
Are there Many Worlds? Does Time Exist? Are We Alone? Hosted by Director of Sciences Janna Levin, the Scientific Controversies series brings creative minds together to celebrate the passionate spirit of scientific curiosity. Previous guests include Nobel Laureate Frank Wilczek, geneticist George Church, and neuroscientist Christof Koch with subjects ranging from artificial intelligence and string theory, to dark matter, consciousness, and other unsolved scientific quandaries.
Past
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- Tuesday, Nov 27, 2018
Scientific Controversies No. 17: Dark Energy
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- Thursday, Sep 13, 2018
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No. 16: Swarm Intelligence
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- Thursday, Jul 26, 2018
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No. 15: Black Holes
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- Friday, Apr 13, 2018
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No. 14: Engineering a Cure
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- Friday, Dec 1, 2017
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No. 13: String Theory
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- Friday, Sep 8, 2017
Scientific Controversies No. 12: Artificial Intelligence
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- Friday, May 26, 2017
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No. 11: Consciousness
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- Thursday, Mar 9, 2017
Scientific Controversies No. 10: Genetic Manipulation
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- Tuesday, Nov 15, 2016
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No. 9: Dark Matter
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- Thursday, Oct 6, 2016
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No. 8: Are We Alone?
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- Friday, Dec 11, 2015
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No. 7: Containment
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- Saturday, Nov 21, 2015
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No. 6: One-Way Ticket to Mars
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- Wednesday, Jul 22, 2015
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No. 5: Is Reality Beautiful?
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- Thursday, Jun 18, 2015
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No. 4: Can We Explain the World?
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- Wednesday, Apr 29, 2015
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No. 3: The Goddamn Particle
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- Tuesday, Nov 18, 2014
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No. 2: Time’s Arrow
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- Tuesday, Oct 28, 2014