All Conversations

Title People
ARE HUMAN BRAINS UNIQUE?
Michael Gazzaniga [4.9.08]
TOPIC:  MIND
TAGS: Brain, Neuroscience, Consciousness
ELIZA'S WORLD
Nicholas G. Carr [4.3.08]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Biography, Computer Science
Contributor(s): Jaron Lanier, Kevin Kelly
MODELING THE FUTURE
A Talk with Stephen Schneider [3.30.08]
TOPIC:  UNIVERSE
TAGS: Climate, Modeling
NEWSPAPERS AND THINKING THE UNTHINKABLE
Clay Shirky [3.16.08]
TOPIC:  TECHNOLOGY
TAGS: Media, Internet Culture
Contributor(s): Nicholas G. Carr, Marc Frons, Martin Wattenberg, Fernanda Viegas
ANTS HAVE ALGORITHMS
A Talk with Iain Couzin [3.11.08]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Behavior, Biology, Natural Selection, Evolution
SOCIAL NETWORKS ARE LIKE THE EYE
Nicholas A. Christakis [2.25.08]
TOPIC:  MIND
TAGS: Social Networks, Behavior
Contributor(s): Douglas Rushkoff, Alan Alda, Nicholas A. Christakis
ENGINEERING BIOLOGY
A Talk with Drew Endy [2.17.08]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Genetics, Dna, Biotechnology, Synthetic Biology
Mentioned: George Church, J. Craig Venter
THE IMPLICIT ASSOCIATION TEST
A Talk with Mahzarin Banaji, Anthony Greenwald [2.12.08]
TOPIC:  MIND
TAGS: Behavior, Bias
PANORAMAS AND PHOTO TECHNOLOGY FROM ICELAND AND GREENLAND
Photo Essay By Nathan Myhrvold [2.5.08]
TOPIC:  TECHNOLOGY
BETTER THAN FREE
Kevin Kelly [2.5.08]
TOPIC:  TECHNOLOGY
TAGS: Media
HYPERPOLITICS (AMERICAN STYLE)
Mark Pesce [2.4.08]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
LIFE: A GENE-CENTRIC VIEW
Edge @ DLD A Conversation in Munich Richard Dawkins, J. Craig Venter, John Brockman [1.23.08]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Dld, Genetics, Synthetic Biology, Genetic Engineering
WHAT'S YOUR CONSUMPTION FACTOR?
Jared Diamond [1.13.08]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Consumption, Climate
SCIENCE AND THE CANDIDATES
By Lawrence M. Krauss [12.5.07]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Science
A DNA-DRIVEN WORLD
The 32nd Richard Dimbleby Lecture Delivered by J. Craig Venter [12.4.07]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Genetics, Biology, Genetic Engineering
Terrorism and Radicalization: What Not to Do, What to Do
A presentation by Scott Atran [10.30.07]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Terrorism
A COOPERATIVE FORAGING EXPERIMENT— LESSONS FROM ANTS
Seirian Sumner [10.14.07]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Cooperation
Mentioned: Hans Ulrich Obrist
THE TRADESCANT'S ARK EXPERIMENT
Timothy Taylor [10.14.07]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
HOW OUR LIMBS ARE PATTERNED LIKE THE FRENCH FLAG
Lewis Wolpert [10.14.07]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Embryology
WHAT BANGED?
Neil Turok [10.14.07]
TOPIC:  UNIVERSE
SOME LIKE IT HOT
By Steve Jones [10.14.07]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Dna, Genetics
THE SONG OF SONGS
Armand Marie Leroi [10.14.07]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Music, Evolution
Mentioned: Brian Eno
DO WOMEN HAVE BETTER EMPATHY THAN MEN?
Simon Baron-Cohen [10.14.07]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Empathy
WHAT IS YOUR FORMULA? YOUR EQUATION? YOUR ALGORITHM?
FORMULAE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY By Hans Ulrich Obrist [10.12.07]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Serpentine Gallery
MORAL PSYCHOLOGY AND THE MISUNDERSTANDING OF RELIGION
By Jonathan Haidt [9.21.07]
TOPIC:  MIND
TAGS: Psychology, Morality
Contributor(s): Jonathan Haidt, Marc D. Hauser, P Z Myers, Sam Harris, Michael Shermer, David Sloan Wilson
BOOTSTRAPPING OUR WAY TO AN AGELESS FUTURE
Aubrey De Grey [9.18.07]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Aging, Gerentology
EINSTEIN: AN EDGE SYMPOSIUM
By Brian Greene, Paul Steinhardt, Walter Isaacson [9.15.07]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Einstein, Physics, Relativity
A SLICE OF SCIFOO
Frank Wilczek [9.3.07]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Scifoo
Contributor(s): Lee Smolin, Betsy Devine, George Dyson
Freeman Dyson- LIFE: WHAT A CONCEPT!
An Edge Special Event at Eastover Farm Freeman Dyson [8.27.07]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Dna, Rna
Mentioned: George Church, J. Craig Venter, Seth Lloyd
Seth Lloyd—LIFE: WHAT A CONCEPT!
An Edge Special Event at Eastover Farm Seth Lloyd [8.27.07]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Computing, Quantum Mechanics, Chemistry
Mentioned: Dimitar D. Sasselov, Freeman Dyson, George Church, J. Craig Venter, Robert Shapiro
Dimitar Sasselov— LIFE: WHAT A CONCEPT!
An Edge Special Event at Eastover Farm Dimitar D. Sasselov [8.27.07]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Universe, Earth
Mentioned: Freeman Dyson, George Church, J. Craig Venter, Robert Shapiro, Seth Lloyd
George Church—LIFE: WHAT A CONCEPT!
George Church [8.27.07]
TOPIC:  LIFE
Mentioned: Dimitar D. Sasselov, Freeman Dyson, J. Craig Venter, Robert Shapiro, Seth Lloyd
Craig Venter—LIFE: WHAT A CONCEPT!
An Edge Special Event at Eastover Farm J. Craig Venter [8.27.07]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Dna
Mentioned: Dimitar D. Sasselov, Freeman Dyson, George Church, Robert Shapiro, Seth Lloyd
THE CHANGING ARCTIC
By Alun Anderson [8.13.07]
TOPIC:  UNIVERSE
TAGS: Climate, Arctic
SCIFOO 2007
George Dyson [8.8.07]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
HERETICAL THOUGHTS ABOUT SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
An essay by Freeman Dyson [8.7.07]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Climate
LIONS: AFRICA'S MAGNIFICENT PREDATORS
Photo Essay By Nathan Myhrvold [7.31.07]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
CHANGING ONE SPECIES TO ANOTHER
J. Craig Venter [7.30.07]
TOPIC:  LIFE
Master Class 2007: A Short Course In Thinking About Thinking
By Daniel Kahneman [7.18.07]
TOPIC:  MIND
TAGS: Behavioral Economics, Psychology
Mentioned: Sergey Brin, Larry Page
THE CRAWFOORD PRIZE IN BIOSCIENCES 2007
Robert Trivers [7.18.07]
TOPIC:  LIFE
THE TECHNIUM AND THE 7TH KINGDOM OF LIFE
A Talk with Kevin Kelly [7.18.07]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
REGARDING A NEW HUMANISM
By Salvador Pániker [7.3.07]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Third Culture
RECURSION AND HUMAN THOUGHT
WHY THE PIRAHÃ DON'T HAVE NUMBERS A Talk With Daniel L. Everett [6.11.07]
TOPIC:  MIND
TAGS: Language
Contributor(s): Robert D. Van Valin, David Pesetsky, Robert D. Van Valin, Daniel L. Everett, David Pesetsky, Robert D. Van Valin, Daniel L. Everett, Steven Pinker
FAUST IN COPENHAGEN
By Gino Segre [6.5.07]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Physics, Relativity, Einstein
DON'T KNOW MUCH BIOLOGY
By Jerry Coyne [6.5.07]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Biology, Evolution, Science, Religion
WHEN ONLY THE ENLIGHTENED SPEAK OUT, REASON IS BOUND TO LOSE
By Andrian Kreye [6.5.07]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Science, Religion
SCIENCE AND RELIGION
By Werner Heisenberg [6.3.07]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Science, Religion
THE CYCLIC UNIVERSE
By Neil Turok [5.16.07]
TOPIC:  UNIVERSE
TAGS: Origins, Inflationary Theory, String Theory, Cyclic Model
WHY DO SOME PEOPLE RESIST SCIENCE?
By Paul Bloom, Deena Skolnick Weisberg [5.15.07]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Science, Religion
Robert Shapiro— LIFE: WHAT A CONCEPT!
An Edge Special Event at Eastover Farm Robert Shapiro [5.9.07]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Dna, Chemistry
Mentioned: Dimitar D. Sasselov, Freeman Dyson, George Church, J. Craig Venter, Robert Shapiro, Seth Lloyd

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