James Nestor: New Approaches to Cracking the Communication of Whales and Dolphins

James Nestor — Making Contact: New Approaches to Cracking the Communication of Whales and Dolphins.

James Nestor, an author and journalist with a passion for extreme adventure who has written for Scientific American, National Public Radio and The New York Times, draws from his mind-boggling, multiple award-winning new book, DEEP: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us about Ourselves. He describes how groups of athletes and scientists plumbed ocean depths, and researchers collaborating with engineers from Apple, Google and elsewhere worked to “crack” the cetacean language code and send back messages to these giant marine mammals — to make contact. Their weird and wondrous new discoveries might just redefine our understanding of the ocean, and of ourselves.

Introduction by Joshua Fouts, Bioneers Executive Director.

This speech was given at the 2016 National Bioneers Conference.