An Archaeological Riddle In The Sahara With Paul Sereno
When dinosaur hunter and paleontologist Paul Sereno discovered an ancient mass gravesite in the sands of the Sahara, he knew he had to excavate and save that history and heritage. Sereno has always sa...
15 Huhti 201926min
Tiny Creatures, Big Discoveries With Nipam Patel
Since the late 1800s, if you were serious about studying biology you went to the Marine Biological Laboratory. The discoveries made there have led to world-changing applications in biology, medicine a...
1 Huhti 201927min
The Hidden Dangers of Artificial Intelligence with Ben Zhao
The development of artificial intelligence has begun to feel inevitable and promising. But University of Chicago computer scientist, Ben Zhao, has spent much of his career testing how the security of ...
18 Maalis 201921min
Lessons From Our Country’s Largest School Closing with Eve L. Ewing
In her book Ghosts In The Schoolyard, University of Chicago scholar Eve Ewing asks a central question about the 2013 mass closings of Chicago Public Schools: If the schools were so bad, why did peopl...
4 Maalis 201926min
Simple Solutions To Address Social Issues with Harold Pollack
University of Chicago Professor Harold Pollack may be famous for his “financial index card”, but it’s his application of simple solutions to complex issues that’s reshaping how we tackle crime and hea...
18 Helmi 201921min
What We’re Getting Wrong About Millennials With Cathy Cohen
Every election year, poll after poll tries to predict where millennials stand politically. But Prof. Cathy Cohen of the University of Chicago says some of our assumptions about what issues matter to y...
4 Helmi 201920min
What Ripples in Space-Time Tell Us About the Universe with Daniel Holz
All around us in the universe, stars and black holes are smashing into each other with tremendous force. These events are so powerful that they literally ripple the fabric of space-time—and these ripp...
21 Tammi 201922min
Vietnam and the Rise of the White Power Movement with Kathleen Belew
The revelation for historian Kathleen Belew came while researching a 1979 anti-Ku Klux Klan rally in Greensboro, North Carolina that turned deadly when five members were murdered by a group of Klansme...
7 Tammi 201927min
