The New York Academy Of Sciences

In a 13-month journey, this 64-foot sailboat called Ocean Watch is sailing around North and South America to raise awareness of how our oceans are changing, and conduct scientific experiments along the way. Catch up with them during their New York stop.

Hear how Aubrey de Grey, a British biomedical gerontologist, thinks science can help extend our lives by decades. De Grey spoke as part of Science and the City's Fall Provocative Thinkers series.

One in every 13 Americans has diabetes. And ethnic minorities have a much higher incidence of Type 2 diabetes. Learn about the challenges, and some possible solutions from three experts who spoke at a conference last week at the Academy.

Hear how your executive brain makes decisions from Elkhonon Goldberg, the first speaker in Science and the City's Provocative Thinkers in Science series.

Go behind the scenes at Milgo Bufkin, a company using cutting edge technology and mathematics to create art and architecture from metal. The famous NYC 'Love' sculpture? They made it happen.

Science and the City chats with science writer Carl Zimmer about his newest book on evolution. Hear what's changed since Darwin.

Kent Kirshenbaum, an NYU chemistry professor, explains his team's recent discovery of how to make molecules with a twist - these molecules can fold in to twisted helical shapes that can accelerate selected chemical reactions.

New York City is home to more than 200 species of bees, and only one makes honey. Learn about them and all the others from the experts, and hear about the Great Pollinator Project.

Damon Little, assistant curator of bioinformatics at the New York Botanical Garden, describes the recent agreement by scientists on a universal DNA barcode marker for plants.

Over a round of astrophysics mini-golf, learn what goes into creating a world-class science exhibit from Eric Siegel, Director of the NY Hall of Science, Lee Skolnick, the course’s architect, and physicist Alan Friedman.

In this podcast, Columbia University's Assistant VP of Environmental Stewardship, Nilda Mesa, talks about the process and challenges of greening up this local urban Ivy League.

The National Park Service is now giving all endangered species tissue samples it collects to the cryogenic frozen tissue lab at the AMNH. In this podcast, hear what liquid nitrogen, DNA, and threatened species have to do with each other.

Seismic records from ocean wave patterns and iceberg behavior around the world are being analyzed for the first time. Geophysicist Rick Aster describes what his data can tell us about our warming planet.

Genetic research fuses with fine art when the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard brings Daniel Kohn, a Brooklyn-based painter, into their lab for a residency.

In a re-broadcast from 2007, Daniel Dennett, philosopher and co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University, describes the evolution of human culture, which he says is a "second information highway," swifter and more reliable than genetic transmission.

The two-time Pulitzer Prize winner E.O. Wilson delivers his keynote address at Science and the City's symposium, The Two Cultures in the 21st Century, held in May.

Smells and sounds collide for the world premiere of "Green Aria," a synesthetic art and science fusion at the Guggenheim featuring two composers, a writer and a master perfumier. Podcast sponsored by Les Christophs and Thierry Mugler.

Top researchers offer an in-depth look at the science behind the global influenza outbreak, plus some of the work being done to keep us healthy.

Dean Kamen, one of the world's top inventors (think the Segway and portable dialysis machine), talks about his FIRST program designed to get high schoolers onto the path to become scientists during our Two Cultures in the 21st Century conference.

Check out FlyNY, one of New York's kite flying showdowns, and the science, design, and history behind our earliest flying machines.