Are We Alone? SETI Institute Science Radio: 9 August 2006 Edition: Sex: What is it Good For?

Are We Alone? SETI Institute Science Radio: 9 August 2006 Edition: Sex: What is it Good For?

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Date Released: Thursday, August 3, 2006
Source: SETI Institute

Are We Alone? SETI Institute Science Radio

August 9, 2006 (available for download August 10, 2006) Sex: What is it Good For?

Sex may be fun, but - admit it - the prep work is pretty onerous. If you're not preening to improve your appearance or trolling the local watering hole for a likely mate, then you're busy extracting clever remarks from your brain while forking over big bucks for wilted arugula and fancy umbrella drinks.

So maybe our microbial brethren have the right idea; reproduce asexually. In fact, we could be a step closer to this amoeba-like way of producing progeny. Scientists have managed to create sperm in the laboratory, which hints that sex may go the way of hula-hoops and the Homburg. Could it be that men will be handed the reproductive pink slip?

Also: find out whether mitochondria might have jump-started the sexual reproduction, and why Darwin's theory of sexual selection doesn't account for homosexual sheep. Plus, stop and thank the roses: it turns out that the most visibly sexual of organisms - the flower - is responsible for human intelligence.

Guests:

William Burger - Curator Emeritus of the Department of Botany at The Field Museum of Natural History and author of Flowers; How They Changed the World
Joan Roughgarden - professor of Biological Sciences at Stanford University, author of Evolution's Rainbow and most recently, Evolution and Christian Faith
Christopher Bazinet - biologist, St. John's University
Karim Nayernia - Chair of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Human Genetics University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

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