ON EXPLORATIONS – the science of black holes, with Dr. Neil Degrasse Tyson and Dr. Fulvia Melia.

On Explorations this week Dr. Michio Kaku speaks with Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. Tyson studied at Harvard University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Columbia University. From 1991 to 1994, he was a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University. Since 1996, he has been Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York City.

Dr. Kaku also speaks with black hole expert, Dr. Fulvio Melia, an Italian-American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author. He is author of The Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy.

Exploration is an hour-long radio program on science, technology, politics, and the environment. Topics covered include black holes, time travel, higher dimensions, string theory, wormholes, search for extra-terrestrial life, dark matter and dark energy, the future of space travel, genetic engineering, the aging process, the future of medicine, the human body shop, artificial intelligence, the future of computers and robots, as well as topics from science fiction.


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