Designing synthetic materials to replace for biological tissue will revolutionize medicine. Progress is currently being made in many areas. On this program, Prof. Jenifer Elisseeff discussed her work on bioengineered tissue.

Managerial capitalism is the prevalent system in business for organizing large industries for mass production of goods. However, the failings of this type of capitalism are all too evident. This program presented ideas by Prof. Shoshana and Dr. James Maxmin of a new kind of capitalism, a distributed capitalism.

The new BART lines are nearing completion, allowing expanded service to new locations. The show featured a discussion with Mitch Stogner regarding the technology needed to operate these new lines.

The operation of the scientific enterprise relies on complex interactions between scientific institution, the government, and the public. In this milieu, science policy issues are formed. On this program, Prof. David Baltimore, the president of Caltech, discussed some current science policy issues.

Space may indeed be the final frontier, but our ability to physically explore it has been limited. Still, new technology may change this state of affairs in the near future.

Deep Blue is the legendary computer that defeated World Chess Champion, Gary Kasparov. However, this victory was not without controversy. In this show, the lead developer of Deep Blue, Dr. Feng Hsiung-Hsu, discussed the science and politics of building a super chess computer.

The Exploravision project encourages children to be interested in science by offering a unique competition designed to promote creative thinking. On this program, the director of the program, Mickey Ravenal, discussed the project and what kids can do to enter.

Maintaining the earth environment is a critical scientific and political issue. On this program, Prof. Michael Hoffman from Caltech discussesd current research directed at maintaining the earth environment.

Has technology improved our lives or just made it more complicated? That is the question posed in the new play, Alarms and Excursion. This episode featured the director, Soren Oliver, discussing this play.

Computer hackers compromise the security of information stored on computers. This show featured a discussion with Donald Pipkin of methods to prevent hackers from attacking a computer.