This series was presented in Spring 2008
- Defining Life's Edges: The Origins of Life
- Roy Parker, Regent's Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Life's Extreme Edge: The Limits of Organic Life on Earth and Other Planets
- Jonathan Lunine, Professor, Planetary Sciences and Physics
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View lecture (61 mins)
- Life's Final Edge? The Origin and Extinction of Species in a Human-Dominated Earth
- Michael Rosenzweig, Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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View lecture (60 mins)
- Life's Cognitive Edge: The Role of The Mind and What It Means To Be Human
- Anna Dornhaus, Assistant Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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View lecture (66 mins)
- Life's Human Edge: Changing Perspectives on the End of Life
- Michael Gill, Associate Professor, Philosophy
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View lecture (53 mins)
- Life's Technological Edge: The Singulaity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology
- Ray Kurzweil, via Teleportec Teleporter Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Kurzweil Technologies
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View lecture excerpt (15 mins)
