Explorations With Dr. Michio Kaku – April 9, 2002

Explorations with Dr. Michio Kaku, professor of theoretical physics at the City University of New York, science program. Headlines: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) criticizes Davis Bessie Nuclear Power Plant for near melt-down due to boric acid almost eating thru lid of pressurized reactor containers ; Genome for rice is now sequenced ; March 16, 2880 may see an astroid crash into earth ; Parkinson disease gene therapy ; Cancers can be mostly prevented thru good diet and exercise. GUEST: RODNEY ALLEN BROOKS , Professor of engineering at MIT and author of book “Flesh and Machines: how robots will change us” [Pantheon Bks, 2002 : ISBN0375420797] on topic: field robots and artificial intelligence (AI).