Interview - Dr. Bruce Damer on the latest Asteroid Return Missions, the Starship Tests, the Origins of Life, and us as Imaginal Cells in the Field.

Listen Now to Dr. Bruce Damer 12.15.2020

One of our favorite guests, Bruce brings us up to date on the latest asteroid return missions, heralding a new era in our ability to collect samples from off planet in our solar system and bring them back to Earth. We delve a bit into the adventures of Elon Musk’s Starship, and Bruce’s Origin of Life research, including his inclusion in a feature article on the topic in the latest issue of Nature, the scientific journal. 

We also discuss mRNA and why that is such a breakthrough approach for vaccines, understanding the creation of life via protocells, the rise of human consciousness as a kind of slime mold in the Gaian field, and our role as imaginal cells in the field. We discuss his collaboration with Dr. David Deamer, and the future of online collaboration with the next generation of scientists. Mrs. Future also reminds us of  the ‘Christmas Star’ that will appear next week, for the first time in hundreds of years.  Enjoy!

Dr. Bruce Damer, looking up!

Future News - Vitamins as Drugs, protease inhibitors, antibody research, Dr. Bruce Damer on what's next..

Listen Now to Future News - What’s Next? with Dr. Bruce Damer

This week, as we continue to shelter in place, and wonder wtf is next, we look at vitamins as drugs with Golden Dr. Bruce Damer, sheltering in place.Moore, who suggests we all watch ‘That Vitamin Movie’ with Andrew W. Saul and Dr. Joseph Mercola. One caller also wonders whether the virus may of hitched a ride on an asteroid, an idea made popular by the book/film “The Andromeda Strain,” by Michael Critchten, a scifi potboiler I read as a kid. Reality, however is often stranger than fiction, and Dr. Bruce Damer joins us to look more deeply at viruses and their origins in relation to biological life itself. Our science correspondent, Bobby Wilder, also joins us to discuss the latest in protease inhibitors, antibody research, and engineered life forms.  Enjoy..

Future News - TEDx SC review, Virgin Galactic Stock Leap, Sharing DNA, Dr. Bruce Damer on Climate Mitigation

Listen Now to Future News 12.10.2019

What a great experience we had at TEDx Santa Cruz this last weekend, touching tentacles with some amazing minds in our community, folks we hope to introduce to you over the coming year on Dr. Future. And in its quest to take humans for a space ride, Virgin Galactic is now on the New York Stock Exchange and have patents that will allow them to build hypersonic aircraft, planes that can carry passengers to any place on Earth at speeds faster than sound.  

After projects exploring the capture of asteroids and investigating the origins of biological life, Dr. Bruce Damer returns to the show and speaks of his current initiative in creating a new think tank consortium uniting governments with business and academia, focused on mega-engineering projects for mitigating climate change. Enjoy!

New Pioneers painting by Mark Henson

Future News - Virgin Galactic Takes First Passenger to Space, Israeli Lander On its Way to the Moon, Space X Dragon Capsule ready to head to ISS, Space Roasting Coffee, Dr. Bruce Damer on Japan's Hayabusa2 Asteroid Collection Mission, Turning CO2 back into Coal, SLV Citizen Scientist Students Report on Health of San Lorenzo River.

Listen Now to Future News 2.26.2019

Some fun space news this week, as we have the first passenger to fly on Virgin Galactic. True, Beth Moses works for the company but still, she wasn’t a pilot or co-pilot, but as astronaut instructor, will be the guide for the first paying passengers about what to expect on their first flight out of the Earth’s atmosphere. We have Dr. Bruce Damer tell us what’s happening with Hayabusa2, the Japanese flight to an asteroid, and it’s efforts to capture some dust and bring it back to Earth for study.  Dr. Bruce tells us why this is exciting and important.

And we finish the show with San Lorenzo Valley Middle School science teacher Rachel Hager hosting a group of SLV students at our KSCO studios, where we discuss with them their efforts to test the San Lorenzo River for potential toxins and pollution.  Our young citizen scientists give us a great report and we look forward to sharing it with you! Enjoy.

Our crew of citizen scientists after delivering their report to us.

Interview - Dr. Bruce Damer on Fake News and Media Perpetrated Trauma in our Lives

Listen Now to Dr. Bruce Damer

Deviating from our usual conversations with Dr. Bruce on Origins of Life and Outer Space Explorations, we delve into the realms of fake news, media stimulation of trauma, and how we may be on a destructive path with the use of our mobile technologies.  What can we do to get back on course? What new metaphors might we use? Can we reboot in time? Enjoy!