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Title: The Smartest Creatures in The Universe

Author: Seth Shostak

Format: Original Recording

Length: 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-20-17

Publisher: The Future Is Here, Smithsonian Magazine

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

Think we're smart? In this talk at Smithsonian Magazine's The Future Is Here Festival in Washington, DC, Seth Shostak explains why were probably not the smartest creatures in the universe, how SETI is going about looking for aliens, and the probability that life exists outside of our solar system.

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Title: Science Fact and 'Martian' Fiction

Author: Jim Green

Format: Original Recording

Length: 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-20-17

Publisher: The Future Is Here, Smithsonian Magazine

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

How realistic was 'The Martian'? In this talk at Smithsonian Magazine's The Future Is Here Festival in Washington, DC, Jim Green separates science fact from science fiction in the popular film The Martian. Learn not just what Hollywood got right, but what they missed.

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Title: Do We Matter?

Author: Rebecca Newberger Goldstein

Format: Original Recording

Length: 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-20-17

Publisher: The Future Is Here, Smithsonian Magazine

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

Do we matter? Does mattering matter? In this talk at Smithsonian Magazine's The Future Is Here Festival in Washington, DC, philosopher and novelist Rebecca Newberger Goldstein asks these questions and more. Find out why mattering matters so much to us from this MacArthur genius grant winner.

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Title: A History of the Future

Author: Nicholas Negroponte

Format: Original Recording

Length: 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-20-17

Publisher: The Future Is Here, Smithsonian Magazine

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

Where will technology take us next? As an author, co-founder of the MIT Media Lab, and serial investor, Nicholas Negroponte has been imagining the future for his entire career, and with no small degree of accuracy. In this talk at Smithsonian Magazine's The Future Is Here Festival in Washington, DC, Negroponte details not juts his successful past predictions, but those hes still betting on.

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Title: In The Beginning

Author: John Mather

Format: Original Recording

Length: 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-20-17

Publisher: The Future Is Here, Smithsonian Magazine

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

How did we get here? In this talk at Smithsonian Magazine's The Future Is Here Festival in Washington, DC, Nobel Laureate John Mather walks us through the Big Bang, Dark Matter, and the essential instability of the universe. Sound terrifying? Dont worry, Mather actually thinks the future will be much like the present only more so.

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Title: It's All About Rocks

Author: Kirk Johnson

Format: Original Recording

Length: 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-20-17

Publisher: The Future Is Here, Smithsonian Magazine

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

Can geology help predict earthquakes? Kirk Johnson certainly thinks they can do that, and much more Johnson calls himself Chief Rock Collector at the worlds largest museum. In this talk at Smithsonian Magazine's The Future Is Here Festival in Washington, DC, Johnson explains how earths geology can predict the future, helped create technology, and helps us imagine life on Mars.

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Title: Martian Self-Reliance

Author: Dava Newman

Format: Original Recording

Length: 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-20-17

Publisher: The Future Is Here, Smithsonian Magazine

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

Could we really colonize Mars? This episode features NASA Deputy Administrator, Dava Newman, in conversation with author and astronomer Phil Plait at Smithsonian Magazine's The Future Is Here Festival in Washington, DC. Learn not just how NASA plans to get to Mars, but why it will ultimately have to be self-sustaining on the Red Planet. Actually, Im still trying to figure that out on Earth.

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Title: Digging Up Whales

Author: Nick Pyenson

Format: Original Recording

Length: 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-20-17

Publisher: The Future Is Here, Smithsonian Magazine

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

How do you 3-D model whale fossils? In this talk at Smithsonian Magazine's The Future Is Here Festival in Washington, DC, Nick Pyenson gives us the down low on digitizing a whale fossil graveyard with the Laser Cowboys and why too much data can be a good thing eventually.

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Title: Ancient Mud Documents the Legacy of Romes Lead Pipes

Author: Helen Thompson

Narrator: Jamie Renell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 09-06-17

Publisher: Science News

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

Researchers examined lead levels in dirt drilled from two Roman harbor sites, Ostia and Portus, on the Tiber River. The samples spanned 1000 B.C. to A.D. 1000. Up until around 200 B.C., harbor waters were pristine, but then contamination started to creep in.

"Ancient Mud Documents the Legacy of Romes Lead Pipes" is from sciencenews.com, published on August 28, 2017.

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Title: How Horses Lost Their Toes

Author: Emily Underwood

Narrator: Jamie Renell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-06-17

Publisher: Science News

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

Ancient equines had up to four toes, which they shed as their body size grew.

"How Horses Lost Their Toes" is from sciencenews.com, published on August 28, 2017.