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Feb1-06, 12:50 PM
http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/programs/atoz_specials.asp#universe
Recent discoveries have revealed that ordinary matter—the stuff of which humans, stars, and galaxies are made—accounts for less than five percent of the universe. The rest is a mysterious component astronomers call “dark energy.” At this public event, four leading cosmologists discussed these findings and speculated about the existence of extra dimensions and parallel universes. The program was recorded in front of a live audience on December 12, 2005, at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Chicago's Millennium Park.
Panelists:
Wendy Freedman—Director of the Carnegie Observatories
Edward (Rocky) Kolb—Director of the Particle Astrophysics Center at Fermilab and Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics at the University of Chicago
Lawrence Krauss—Cosmologist at Case Western Reserve University
Lisa Randall—Particle Theorist at Harvard University
Moderator:
Ira Flatow—Host of Talk of the Nation: Science Friday on National Public Radio
Conclusion: America is wasting money yet again on extravagant missions (Mars/moon) when it could be going to more worthwhile projects with bigger scientific returns.
Recent discoveries have revealed that ordinary matter—the stuff of which humans, stars, and galaxies are made—accounts for less than five percent of the universe. The rest is a mysterious component astronomers call “dark energy.” At this public event, four leading cosmologists discussed these findings and speculated about the existence of extra dimensions and parallel universes. The program was recorded in front of a live audience on December 12, 2005, at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Chicago's Millennium Park.
Panelists:
Wendy Freedman—Director of the Carnegie Observatories
Edward (Rocky) Kolb—Director of the Particle Astrophysics Center at Fermilab and Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics at the University of Chicago
Lawrence Krauss—Cosmologist at Case Western Reserve University
Lisa Randall—Particle Theorist at Harvard University
Moderator:
Ira Flatow—Host of Talk of the Nation: Science Friday on National Public Radio
Conclusion: America is wasting money yet again on extravagant missions (Mars/moon) when it could be going to more worthwhile projects with bigger scientific returns.