Michio Kaku
Professor of Theoretical Physics
Dr. Michio Kaku is the co-founder of string field theory, and is one of the most widely recognized scientists in the world today. He has written 4 New York Times Best Sellers, is the science correspondent for CBS This Morning and has hosted numerous science specials for BBC-TV, the Discovery/Science Channel. His radio show broadcasts to 100 radio stations every week. Dr. Kaku holds the Henry Semat Chair and Professorship in theoretical physics at the City College of New York (CUNY), where he has taught for over 25 years. He has also been a visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Study as well as New York University (NYU).AsianBoston / Rob Klein
The U.S. hasn’t commissioned a new nuclear plant since before the Three Mile Island meltdown in 1979, and will soon have to decommission all its aging reactors. What, if anything, […]
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The situation at Fukushima has stabilized—if your conception of stable is hanging off a cliff by your fingernails.
Here is a mystery: where is all the radiation coming from at Fukushima? Since the site is too radioactive to make definitive analyses, physicists and engineers are making educated guesses, […]
Scientists have isolated a new gene that has radical implications for everything from the entertainment industry to cocktail party conversations, says Kaku.
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The co-founder of Field String Theory explains why the universe has 11 dimensions rather than any other number.
The utility at Fukushima (TEPCO) announced that radioactive water was found to be 10 million times normal levels at Unit 2, prompting evacuation of that site and world wide anguish […]
The reactor situation in Japan suffered yet another setback yesterday, with water levels in Unit 2 registering 10 million times normal levels.
The three most feared words in the lexicon of a nuclear scientist is “breach of containment,” i.e. an uncontrolled release of radiation into the environment. It appears that we may […]
Even if the Singularity is bogus, machines very well may be as smart as humans by century’s end. How will we make sure they don’t turn on us? Sometimes you […]
Propelling a spaceship with photons would be like trying to energize a spaceship with a flashlight.
We are entering into a decisive turning point for the reactor crisis in Japan, as heroic workers attempt to restore power to the compromised reactors. The next few days are critical.
Released just yesterday, Physics of the Future is my most ambitious book to date. Based on interviews with over three hundred of the world’s top scientists, who are already inventing the […]
As the situation in Japan continues to worsen, we are nearing the point of no return. It’s time to start considering “the Chernobyl Option.”
Quantum computing already exists, but on a truly miniscule scale. We’ll have molecular computers built out of graphene before true quantum ones, says the physicist.
The world is now witnessing a gigantic science experiment, with the Japanese people as guinea pigs. And every hour brings more bad news and complications.
Information about Japan’s failing nuclear reactors is being leak slowly, with few confirmed reports as to the real status, but here’s what we know so far as of the end of the weekend.
The Japanese reactor situation is already the second worst nuclear power plant accident, second only to Chernobyl. The situation changes hourly, but here is what we know so far.
The Internet, the European Union, and the Olympics are all signs that, within the next 100 years, mankind will forge a truly planetary civilization.
UPDATE: Contest Deadline is Friday, March 11th at 8 a.m. EST and the Five Winners will be Announced Next Week – Stay Tuned! Imagine, if you can, the world in the […]
After months of delays and preparation, the oldest remaining shuttlein the fleet–Discovery, finally made its way from the Vehicle Assembly Building at the KSC to the launch pad. At 4:53 […]
Within 10 years, everyone will have a digital copy of their genome for just $1000, and by comparing millions of these codes, we may find the cure for aging and […]
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Enzymes like Telomerase and Resveratrol, though not the Fountain of Youth unto themselves, offer tantalizing clues to how we may soon unravel the aging process.
The idea of a coming Singularity refers to a point in time of radical exponential progress, beyond which our minds can’t imagine—the technological counterpart to an event horizon in a black hole.
Physicists talk rapturously about an equation that could reconcile the four fundamental interactions of nature. But why should you care?
By studying our nearest galactic neighbor Andromeda, astrophysicists can better understand how our own Milky Way galaxy formed 10 billion years ago.
IBM’s Watson computer, though a marvel of computing power, cannot answer questions that involve the common sense of a child.
There are no more evolutionary pressures driving gross human evolution, but that doesn’t mean we won’t be able to genetically re-engineer ourselves in the future.
Theoretically, there could be people and planets made out of antimatter rather than matter, but where are they?
Physics are nothing but the laws of harmonies on a string, and the universe is a symphony.
Around 2012, the sun’s magnetic cycle will reach its peak, increasing the chances of massive magnetic storms that could wipe out the satellites that govern GPS, television streams, and even the Internet.