We hear a lot of talk about the possibility of intelligent E.T.s, but in this episode, neuroscientist Lori Marino gives us the nuts and bolts of what intelligence really is; how it manifests itself on our own Earth; and why intelligent aliens won't necessarily need ginormous brains.
Episode 67 --- Mysteries Of The Lunar Surface
Episode 66 --- The Big Questions About The Cosmos And Our Existence
Episode 65 --- The Future Of Supersonic, Hypersonic and Suborbital Passenger Flight
Episode 64 --- The Long-Forgotten Tragedy Of The Arctic Airship Italia
Episode 63 --- Getting Real About the Social and Psychological Challenges of Long-Term Space Missions
Episode 62 --- The Link Between Ancient Astrochemistry And Life On Earth
Episode 61 --- Could A Snowball Earth Happen Again?
Episode 60 --- Why Our Human Brain Is Undeniably Unique In The Cosmos
Episode 59 --- Einstein’s Little-Appreciated Window Onto Far Flung Exoplanets
Episode 58 --- How The Unsung ‘Moon Buggy’ Saved The Final Three Apollo Missions
Episode 57 --- Why Our Earth Is Still One Of A Kind
Episode 56 --- The Case For Antimatter Propulsion
Episode 55 --- How Ford’s Tri-Motor Airplane Helped Create The Airline Industry of Today.
Episode 54 --- What Nearby Stellar Open Clusters Are Still Teaching Us
Episode 53 --- John Glenn, JFK and the Cold War's New Frontier
Episode 52 --- The Unexpected Origins of Life's Genetic Code
Episode 51 --- Our Sun's Ultimate Endgame
Episode 50 --- How Humans Can Use Bioengineering To Move Off-World
Episode 49 --- The Dangerous Downside of Airliner Automation
Episode 48 --- Mapping Laniakea, Our Home Supercluster Of Galaxies
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