Science, pop culture, and comedy collide on StarTalk! Astrophysicist and Hayden Planetarium director Neil deGrasse Tyson, his comic co-hosts, celebrity guests, and scientists discuss astronomy, physics, and everything else about life in the universe. Keep Looking Up! Click here for more information.
Travel back to the future for a discussion of time travel and the movies that depict such excellent adventures.
Are you on our wavelength? Learn about the many ways the electromagnetic spectrum infiltrates our lives and illuminates the universe.
From Comedy Central’s World News Headquarters in New York, Neil sits down with Jon Stewart of The Daily Show to discuss the comic (and cosmic) connections between the worlds of science and politics.
Extreme weather events dominate the news — tornadoes, hurricanes, winter snowmageddons, floods. What is fantasy and what is reality in the cultural conversation about climate?
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Faster than a speeding bullet? More powerful than a locomotive? Neil deGrasse Tyson and James Kakalios discuss the science behind the amazing powers of our favorite caped crusaders.
Neil, comedian co-host Leighann Lord, and Phil Plait, the “Bad Astronomer,” discuss The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of science in the movies.
Neil Tyson dives into the science of cosmetics. Discover the technological and chemical foundation for the industry, as well as how genes may be the future canvas for cosmetics. With guest chemists Steve Herman and Art Georgalas. Co-host Lynne Koplitz.
How do we know what we know? The brain is an amazing product of evolutionary engineering, but many influences can play with our perceptions.
