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Archaeoastronomy
Pueblo Indian Skywatching
Michael Zeilik
University of New Mexico
38 min.   61 kbps
Artificial Intelligence Through Simulated Evolution
Accelerating Problem Solving by Combining Machine Learning and Human Learning
David Fogel
Natural Selection, Inc.
28 min.   36 kbps
The Dark Side of Black Holes
Seven Ways a Black Hole Can Kill You
Phil Plait
Sonoma State University
51 min.   38 kbps
Human Evolution
The Origin of Adaptability and Human Beings
Rick Potts
National Museum of Natural History
35 min.   41 kbps
Human Population Growth and Global Warming
What are the Future Implications of Population, Affluence and Technology Growth Projections? How can the Future be Scientifically Analyzed?
Steven Schneider
Stanford University
40 min.   35 kbps
Intelligent Design
There is a Striking Resemblance between You and a Monkey: The Epperson vs. Arkansas Evolution Ruling, Supreme Court, 1968
Susan Epperson
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
53 min.   33 kbps

The Challenge of Intelligent Design
Eugenie Scott
National Center for Science Education, Inc.
62 min.   46 kbps

 Life on Mars
Biology and the Future of Mars
Chris McKay
NASA Ames Research Center
15 min.   44 kbps
Preserving Life on Earth
Auditing the Earth: Present Changes, Future Changes, and Irreversibility
Stuart Pimm
Duke University
35 min.   43 kbps
Saturn and its Moons: Newest Data
Cassini and Huygens at the Saturn System
Reta Beebe
New Mexico State University
54 min.   36 kbps
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Uncovering Extraterrestrial Intelligence: When Will It Happen, and What Will We Find?
Seth Shostak
SETI Institute
19 min.   44 kbps
The Search for Other Worlds
You Say You Want a Revolution: Planetary Systems Different from our Own
Geoff Marcy
University of California, Berkeley
October 2001
70 min.   38 kbps

Exoplanets, Yellowstone, & the Prospects for Alien Life
Geoff Marcy
University of California, Berkeley
February 2005
52 min.   44 kbps

Planets Around Other Stars
Heidi Hammel
Space Science Institute
April 2006
43 min.   44 kbps
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