Day: May 10, 2015

Science behind Star Treck | StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson and Wil Wheaton

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WIL WHEATON & Science of Star Trek – StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Welcome back to StarTalk hosted by renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. Neil & co-host Eugene Mirman are joined by guests Wil Wheaton, Paul F. Tompkins and Kristen Schaal at the Neptune Theater in Seattle to discuss the science of Star Trek.

Co-host: Eugene Mirman
Guests:
Wil Wheaton
Paul F. Tompkins
Kristen Schaal

Great Science Debate: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Richard Dawkins, Bill Nye and Lawrence Krauss

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Origins Project – The Great Debate of Science Stories with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Origins Project – The Great Debate of Science Stories with Neil deGrasse Tyson

The Origins Project at ASU presents the final night in the Origins Stories weekend, focusing on the science of storytelling and the storytelling of science. The Storytelling of Science features a panel of esteemed scientists, public intellectuals, and award-winning writers including well-known science educator Bill Nye, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, theoretical physicist Brian Greene, Science Friday’s Ira Flatow, popular science fiction writer Neal Stephenson, executive director of the World Science Festival Tracy Day, and Origins Project director Lawrence Krauss as they discuss the stories behind cutting edge science from the origin of the universe to a discussion of exciting technologies that will change our future. They demonstrate how to convey the excitement of science and the importance helping promote a public understanding of science.

Origins Project – The Great Debate of Science Stories

About; Neil deGrasse Tyson (/ˈniːəl dəˈɡræs ˈtaɪsən/; born October 5, 1958) is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. He is currently the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space and a research associate in the department of astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History. From 2006 to 2011, he hosted the educational science television show NOVA ScienceNow on PBS and has been a frequent guest on The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, and Real Time with Bill Maher. Since 2009, he has hosted the weekly radio show StarTalk. In 2014, Tyson hosted Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, an update to Carl Sagan’s Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1980) television series.[2]

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Where do we go when we sleep ?

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The Mind after Midnight: Where Do You Go When You Go to Sleep?

We spend a third of our lives asleep. Every organism on Earth—from rats to dolphins to fruit flies to microorganisms—relies on sleep for its survival, yet science is still wrestling with a fundamental question: Why does sleep exist? During Shakespeare and Cervantes’ time, sleep was likened to death, with body and mind falling into a deep stillness before resurrecting each new day.

In reality, sleep is a flurry of action. Trillions of neurons light up. The endocrine system kicks into overdrive. The bloodstream is flooded with a potent cocktail of critically vital hormones. Such vibrant activity begs the question: Where do we go when we go to sleep?

Based on new sleep research, there are tantalizing signposts. We delved into the one-eyed, half-brained sleep of some animals; eavesdropped on dreams to understand their cognitive significance; and investigated extreme and bizarre sleeping behaviors like “sleep sex” and “sleep violence.”

Original Program Date:June 3, 2011