Does this surprise me that some people are well offended if you say that humans descended from an ape like creature. In the 2nd half of exploration you can forget about it like beaches we re talking about fish that s right let s go all the way back there we re talking about what humans look like now hundreds of millions of years ago we think that life originally started in the oceans as single celled organisms but they in turn gave birth to multiple cells organisms and worms worms eventually became fish and that s what we ll talk about today fish in turn became amphibians like frogs and salamanders these amphibians eventually became a reptiles and dinosaurs and we re descended from mammals which is a split off from the reptiles So in other words if you take a look at the long sequence of life on the earth yes indeed you can talk about Your Inner Fish which is what will talk about with Dr Neil Shubin So once again a fusion power in the 1st part of exploration and then evolution in the
The City University of New York and this is exploration everybody can exploit race and we discuss the fascinating world of science and its impact on society and today leading off we re going to bring on 2 figures in science who are leaders in their respective fields the 1st scientists it says Shaw stack he is the director of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence now you re probably seen on t.v. a Number of specials about aliens from outer space the aliens are going to invade us the aliens are right next door watching as with their flying saucers but what about how science views the whole question of intelligent life in the universe Dr says Shostak is a Ph d. In physics he s a colleague of mine and instead of teaching graduate students that prestigious universities all the intricacies of astrophysics and quantum mechanics he instead has decided to devote his life to the surge for alien civilizations in outer space Now at 1st you may say it is self Wow that sounds like a waste of
No All right well I m just going to try this anyway you ll never learn anything without doing the experiment right ready on your mark get set Oh wait all to lead and they landed at the same time really darn it looks like Galileo was right objects do fall at the same speed well so much for that theory wasn t so crazy yes it was for want to finish the job there what did you throw from that The Hague mac and cheese and coleslaw you know to make a complete meal I m going to go in now. Yeah let s all go back and yeah not go right now but by the way I m another theory. I m Ali Velshi and this is the countryside and I m sad just that. There are few people as well versed in the stranger more mind bending aspects of universe than physicists and mathematicians Brian Greene he can discuss string theory and actually know what he s talking about yet Brian Greene s liason bed staring at the ceiling at night and asking Well the question we all ask what is it all about I wonder as I lie in bed here s
Since then he s stood for the presidency twice missing out each time however his loyal followers are convinced his moment has come he has run on an ambitious platform promising to tackle corruption inequality and Mexico s widespread violence and impunity Nevertheless many aware e of Mr Lopez Obrador and fear that his opponents are right to characterize him as a populist one of Chancellor Merkel s key coalition partners in Germany is reported to have rejected a migrant deal she struck with other e.u. States raising questions about the future of her government the interior minister Jose over reportedly doubted the effectiveness of effectiveness of the plan Jenny Hill reports it s 2 weeks since Jose Hoffa issued an ultimatum either Angela Merkel delivers a tough edu migration strategy or he unilaterally starts turning migrants away at the German border his rebellion threatens to tear apart her fragile coalition government Mrs Merkel now has her e.u. Migration plan but sources within the
We re seen taking buses from the what Rush from the Washington embassy more now from Moscow correspondent Charlie D Agata Russia s biggest diplomatic target is already being dismantled the U.S. Consulate in St Petersburg America s largest facility besides the embassy in Moscow . The Russians have been swinging the axe on other countries to senior envoys summoned an order to send diplomats home adding to the expulsion of 60 American diplomats earlier this week and Moscow upped the ante with Britain now ordering more than 50 diplomats are also overseas South Korea and the U.S. Kicking off their annual joint military exercises those were delayed by a month for the Winter Olympics where while there were resumption of talks between North and South Korea C.B.S. Has gone Kirk is in Seoul a U.S. Command spokesman confirmed the Marines were conducting operation twin dragon but there was no publicity no photo ops as U.S. And South Korean officials shot out all talk about the exercises not wanti