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Final Episode Farewell

August 29, 2014 16:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MB

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Can Newly Discovered "Godzilla of Earths" Support Life?

June 03, 2014 16:00 - 10 minutes - 6.98 MB

You might have seen: Fox News, ‘Godzilla of Earths’: Alien Planet 17 Times Heavier Than Our World Discovered; http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/06/02/godzilla-earths-alien-planet-17-times-heavier-than-our-world-discovered/

Does HIV Provide Evidence for evolution or for Design?

May 21, 2014 16:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MB

You might have seen: New York Times, Creation, in the Eye of the Beholder; http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/20/science/creation-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder.html

Cave Skeleton Sheds Light on Human Migration

May 21, 2014 16:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MB

You might have seen: abcnews.com, Ancient Skeleton Shedding Light on First Americans; http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/ancient-skeleton-shedding-light-americans-23735483

Largest-Ever Dino Discovered: What Does It Mean?

May 21, 2014 16:00 - 14 minutes - 9.88 MB

You might have seen: theverge.com, Researchers Discover Fossils of Largest Dino Believed to Ever Walk the Earth; http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/17/5726404/largest-dinosaur-ever-discovered-in-argentina

Water on Saturn's Moon Enceladus?

April 04, 2014 16:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MB

You might have seen: New York Times, A Moon of Saturn Has a Sea, Scientists Say; http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/04/science/space/a-moon-of-saturn-has-a-sea-scientists-say.html

Moon's Age Reveals Fine-Tuning

April 03, 2014 16:00 - 13 minutes - 9.59 MB

You might have seen: Yahoo! News, New Geologic Clock "Resets" Date for Moon' Formation; http://news.yahoo.com/geologic-clock-resets-date-moons-formation-193248212.html

Big Bang "Smoking Gun" Discovered

March 17, 2014 16:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MB

You might have seen: BBC.com, Cosmic Inflation: "Spectacular" Discovery Hailed; http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26605974

Ringwoodite Provides Clues to How Earth Received Water

March 13, 2014 16:00 - 24 minutes - 16.5 MB

You might have seen: Nature.com, Tiny Diamond Impurity Reveals Water Riches of Deep Earth; http://www.nature.com/news/tiny-diamond-impurity-reveals-water-riches-of-deep-earth-1.14862

Designer Babies?

February 27, 2014 16:00 - 38 minutes - 26.8 MB

You might have seen: Bloomberg, Dad May Join Two Moms for Disease-Free Designer Babies; http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-25/dad-may-join-two-moms-for-disease-free-designer-babies.html

4.4 Billion-Year-Old Crystal Discovered

February 25, 2014 16:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MB

You might have seen: BBC News, Crystal Is "Oldest Scrap of Earth Crust"; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26324968

Scientists Discover 540 Million-Year-Old Treasure Trove

February 21, 2014 16:00 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MB

You might have seen: Yahoo! News,Treasure trove of fossils found in Canada will 'significantly' change understanding of evolution; http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/canadian-researchers-discover-mother-lode-of-fossils-in-b-c--park-144408422.html

Hugh Ross Reviews Carroll vs. Halvorson Caltech Debate

February 03, 2014 16:00 - 24 minutes - 16.5 MB

You might have seen: Veritas.org,(Meta)Physics: An Atheist and a Christian Discuss Physics and Philosophy; http://www.veritas.org/campuses/california-institute-technology/

Do Black Holes Really Exist? Interview with Dr. Don Page

January 29, 2014 16:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MB

You might have seen: Yahoo! News, Black Holes Get Even Weirder with New Stephen Hawking Theory; http://news.yahoo.com/black-holes-even-weirder-stephen-hawking-theory-114442413.html

"Jelly Donut" Rock on Mars?

January 24, 2014 16:00 - 11 minutes - 7.59 MB

You might have seen: NBC News, Mysterious Rock Found by Mars Rover: "We were absolutely startled"; http://www.nbcnews.com/science/mysterious-mars-rock-looks-jelly-doughnut-defies-explanation-2D11972899

Scientists to Check Out Metal Asteroid

January 23, 2014 16:00 - 11 minutes - 8.09 MB

You might have seen: Space.com, Strange Metal Asteroid Targeted in Far-Out NASA Mission Concept; http://www.space.com/24288-strange-metal-asteroid-psyche-nasa-mission.html

Common Ancestor of Carnivores Discovered

January 13, 2014 16:00 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MB

You might have seen: Science Daily, Tiny Ancestor of Lions, Tigers andBears Discovered

Tropical Forests and Extreme Weather

January 06, 2014 16:00 - 8 minutes - 6.11 MB

You might have seen: Science Daily, Tropical Forests Mitigate Extreme Weather Events, http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131218112952.htm

Plants, Evolution, and Cold Climates

January 06, 2014 16:00 - 10 minutes - 6.99 MB

You might have seen: Science Daily, Clues to How Plants Evolved to Cope with Cold, http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131222161805.htm

Human-Neanderthal-Denisovan Interbreeding?

December 19, 2013 16:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MB

You might have seen: BCC News, Mystery Early Human Revealed by DNA Data, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25423498

Does Hand Bone Find Push Human Tool Use Back 500,000 Years?

December 18, 2013 16:00 - 13 minutes - 9.45 MB

You might have seen: Fox News, Human Hand Fossil Turns Back Clock 500,000 Years on Complex Tool Use, http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/12/17/human-hand-fossil-turns-back-clock-500000-years-on-complex-tool-use/

Scientists Find Second, "Hidden" Language in Human Genetic Code

December 17, 2013 16:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MB

You might have seen: Breitbart.com, Scientists Find Second, "Hidden" Language in Human Genetic Code, http://www.breitbart.com/system/wire/upiUPI-20131212-174536-3107

Is Supernova Phosphorous Discovery Key to Life?

December 16, 2013 16:00 - 14 minutes - 9.89 MB

You might have seen: Yahoo! News, Element Essential for Life Found in Supernvova Remains, http://news.yahoo.com/element-essential-life-found-supernova-remains-192058557.html

Have Superconductors Detected Dark Matter?

December 10, 2013 16:00 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MB

You might have seen: Yahoo! News, Elusive Dark Matter May Have Already Been Found, http://news.yahoo.com/elusive-dark-matter-may-already-found-132401882.html

Does 400,000-year-old DNA Fit Human Evolutionary Story?

December 06, 2013 16:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MB

You might have seen: New York Times, Baffling 400,000-Year-Old Clue to Human Origins, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/05/science/at-400000-years-oldest-human-dna-yet-found-raises-new-mysteries.html

Did Native Americans Descend from Western Europeans?

November 22, 2013 16:00 - 16 minutes - 16.6 MB

You might have seen: New York Times, 24,000-Year-Old Body Shows Kinship to Europeans and American Indians, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/21/science/two-surprises-in-dna-of-boy-found-buried-in-siberia.html

Do Humans and Neanderthals Share a Common Ancestor?

November 21, 2013 20:00 - 47 minutes - 54.3 MB

You might have seen: Daily Mail, Neanderthal viruses dating back 500,000 years discovered in modern human DNA, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2509455/Neanderthal-viruses-dating-500-000-years-discovered-modern-human-DNA.html

280,000-Year-Old Spears Found

November 15, 2013 20:00 - 28 minutes - 12.9 MB

You might have seen: Fox News, Stone-tipped spears predate existence of humans by 85,000 years, http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/11/14/stone-tipped-spears-predate-existence-humans-by-85000-years/

Oldest Signs of Life Found

November 15, 2013 00:00 - 21 minutes - 9.96 MB

You might have seen: Telegraph.co.uk, Oldest signs of life on Earth found, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/10445788/Oldest-signs-of-life-on-Earth-found.html

Did Life Originate in Clay

November 09, 2013 00:00 - 24 minutes - 11.4 MB

You might have seen: Fox News, Study suggests life began with clay, echoing Bible creation story, http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/11/06/new-study-suggests-man-came-from-clay-as-bible-suggests/

Dry Antarctic Hills Test Flood Models

November 05, 2013 09:00 - 13 minutes - 6.41 MB

You might have seen: Live Science, Antarctic Hills Haven't Seen Water in 14 Million Years, http://www.livescience.com/40890-antarctic-dry-valleys-no-water.html

8.8 Billion Earth-Size Planets Found

November 05, 2013 09:00 - 26 minutes - 12.3 MB

You might have seen: Fox News, At least 8.8 billion Earth-size, just-right planets found, study says, http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/11/05/at-least-88-billion-earth-size-just-right-planets-found-study-says/

Scientists Discover Most Earth-like Planet Yet

November 04, 2013 09:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MB

You might have seen: Space.com, Strange 'Lava World' Is Most Earthlike Alien Planet Yet, http://www.space.com/23394-strange-alien-planet-earthlike-kepler-78b.html

Diamond Planets not Life Candidates

October 30, 2013 09:00 - 13 minutes - 9.56 MB

You might have seen: Yahoo! News, Diamond Planets Likely Dry and Inhospitable for Alien Life, http://news.yahoo.com/diamond-planets-likely-dry-inhospitable-alien-life-114154164.html

Scientists Have Discovered Most Ancient Galaxy Yet

October 24, 2013 09:00 - 16 minutes - 11.5 MB

You might have seen: Nature, Ancient Galaxy Is Farthest Ever Seen, http://news.yahoo.com/ancient-galaxy-farthest-ever-seen-170530661.html

A Misaligned Solar System Discovered

October 18, 2013 09:00 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MB

You might have seen: Nature, http://www.nature.com/news/kepler-finds-first-known-tilted-solar-system-1.13976

Do We All Owe Our Faces to a Fish?

September 27, 2013 09:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MB

You might have seen: BBC, Scientist hails 'jaw-dropping' fish fossil discovery; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-24296362

Rover Says It May Be Over for Life on Mars

September 23, 2013 09:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MB

You might have seen: BBC, Curiosity rover's methane result challenges life theory; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24165219

Did Meteorite Deliver Ingredient for Life to Earth?

September 20, 2013 09:00 - 18 minutes - 12.4 MB

You might have seen: Space.com, Meteorite Brought Surprising Ingredient for Life to Earth In 2012; http://www.space.com/22719-meteorite-surprising-organic-molecules.html

Is Science Key to Earth's Future?

September 17, 2013 09:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MB

You might have seen: Yahoo! News, Science Is Key to Earth's Future, Says Astrophysicist Martin Rees; http://news.yahoo.com/science-key-earths-future-says-astrophysicist-martin-rees-151042590.html

Lightning-Fast Evolution During Cambrian Explosion

September 16, 2013 15:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MB

You might have seen: NBC News, Cambrian explosion was indeed marked by lightning-fast evolution; http://www.nbcnews.com/science/cambrian-explosion-was-indeed-marked-lightning-fast-evolution-8C11139749

Can Humans Hibernate on a Trip to Mars?

September 13, 2013 09:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MB

You might have seen: Space.com, Incredible Technology: How Astronauts Could Hibernate On Mars Voyage; http://www.space.com/22520-incredible-technology-mars-astronauts-suspended-animation.html

Is NASA's Plan to Lasso an Asteroid Really Legal?

September 06, 2013 09:00 - 18 minutes - 8.26 MB

You might have seen: Space.com, Is NASA's Plan to Lasso an Asteroid Really Legal?; http://www.space.com/22605-nasa-asteroid-capture-mission-legal-issues.html

Ingredient for Life More Plentiful on Ancient Mars

September 05, 2013 09:00 - 17 minutes - 7.8 MB

You might have seen: Space.com, Ingredient for Life More Plentiful on Ancient Mars Than Earth; http://www.space.com/22618-mars-life-ingredient-plentiful.html

Did Neanderthals Influence Humans' Tool-Making

August 19, 2013 09:00 - 35 minutes - 24.4 MB

You might have seen: CNN, Neanderthal tools present new challenges to archaeologists; http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/12/world/europe/neanderthal-tools/index.html

Area 51 Has Been Declassified

August 16, 2013 09:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MB

You might have seen: BBC, Area 51 Has Been Declassified; http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23731759

Ancient Protein Reconstruction with Origin-of-Life Implications

August 13, 2013 00:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MB

You might have seen: Fox News, 4-billion-year-old fossil proteins resurrected; http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/08/09/4-billion-year-old-fossil-proteins-resurrected/

Genetic Evidence for Adam and Eve?

August 03, 2013 00:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MB

You might have seen: NBC News, Genetic 'Adam' and 'Eve' traced — but they didn't know each other; http://www.nbcnews.com/science/genetic-adam-eve-traced-they-didnt-know-each-other-6C10822690

Greenland Ice Cores and Climate's Future

July 26, 2013 00:00 - 23 minutes - 10.9 MB

You might have seen: National Science Foundation, Analysis of Greenland Ice Cores Adds to Historical Record and May Provide Glimpse into Climate's Future; http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=126670

There's Gold in Them Thar Hills

July 19, 2013 00:00 - 13 minutes - 9.6 MB

You might have seen: Washington Post, Origin of gold found in rare neutron-star collisions; http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/origin-of-gold-found-in-rare-neutron-star-collisions/2013/07/17/a158bd46-eef2-11e2-bed3-b9b6fe264871_story.html?hpid=z2

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