Bridging the Gaps: A Portal for Curious Minds Podcast
1) “Seven Decades: How We Evolved to Live Longer” with Professor Michael Gurven
Our ability to live for many decades is often viewed as a modern luxury made possible by clean water, improved living conditions, and advances in medicine. Yet, human longevity is actually part of our...Show More
2) “AI Fairness: Designing Equal Opportunity Algorithms” with Professor Derek Leben
As artificial intelligence takes on a growing role in decisions about education, jobs, housing, loans, healthcare, and criminal justice, concerns about fairness have become urgent. Because AI systems ...Show More
3) “How Our Grasp of the Universe and Our Minds Changed Everything” with Professor Linda Zagzebski
At the heart of the intellectual and cultural awakening that swept across the globe during the first millennium BCE—an era that witnessed the emergence of philosophy, mathematics, science, and nearly ...Show More
4) “The Nobel Prize and the Public Image of Science” with Professor Massimiano Bucchi
In a world where scientific work often feels distant and difficult to grasp, the Nobel Prize makes science visible and understandable in a unique way. It is the most recognized and prestigious award f...Show More
5) “The Human Journey From Ape to Agriculture” with Professor Peter Bellwood
Over a span of five million years, humankind rose from modest origins to become the planet’s most dominant species. Along the way, people changed a lot in how they looked, spoke, and lived. But how di...Show More
6) “The Line: AI and the Future of Personhood” with Professor James Boyle
Humans are no longer the only entities capable of generating language and ideas with fluency. But this advancement raises a profound question: are artificial intelligence systems truly conscious, or a...Show More
7) “From Sensing to Sentience: How Feeling Emerges from the Brain” with Professor Todd Feinberg
Sentience is the feeling aspect of consciousness, encompassing the capacity to experience sensations such as pain, pleasure, and emotions. It is the foundation of subjective experience, distinguishing...Show More
8) “Welcome to the Universe in 3D: A Visual Tour” with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Astronomy tells the story of humanity's journey from viewing the sky as a flat, two-dimensional dome to understanding it as a vast, dynamic, and ever-expanding three-dimensional universe. This endurin...Show More
9) “The Evolution of Biological Information” with Professor Christoph Adami
Consider this thought-provoking statement: “Life is information that maintains itself.” This argument, proposed by Professor Christoph Adami in his book “The Evolution of Biological Information: How E...Show More
“The Evolution of Biological Information” with Professor Christoph Adami
1:22:56 | Dec 21st, 2024
10) “The Painful Truth about Hunger in America” with Professor Mariana Chilton
Hunger is far more than the immediate and tangible experience of not being able to find or buy food. While it is true that hunger is often depicted as the physical sensation of an empty stomach—a co...Show More
“The Painful Truth about Hunger in America” with Professor Mariana Chilton
59:23 | Nov 17th, 2024