Michael Hammer, Research Scientist, Division of Biotechnology and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology discusses the latest discoveries about the origin of our species, including the intriguing possibility of interbreeding between our ancestors and Neandertals.
Joaquin Ruiz, Dean of the College of Science and Professor of Geosciences, tells the story of how the Earth evolved from its fiery beginnings to the habitable planet we all enjoy.
Joanna Masel, Assistant Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, discusses how scientific theories of evolution explain how living things may look as if they were designed, whether humans are still evolving and the differences between science and religion, including a discussion of intelligent design.
Travis Huxman, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Topics that Dr. Huxman discussed include CO2 and climate, Gaia theory, the characteristics of life on Earth, and projected new distribution with a doubling of CO2 and changes in temperature. October 31, 2006
Michael Worobey, Assistant Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Evolutionary insights have been key to understanding the origins of HIV and its devastating impacts on human health. The talk describes how some of the landmark evolutionary discoveries have been used to shed light on the past, present and future of HIV/AIDS.
NASA's current mission to the Red Planet is being managed and led at The University of Arizona. The Phoenix Mars Mission, scheduled to land on May 25, will study the history of water and search for complex organic molecules. Feb. 5, 2008.
El Anatsui was born 1944 in Anyako, Ghana. He is Professor of Sculpture at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, where he has lectured since 1975. His most recent solo exhibition Gawu has toured Europe, Asia and North America. Nov. 5, 2007
From 1993 until March 2006, Bill Emmott was the editor of The Economist, the world's leading weekly magazine on current affairs and business. During his tenure at The Economist, the magazine's circulation more than doubled to over 1.1 million.
Emmott is now an independent writer, speaker, and consultant based in London and Somerset, England.
Roger Angel, Regents' Professor of Astronomy gave two issues for his talk. One he called taking our foot off the accelerator - how we should cut back on our use of fossil fuel and the importance of not adding to the problem of global warming. Second was: can we design some brakes in case we need them which entails global engineering to cool the planet. November 21, 2006.
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