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NOVA brings you short audio stories from the world of science--anything from hurricanes to mummies to neutrinos. For more science programming online and on air, visit NOVA's Web site at pbs.org/nova, or watch NOVA broadcasts Tuesday nights on PBS. Primary Format : Science Also Listed as: Science City : Boston State/Province : MA Country : USA Country : NA User Tags: Warning: mysql_fetch_object(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /usr/home/sites/www.podcastdirectory.com/web/podcasts/index.php on line 218 User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: Short Stories | Stories | View this Podcast on a Google Map. Add to iTunes Text Only listing of NOVA Podcasts Trumix.com listings available of NOVA Podcasts Click Here to Update the directory of this podcasts programs.

Trumix.com listings available of NOVA Podcasts Build your own playlists with this podcast. Smart Birds Some parrots can talk-but can they really understand what they're saying? In this podcast, researcher Irene Pepperberg describes her cognitive experiments with African grey parrots, and discusses why the line between human and animal intelligence is sometimes blurry. Produced by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by Pfizer, the National Science Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and pu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tiny Black Holes CERN's massive particle collider in Geneva, Switzerland, may create tiny black holes when it goes online-hopefully-in 2008. Not to worry, though: In this podcast, physicist Dave Wark explains that there's no way these can destroy the world. This podcast was produced by David Levin. Interview with Dave Wark by Rima Chaddha. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Major funding for NOVA is provided by The DOW Chemical Company, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewe ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Supersized Black Hole Astrophysicist Andrea Ghez of the University of California, Los Angeles describes her discovery of a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. This podcast was produced by Susan K. Lewis and edited by David Levin. Interview by Susan K. Lewis. Music courtesy www.animalhospitalmusic.com. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public televisio ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website E = mc2 | Frank Wilczek Physicist Frank Wilczek of MIT offers his take on Einstein's famous equation. This podcast was produced by David Levin and Lexi Krock. Audio editing by David Levin. Music courtesy www.animalhospitalmusic.com. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. For more on E = mc2, visit www.pbs.org/nova/einstein Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website E = mc2 | Neil deGrasse Tyson Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson from the American Museum of Natural History offers his take on Einstein's famous equation. This podcast was produced by David Levin and Lexi Krock. Audio editing by David Levin. Music courtesy www.animalhospitalmusic.com. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. For more on E = mc2, visit www.p ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website E = mc2 | Janet Conrad Physicist Janet Conrad of Columbia University offers her take on Einstein's famous equation. This podcast was produced by David Levin and Lexi Krock. Audio editing by David Levin. Music courtesy www.animalhospitalmusic.com. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. For more on E = mc2, visit www.pbs.org/nova/einstein Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website E = mc2 | Sheldon Glashow Physicist Sheldon Glashow of Boston University offers his take on Einstein's famous equation. This podcast was produced by David Levin and Lexi Krock. Audio editing by David Levin. Music courtesy www.animalhospitalmusic.com. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. For more on E = mc2, visit www.pbs.org/nova/einstein Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website E = mc2 | Alan Guth Physicist Alan Guth of MIT offers his take on Einstein's famous equation. This podcast was produced by David Levin and Lexi Krock. Audio editing by David Levin. Music courtesy www.animalhospitalmusic.com. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. For more on E = mc2, visit www.pbs.org/nova/einstein Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website E = mc2 | Brian Greene Physicist Brian Greene of Columbia University offers his take on Einstein's famous equation. This podcast was produced by David Levin and Lexi Krock. Audio editing by David Levin. Music courtesy www.animalhospitalmusic.com. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. For more on E = mc2, visit www.pbs.org/nova/einstein Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Everything Bites Mark Siddall, a.k.a. Dr. Leech, says that while searching for the giant Amazonian leech, bloodsucking creatures were the least of his problems. Produced by David Levin. Interview conducted by Peter Tyson. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by Pfizer, the National Science Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and public television viewers. This material is based upon work supported by the National S ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Engineering Fiction Engineer Karl Iagnemma of MIT talks to NOVA scienceNOW's Susan Lewis about his dual life as a roboticist and award-winning fiction author. Produced by Susan K. Lewis. Audio editing by David Levin. Interview conducted by Susan Lewis. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by Pfizer, the National Science Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and public television viewers. This material is based upon work ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wired for Weight In this podcast, NOVA scienceNOW correspondent David Duncan talks to Dr. Jeffrey Friedman of Rockefeller University about the connection between genetics and obesity. Audio editing by David Levin. Produced by Dean Irwin. Interview conducted by David Duncan. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by Pfizer, the National Science Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and public television viewers. This ma ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mother of All Extinctions NOVA scienceNOW producer Joe McMaster asks our series host, Neil deGrasse Tyson, why everyone should know about the Permian extinction. Produced by Susan K. Lewis. Audio editing by David Levin. Interview conducted by Joe McMaster. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by Pfizer, the National Science Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and public television viewers. This material is based upon work su ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Extinction Happens NOVA scienceNOW producer Julia Cort talks to MIT geologist Sam Bowring about a mass extinction at the end of the Permian period and discusses whether it could happen again. Audio editing by David Levin. Produced by Susan K. Lewis. Interview with Sam Bowring conducted by Julia Cort. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by Pfizer, the National Science Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and public tele ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Longevity Gene NOVA scienceNOW producer Chad Cohen describes a new study that may link longevity to a gene controlling a certain type of cholesterol. Produced by Chad Cohen and Lexi Krock. Audio editing by David Levin. Interviews conducted by Chad Cohen. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by Pfizer, the National Science Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and public television viewers. This material is based upo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bacteria Unite! Bonnie Bassler of Princeton University explains how bacteria can "talk" with one another, and even join together in coordinated efforts. Scientists are beginning to see these microscopic creatures-once thought completely asocial-in a whole new way. Podcast produced by Susan K. Lewis and edited by David Levin. Interview by Carla Denley. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by Pfizer, the National Science Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical Ins ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cosmic Perspective: Happy Birthday, NASA NOVA scienceNOW host and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson offers a birthday greeting to America's space agency. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by Pfizer, the National Science Foundation, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Additional funding is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0229297. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Iceland's Clean Machines Jon Bjoern Skulason of Icelandic New Energy discusses the future of hydrogen-powered vehicles in Iceland. This podcast was produced and edited by David Levin. Interview by Joe Seamans. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. To learn more, visit www.pbs.org/nova/car Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Really Smart Cars Energy expert Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute thinks we may all be driving software-rich, really smart cars in the future. Listen in. Podcast produced and edited by Susan Lewis with additional editing by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by ExxonMobil, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. To learn more, visit http://www.pbs.org/nova/car Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cosmic Perspective: Intelligent Life? NOVA scienceNOW host and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson gives his "Cosmic Perspective" on what an alien civilization picking up radio signals from Earth might think. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by Pfizer, the National Science Foundation, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Additional funding is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Eavesdropping on ET Seth Shostak, senior astronomer for SETI, explains the organization's search for other intelligent life in the universe. Podcast produced by David Levin. Interview by Andrea Kissack. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by Pfizer, the National Science Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. This material is based upon work supported by t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Leeches! Mark Siddall, a leech expert at the American Museum of Natural History, wants to change how you think about nature's most notorious blood-suckers. Podcast produced by David Levin. Original interview by Julia Cort. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by Pfizer, the National Science Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. This material is ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bridge Doctors Structural engineer Michael Todd describes the state of bridge monitoring around the world. Interview by Rima Chaddha. Edited by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Additional funding is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0229297. Any opinions, findings, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cosmic Perspective: Telescopes in Space NOVA scienceNOW host Neil deGrasse Tyson gives his "Cosmic Perspective" on telescopes in space. Podcast produced by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by Pfizer, the National Science Foundation, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Additional funding is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0229297. Any opinions, findings, an ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Doctor Q. Dr. Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa is a neurosurgeon and cancer researcher at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD. In this podcast, hear the remarkable story of his career, which began as a migrant farm worker in southern California. Podcast produced by David Levin. Interview by Robe Imbriano. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by Pfizer, the National Science Foundation, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Additional funding is ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website To Test or Not to Test? Dr. Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses the ethical issues raised by commercial genetic testing. Podcast produced by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the Pfizer, the National Science Foundation, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Additional funding is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. This material is based upon work supported by the National Scien ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rock Star Geneticist Geneticist Pardis Sabeti does it all -- she finished a PhD while working her way through Harvard Medical School, wrote a computer algorithm that is now widely used for studying evolution, and even finds time to make music with her band, Thousand Days. Podcast produced by David Levin. Original interview by Robe Imbriano. Music by Thousand Days. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Finding a Fake Van Gogh NOVA scienceNOW's Dean Irwin discusses what he learned about this new computer technology while producing his story on digital art authentication. Podcast produced by David Levin. Music by Jeff Allen. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Additional funding is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Catching Forged Photos In this podcast, Dartmouth College computer scientist Hany Farid discusses his work on mathematical and computational methods for spotting digital forgeries. Podcast produced by David Levin. Interview by Rima Chaddha. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Additional funding is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. This material is based upon work supported by the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Finding Lost Memories In this podcast, hear from MIT's Eric Lander and Li-Huei Tsai about new experiments that are exploring whether "lost" memories can be regained. Podcast produced by David Levin. Interview by Betsey Arledge and Peter Standring. Music by www.animalhospital.com. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Additional funding is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. This mate ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cosmic Perspective: Dark Matter and Dark Energy NOVA scienceNOW host Neil deGrasse Tyson gives his "Cosmic Perspective" on dark matter and dark energy. Podcast produced by David Levin. Music by www.animalhospitalmusic.com. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Major funding for NOVA is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Additional funding is provided by the Alfred P. Slo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Newton's Alchemy In this episode, historian of science Bill Newman explains how while Isaac Newton was busy discovering the universal law of gravitation, he was also searching out hidden meanings in the Bible and pursuing alchemical experiments. Podcast produced by Susan Lewis. Audio editing by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. For more ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Hands on Hubble John Grunsfeld, an astronomer and astronaut, says that fixing the Hubble Space Telescope will be a delicate operation. In this podcast, he explains how astronauts will have to literally let their fingers do the walking when working on satellite -- and why the gloves of their space suits will play a major role in the mission's success. Podcast produced by David Levin. Interview by Rush DeNooyer. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Major funding for NOVA is provided by the Corporation for Pu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cosmic Perspective: Bad News and Uncertainty NOVA scienceNOW host Neil deGrasse Tyson gives his "Cosmic Perspective" on bad news and uncertainty in science. Podcast produced by David Levin. Music by www.animalhospital.com. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Major funding for NOVA is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Additional funding is provided by the Alfred P. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Cosmic Enigma Dark matter is a cosmic enigma. We can't see it or touch it -- so what is it? We asked MIT physicist Max Tegmark about the nature of this strange substance and why it remains so mysterious. Produced by David Levin. Interview by Julia Cort. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Major funding for NOVA is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Asking Big Questions Dr. Judah Folkman, a pioneer in the field of cancer research, passed away in January 2008. In this podcast, he describes how a high school chemistry teacher inspired him to think big, and make unlikely connections. Podcast produced by David Levin. Music by The New You. Judah Folkman audio courtesy Oberlin College. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Major funding for NOVA is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. Major funding for NOVA science ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Really Smart Cars Energy expert Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute thinks we may all be driving software-rich, really smart cars in the future. Listen in. Podcast produced and edited by Susan Lewis with additional editing by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. To learn more, visit http://www.pbs.org/nova/car Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Finding Lost Memories In this podcast, hear from MIT's Eric Lander and Li-Huei Tsai about new experiments that are exploring whether "lost" memories can be regained. Podcast produced by David Levin. Interview by Betsey Arledge and Peter Standring. Music by www.animalhospital.com. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Major funding for NOVA is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Speaking Ancient Maya Anthropologist Barbara Macleod says that studying the ancient Maya language offers a unique window into the past. Podcast produced by David Levin. Interview by Rima Chaddha. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. Major funding for "Cracking the Maya Code" is provided by the National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the H ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Finding a Fake Van Gogh NOVA scienceNOW's Dean Irwin discusses what he learned about this new computer technology while producing his story on digital art authentication. Podcast produced by David Levin. Music by Jeff Allen. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Major funding for NOVA is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Additional funding is pr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Eavesdropping on E.T. Seth Shostak, senior astronomer for SETI, explains the organization's search for other intelligent life in the universe. Podcast produced by David Levin. Interview by Andrea Kissack. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and public television viewers. You can visit us online at http://www.pbs.org/nova/sciencenow Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Global Meltdown Glaciologist Lonnie Thompson of Ohio State University discusses why we should worry about glaciers that are melting worldwide. Podcast produced by David Levin. Music by Michael Potvin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and public television viewers. For more scientist profiles, visit our Web site at http://www.pbs.org/nova/sciencenow Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Space Race Today The space race didn't end with NASA astronauts walking on the moon in 1969. Historian Asif Siddiqi says that today, new space powers like China and India are entering the fray. Podcast produced by David Levin. Interview by Rima Chaddha. Funding for NOVA is provided by David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. To learn more about the the space race during the Cold War, visit our Web site at http://www.pbs.org ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Trip to the Parthenon Art historian Jeffrey Hurwit of the University of Oregon takes us back in time for a glimpse of what the Parthenon would have looked like to an ancient Athenian in the 5th century B.C. To learn more about the Parthenon and current efforts to restore its ruins, visit http://www.pbs.org/nova/parthenon Interview by Gary Glassman. Podcast produced by Susan K. Lewis. Music by Michael Potvin. Watch NOVA every Tuesday night on PBS. Or join us online at http://www.pbs.org/nova "Secrets of the P ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Doctor Q Dr. Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa is a neurosurgeon and cancer researcher at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD. In this podcast, hear the remarkable story of his career, which began as a migrant farm worker in southern California. Podcast produced by David Levin. Interview by Robe Imbriano. Major funding for NOVA is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Coldest Frontier Simon Schaffer is a historian of science at the University of Cambridge, England. In this podcast, he discusses the search for absolute zero and its impact on science and technology. Podcast produced by David Levin. Interview by David Dugan. Funding for NOVA is provided by David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. To learn more about the race to conquer cold, visit our Web site at http://pbs.org/nova/zero Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rock Star Geneticist Geneticist Pardis Sabeti does it all -- she finished a PhD while working her way through Harvard Medical School, wrote a computer algorithm that is now widely used for studying evolution, and even finds time to make music with her band, Thousand Days. Podcast produced by David Levin. Original interview by Robe Imbriano. Music by Thousand Days. Major funding for NOVA is provided by The DOW Chemical Company, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. Major fundin ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dizzying Heights Dr. Peter Hackett is the Executive Director of the Institute for Altitude Medicine in Telluride, Colorado. In this podcast, he discusses the effects that altitude can have on the body. Podcast produced by David Levin. Funding for NOVA is provided by The DOW Chemical Company, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. To learn more about the dangers of climbing tall peaks and what it takes to survive, visit ou ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Leeches! Mark Siddall, a leech expert at the American Museum of Natural History, wants to change how you think about nature's most notorious blood-suckers. Podcast produced by David Levin. Original interview by Julia Cort. Major funding for NOVA is provided by The DOW Chemical Company, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Additional funding is ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Caught in a Culture War Journalist Lauri Lebo grew up in the area of Dover, Pennsylvania, and her father was a devout fundamentalist Christian. When a controversy over the teaching of evolution began to tear the town apart, Lebo not only covered the story, but also was personally affected by it. Produced by Susan K. Lewis and David Levin. Interview by Gary Glassman. "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial" is produced by NOVA and Vulcan Productions, Inc. in association with The Big Table Film Company. Funding ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Defining Science: The Power of Science Neil Shubin is a Paleontologist at the University of Chicago and the Field Museum. He says that scientific theories like evolution are different from other ideas for some very specific reasons. Produced by David Levin and Susan Lewis. Interview by Gary Glassman. "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial" is produced by NOVA and Vulcan Productions, Inc. in association with The Big Table Film Company. Funding for NOVA is provided by The DOW Chemical Company, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughe ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Defining Science: Science Is Not Dogmatic Robert Pennock is a philosopher of science at Michigan State University. He says that while many creationists claim that science itself is a religion, their argument simply doesn't hold up. Produced by David Levin and Susan Lewis. Interview by Gary Glassman. "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial" is produced by NOVA and Vulcan Productions, Inc. in association with The Big Table Film Company. Funding for NOVA is provided by The DOW Chemical Company, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Med ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Defining Science: Only a Theory? Philosopher Barbara Forrest of Southeast Louisiana University was a key witness in the 2005 trial of Kitzmiller v. Dover, the latest battle over the teaching of evolution in public schools. In this podcast, she explains that people who claim evolution is "only a theory" are misusing the word "theory." Produced by Susan Lewis and David Levin. Interview by Gary Glassman. "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial" is produced by NOVA and Vulcan Productions, Inc. in association with The Big ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Defining Science: Science vs. Religion Brown University biologist Ken Miller was a key witness in the 2005 trial of Kitzmiller v. Dover, the latest battle over the teaching of evolution in public schools. In this podcast, he describes the nature of science, its limits, and how it differs from religion. Produced by David Levin. Interview by Gary Glassman. "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial" is produced by NOVA and Vulcan Productions, Inc. in association with The Big Table Film Company. Funding for NOVA is provided by Th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Judging Intelligent Design In this podcast, U.S. District Judge John Jones describes what it was like to preside over the landmark case of Kitzmiller v. Dover, explains why he ruled that intelligent design does not qualify as a science, and more. Produced by David Levin. Interview by Richard Maurer and David Levin. "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial" is produced by NOVA and Vulcan Productions, in association with The Big Table Film Company. Funding for NOVA is provided by The DOW Chemical Company, David H. K ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Coach Don In this podcast, coach Don Megerle of Tufts University describes what it was like to train NOVA's 13 novice runners in the months leading up to the 2007 Boston Marathon. Podcast produced and edited by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by The DOW Chemical Company, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. To learn more, visit http://www.pbs.org/nova/marathon Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Taking the Marathon Challenge NOVA followed the progress of 13 novice runners as they trained for the 2007 Boston Marathon. In this podcast, hear three of them explain why they stepped up to the challenge. Podcast produced and edited by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by The DOW Chemical Company, David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. To learn more, visit http://www.pbs.org/nova/marathon Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Cosmic Enigma Dark matter is a cosmic enigma. We can't see it or touch it -- so what is it? We asked MIT physicist Max Tegmark about the nature of this strange substance and why it remains so mysterious. Produced by David Levin. Interview by Julia Cort. Major funding for NOVA is provided by The DOW Chemical Company, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sleep On It NOVA scienceNOW host Neil deGrasse Tyson describes his experiences as a test subject in a sleep study and explains what he learned about the connection between sleep and memory. This podcast was produced by Susan Lewis. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by the DOW Chemical Company, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medic ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tiny Black Holes CERN's massive particle collider in Geneva, Switzerland, may create tiny black holes when it goes online -- hopefully -- in 2008. Not to worry, though: In this podcast, physicist Dave Wark explains that there's no way these can destroy the world. This podcast was produced by David Levin. Interview with Dave Wark by Rima Chaddha. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Addi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Big Physics: Sheldon Glashow Physicist Sheldon Glashow of Boston University describes what he hopes the Large Hadron Collider will reveal after it becomes operational -- if all goes to plan -- in 2008. NOVA scienceNOW airs five Tuesdays a year on PBS and is available for viewing 365 days a year online. Produced by David Levin. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Additional funding is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Co ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Big Physics: Janet Conrad Physicist Janet Conrad of Columbia University describes what she hopes the Large Hadron Collider will reveal after it becomes operational -- if all goes to plan -- in 2008. NOVA scienceNOW airs five Tuesdays a year on PBS and is available for viewing 365 days a year online. Produced by David Levin. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Additional funding is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Co ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Big Physics: Peter Fisher Physicist Peter Fisher of MIT describes what he hopes the Large Hadron Collider will reveal after it becomes operational -- if all goes to plan -- in 2008. NOVA scienceNOW airs five Tuesdays a year on PBS and is available for viewing 365 days a year online. Produced by David Levin. Interview with Peter Fisher by Julia Cort. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Additional funding is provided by the Alfred P ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Big Physics: Dave Wark Physicist Dave Wark of Imperial College, London describes what he hopes the Large Hadron Collider will reveal after it becomes operational -- if all goes to plan -- in 2008. NOVA scienceNOW airs five Tuesdays a year on PBS and is available for viewing 365 days a year online. Produced by David Levin. Interview with Dave Wark conducted by Rima Chaddha. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Additional funding ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Hit or Miss NOVA producer Joe McMaster talks to NOVA scienceNOW host Neil deGrasse Tyson about the massive Apophis asteroid and why we don't yet know if it will hit Earth in 2036. NOVA scienceNOW airs five Tuesdays a year on PBS and is available for viewing 365 days a year online. Audio editing by David Levin. Produced by Susan K. Lewis. Interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson conducted by Joe McMaster. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Journey to the Island of Stability Historian and physicist David Kaiser of MIT talks about the past and future of efforts to make an extraordinary chemical element never seen in nature. NOVA scienceNOW airs five Tuesdays a year on PBS and is available for viewing 365 days a year online. Audio editing by David Levin. Interview with David Kaiser conducted by Vin Liota. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Additional funding is provided by t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Forging the Inca Empire The Inca Empire of South America lasted just over 100 years. But in that short span, the Incas conquered an area almost as vast as the Roman Empire. In this podcast, Terence D'Altroy of Columbia University describes why the Incas were so successful. Podcast produced and edited by David Levin. Interview by Peter Tyson. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Biggest Machine Ever Built NOVA scienceNOW host Neil deGrasse Tyson offers his perspective on the Large Hadron Collider, a massive particle collider in Geneva, Switzerland, that may go online in 2008. This podcast was produced by Susan Lewis. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Additional funding is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and public tel ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wired for Weight Jeffrey Friedman studies the molecular mechanisms that regulate food intake and body weight. He is a professor and researcher at New York City's Rockefeller University and Director of its Starr Center for Human Genetics. Dr. Friedman has been a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator since 1986. Audio editing on this podcast is by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Pu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Engineering Fiction Engineer Karl Iagnemma of MIT talks about his dual life as a roboticist and award-winning fiction author. NOVA scienceNOW airs five Tuesdays a year on PBS and is available for viewing 365 days a year online. Audio editing by David Levin. Interview with Karl Iagnemma conducted by Susan K. Lewis. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Additional funding is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Corp ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Shrinking Glaciers Glaciologist Lonnie Thompson of Ohio State University discusses why we should worry about glaciers that are melting worldwide. Podcast produced and edited by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. To learn more, visit http://www.pbs.org/nova/kilimanjaro Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Called By the Universe "What do you want to be when you grow up?" When Neil deGrasse Tyson was just a boy from the Bronx, the answer was clear. Hear Tyson describe his cosmic calling.Podcast produced by Susan K. Lewis. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Additional funding is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.Watc ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Touching the Past For Chief Anne "Little Fawn" Richardson, Pocahontas is more than a legendary historical figure. Richardson can trace her own ancestry back to the 17th century, when her tribe, the Rappahannocks, were part of a vast domain ruled by Pocahontas's father. In this podcast, Richardson reflects on the clash of cultures between Pocahontas's people and the English settlers of Jamestown.Podcast produced and edited by Susan K. Lewis. Interview by Kirk Wolfinger. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Fun ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Newton's Alchemy In this episode, historian of science Bill Newman explains how while Isaac Newton was busy discovering the universal law of gravitation, he was also searching out hidden meanings in the Bible and pursuing alchemical experiments. Interview by Susan K. Lewis and audio editing by David Levin. Podcast music courtesy of www.animalhospitalmusic.com. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Major funding for NOVA is provided by Google. For more on Sir Isaac Newton, visit http://www.pbs.org/nova/newto ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Power from the Sun Vijay Vaitheeswaran, energy and environment correspondent for The Economist magazine, describes how solar power may finally be coming into its own. Podcast produced and edited by David Levin. Interview by Steven Latham. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. Major funding for "Saved By the Sun" is provided by The Lemelson Foundation, with ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Solar Obsession In this podcast, green-energy expert Amory Lovins discusses the importance of energy conservation and the potential for solar power. Podcast produced and edited by David Levin. Interview by Steven Latham. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. Major funding for "Saved By the Sun" is provided by The Lemelson Foundation, with additional fund ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Art of Running In this podcast, elite athlete Uta Pippig describes her philosophy on running and her experiences as an advisor to 13 novice runners NOVA is following as they embark on their first marathon. Podcast produced and edited by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. To learn more, visit http://www.pbs.org/nova/marathon Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Reprogramming Genes Jean-Pierre Issa of the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center describes how a field called epigenetics may change the way researchers look at the disease. NOVA scienceNOW is available for viewing 365 days a year online. Produced by David Levin with help from Gaia Remerowski. Audio editing by David Levin. Interview by Sarah Holt. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Additional funding is provided by the Alfred P. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cosmic Perspective: Asteroid Impacts and Extinction As an astrophysicist, NOVA scienceNOW host Neil deGrasse Tyson has a unique view of the universe. Hear his "Cosmic Perspective" on why asteroid impacts here on Earth aren't necessarily a bad thing. NOVA scienceNOW airs five Tuesdays a year on PBS and is available for viewing 365 days a year online.Audio editing by David Levin. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Additional funding is provided by the Alfred ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cosmic Perspective: Looking Back in Time As an astrophysicist, NOVA scienceNOW host Neil deGrasse Tyson has a unique view of the universe. Hear his "Cosmic Perspective" on how light can show us the history of the universe. NOVA scienceNOW airs five Tuesdays a year on PBS and is available for viewing 365 days a year online.Audio editing by David Levin. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Additional funding is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Founda ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cosmic Perspective: Aging Stars As an astrophysicist, NOVA scienceNOW host Neil deGrasse Tyson has a unique view of the universe. Hear his "Cosmic Perspective" on aging in the cosmos. NOVA scienceNOW airs five Tuesdays a year on PBS and is available for viewing 365 days a year online.Audio editing by David Levin. Major funding for NOVA scienceNOW is provided by the National Science Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Additional funding is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.Visit the NOVA scienceNOW ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tom and Ray Take Liberties As producer Joe Seamans notes in this podcast, the hundreds of e-mails we've received from our audience for "Car of the Future" have been terrific, with great questions for the experts as well as ideas for the documentary. There also have been a few, well, rather imaginative suggestions. Tom and Ray, naturally, couldn't help having a little fun with them. Listen in.This podcast was produced by Susan Lewis and edited by David Levin. Interview by Joe Seamans. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Bosto ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ape Signs: PDF podcast In this PDF podcast, explore lexigram symbols used in Sue Savage-Rumbaugh's primate language studies to see how an ape can communicate on our terms. PDF podcast produced by David Levin. Lexigram images courtesy Sue Savage-Rumbaugh/The Great Ape Trust of Iowa. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers. For more on bonobos and what they might teach us about ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Talking With Apes In this podcast, hear about about Sue Savage-Rumbaugh's language studies with bonobos, a primate closely related to humans.Interview conducted by Rima Chaddha. Podcast produced and edited by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.For more on bonobos and what they might teach us aboutourselves, visit http://www.pbs.org/nova/bonobos Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Forgotten Genius: Who My Father Was In the last installment of a podcast series about the pioneering African-American scientist Percy Julian, his son, Percy Jr., tries to sum up an accomplished man who nonetheless fell short of his own dreams. Interview produced and conducted by Stephen Lyons and Llewellyn Smith. Podcast produced by Susan K. Lewis and edited by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and pu ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Forgotten Genius: Christmas Showdown In this third installment of a podcast series about the pioneering African-American scientist Percy Julian, Peter Walton tells a revealing story about asking Julian for a holiday vacation. Walton both worked for Julian and was, in effect, a surrogate son.Interview produced and conducted by Stephen Lyons and Llewellyn Smith. Podcast produced by Susan K. Lewis and edited by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH inBoston. Funding for NOVA is provided by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Forgotten Genius: Life with "Doc" Chemist Helen Printy, who worked for Percy Julian for 16 years, reflects back on her hard-driving boss and his distinctive cologne. This is the second in a series of podcasts about the trailblazing African-American scientist.Interview produced and conducted by Stephen Lyons and Llewellyn Smith. Podcast produced by Susan K. Lewis and edited by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broad ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Forgotten Genius: Percy Julian Percy Julian was arguably the most trailblazing African-American scientist of the 20th century. Long before the civil rights movement, he pioneered a path in academic and industrial arenas that were plagued by racial prejudice. In the first of a series of podcasts, hear from the forgotten genius himself. This excerpt was drawn from a speech Percy Julian gave at Indiana University in 1965, when he was at the apex of his career.Podcast produced by Susan K. Lewis and edited by David Levin. NOV ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Northwest Passage Roland Huntford is the author of many critically acclaimed books on polar exploration, including biographies of Robert Scott, Ernest Shackleton, and Fridtjof Nansen. Here, he explains why Norwegian Roald Amundsen was one of the last possible pioneers of terrestrial exploration. This interview was conducted by Louise Osmond. Audio editing by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadc ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Passion for the Wild Jon Krakauer, an experienced mountaineer who began climbing at the age of eight, is the author of many critically acclaimed books, including the bestseller "Into Thin Air." In 2001, he joined NOVA on an expedition to an unexplored part of Antarctica. In this audio piece, he reflects on what drives people to test themselves in remote and dangerous realms. This interview was conducted by Liesl Clark. Audio editing by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Polar Cold Benedict Allen is best known for the many arduous expeditions he has undertaken to the most remote corners of the globe, including the frigid poles. He is an explorer, BBC television correspondent, and the author of nine books about his adventures.This interview was conducted by Louise Osmond. Podcast produced by Lexi Krock and David Levin. Audio editing by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation f ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Longevity Gene Chad Cohen is a producer and correspondent for NOVA scienceNOW. In this podcast, he profiles the work of Dr. Nir Barzilai, the Director of the Institute for Aging Research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. Dr. Barzilai's research focuses on the basic mechanisms of the biology of aging.This podcast was produced by Lexi Krock and David Levin. Audio editing by David Levin. Interviews with Dr. Barzilai and centenarians by Chad Cohen