Tom Levenson talks with Annalee Newitz, founding editor of io9.com writer: techsploitation.com and author of 'Scatter, Adapt and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction Follow: @annaleen @tomlevenson Sherry Reson, Producer

Jennifer Ouellette talks with astronomer Ray Jayawardhana, author of ?The Neutrino Hunters? about why these ghost particles are so endlessly fascinating to physicists, and why the Higgs boson is soooo 2012. Tweet questions to @JenLucPiquant @DrRayJay Sher

Theoretical Physicist & Futurist Michio Kaku explores the frontier of neuroscience in "The Future of the Mind." Kaku and Alan Boyle discuss brain science as well as the latest news about the inflationary Big Bang and other mysteries of the cosmos. Tweet q

Jennifer Ouellette hosts physics science writer Amanda Gefter. They compare notes on writing about physics as non-specialists ; then talk about Amanda's new book ?Trespassing on Einstein's Lawn.? Follow @AmandaGefter @JenLucPiquant Produced by Sherry Reso

Tom's guest is Eileen Pollack, professor of creative writing at the University of Michigan. She is at work on 'Approaching Infinity: A Memoir of Women in Science.' http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/06/magazine/why-are-there-still-so-few-women-in-science.html

Alan Boyle talks with Jennifer Ouellette about Me, Myself and Why: Searching for the Science of Self in which she turns her attention to the mysteries of human identity and behavior. She draws on genetics, neuroscience, and psychology—enlivened as a

Tom Levenson hosts a conversation with Katie Hinde — Harvard based evolutionary biologist and "major-domo" of the world-class awesome blog "Mammals Suck…Milk!" A wonderfully accessible hour + about how questions can lead to research and a gre

In the wake of the Feb 4 debate between Bill Nye the Science Guy and and creationist Ken Ham (Answers in Genesis), Alan Boyle (NBC News), Award winning filmmaker Antony Thomas (HBO's Questioning Darwin) and Josh Rosenau (Nat'l Center for Science Educactio

Jennifer Ouellette talks with Dave Goldberg about Ask a Physicist & THE UNIVERSE IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR Follow @askaphysicist @jenlucpiquant Tweet questions to #AskVS Give us a hand: check out Audible's free 30 day trial, or visit our virtual bookstore.

Tom Levenson talks about The Poisoner's Handbook poison, the emergence of systematic chemistry as a tool, the issues we face of our ignorance of so much of the chemical universe — the West Virginia spill will be our proof text there — and more