A Spin on the What If? Express-Fate of Species on P I Radio

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Presentation - Scott Cluthe is joined for a deep conversation
with Fred Guterl, an award-winning journalist and executive editor
of Scientific American. Mr. Guterl's latest book is titled,The Fate
of the Species. Fred worked for ten years at Newsweek, most
recently as deputy editor, covering the most important trends in
science, technology, and international affairs. He has also
appeared on CNN, Charlie Rose, the Today Show, and more. The sixth
"mass extinction event" in the history of planet Earth is currently
under way, with over two hundred species dying off every day. The
cause of this seismic event is also the source of the single
biggest threat to human life: our own inventions. But for all our
talk about sea levels and biotechnology, do we really know what our
future will actually look like? Will our immune systems be attacked
by so-called super bugs, always evolving, and more easily spread
than ever? Will the disappearance of numerous species cripple the
biosphere? And if it does, what happens then? In this provocative,
gripping book, Scientific American editor Fred Guterl explores
these and other looming scenarios in vivid detail—the way they
might really happen—and then proffers the means to avoid them.