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Robert Shapiro— LIFE: WHAT A CONCEPT!
An Edge Special Event at Eastover Farm Robert Shapiro [5.9.07]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Dna, Chemistry
Mentioned: Dimitar D. Sasselov, Freeman Dyson, George Church, J. Craig Venter, Robert Shapiro, Seth Lloyd
E. O. WILSON: TED PRIZE WISH: HELP BUILD THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIFE
By Chris Anderson [5.7.07]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Biology, Biodiversity
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIFE
IMAGINE an electronic for each species of organism on earth available everywhere by single access on command. By E. O. Wilson [5.7.07]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Biology, Biodiversity
WHY THE GODS ARE NOT WINNING
By Gregory Paul, Phil Zuckerman [4.29.07]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Science, Religion
THE GOSPEL OF JUDAS
A Talk With Elaine Pagels [4.28.07]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Religion
WHO SAYS WE KNOW: ON THE NEW POLITICS OF KNOWLEDGE
By Larry Sanger [4.18.07]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Wikipedia, Epistemology
Contributor(s): Charles Leadbeater, Gloria Origgi, George Dyson, Jaron Lanier
THE HEROIC IMAGINATION
A Talk With Philip Zimbardo [4.11.07]
TOPIC:  MIND
TAGS: Psychology
SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER
By Denis Dutton [3.27.07]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Music
UNIVERSE REVEALING OUR MODERN MYTHOLOGY
By Jonathan Harris [3.13.07]
TOPIC:  UNIVERSE
TAGS: Astronomy, Mythology
ADDENDUM TO ARISTOTLE: (THE KNOWLEDGE WEB)
By W. Daniel Hillis [3.12.07]
TOPIC:  TECHNOLOGY
TAGS: Internet, Epistemology
A NEUROSCIENCE SAMPLING
By Eric R. Kandel [3.5.07]
TOPIC:  MIND
TAGS: Neuroscience, Cognition, History
FALLING IN LOVE
By Marvin Minsky [2.26.07]
TOPIC:  TECHNOLOGY
TAGS: Artificial Intelligence, Emotions
NASA GOES DEEP
By Carolyn Porco [2.26.07]
TOPIC:  UNIVERSE
TAGS: Saturn, Astronomy
DAVOS REPORT
By Peter Schwartz [2.7.07]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Davos
PENGUINS! A Falklands Photo Essay
By Nathan Myhrvold [1.21.07]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Photography
THE NEUROLOGY OF SELF-AWARENESS
The Edge 10th Anniversary Essay By Vilayanur Ramachandran [1.8.07]
TOPIC:  MIND
TAGS: Neuroscience, Consciousness
Afterword to Dangerous Ideas
By Richard Dawkins [12.31.06]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Annual Question
Preface to Dangerous Ideas
By Steven Pinker [12.31.06]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Annual Question
TAKING SCIENCE ON FAITH
By Paul Davies [12.31.06]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Science, Religion
Contributor(s): Paul Davies, Alan Sokal, John Horgan, Lee Smolin, P Z Myers, Jeremy Bernstein, Sean Carroll, Scott Atran, Lawrence M. Krauss, Nathan Myhrvold, Jerry Coyne
GOD VS. SCIENCE
A Debate Between Natalie Angier and David Sloan Wilson Moderated By Natalie Angier, David Sloan Wilson [12.30.06]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Science, Religion
BEWARE THE ONLINE COLLECTIVE
By Jaron Lanier [12.27.06]
TOPIC:  TECHNOLOGY
TAGS: Internet Culture, Epistemology
10 MYTHS — AND 10 TRUTHS — ABOUT ATHEISM
By Sam Harris [12.24.06]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Religion
MY GOD PROBLEM
By Natalie Angier [11.19.06]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Religion, Science
BEYOND REDUCTIONISM: REINVENTING THE SACRED
By Stuart A. Kauffman [11.12.06]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Science, Religion
Contributor(s): Jaron Lanier
MY EINSTEIN'S SUSPENDERS
The 2006 Nobel Prize for Physics By George Smoot [11.9.06]
TOPIC:  UNIVERSE
TAGS: Physics, Einstein
HOW PEOPLE SEE THEMSELVES
By Hubert Burda [11.9.06]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Art, Internet Culture
Contributor(s): Douglas Rushkoff, Jaron Lanier, Philip Zimbardo, Kai Krause, Joseph Vardi
THANK GOODNESS!
By Daniel C. Dennett [11.2.06]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Religion, Science
WHY THERE ALMOST CERTAINLY IS NO GOD
By Richard Dawkins [10.25.06]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Science, Religion
THE EXPANDING THIRD CULTURE
By John Brockman [10.25.06]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Third Culture, Epistemology, Science
THE UNIVERSE ON A STRING
By Brian Greene [10.23.06]
TOPIC:  UNIVERSE
TAGS: String Theory
DEVOTED ACTOR VERSUS RATIONAL ACTOR MODELS FOR UNDERSTANDING WORLD CONFLICT
To The National Security Council At The White House, 14 September 2006, 3:30 pm Presented By Scott Atran [10.2.06]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Sociology, Social Psychology, Religion, Terrorism
STEWART BRAND MEETS THE CYBERNETIC COUNTERCULTURE
By Fred Turner [10.2.06]
TOPIC:  TECHNOLOGY
TAGS: Internet Culture
THE PRINCIPLE OF MEDIOCRITY
By Alexander Vilenkin [9.14.06]
TOPIC:  UNIVERSE
TAGS: Inflationary Theory, Origins, Multiverse
BRAIDS
By Lee Smolin [8.11.06]
TOPIC:  UNIVERSE
TAGS: String Theory, Loop Quantum Gravity
REASONABLE DOUBT
By Rebecca Newberger Goldstein [7.28.06]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Spinoza
THE ENERGY OF EMPTY SPACE THAT ISN'T ZERO
A Talk With Lawrence M. Krauss [7.5.06]
TOPIC:  UNIVERSE
TAGS: Dark Energy, Physics
CONSTRUCTIVE BIOLOGY
By George Church [6.25.06]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Synthetic Biology, Genetics
Contributor(s): George Dyson
HOW DO YOU FED-EX THE POPE?
A Talk With Lawrence M. Krauss [6.21.06]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Science, Religion
DARK MATERIAL
By Martin Rees [6.12.06]
TOPIC:  TECHNOLOGY
TAGS: Physics, Nanotechnology, Climate
COSMOLOGICAL EVOLUTION
Lee Smolin [5.30.06]
TOPIC:  UNIVERSE
DECEIT AND SELF-DECEPTION
Robert Trivers [5.30.06]
TOPIC:  MIND
DIGITAL MAOISM: The Hazards of the New Online Collectivism
By Jaron Lanier [5.29.06]
TOPIC:  TECHNOLOGY
TAGS: Internet Culture
Contributor(s): Howard Rheingold, George Dyson, Jimmy Wales, Fernanda Viegas, Martin Wattenberg, Larry Sanger, Esther Dyson, Kevin Kelly, Cory Doctorow, Clay Shirky, Yochai Benkler, Quentin Hardy, Douglas Rushkoff
Quantum Monkeys
A Talk with Seth Lloyd [5.23.06]
TOPIC:  LIFE
Mentioned: Lee Smolin, J. Craig Venter, Alan Guth, Martin Nowak, Steven Pinker
THE SCIENCE OF HAPPINESS
A Talk With Daniel Gilbert [5.21.06]
TOPIC:  MIND
TAGS: Psychology, Happiness
THE NEW VIEW
John Brockman [5.19.06]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Apple, Architecture
Contributor(s): Jaron Lanier, John C. Dvorak, Steve Lohr, Linda Stone, Steve Jurvetson, Steve Wozniak, Nathan Myhrvold
GÖDEL IN A NUTSHELL
By Verena Huber Dyson [5.13.06]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Goedel
INTELLIGENT THOUGHT SCIENCE VERSUS THE INTELLIGENT DESIGN MOVEMENT
A Conversation with Edited by John Brockman [5.8.06]
TOPIC:  Conversations
THE "GREAT" TRANSITION
By Neil Shubin [5.7.06]
TOPIC:  LIFE
TAGS: Evolution, Genetics, Paleontology
WHO'S AFRAID OF THE THIRD CULTURE?
Introduction by Gloria Origgi [4.30.06]
TOPIC:  CULTURE
TAGS: Third Culture
Mentioned: Robert Trivers
SPECULATIONS ON THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE
By Kevin Kelly [4.6.06]
TOPIC:  TECHNOLOGY
TAGS: Science, Epistemology

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