StarTalk

StarTalk: Climate Confusion

Extreme weather events around the world are dominating the news, ...

Extreme weather events around the world are dominating the news, making people wonder whether climate change is the culprit for all these catastrophes. A few experts drop by the StarTalk studio to discuss the science and politics of climate and weather.

StarTalk: The Physics of Superheroes

James Kakalios tells us about the physics principles of the ...

James Kakalios tells us about the physics principles of the caped crusaders; Lee Silver discusses animals that have super-abilities that could expand the limits of human biology; Eugene Mirman imagines what it would be like to leap tall buildings in a sin

StarTalk: Science at the Movies

How much of the science presented on the silver screen ...

How much of the science presented on the silver screen is accurate? Phil Plait, the

StarTalk: The Cosmic Chemistry of Cosmetics

Derived from the Greek word kosmos, meaning "order," cosmetics have ...

Derived from the Greek word kosmos, meaning "order," cosmetics have been used since ancient times to fine tune our appearance. From old poisons like belladonna and lead-based paints to tanning beds and the neurotoxin Botox, cosmetics are serious--and seri

StarTalk: Are You Out of Your Mind?

Oliver Sacks, author of best-selling books on brain disorders, including ...

Oliver Sacks, author of best-selling books on brain disorders, including "Awakenings" which was made into an Oscar-nominated film, discusses some strange cerebral shenanigans that can shape our senses.

StarTalk: A Violent Earth

Neil delves into the science behind the recent Japanese earthquake ...

Neil delves into the science behind the recent Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Physicist and author Michio Kaku discusses the science of nuclear power and the problems facing the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

StarTalk: Cosmic Cuisine

StarTalk: Appetite for Destruction

The fossil record shows that time and time again, life ...

The fossil record shows that time and time again, life has suffered major population crashes and extinctions, often due to conditions caused by life at the time. Will human beings' self-destructive behavior eventually bring us to our knees?

StarTalk: A Conversation with John Hodgman

"Will you donate your body to be stuffed and put ...

"Will you donate your body to be stuffed and put on display (at the American Museum of Natural History)?" This is one of the many questions John Hodgman poses to Neil during their monumental meeting of minds.

StarTalk: Tour of the Solar System

Every now and then it's good to take a tour ...

Every now and then it's good to take a tour around your own backyard. Space scientists Steve Squyres and Heidi Hammel, comedian Chuck Nice, and Bill Nye the Science Guy join Neil in a look around our own corner of the cosmos.