The “Science” of Zombies and the Walking Dead, with Robert Kirkman

What can we learn about anthropology and physiology from zombies? Neil Tyson interviews “The Walking Dead’s” Robert Kirkman, anthropologist Jeffrey Mantz, Harvard prof. Dr. Steve Schlozman, co-host Maeve Higgins, Chuck Nice, Mona Chalabi, and Bill Nye.

If you like zombies and science, here ya go.

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StarTalk Live! Satisfying our Curiosity about Mars

StarTalk Live descended on The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY on 9/14/12 to celebrate the landing of the Curiosity Rover on Mars and the exploration of our solar system. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Eugene Mirman were joined by Dr. David Grinspoon, a co-investigator on the Radiation Assessment Detector, one of the experiments on the Mars Science Laboratory, and comedians Sarah Silverman and Jim Gaffigan (Mr. Universe). Part 1 of the show is focused on exploring the Red Planet. You’ll find out why Curiosity needed a nuclear power source… what an Alpha Proton X-Ray Spectrometer does… what Mars has in common with Earth… what stratigraphy is… what gives Eugene Mirman joy… how scientists fall in love… and the real origin of the giant face on Mars.

We watched the YouTube video as pictured above.

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On Maggie and I’s trip home from Iowa we were listening to StarTalk radio.

From the backset she says off-handedly, “Do you know what I love about Uranus? It moves like a Ferris wheel.”

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https://soundcloud.com/startalk/startalk-live-i-robot-part-1

Also… If you like quality science/space programs and you’re not listening to StarTalk, your life is not complete.

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