21/2013Journalists Andrew Revkin and Bryan Walsh explain how tornadoes develop and how possible it is to predict them. 15:02 -
Air Date 02/20/2013Eric Goode, founder of the Turtle Conservancy, explains the plight of the Madagascar Ploughshare Tortoise, a critically endangered species. 12:44 -
Air Date 11/01/2012Columnists Paul M. Barrett, Bryan Walsh, and Steve Coll discuss whether climate change had an impact on the severity of Sandy. 16:25 -
Air Date 10/08/2012Harvard scientist Lisa Randall explains the importance of the Higgs boson discovery, which explains how particles acquire mass. 13:43 -
Air Date 09/14/2012Reporter Gina Kolata describes a new discovery in genetics and the implications it has for understanding disease. 10:00