- -: Do You Have the Heroic Gene? - Paul Ekman
November 24, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/08/Does_Darwin_Illuminate_Emotion_and_Spirituality What makes a stranger jump into a subway to pull someone out of danger? Renowned psychologist and researcher Paul Ekman explains the instinct he calls heroic compassion. Ekam believes the reaction is gen...
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- -: Nature vs Nurture, Revisited: Can Persistence Be Taught?
April 6, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/03/18/The_Genius_in_All_of_Us_David_Shenk The Genius in All of Us author David Shenk addresses the question of whether behavioral traits are learned, or are based on genetic predispositions. Shenk cites a study that found seventh graders who were praised fo...
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- -: Can Your Behavior Affect Your Genes? - David Shenk
April 9, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/03/18/The_Genius_in_All_of_Us_David_Shenk Can the decisions you make influence your children's genetics? Maybe, according to emerging research. The Genius in All of Us author David Shenk introduces the field of epigenetics, which explores how environmental ...
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- -: Mammal Biology: As Temps Rise, Species Shrink and Diversity Wanes
June 10, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/05/18/Dr_Elizabeth_Hadly_Mammals_and_Climate_Change Stanford biologist Elizabeth Hadly explains some of the ways in which mammals may be effected by global warming. In addition to fluctuating populations and dwindling genetic diversity, she notes evidence s...
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- -: What Separates Us from Chimps? As It Turns Out, Not Much
February 26, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/02/15/Robert_Sapolsky_Are_Humans_Just_Another_Primate Neurologist Robert Sapolsky explores the genetic differences between humans and chimps, and describes the few genes that make our species unique. Our two species share over ninety-eight percent of the sa...
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- -: Long-Term Memory and the Brain
June 3, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/03/28/We_Are_What_We_Remember_Memory_and_Biology Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist Eric Kandel examines how long-term memories are formed in the brain. ----- Eric Kandel, who received the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, is professor of bioche...
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- -: Your Genes: More Virus than Human
June 21, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/06/07/Carl_Zimmer_A_Planet_of_Viruses Science journalist Carl Zimmer explains how viral infections throughout history have affected the human genome. Viruses make up "about 8 or 9 percent" of our genome says Zimmer. Startlingly, human childbirth would not b...
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- -: Testosterone and Crime: What Can Genes Tell Us About Behavior?
August 3, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/04/13/Steve_Jones_Nature_Nurture_or_Neither Evolutionary biologist Steve Jones notes that genes responsible for circulating testosterone in men are also to blame for most violent and criminal behavior. He argues, however, that the environment in which a per...
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Harvey Fineberg: Are We Ready for Neo-Evolution?
March 1, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Harvey Fineberg presents the technology that can induce evolution to favor the characteristics that we choose to have on our offspring. He challenges the human society to be ready for this so-called neo-evolution that may leverage the longevity of the future generations.
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Juan Enriquez: Genomics and Our Future
February 1, 2003 (over 21 years ago)Juan Enriquez talks about how important the impact of sequencing genomes can be in the course of life now and in the future.
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