How do centuries-old religions adapt to new discoveries or new technologies? How do different religious traditions view genetic engineering, cloning, or stem cell research? In this hour of Science Friday, Ira and guests look at the intersection of religion, biology, and medicine. Can science and religion co-exist?

Plus, we'll check in with scientists trying to make sense of the data from last week's Huygens probe on Saturn's moon Titan.

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Guests:
William Hurlbut, MD
Member, President's Council on Bioethics
Consulting Professor, Program in Human Biology
Stanford University
Stanford, California

Laurie Zoloth
Professor of Medical Humanities and Bioethics and of Religion
Director of Bioethics, Center for Genetic Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois

Ebrahim Moosa
Associate Research Professor, Department of Religion
Co-Director, Center for the Study of Muslim Networks, John Hope
Franklin Center
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina

Susan Jacoby
Director, Center for Inquiry-Metro NY
Author, 'Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism"
New York, New York

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Alfred McEwen
Leader, Titan's surface imaging plan
NASA's Cassini Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS) team
Professor, Planetary Science
University of Arizona
Tuscon, Arizona

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This segment produced by Charles Bergquist and Todd Neale