Habitats Not For Humanity

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

b'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'