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BowkerClimate Activist Mark Dunlea has spent a lifetime on these issues and is author of the new book: "Putting Out the Planetary Fire: An Introduction to Climate Action and Advocacy." The volume provides an overview of the central issues in the climate movement: Renewable Energy, Environmental Justice, Reparations, False Climate Solutions, Real Life Barriers, carbon pricing, Green New Deal, crypto mining, plastics, and military. -
DoubledayMichio Kaku is the co-founder of String Field Theory and is the author of international best-selling books such as "Hyperspace," "Visions," and "Beyond Einstein." He is the the Henry Semat Professor in Theoretical Physics at the City University of New York and he joins us to talk about his latest book "Quantum Supremacy: How the Quantum Computer Revolution Will Change Everything."
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Strange Universe With Bob BermanAt 8 p.m. on Sunday, twilight deepens and you’ll see Venus, the brightest “star” in the whole sky, and our jumping-off point for a celestial adventure. -
Strange Universe With Bob BermanJupiter comes closest to Earth this weekend – ideal conditions for observing the most dynamic planet in the known universe. Grab your telescope to view this planet's features that consist of dark belts, white zones, small dark and white circular storms, and, most famous of all, its great red spot. -
Strange Universe With Bob BermanThis year’s Perseid Meteor Shower peaked this week, and we have now entered our annual period famous for both haze and shooting stars. This week, we discuss meteor showers including the Leonid shower, the Geminid shower, and the perfect conditions to view these spectacular displays. -
Strange Universe With Bob BermanWant to experience the kind of cosmic panorama seen under the opening credits of “Star Wars?” You're at the right place at the right time. On Sunday at nightfall, we will be aimed toward the most concentrated part of our galaxy. During the first few hours of darkness, the Milky Way will neatly split the sky from north to south and pass directly overhead. -
Fresh off the first powered flight on another world, NASA's Mars 2020 mission has managed another key first that could pave the way for future astronauts. -
The tiny helicopter took off and hovered briefly — the first such flight on another planet. The Perseverance rover kept tabs on the mission from a viewing point about 60 yards away. -
An international team has put human cells into monkey embryos in hopes of finding new ways to produce organs for transplantation. But some ethicists still worry about how such research could go wrong. -
Harold McGee writes about the science of food and cooking. He is the author of the award-winning classic "On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the… -
NASA is counting down to what should be the final major test of the massive rocket it is building to put the first woman and the next man on the moon. -
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover is scheduled to land on Mars shortly before 4 p.m. Eastern Time today. Back in July the rover blasted off from Cape…
