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Saving Wild Tigers
14 CommentsForum 20: Wild tigers are on the decline globally. Today there are less than 4000 of them in 13 countries. Can we save the last remaining tigers? We talk to tiger biologist, John Seidensticker. »
Volunteer Computing Scores Celestial Success
32 CommentsForum 19: Scientists are using the computers of citizens worldwide to make new discoveries about the universe. We talk about citizen cybersicence with the researchers who run the Einstein@Home project. »
Defusing the Population Bomb
70 CommentsForum 18: Population is no longer the root cause of many environmental problems, says veteran environmental journalist Fred Pearce. He explains why consumption poses a bigger threat than population. »
The Origins of Kindness
53 CommentsForum 17: If nature's red in tooth and claw, how did kindness evolve? We spoke with science historian Oren Harman about the evolutionary origins of altruism. »
The Benefits and Burdens of Genetic Testing
40 CommentsForum 16: Genetic testing can evaluate people's risks for certain diseases, but can also complicate matters for them. Brazilian geneticist Mayana Zatz discusses some of the complexities of genetic testing. »
Whaling – Politics, Science & Ethics
24 CommentsForum 15: The International Whaling Commission is considering lifting a moratorium on commercial whaling. Marine biologist Stephen Palumbi says that might not be a good idea for endangered whale species. »
Going Mad The American Way
79 CommentsForum 14: "America is homogenizing the way the world goes mad," writes Ethan Watters, author of Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche. Chat with Watters about mental health and culture. »
Urban Raptors
42 CommentsDiscussion 13: Some raptor species are adapting rapidly to cities around the world. Talk with wildlife biologist David Bird to learn what makes these cities so attractive to birds of prey. »
Cooling the Planet with Geoengineering
77 CommentsForum 12: Geoengineering is no longer a fringe idea. Well known scientists are exploring technologies to cool the planet. Talk with economist Scott Barrett about the ethics and politics of geoengineering. »
How the Hidden Brain Controls Our Lives
17 CommentsForum 11: Our decisions are largely controlled by unconscious biases in our brains, says science journalist Shankar Vedantam, author of the new book The Hidden Brain. »
The World Science Forum
The future for tigers looks dismal. Poaching and habitat-loss threaten the last remaining tigers in the wild.
"If there isn’t an incentive to make live tigers worth more than dead tigers, we’ll lose tigers,” says John Seidensticker. He is a conservation biologist at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington D.C. and is an adviser for the Global Tiger Initiative.
Seindesticker is also the guest in our latest World Science Forum.
Learn how we can protect wild tigers. Join the online conversation. The discussion is live now!
The World Science Podcast
