Science Talk
By Scientific American
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Description
Science Talk is a weekly science audio show covering the latest in the world of science and technology. Join Steve Mirsky each week as he explores cutting-edge breakthroughs and controversial issues with leading scientists and journalists. He is also an articles editor and columnist at Scientific American magazine. His column, "Antigravity," is one of science writing's great humor venues. Also check our daily podcast from Scientific American : "60-Second Science." To view all of our archived podcasts please go to www.scientificamerican.com/podcast
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Fake Whiskeys and Octo-Ecstasy
00:28:18
Scientific American assistant news editor, Tanya Lewis, and collections editor, Andrea Gawrylewski, take a deeper look at two short articles from the Advances news section of the December issue, on counterfeit whiskeys and the effect of real ecstasy...on octopuses.
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Jan 14, 2019 |
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Ultima Thule and the Apes of Earth
00:07:25
As the New Horizons mission approached Ultima Thule, Rowan University paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara put our close-up study of the Kuiper Belt object into a deep-time perspective.
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Jan 03, 2019 |
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Meet the Real Ravenmaster
00:38:19
Christopher Skaife talks about his new book The Ravenmaster: My Life with the Ravens at the Tower of London, in front of a live audience at Caveat, “the speakeasy bar for intelligent nightlife" in Lower Manhattan.
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Dec 18, 2018 |
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The Crusade against Dangerous Food, Part 2
00:21:05
Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Deborah Blum talks about her book The Poison Squad: One Chemist’s Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the 20th Century, Part 2.
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Nov 22, 2018 |
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The Crusade against Dangerous Food, Part 1
00:30:00
Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Deborah Blum talks about her book The Poison Squad: One Chemist’s Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the 20th Century, Part 1.
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Nov 22, 2018 |
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Bones and Stones: Cemetery Geology
00:32:53
A tour of Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, N.Y., focuses on the geology of the landscape and the mausoleums.
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Oct 31, 2018 |
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Tinder for Cheetahs; and an Unusual Blindness
00:25:31
Scientific American assistant news editor, Tanya Lewis, and collections editor, Andrea Gawrylewski, host a new podcast that takes a deeper look at short articles from the Advances news section of the magazine.
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Oct 17, 2018 |
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Better Living through Evolution: Nobel Prize in Chemistry
00:14:28
Frances Arnold, George Smith and Gregory Winter shared the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for using evolutionary principles to create highly efficient enzymes and antibodies, with numerous practical applications.
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Oct 03, 2018 |
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Laser Advances That Changed Our Lives: Nobel Prize in Physics
00:29:15
Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland shared the Nobel Prize for finding ways to control and enhance laser light, leading to numerous common applications.
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Oct 02, 2018 |
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Unleashing Immunity against Cancer: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
00:20:47
James P. Allison and and Tasuku Honjo shared the Nobel Prize for their discovery of inhibition of negative immune regulation, the basis of new drugs against cancer.
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Oct 01, 2018 |
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Where There's a Wills There's a Way to Explain the Home Run Rise
00:30:50
Astrophysicist and sports data scientist Meredith Wills talks about why a subtle change in Major League baseballs may be behind the jump in home runs after 2014.
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Oct 01, 2018 |
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More People, but Less Hardship?
00:26:34
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO Sue Desmond-Hellmann talks about the just-issued Goalkeepers Report, tracking progress against poverty and disease even as the population keeps rising.
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Sep 25, 2018 |
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Here's Looking at Humanity, Kid
00:24:49
Senior Editor Gary Stix talks about the September special issue of Scientific American , devoted to the science of being human. And Brown University evolutionary biologist Ken Miller discusses human chromosome 2 and what it tells us about us.
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Sep 05, 2018 |
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Life at the Improv: The Power of Imagination
00:40:45
Stephen Asma, professor of philosophy at Columbia College Chicago, talks about his two latest books, The Evolution of Imagination and Why We Need Religion .
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Aug 17, 2018 |
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Out with the Bad Science
00:37:52
NPR science journalist Richard Harris talks about his book, Rigor Mortis: How Sloppy Science Creates Worthless Cures, Crushes Hope and Wastes Billions .
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Aug 02, 2018 |