Conversations by topic: LIFE

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TALES FROM THE WORLD BEFORE YESTERDAY
A Conversation with Jared Diamond [12.31.12]
TOPIC:  LIFE
WHAT DO ANIMALS WANT?
A Conversation with Marian Stamp Dawkins [10.31.12]
TOPIC:  LIFE
Contributor(s): Nicholas Humphrey
BRAINS PLUS BRAWN
A Conversation with Daniel Lieberman [10.17.12]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TO BRING BACK THE EXTINCT
A Conversation with Ryan Phelan [8.28.12]
TOPIC:  LIFE
Contributor(s): Jennifer Jacquet, Stuart Pimm, Esther Dyson
WHAT IS LIFE? A 21st CENTURY PERSPECTIVE
On the 70th Anniversary of Schroedinger's... J. Craig Venter [7.12.12]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Synthetic Biology
J. CRAIG VENTER: THE BIOLOGICAL-DIGITAL CONVERTER, OR, BIOLOGY AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT @ THE EDGE DINNER IN TURIN
After Dinner Talk by J. Craig Venter [7.10.12]
TOPIC:  LIFE
ON "ITERATED PRISONER'S DILEMMA CONTAINS STRATEGIES THAT DOMINATE ANY EVOLUTIONARY OPPONENT"
William H. Press, Freeman Dyson [6.18.12]
TOPIC:  LIFE
Mentioned: William Poundstone, Karl Sigmund, Martin Nowak
THE FALSE ALLURE OF GROUP SELECTION
An Edge Original Essay Steven Pinker [6.18.12]
TOPIC:  LIFE
Contributor(s): Stewart Brand, Daniel L. Everett, David C. Queller, Daniel C. Dennett, Herbert Gintis, Harvey Whitehouse, Ryan McKay, Peter J Richerson, Jerry Coyne, Michael Hochberg, Robert Boyd, Sarah Mathew, Max Krasnow, Andrew Delton, Nicolas Baumard, Jonathan Haidt, David Sloan Wilson, Michael E. Price, Joseph Henrich, Randolph Nesse, Richard Dawkins, Helena Cronin, John Tooby, Steven Pinker
TESTOSTERONE ON MY MIND AND IN MY BRAIN
A Conversation With Simon Baron-Cohen [4.30.12]
TOPIC:  LIFE
Mentioned: Philip Campbell, Brian Eno, Seirian Sumner, Tom Standage, Armand Marie Leroi, Simone Schnall, Geoffrey Carr, Tom Stoppard, Richard Wentworth, Marcus du Sautoy
Margulis conversation thread
Lynn Margulis [11.23.11]
TOPIC:  LIFE
Lynn Margulis 1938-2011 "Gaia Is A Tough Bitch"
Lynn Margulis [11.23.11]
TOPIC:  LIFE
Contributor(s): W. Daniel Hillis, Francisco Varela, Richard Dawkins, Niles Eldredge, Marvin Minsky, Lee Smolin, George C. Williams, Daniel C. Dennett
Rethinking "Out of Africa"
Christopher Stringer [11.12.11]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Evolution, Origins
The Evolution of Cooperation Edge Master Class 2011
Martin Nowak [9.19.11]
TOPIC:  LIFE
Mentioned: Daniel Kahneman, Elaine Pagels, Michael Gazzaniga, Leda Cosmides, Steven Pinker
To Err Is Primate
Laurie R. Santos [7.27.11]
TOPIC:  LIFE
Mentioned: Paul Bloom
Molecular Cut and Paste
The New Generation of Molecular Tools William McEwan [7.21.11]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Molecular Biology
Mentioned: Nathan Wolfe
WHO IS THE GREATEST BIOLOGIST OF ALL TIME?
A Talk With Armand Marie Leroi [3.11.11]
TOPIC:  LIFE
Contributor(s): Richard Dawkins, Stewart Brand, George Dyson, John Brockman
CREATION OF A BACTERIAL CELL CONTROLLED BY A CHEMICALLY SYNTHESIZED GENOME
Genetics: Life From a Synthetic Genome By J. Craig Venter [5.18.10]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Synthetic Genomics
Contributor(s): Rodney A. Brooks, P Z Myers, Richard Dawkins, George Church, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Daniel C. Dennett, Dimitar D. Sasselov, Antony Hegarty, George Dyson, Kevin Kelly, Freeman Dyson
Mentioned: Anthony Aguirre, George Dyson, Andrian Kreye, Freeman Dyson, Antony Hegarty
EAT ME BEFORE I EAT YOU! A NEW FOE FOR BAD BUGS
A Talk with Kary Mullis [3.17.10]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Immunity, Genetics, Cell Biology
TOXO
A Conversation with Robert Sapolsky [12.2.09]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Parasites, Behavior
Beauty's Child: Sexual Selection, Nature Worship and the Love of God
A talk by Nicholas Humphrey [9.30.09]
TOPIC:  LIFE
Darwin and the Evolution of Reasons
A Talk by Daniel C. Dennett [9.30.09]
TOPIC:  LIFE
Parallels between Economics and Evolution, or What Happens When Ideas Have Sex
A talk by Matt Ridley [9.30.09]
TOPIC:  LIFE
Why Sex Differences Matter: The Darwinian Perspective
Helena Cronin [9.30.09]
TOPIC:  LIFE
THERE IS GRANDEUR IN THIS VIEW OF LIFE
By Richard Dawkins [9.22.09]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Evolution, Natural Selection
Darwin's Intellectual Legacy to the 21st Century
Why Chile? Program Director Alvaro Fischer [9.7.09]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Darwin, Chile
AMAZING BABIES
A Talk with Alison Gopnik [8.11.09]
TOPIC:  LIFE
THE EVOLUTION OF COOKING
A Talk With Richard Wrangham [8.8.09]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Primatology, Evolution, Behavior
OUT OF OUR MINDS: HOW DID HUMANS COME DOWN FROM THE TREES AND WHY DID NO ONE FOLLOW?
By Vanessa Woods, Brian Hare [7.16.09]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Evolution, Primatology
MAPPING THE NEANDERTHAL GENOME
A Conversation with Svante Pääbo [7.4.09]
TOPIC:  LIFE
HOW TO PREVENT A PANDEMIC
Nathan Wolfe [4.30.09]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Viruses, Pandemics, Disease
WAITING FOR THE FINAL PLAGUE
A Talk with Nathan Wolfe [1.30.09]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Viruses, Disease, Plague, Pandemics, Biology
CHANGING LIFESTYLE CHANGES GENE EXPRESSION
A Talk with Dean Ornish [12.3.08]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Genetics, Health
Mentioned: J. Craig Venter
TALES FROM THE WORLD BEFORE YESTERDAY
A Conversation with Jared Diamond [5.2.08]
TOPIC:  LIFE
ANTS HAVE ALGORITHMS
A Talk with Iain Couzin [3.11.08]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Behavior, Biology, Natural Selection, Evolution
ENGINEERING BIOLOGY
A Talk with Drew Endy [2.17.08]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Genetics, Dna, Biotechnology, Synthetic Biology
Mentioned: George Church, J. Craig Venter
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
A DNA-DRIVEN WORLD
The 32nd Richard Dimbleby Lecture Delivered by J. Craig Venter [12.4.07]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Genetics, Biology, Genetic Engineering
HOW OUR LIMBS ARE PATTERNED LIKE THE FRENCH FLAG
Lewis Wolpert [10.14.07]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Embryology
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
A COOPERATIVE FORAGING EXPERIMENT— LESSONS FROM ANTS
Seirian Sumner [10.14.07]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Cooperation
Mentioned: Hans Ulrich Obrist
BOOTSTRAPPING OUR WAY TO AN AGELESS FUTURE
Aubrey De Grey [9.18.07]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Aging, Gerentology
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
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
CHANGING ONE SPECIES TO ANOTHER
J. Craig Venter [7.30.07]
TOPIC:  LIFE
THE CRAWFOORD PRIZE IN BIOSCIENCES 2007
Robert Trivers [7.18.07]
TOPIC:  LIFE

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