after all, we're metlife. >>> this is the second session with two extraordinary people, nancy abrahams wosay lawyer, a song writer, a spouse, and the coauthor of this volume, which is quite breathtaking. the view from the center of the universe. discovering our extraordinariy place in the cosmows. a new book. -- cosmos. highly placed and the coauthor is sitting right here, his name is joel preand he is one of the world's most successful and recognized cosmonthlygists, astro first cysts. and this is a tour of the universe benefiting by the extraordinary breakthroughs of a series of telescopes, the head of which is the leading telescope is the hubble telescope which is still functioning. now, the hubble is a product of nasa. so you must have high regard for nasa? is that deminished in any way? >> all of us scientists are enormously grateful for the government of the united states and to nasa in particular. but we are very worried that this new focus on putting people back on the moon is robbing the current scientific enterprise of very much-needed resources. in the hopes we'll be able to

after all, we're metlife. a.d.m. the nature of what's to come. >> welcome. ariel levy, you authored a cover story for "new york magazine" which we see here "what are you on?" and you described new york today to -- you say sound the alarm, there is a new drug epidemic in town and most of the city wants in on it. in certain circles of new york, it is regular table conversation. we have entered the golden age of self-medication. drugs have become like hair products or cosmetics. this is brain styling, not mind altering, and you have a serious point to make there, but what is the extent of what you see going on in new york? >> well, i mean, i think new york is the same town that brought you woody allen and brought you everybody having a psychiatrist. there not a great deal of stigma to being neurotic in new york. it is accepted to the point of maybe being desirable in certain circles. i think now that these medications are more common, new york is the place where people are going to be comfortable with it and goin

after all, we're metlife. were revised this past year in order to meet the requirements of the low-carbiet. are you satisfied that the low-carb diet is truly cratering, it's on its way out? >> absolutely. i think that low-carb ran out of steam earlier this year. the product launches for low-carb and no-carb products peaked in the month of june and it's been kind of downhill ever since then. this is probably going to go down as one of the great fads in the food industry in probably the past 50 years. >> does that include the south beach diet, this death of low-carb fad diet, south beach diet, zone diet, are they also doomed to disaster? >> i don't know. i think they probably will end up as fads but south beach and zone are a lot better than the atkins diet where atkins was recommending bacon and cheese and steaks and all the foods that are high in saturated fat, the kinds that promote heart disease. where south beach was promoting more fruits and vegetables. but it's worth noting that first the atkins diet isn'

after all, we're metlife.ic] ♪ >>> welcome. >> thank you. >> we are celebrating the 100th@anniversary, the sennennary of albert einstein's burst of scientific discovery. what is it exactly that we are salung? i k you, dr. robert shulman? >> we're celebrating this incredib burst of creativity that he showed in1905. we also are celebrating the fact that he, in essence, came from nowhere and put his stamp on 20th century physics, in this, a humble patent clerk is an achievement that is probably unparalleled certainly in this 20th century. >> he becamea celebrity scientist and an icon, and he has affeed the popular culture. can you tell us about@that,@ >> he became an icon i think not until 1919 after his general thry of relativity was proven to be correct by some british astronomers and he after that. wide fameright >> so the scientific legacy is really the genesis of all the re? >> is that correct? and he was very outspoken lar on, on political situations and social situations with the state of israel. >> what w

after all, we're metlife. >> gentlemen, we will co. is the average person aware of how much -- welcome. the average person aware of how much data is obtainable by the internet? stuart pratt? >> uh-oh, john, i think the lead for the show speaks volumes about how society and our lives have changed, the ability to going lg ourselves, to see what is on the internet is something that tens of millions --. >> you want information it would be the shoe leather factor, you have to retain a private eye, he would have to be hiding behind lampposts and try to get into files now. now it's at your finger tips. >> i don't think that's quite true: there's some information on the intet net that is easy to get but there's a lot of information controlled under federal laws and is not readily available through a browser on the internet. >> where do you start? you start by going lg? -- googling? i ask you evan hendricks. >> that's the easy thing. but if you pull out your wallet and start buying things, there's no way anyone can realize how much information

on the vehicle side, john hit on the things we're doing, getting the metlife overhaul stun or a portion of them, focusing them on the components that are showing the failures, such as doors and steps. that would go a long way of extending the life of their vehicles and reliability. that is funded and under way. we should soon see improvements, because some of those vehicles are now coming back out onto the street. adding more vehicles, which john also referenced, by getting some that have been out of service because of previous damage from getting them back on line will help in terms of the overall numbers to make sure we have the minimum out for service every day. with regard to operators, there are no work changes per se that are happening. mainly the hiring pipeline that we're very much focused on, we have been focused on the bus side in terms of getting part time operators that were negotiated as part of the new contract up and running. this coming wednesday is the first day that the first batch of those folks will be out at one of our divisions. we have another batch falling next m

after the bell, metlife topped forecasts on earnings. overnight, samsung took over apple as the world's top smartphone maker, reporting a 40% jump in shipments last year. avon tumbled 18% on news the government is investigating contacts with financial analysts and some suspected bribery. hewlett packard's meg whitman has ditched the previous ceo's plan to spin off its personal computers unit. >>> and finally, facebook is building its first nonamerican data center in northern sweden, using the arctic climate to help cool thousands of servers. >>> in your health news, a new study suggests that people with the genetic condition that puts them at an increased risk of colon cancer may lower their chance of developing the disease by taking daily aspirin. while the study's author said the benefits were significant, they also warn that aspirin should only be recommended for people at high risk since aspirin can have effects such as gastrointestinal bleeding. for more information on this and other health stories, check out the health page at msnb

three games at metlife stadium and a bye week.'t put it together. maybe it's an aberration. we'll find out. now they're going to be in the thick of things. >> before we let you go, the san francisco 49ers -- >> that was unbelievable. the buccaneers are a team 3-1 that people thought were on the rise. the 49ers had been winning close games. came back from 20 down last week. but they rolled over the tampa bay buccaneers. late in the game they lost their top receiver josh morgan with a broken ankle. that shows you when you get a big lead, maybe it's smart to get some of the key players off the field. >> mike florio, thanks so much. the website is profootballtalk.com. see you next week. >> all right. >> light at the end of the tunnel in europe's debt crisis? simon hobbs up next. ♪ ♪ [ multiple sounds making melodic tune ] ♪ [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, every innovation, every solution, comes together for a single purpose -- to make the world a safer place. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. i know you're wor