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REPEAT Every year, computing machines become more powerful, a fact that hasn't escaped the notice of anyone who occupies an office. Many experts now agree that within a few decades, your laptop will be smarter than you are. Not only that, but your computer will be in touch with its byte-busting brethren. When that happens, the machines will "wake up." But what takes place next? Can we stop the machines from turning us into protoplasmic peons in a world in which they are the top intellectual dogs? Seth and Molly go to the Singularity Summit in San Francisco, and talk to some far-sighted humans who are preparing for the next generation of brainiacs - and they won't be your offspring! Guests: Eliezer Yudkowsky - Research fellow and co-founder of the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence Everett Sherwood - Former research member at Motorola Labs Brad Templeton - Board member, Foresight Nanotech Institute, and Chair, Electronic Frontier Foundation Charles Harper - Senior Vice President, John Templeton Foundation

24 July: The rapid rise of China's energy needs and scientific ambitions, how light receptors in fly eyes give them a magnetic sense, dangerously high levels of arsenic in the Mekong delta and the major role of snail-castrating parasites in ecosystems in Baja California.

MP3 Chris Watkins spoke to me about the Appropedia project to make information about sustainable technology freely available where-ever its needed.

The invasive lionfish--venomous and voracious--has reached the tropical western Atlantic, where its reproductive rate is soaring. Invasive species expert, Lad Akins, of the Reef Environmental Education Foundation; along with College of the Bahamas marine science intern, Everton Joseph; and specimen collector for the Bermuda Aquarium, Chris Flook, team up in the waters of the Bahamas, where they dive, collect, tag and dissect, to better understand the invader in its new home. They'll run key field experiments, to identify potential controls, and assess the likely impacts of the invasion, on fragile reef ecosystems and ocean-based economies. [www.lifeonterra.com ] SPECIAL FEATURES / DETAILED EPISODE INFORMATION / TERRAPHILES COMMUNITY

The invasive lionfish--venomous and voracious--has reached the tropical western Atlantic, where its reproductive rate is soaring. Invasive species expert, Lad Akins, of the Reef Environmental Education Foundation; along with College of the Bahamas marine science intern, Everton Joseph; and specimen collector for the Bermuda Aquarium, Chris Flook, team up in the waters of the Bahamas, where they dive, collect, tag and dissect, to better understand the invader in its new home. They'll run key field experiments, to identify potential controls, and assess the likely impacts of the invasion, on fragile reef ecosystems and ocean-based economies. [www.lifeonterra.com ] SPECIAL FEATURES / DETAILED EPISODE INFORMATION / TERRAPHILES COMMUNITY

Microbes rule, Bronze Men, The End of the World, World Robot Domination, Fishing Ban Works, Antarctic rocks, Bonding, Volcanoes Kill, and much, much more.

Gigi s back boys! Our deluxe and delovely club-kid turned mother of two and visual artist is starting a new art group in Chicago, the Salon des Artistes Indépendants. Gigi and other artists decided to come together to form the Salon to produce a gallery effect that wasn t tethered to a certain theme or limited in scope. The Salon des Indépendants is basically a fancy French word for an outsider artist collective. Gigi and her friends are sick of being told that their art is great but that it really isn t what we had in mind by gallery owners so they mounted this first event. It is by invitation only so the only way you are going to get an invite is if you email us and we plead your case to Gigi. She s tough and she doesn t want you drinking all her PBR, so be convincing of your love for art and we ll see what we can do. I can t make any promises though. Are you looking at these wonderful pictures Fausto took of Gigi? She really is a supermom model. Gigi is so creative that she took one of our Digitally Delicious t-shirts and made a wonderfully tight-fitting black dress out of it. Hot! Her daughter hates when she shaves her head but we think she is so lovely bald. Now, her daughter doesn t really mind that her mom shaves her head, she just likes it when she wears a wig on it. America, the U.S. Space Program needs your help! NASA is asking it s visitors to the Houston Space Center to donate samples of their urine to help test out a new type of space toilet. This is kind of embarrassing. I m sure in intergalactic space that aliens are laughing at us. Come on, Mars slogan after all is Mars Needs Women and ours is Earth Needs Pee. in reality though, nothing is like pee except pee. Pee has certain qualities that just can t be reproduced so if they are going to get space toilets to work properly, they have to use the right stuff. It seems fish are all over the news these days. Scientists have found that most animals (including our own species) ability to communicate using sound draws its origins to the grunts and chirps made by fish! The neural network that forms our speech center was created millions and millions of years ago. Even today some fish still use grunts to attract a mate. Meanwhile in New York, one fish was taking this talking thing a bit to far. A talking carp predicted the end of the world. A fish that was destined for the knife proclaimed in Hebrew that the end was nigh and that now was the time to repent. Oy veh! The fish mongers didn t take heed of the vociferous carp and it ended up becoming the Jewish delicacy gefilte fish. It could be worse. Catfish walking down the street is not an everyday occurrence but it s not unheard of in Florida. A woman saw a catfish trudging across her street and thought it was odd but then she looked further on and saw some thirty catfish emerging from the sewer, cross the street and kept on moving. The catfish used their dorsal fin to propel them much like we use our legs. So there we have it, our speech, our fear of the almighty and the ability to walk all come from fish. The voice inside your head that tells you to go for it- Feast of Fools. Check out today s sponsor: Gay, Sexy, Healthy- Lifelube.org Your big tent guide to gay men s health, from sex and drugs to Faeries and Bears Your friendly concierge for all that s gay, sexy and healthy. Featured Music: Katy Perry - One of the Boys: iTunes | Amazon | Site RSS FEED | SUBSCRIBE ON iTUNES SUBSCRIBE ON: GOOGLE Share & Save

My Pubic-TV, call-in show,broadcast from MNN.ORG/NYC.Weekly,FRI,9PM-9:27PM/EST.CH:56-TW,RCN-83./CALLERS:212-757-2076.Also web streamed from www.mnn.org.Topics:science news,ufo sightings.Along with humor and opinion.

Remember Mr. Potato Head? You changed his look by snapping in plastic mustaches, googly eyes and feet. Now imagine doing the same with a living cell: inserting the genes you want to create the organism you want. Welcome to the world of synthetic biology. It has potential to create new bio-fuels and life-saving drugs. It also ushers in a host of ethical and safety concerns. We examine both when we discuss this emerging science of mix and match genes. Plus, does doing an end run around Mother Nature challenge the essence of life itself? Guests: Jay Keasling - professor of chemical engineering and biological engineering at UC Berkeley and founder of Amyris Biotechnologies Jonathan Eisen - biologist at UC Davis Jim Thomas - researcher at ETC group in Ottawa, Canada Ed Regis - science writer and author of What Is Life: Investigating the Nature of Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology Michael Dosmann - curator of Living Collections at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University

My Pubic-TV, call-in show,broadcast from MNN.ORG/NYC.Weekly,FRI,9PM-9:27PM/EST.CH:56-TW,RCN-83./CALLERS:212-757-2076.Also web streamed from www.mnn.org.Topics:science news,ufo sightings.Along with humor and opinion.

Part 1 of a MSRP 2008 graduate application panel consisting of: Paula Hammond - Bayer Professor of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering Dava Newman - Professor, MacVicar Faculty Fellow, Director TPP, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautic Stephen Bell - Professor, Department of Biology Terry Orlando - Professor, Graduate Officer, Ashdown Housemaster, Dept of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

Part 2 of MSRP 2008 a graduate application panel consisting of:Paula Hammond - Bayer Professor of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical EngineeringDava Newman - Professor, MacVicar Faculty Fellow, Director TPP, Department of Aeronautics and AstronauticStephen Bell - Professor, Department of BiologyTerry Orlando - Professor, Graduate Officer, Ashdown Housemaster, Dept of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science??

17 July: NASA's hot air balloon team, life aboard an icebreaker, how scientists have glimpsed the lightest atoms in action, and 30 years on from the first test-tube baby, what's next for IVF?

In our final installment from Burning the Future, we learn how individuals organizing on a grass-roots level can make a difference! Citizens, lawyers, physicians, and even pilots all come together in support of a common cause: stopping mountaintop removal in West Virginia coal mining. [ www.lifeonterra.com ] SPECIAL FEATURES / DETAILED EPISODE INFORMATION / TERRAPHILES COMMUNITY

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On this episode of ID The Future we are highlighting a second short clip from PBS' Think Tank with Ben Wattenberg that features CSC Director Dr. Stephen Meyer explaining the differences between intelligent design, evolution and creationism.