Gone Missing!

Published: Jan. 22, 2011, 9:18 p.m.

We all hear about research discoveries, but what about what scientists don\u2019t find? Tune in for a round-up of eureka moments that have yet to come, such as the hunt for the dark energy of the universe and the search for the elusive elementary particle responsible for the mass of objects.\nAlso, we miss the woolly mammoth so much, scientists plan to clone the hairy beast and bring the extinct animal back.\nPlus, why the missing link is no longer missing, what extrasolar planets have now been found, and \u2013 NASA money for science: where\u2019d it go?\nGuests:\n\n\nAlan Stern \u2013 Aerospace consultant and planetary scientist\n\n\nNatalie Batalha \u2013 Deputy Science Team Lead for NASA\u2019s Kepler Mission\n\n\nLeslea Hlusko \u2013 Biologist at the University of California, Berkeley\n\n\nIan Sample \u2013 Science writer, author of Massive: The Missing Particle That Sparked the Greatest Hunt in Science\n\n\n\nSaul Perlmutter \u2013 Physicist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory\n\n\nDarin Croft \u2013 Professor of Anatomy, Case Western Reserve, Cleveland\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices