Steven Squyres
A certified science superstar, Squyres is best-known as the face and voice of NASA, having made history as the principal investigator of the Mars Exploration Rover Project and its pioneering drive across the planet’s surface by two high-tech robotic rovers. He shares insights on the historic mission as well as never ...
John Medina
Dr. John J. Medina is a developmental molecular biologist focused on the genes involved in human brain development and the genetics of psychiatric disorders. Medina was the founding director of the Talaris Research Institute, a Seattle-based research center originally focused on how infants encode and process information ...
Riley Crane
Riley Crane is the Society in Science (Branco Weiss) senior postdoctoral fellow in the Human Dynamics Group at the Media Lab at M.I.T. His research is focused on understanding the hidden patterns behind collective social behavior. A physicist by training, he has spent the last several years quantifying human behavior and ...
Michio Kaku
Dr. Michio Kaku is an internationally recognized authority in Einstein's unified theory field; innovation; and "the future of the future"—exploring and predicting the science of tomorrow, from computing power and artificial intelligence to communication and genetics.
Raj Patel
Patel challenges preconceptions about the global economy through his work as a policy analyst and activist. His most recent book, The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy, paints a clear picture of how achieving a fair society and sustainable economy are possible. He has worked for ...
Thomas Perls
Physician and researcher Dr. Perls is one of the world's leading experts on the science of living to not just 100 years, but 110 years and beyond. Based at Boston University, he directs the largest study of centenarians in the world.
Bill Nye "The Science Guy"
Nye has spent most of his life making science and technology entertaining and accessible. Combining his talents as a scientist, inventor, comedian, keynote speaker, and author, he has attracted adults and children to the wonders of science. Nye's wit and enthusiasm have helped to garner 18 Emmy awards for his ...
B. Gentry Lee
Chief Engineer for the Planetary Flight Systems Directorate at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Renowned science fiction writer who produced the Cosmos series with Carl Sagan. Co-author with Arthur C. Clarke on the RAMA series. Recognized as one of the most engaging speakers on science in America, he inspires the ...
Charlie Rose
An Emmy Award-winning journalist, Rose has been praised as "one of America's premier interviewers.” He is executive editor and anchor of Charlie Rose, the nightly one-hour interview program that engages in one-on-one, in-depth conversation and round table discussions about important issues and ideas of our time. ...
James Hansen
James R. Hansen is the author of First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong, the first and only, authorized biography of one of America's most celebrated heroes. With unprecedented access to private documents, interviews with more than 125 subjects, including more than fifty hours of interviews with Armstrong himself ...
Naomi Oreskes
Naomi Oreskes, PhD is the author of "The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change," which laid to rest the idea that there was significant disagreement in the scientific community about the reality of global warming and its human causes.
Robert Ballard
Dynamic explorer Ballard has led or participated in over 100 deep-sea expeditions, ranging from the first manned exploration of the Mid-Ocean Ridge, to the discovery of the sunken R.M.S. Titanic and JFK's PT-109, to the examination of the luxury liner Lusitania. A widely published author of scientific articles and ...
Daniel Burrus
Burrus is an expert on how technological innovation affects business. Working from a philosophy of "If it works, it's obsolete," he instructs on how to initiate change and shape it to your advantage.
Tess Gerritsen
Internationally best-selling author Tess Gerritsen took an unusual route to a writing career. A graduate of Stanford University, Gerritsen went on to attend medical school and become a physician. While on maternity leave, she began to write fiction. Eight suspense novels later, she has never looked back.
Leroy Chiao
Having flown in three space missions, once as the Commander of the International Space Station, he shares his personal experiences from the unique perspective of space. He explains his humble beginnings of his dream to be an astronaut and how he achieved that dream. Selecting poignant stories from his life as launching ...
James McLurkin
As a child, McLurkin was constantly building with LEGO bricks, cardboard boxes, or any other materials he could access. Today, he continues this tradition using Mother Nature as a model researching and developing algorithms and techniques for constructing and programming large swarms of autonomous robots.
Leonard Mlodinow
Leonard Mlodinow, co-author with Stephen Hawking on the latest bestseller The Grand Design, explores the four-year effort to answer the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything. He explains why, according to quantum theory, the cosmos does not have just a single existence or history, but rather that ...
Marc Abrahams
Abrahams is the editor and co-founder of the science humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research (AIR). The magazine publishes both genuine research and satire, distilled into articles that first make people LAUGH, then make people THINK.
Gregory Stock
Director of the Program on Medicine, Technology and Society at the UCLA School of Medicine, Dr. Stock is uniquely qualified to answer questions inherent in these times of great discovery. From designer babies to the retardation of aging, he speaks about the complex issues of genetics, ethics, and the human future.
Keith Campbell
Co-Creator of "Dolly the Sheep", Professor Campbell is a pioneer in the research of transgenic animal proteins and their potential role in the development of treatments for diseases around the world. This renowned embryologist speaks to the birth of "Dolly," as this epic breakthrough opened the door to many more questions ...
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