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| Prospects of a Geoengineered World |
| Topic: Climate |
10/11/09 |
| Summary: The Hot Zone recently featured a conversation with Dr. Philip Rasch of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Dr. Rasch and his team create mathematical models of what the Earth’s climate might look like in the future. |
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| Aliens in the News |
| Topic: Alien Life |
09/19/09 |
| Summary: Newsweek magazine recently ran a cover story about the search for alien life. In this interview, Newsweek reporter Andrew Romano talks about the lure of Hollywood’s favorite story and real-life aspects of hunting aliens. |
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| The Evolution of EPOXI |
| Topic: New Planets |
12/22/08 |
| Summary: In this podcast, Tim Livengood and Vikki Meadows discuss the EPOXI mission and how it will be used to search for Earth-like planets in alien solar systems. |
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| Marco Polo and Meteorites |
| Topic: Meteorites, Comets and Asteroids |
12/01/08 |
| Summary: In this podcast, Beda Hofmann explores the links between meteorites and astrobiology, and discusses Europe's proposed Marco Polo Mission to an asteroid. |
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| How Deep is the Gene Pool? |
| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
10/13/08 |
| Summary: The latest issue of Astrobiology Magazine, European Edition features an interview with Anthony Poole, a molecular biologist at Stockholm University in Sweden. In this interview, Poole explains why horizontal gene transfer took time to develop, and what that means for our understanding of early life. |
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| Pondering the Planet of the Apes |
| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
07/07/08 |
| Summary: In this interview, Charley Lineweaver explains how the movie “Planet of the Apes” is based on a flawed notion of evolution. Understanding this, he says, has implications for our search for life elsewhere in the universe. |
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| Phoenix Shake and Bake |
| Topic: Mars |
06/23/08 |
| Summary: In this interview, William Boynton talks about the TEGA instrument on the Phoenix Lander, and explains what it can tell us about the possibility for life on Mars. |
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| The Present is the Key to the Past |
| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
04/21/08 |
| Summary: Mike Russell thinks life began in iron sulfide deposits at ocean vents. In this interview, he expands on his theory of how life originated, and explains why “life from space” scenarios are dead wrong. |
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| Visiting Mars, Again and Again |
| Topic: Mars |
04/07/08 |
| Summary: There are several new missions set to explore the planet Mars over the next decade. Astrobiology Magazine recently discussed these missions with Michael Meyer, lead scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program, and Luann Becker, a geochemist who is developing an instrument for the European Space Agency’s ExoMars mission. |
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