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Science Talk: The Podcast of Scientific American

Science Talk: The Podcast of Scientific American

by Steve Mirsky




The Scientific American Podcast is a weekly science audio show covering the latest in the world of science and technology. Join host Steve Mirsky each week as he explores cutting-edge breakthroughs and controversial issues with leading scientists and journalists. In addition, listeners can test their knowledge with "Totally Bogus, " a fun and humorous quiz. Scientific American Magazine is one of the world's most enduring and revered magazines. It has chronicled major innovations and scientific discoveries for over 155 years. To date, 130 Nobel Prize winners have contributed more than 210 articles to the magazine, making Scientific American the most authoritative consumer link to the scientific world. Its objective reporting on trends, policies and discoveries has gained the trust of its readers and the admiration of its peers. The magazine has received 11 nominations and 4 awards from the National Magazine Awards for editorial excellence. Host Steve Mirsky is also an articles editor and columnist at Scientific American magazine. His column, "Antigravity, " is one of science writing's rare venues for humor.

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More with Maryn: McKenna on Antibiotic Resistance

Author: Scientific American
Thu, Feb 2, 2012


In part 2 of our conversation with journalist and author Maryn McKenna, she talks about antibiotic resistance in agriculture and human health, MRSA, and offers a brief coda on the subject of fecal transplants

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Fecal Transplants: The Straight Poop

Author: Scientific American
Tue, Jan 31, 2012


Journalist and author Maryn McKenna talks about fecal transplants, which have proved to be exceptionally effective at restoring a healthy intestinal microbiome and curing C. diff infections, yet remain in regulatory limbo

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State of the Union: Research, Technology and Energy

Author: Scientific American
Wed, Jan 25, 2012


About six minutes of President Obama's State of the Union address dealt with research, technology and energy

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A Second Science Front: Evolution Champions Rise to Climate Science Defense

Author: Scientific American
Mon, Jan 16, 2012


Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education, long the nation's leading defender of evolution education, discusses the NCSE's new initiative to help climate science education

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Anna Deavere Smith: Let Me Down Easy

Author: Scientific American
Sat, Jan 14, 2012


Actor, playwright and journalist Anna Deavere Smith talks about the health care crisis and her play about people dealing with illness, health and the health care system, Let Me Down Easy

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Man from Mars: Health and Nutrition Research at Mars, Inc., and Beyond

Author: Scientific American
Thu, Jan 5, 2012


Hagen Schroeter, the director of fundamental health and nutrition research at Mars, Inc., talks about research on bio-active food compounds and the search for why a healthful diet is good for you

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The YouTube SpaceLab Competition

Author: Scientific American
Mon, Dec 12, 2011


If you're 14 to 18 years old, you still have until December 14th to prepare a two-minute video of a suggestion for an experiment to be performed at the International Space Station and upload it to youtube.com/spacelab. Winners will see their experiment performed in space

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Large Hadron Collider Backgrounder

Author: Scientific American
Sun, Dec 11, 2011


Thomas LeCompte of Argonne National Lab was the physics coordinator for the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. He talks about the instrument and its future, as we await the December 13th announcement as to whether the LHC has found the Higgs particle

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Out of Our Depth: Sea Level on the Rise

Author: Scientific American
Thu, Dec 8, 2011


Ocean and climate scientist Eelco Rohling talks with Scientific American senior editor Mark Fischetti about updated calculations of sea-level rise as a function of climate change

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Brian Greene Talks Faster-Than-Light Neutrinos

Author: Scientific American
Wed, Nov 23, 2011


Physicist Brian Greene, host of the NOVA series The Fabric of the Cosmos, addresses the question of faster-than-light neutrinos at a Q&A session after the debut of the PBS series

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The Mind's Hidden Switches

Author: Scientific American
Tue, Nov 22, 2011


Eric J. Nestler, director of the Friedman Brain Institute at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City, talks about his article in the December issue of Scientific American magazine on epigenetics and human behavior, called "Hidden Switches in the Mind"

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The Discovery of Quasicrystals: The 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Author: Scientific American
Wed, Oct 5, 2011


Listen to the announcement of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, to Daniel Shechtman of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. Then hear comments from the president of the American Chemical Society, Nancy Jackson, of Sandia National Laboratories

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An Accelerating Universe: The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics

Author: Scientific American
Tue, Oct 4, 2011


Listen to the announcement of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics, to Saul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidt and Adam Reiss, from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Following the formal announcement comes an explanation of the research, which tracked type Ia supernovae to discover that the expansion of the universe was accelerating. And a phone conversation with new Nobel laureate Brian Schmidt

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Cancer Vaccines

Author: Scientific American
Fri, Sep 30, 2011


Eric von Hofe, cancer researcher and president of the biotech company Antigen Express talks about his article in the October issue of Scientific American called "A New Ally against Cancer," about cancer vaccines

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Science Legend Christian de Duve

Author: Scientific American
Fri, Sep 9, 2011


Christian de Duve, 1974 Nobel laureate for physiology or medicine, talks about going from a cell biologist to a theorist on evolution and the origin of life

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Carl Zimmer on Rats, Cats, Viruses and Tattoos

Author: Scientific American
Fri, Aug 26, 2011


In part 2 of our interview, award-winning author Carl Zimmer talks about his latest books, and a new study that shows how Toxoplasma influences the behavior of rats--and maybe of us

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Carl Zimmer on Evolution in the Big City

Author: Scientific American
Wed, Aug 24, 2011


The annual Scientific American September single-topic issue is all about cities. And award-winning author Carl Zimmer recently penned a piece on evolution research in the urban environment for The New York Times. In part 1 of this interview, he talks about urban evolution

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The City That Became Safe: What New York Teaches about Urban Crime and Its Control

Author: Scientific American
Tue, Aug 9, 2011


U.C. Berkeley School of Law professor Franklin Zimring talks about his article, "How New York Beat Crime," in the August issue of Scientific American

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Nobel Laureate Avram Hershko: The Orchestra in the Cell

Author: Scientific American
Wed, Jul 27, 2011


Nobel laureate Avram Hershko, who determined cellular mechanisms for breaking down proteins, talks about his research in a conversation recorded at the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany. And Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina discusses the recent inaugural Google Science Fair

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Nobel Laureate Peter Agre: From Aquaporins to Lutefisk

Author: Scientific American
Wed, Jul 20, 2011


Peter Agre, 2003 Chemistry Nobel laureate for his work on aquaporins, the proteins that allow water into and out of cells, talks about his research, his upbringing and why he almost ran for the Senate, in a conversation recorded at the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany

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Let's Make a Probabilistic Deal: A Fresh Look at the Monty Hall Problem

Author: Scientific American
Sat, Jun 25, 2011


Scientific American math and physics editor Davide Castelvecchi revisits the Monty Hall problem, so you can know whether you're better off holding on to your original pick or switching when new information presents itself

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How Physics Limits Intelligence

Author: Scientific American
Fri, Jun 17, 2011


Award-winning author Douglas Fox talks about his cover story in the July issue of Scientific American on The Limits of Intelligence, placed there by the laws of physics

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Dying for Science: The 100th Anniversary of the Doomed Scott Antarctic Expedition

Author: Scientific American
Thu, May 26, 2011


Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edward Larson talks about his article "Greater Glory" in the June issue of Scientific American on the forgotten science of the doomed Scott expedition a hundred years ago

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Skirting Steak: The Case for Artificial Meat

Author: Scientific American
Tue, May 17, 2011


Journalist Jeffrey Bartholet talks about his June Scientific American magazine article on the attempts to grow meat in the lab, and Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina talks about the cover piece in the May issue on radical energy solutions

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Astronaut Love: An Interview with Spacewalker Stanley Love

Author: Scientific American
Thu, Apr 28, 2011


On the eve of the launch of the penultimate space shuttle mission, STS-134, Scientific American astronomy editor George Musser talks to veteran astronaut Stanley Love about being in space and the future of spaceflight

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Editors' Roundtable: Science Conference Reports

Author: Scientific American
Thu, Apr 21, 2011


Scientific American editors Christine Gorman, Robin Lloyd, Michael Moyer and Kate Wong talk about their recent trips to different science conferences: the meetings of the Association for Health Care Journalists, the Paleoanthropology Society, the American Association of Physical Anthropologists and an M.I.T. 150th-anniversary conference called Computation and the Transformation of Practically Everything

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Can It Be Bad to Be Too Clean?: The Hygiene Hypothesis

Author: Scientific American
Wed, Apr 6, 2011


Johns Hopkins School of Medicine researcher Kathleen Barnes talks about the hygiene hypothesis, which raises the possibility that our modern sterile environment may contribute to conditions such as asthma and eczema

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Self-Aware Robots?

Author: Scientific American
Wed, Mar 2, 2011


Journalist Charles Choi talks about work being done to make robots self-aware. Plus, we test your knowledge about some recent science in the news

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The Cornucopia Conference: Roundtable on the AAAS Meeting

Author: Scientific American
Thu, Feb 24, 2011


Podcast host Steve Mirsky talks with Scientific American magazine Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina, news editor Anna Kuchment, feature editor Mark Fischetti and online news editor Robin Lloyd about various sessions at the recently completed annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, DC.

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The Spirit of Innovation: From High School to the Moon

Author: Scientific American
Thu, Feb 17, 2011


Nancy Conrad, chair of the Conrad Foundation, talks about the Spirit of Innovation competition for high school students, and about her late husband, Pete Conrad, the third man to walk on the moon

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What's New with Science News

Author: Scientific American
Wed, Feb 16, 2011


Former Scientific American editor in chief and current Gleaming Retort blogger John Rennie, blogger and Scientific American blogs network director Bora Zivkovic, and Scientific American online news editor Robin Lloyd talk about the future of science news

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Jefferson's Moose: Thomas's Fauna Fight against European Naturalists

Author: Scientific American
Wed, Jan 26, 2011


Biologist and author Lee Dugatkin talks about his article "Jefferson's Moose" in the February issue of Scientific American, the story of Jefferson's battle against the European theory of American biological degeneracy. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news

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What Is the Watson Jeopardy-Playing Supercomputer, Alex?

Author: Scientific American
Fri, Jan 14, 2011


Scientific American editor Michael Moyer talks about the sneak preview he caught of of IBM's Watson Jeopardy-playing computer. And ScientificAmerican.com's Larry Greenemeier spoke with Ford's Brad Probert about the new all-electric Focus at the Consumer Electronics Show last week in Las Vegas

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Vinod Khosla: Searching for the Radical Solution

Author: Scientific American
Thu, Dec 23, 2010


Clean technology investor Vinod Khosla, co-founder of Sun Microsystems, talks with Scientific American editor Mark Fischetti about the energy payoffs to be had by reinventing mainstream technologies

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How You Gonna Keep Flu Down on the Farm?: Pig Farms and Public Health

Author: Scientific American
Wed, Dec 22, 2010


Journalist Helen Branswell discusses her January Scientific American article, "Flu Factories," about the attempts to monitor new strains of flu that can originate on pig farms and the difficulties of balancing economic and public health constituencies

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Anna Deavere Smith: Let Me Down Easy

Author: Scientific American
Mon, Dec 20, 2010


Actor, playwright and journalist Anna Deavere Smith talks about the health care crisis and her play about people dealing with illness, health and the health care system, Let Me Down Easy

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The Spewings of Titan (and More from the AGU Meeting)

Author: Scientific American
Thu, Dec 16, 2010


Scientific American editor Davide Castelvecchi joins us from San Francisco to talk about some of the highlights of the meeting of the American Geophysical Union, including volcanoes on Titan, x-rays from lightning, the biota of the Sulawesi Sea, and the connection between light pollution and air pollution. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news

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Let's Talk Stuffing--Your Face

Author: Scientific American
Thu, Nov 25, 2010


Cornell University's Brian Wansink talks about eating behavior and how mindless eating has us consuming way more calories than we suspect

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Let's Talk Turkey!

Author: Scientific American
Wed, Nov 24, 2010


Turkey scientist Rich Buchholz talks about the turkey on your plate and his own turkey research

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Why Do Women Live Longer Than Men?

Author: Scientific American
Fri, Nov 19, 2010


Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina and podcast host Steve Mirsky talk about longevity differences in the sexes, the importance of music education, the pros and cons of the Kindle, and other content from the November issue. Plus, we test your knowledge about some recent science in the news

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Physics Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg

Author: Scientific American
Mon, Nov 15, 2010


Nobel physicist Steven Weinberg spoke to an audience of science journalists, and then to podcast host Steve Mirsky

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Photograph 51: Rosalind Franklin and the Race For The Double Helix of DNA (Part 2 of 2)

Author: Scientific American
Fri, Nov 5, 2010


Photograph 51 is a new play about Rosalind Franklin, Watson and Crick, and the race to determine the structure of DNA, at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York City, running through November 21st. A panel discussion about the play on November 2nd featured crystallography expert Helen Berman, biologist and Franklin scholar Lynne Osman Elkin, science journalist Nicholas Wade, playwright Anna Ziegler and moderator Stuart Firestein

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Photograph 51: Rosalind Franklin and the Race for the Double Helix of DNA, Part 1 of 2

Author: Scientific American
Wed, Nov 3, 2010


Photograph 51 is a new play about Rosalind Franklin, Watson and Crick, and the race to determine the structure of DNA, at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York City, running through November 21st. This November 2nd, a panel discussion about the play and the issues it raises featured crystallography expert Helen Berman; biologist and Franklin scholar Lynne Osman Elkin; science journalist Nicholas Wade; playwright Anna Ziegler; and moderator Stuart Firestein

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The Quest for the Giant Pumpkin

Author: Scientific American
Fri, Oct 29, 2010


Susan Warren, author of the book Backyard Giants, talks about "the passionate, heartbreaking and glorious quest to grow the biggest pumpkin ever." Plus, we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news

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Not Your Grandfather's Scientific American

Author: Scientific American
Wed, Oct 20, 2010


Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina talks about the new look and new outlook of Scientific American magazine and of ScientificAmerican.com Plus, we discuss the results of a poll of the readers of Scientific American and Nature

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The Harlem Science Renaissance

Author: Scientific American
Fri, Oct 15, 2010


Molecular geneticist Sat Bhattacharya talks about his creation, the Harlem Children Society, which gets underprivileged kids involved in scientific research. And 13-year-olds Mitchell Haverty and Angus Fung talk about their research on algae as alternative fuel. Plus, we test your knowledge about some recent science in the news

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Totally Bogus: The Science Talk Quiz

Author: Scientific American
Fri, Oct 8, 2010


In this special stand-alone edition, see if you know which of four science news stories is Totally Bogus.

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Exactly When Is a Person Dead?

Author: Scientific American
Thu, Sep 23, 2010


Award-winning science journalist Robin Marantz Henig and podcast host Steve Mirsky discuss Robin's article in the September issue about organ donation and definitions of death. Plus, we test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Web sites related to this episode include http://bit.ly/ctIDsx; http://bit.ly/9Us1lE

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Could Time End?

Author: Scientific American
Tue, Sep 21, 2010


Scientific American staff editor George Musser joins podcast host Steve Mirsky to discuss his article in the September issue about the possibility of time itself coming to an end

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The End: Death, Endings and Things That Should End

Author: Scientific American
Tue, Sep 14, 2010


Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina and issue editor Michael Moyer talk with podcast host Steve Mirsky about the September single-topic issue of Scientific American--endings in science. Plus, we test your knowledge of some recent science in the news

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Cooking for Geeks: Jeff Potter on Experimenting in the Kitchen

Author: Scientific American
Fri, Sep 3, 2010


Jeff Potter, author of Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks and Good Food, talks with daily podcast correspondent Cynthia Graber, and podcast host Steve Mirsky tests your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Web sites related to content of this podcast include www.cookingforgeeks.com

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Mary Roach Is Packing for Mars, Part 2

Author: Scientific American
Sat, Aug 21, 2010


Podcast host Steve Mirsky talks with author Mary Roach about her new book "Packing For Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void." Part 2 of 2. (Part 1 is at http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=mary-roach-is-packing-for-mars-10-08-20). Web sites related to content of this podcast include www.maryroach.net.

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Mary Roach Is Packing for Mars, Part 1

Author: Scientific American
Fri, Aug 20, 2010


Podcast host Steve Mirsky recently attended a talk by author Mary Roach about her new book Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void. In part 1 of this two-part episode, we'll hear that talk. Web sites related to content of this podcast include www.maryroach.net

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When Humans Almost Died Out; Earthy Exoplanets; And Scientific American 's 165th Birthday

Author: Scientific American
Thu, Aug 12, 2010


Podcast host Steve Mirsky talks with human evolution expert Kate Wong about the small group of humans who survived tough times beginning about 195,000 years ago and gave rise to all of us, a story told in the cover article of the August issue of Scientific American, our 165th anniversary edition. And Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina talks about the rest of the contents of the issue, including our coverage of the search for rocky exoplanets. Plus, we test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Web sites related to content of this podcast include http://snipurl.com/10louu

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Arguing with Non-Skeptics, Part 2 of 2

Author: Scientific American
Wed, Jul 28, 2010


A panel discussion on arguing with non-skeptics at the recent Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism in New York City featured James Randi, George Hrab, D. J. Grothe and podcast host Steve Mirsky. Julia Galef moderated. Part 2 of 2. Web sites related to content of this podcast include www.necsscon.org

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Arguing with Non-Skeptics, Part 1 of 2

Author: Scientific American
Tue, Jul 27, 2010


A panel discussion on arguing with non-skeptics at the recent Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism in New York City featured James Randi, George Hrab, D. J. Grothe and podcast host Steve Mirsky. Julia Galef moderated. Part 1 of 2. Web sites related to content of this podcast include www.nature.com/nature/podcast and www.necsscon.org

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Whiz Kids: Intel Science Talent Search Documentary

Author: Scientific American
Mon, Jul 19, 2010


The new documentary film Whiz Kids follows three high school student-scientists as they attempt to get their projects accepted into the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search. Scientific American podcast host Steve Mirsky talks with the film's writer and editor, Jane Wagner, and with two of the stars of the documentary, Ana Cisneros and Hermain Khan. Plus, we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Web sites related to content of this podcast include www.nature.com/nature/podcast and http://whizkidsmovie.com

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Will Your Plug-In Car Actually Be Coal-Powered? And Other July Stories

Author: Scientific American
Thu, Jul 8, 2010


Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina and staff editor Michael Moyer join podcast host Steve Mirsky to talk about articles in the July issue, including: "The Dirty Truth about Plug-In Hybrids"; "How Babies Think"; and "Birds That Lived with Dinosaurs". Plus, we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Web sites related to content of this podcast include www.scientificamerican.com/sciammag; http://bit.ly/cwcTtR

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Paul Dirac: "The Strangest Man" of Science, Part 2

Author: Scientific American
Fri, Jun 25, 2010


Award-winning writer and physicist Graham Farmelo talks with podcast host Steve Mirsky about The Strangest Man, Farmelo's biography of Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist Paul Dirac. Part 2 of 2. Web sites related to this episode include www.thestrangestman.com and http://bit.ly/dirac1963

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"The Strangest Man" of Science, Part 1

Author: Scientific American
Thu, Jun 24, 2010


Award-winning writer and physicist Graham Farmelo talks with podcast host Steve Mirsky about The Strangest Man, Farmelo's biography of Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist Paul Dirac. Part 1 of 2. Web sites related to this episode include www.thestrangestman.com and http://bit.ly/dirac1963

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