Habitats Not For Humanity

Published: April 19, 2010, 7 a.m.

We place sharks in aquariums and elephants in zoos \u2013 to observe and conserve. But what if aliens have done the same to us? We\u2019ll hear from Stephen King on a doomed result of a domed experiment - hatched by off-Earth beings, and why captivity may actually save some species on this planet.\nPlus, you\u2019re entering the Habitable Zone: which is the best bet for life elsewhere in the Solar System - Europa, Enceladus or Mars?\nGuests:\n\n\nStephen King - Novelist, author of Under the Dome: A Novel\n\n\n\nJim Kasting - Geoscientist, Penn State University and author of How to Find a Habitable Planet (Science Essentials)\n\n\n\nOliver Morton - Journalist, author of Eating the Sun: How Plants Power the Planet\n\n\n\nJohn Fraser - Director for the Institute for Learning Innovations and Adjunct Assistant Professor at Hunter College CUNY\n\n\nAmanda Hendrix - Planetary Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory\n\n\nBob Pappalardo - Planetary Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory\n\nDescripci\xf3n en espa\xf1ol\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices