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Join host Steve Mirsky each week as he explores the latest developments in science and technology through interviews with leading scientists and journalists. Primary Format : Science Language : English Also Listed as: City : New York State/Province : NY Country : USA Region : NA User Tags: User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: View this Podcast on a Google Map. Podcast iTunes Link Text Only listing of Scientific American Podcast Podcasts Methings.com listings of Scientific American Podcast Podcasts If you like this podcast, you might also like:

Human Evolution II: Recent Evolution; and Becoming Human NOVA Preview Anthropologist John Hawks of the University of Wisconsin-Madison talks about recent human evolution, especially of our ability to digest lactose. And producer Graham Townsley discusses his three-part PBS NOVA premiering on November 3rd called Becoming Human. Plus we test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Websites related to this episode include www.snipurl.com/t1ivr Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Human Evolution: Lucy And Neanderthals Anthropologist Chris Stringer of the Natural History Museum in London talks about Neanderthals. And Scientific American's Kate Wong, co-author with Donald Johanson of Lucy's Legacy, talks about the discovery and impact of the famous Lucy fossil. Plus we test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Websites related to this episode include www.snipurl.com/lucyfinder; http://bit.ly/bntu0 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Brain Enhancement: October Issue of Scientific American In this episode Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina discusses the contents of the October issue of Scientific American, including articles on brain enhancement, lost cities of the Amazon and a century-old plan to make subway rides more entertaining Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website New Nobel Laureate Jack Szostak and Surrogates Film Director Jonathan Mostow Jack Szostak, who just shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, talks about his latest research on the origin of life. And Scientific American editor George Musser talks to Jonathan Mostow, director of the new Bruce Willis scifi thriller Surrogates. Websites related to this episode include www.snipurl.com/surrogates; www.snipurl.com/telomere; www.snipurl.com/origin Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Clean Energy Contest; and Counting Crickets and Katydids Scientific American podcast correspondent Cynthia Graber talks about the MIT Clean Energy Prize Competition. And we take part in the recent Cricket Crawl, an effort to take a census of crickets and katydids in the New York metropolitan area. Plus we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Websites related to this episode include www.amnh.org and www.discoverlife.org/cricket Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Where There Was Smoke There's Science Wake Forest University School of Medicine neuroscientist Dwayne Godwin talks about the the Winston-Salem area's adoption of biomedical research, as well as meetings with Congress about science funding and his comic strip contributions to Scientific American Mind. Plus we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website From Spooky Action to Tiny Radios Scientific AmericanEditor in Chief John Rennie talks about the contents of the March issue of the magazine, including articles on quantum entanglement, nano radios, fresh brain cells and more. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: February 04, 2009 The Naked Singularity Meets Social Media Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Origins of Everything: The September Scientific American Magazine Scientific American editor-in-chief Mariette Dichristina discusses the September special single-topic issue of Scientific American magazine, which covers origins, from the universe to the horse stirrup. Plus we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Websites related to this episode include www.thelongtail.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Colony Collapse and Ruptured Ribosomes; Minding Darwin's Beeswax John Williams, the beekeeper at Down House in England, talks about Darwin's bees. And May Berenbaum, entomologist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, talks about the latest publication related to colony collapse disorder and ribosome damage in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Web sites related to this episode include www.bee-craft.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website To Bee or Not to Bee In part 2 of our bee podcast, we talk with May Berenbaum, entomologist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and inspiration for the X Files fictional entomologist Bambi Berenbaum, about bees, other insects and how life history analysis can make us rest easy during scary sci-fi invasion movies. Plus, we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bee Afraid, Bee Very Afraid May Berenbaum, entomologist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and inspiration for the X Files fictional entomologist Bambi Berenbaum, talks about colony collapse disorder and disappearing bees as well as the importance of honeybees in agriculture Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Swimming In Spacetime and Other Stories Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina and staff editor Kate Wong talk about the contents of the August issue, including articles on some of the odd consequences of general relativity, life as a Neandertal, and the latest research on celiac disease. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Nuts, Bolts, Photons and Electrons of Solar Energy Jeff Wolfe, the CEO and co-founder of groSolar, talks about solar energy's present and future. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Web sites related to this episode include www.grosolar.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Movie Magic ( Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs ), Part 3 In this series of episodes, we talk to many of the scientists at Blue Sky Studios, which created the Ice Age series of animated features, including the recently released Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. In episode 3, we hear from co-director Mike Thurmeier, art director Mike Knapp and head of lighting Andew Beddini. Special thanks to Hugo Ayala. Web sites related to this episode include www.blueskystudios.com and www.iceagemovie.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Movie Magic ( Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs ), Part 2 In this series of episodes, we talk to many of the scientists at Blue Sky Studios, which created the Ice Age series of animated features, including the recently released Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. In episode 2, we hear from the research and development team about their backgrounds, the kinds of technical challenges they face and the ways they use math and computers to solve those problems. Web sites related to this episode include www.blueskystudios.com; www.iceagemovie.com; www.scient ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Movie Magic ( Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs ), Part 1 In this series of episodes, we talk to many of the scientists at Blue Sky Studios, which created the Ice Age series of animated features, including the recently released Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. In episode 1, we hear from company founders Carl Ludwig and Eugene Troubetzkoy and senior research associate Hugo Ayala. Web sites related to this episode include www.blueskystudios.com and www.iceagemovie.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Atul Gawande Redux While Steve's at the conference of the World Federation of Science Journalists in London, we look ahead to some of the programming coming your way in the coming weeks, and we replay our 2007 interview with surgeon Atul Gawande, whose recent research in The New England Journal of Medicine and writing in The New Yorker have caused a big stir in the medical and health care reform communities. Web sites related to this episode include http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/06/01/090601fa_fact_ ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Hello Moon, Good-Bye Rennie We look at the contents of the July issue of Scientific American magazine, the last under outgoing Editor in Chief John Rennie, including an article by moon explorer Harrison Schmitt, a piece on the fight against superbugs, a report on the potential of biofuels such as grassoline, and a recollection of the pernicious effects of chess! Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Panamania!: A Visit to the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute We take a walking tour of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute on Barro Colorado Island in Panama, with the STRI's Beth King and Harilaos Lessios. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Web Sites related to this episode include www.stri.org Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Truth about Cats and Dogs Scientific American magazine Editor in Chief John Rennie talks about the contents of the June issue, including articles on the evolution of cats and the physiology of sled dogs. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website High Achievement High Schoolers High school scientists Sruti Swaminathan, Maia ten Brink, Alyssa Bailey, Moyukh Chatterjee and Fedja Kadribasic, all winners of state competitions sponsored by the American Junior Academy of Sciences, talk about their research. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website People, Pan Troglodytes (Chimps) and Pigs Scientific Americaneditor Christine Soares discusses the swine flu situation and Editor in Chief John Rennie talks about the May issue--topics include the specific genetic differences between humans and chimps, side-channel hacking, food shortages, and our leaky atmosphere. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sherwin Nuland's Tales from the Bedside Surgeon and author Sherwin Nuland talks about his new bookThe Soul of Medicine: Tales from the Bedside,a Chaucerian take on doctors and their relationships with patients and each other. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Life Goes on within You and without You: Health and the Environment In this episode, we'll hear parts of three talks from the recent symposium, Exploring the Dynamic Relationship Between Health and the Environment, organized by the American Museum of Natural History's Center for Biodiversity and Conservation. Speakers include Penn State's Peter Hudson, who talks about disease transmission; Oxford's Oliver Pybus, on how genome analysis exonerated health care workers accused of infecting children with HIV; and N.Y.U.'s Martin Blaser on our disappearing stomac ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What Shape Is Your Galaxy? Yale astrophysicist Kevin Schawinski talks about Galaxy Zoo, a distributed computing project in which laypeople can help researchers characterize galaxies. And we tour Kroon Hall, the new green home of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Sciences. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Web sites related to this episode include www.galaxyzoo.org; www.environment.yale.edu/kroon Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website In Search of Time Journalist and writer Dan Falk talks about his new bookIn Search of Time,about the cultural, physical and psychological aspects of the mysterious ticking clocks all around us. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Web sites related to this episode include www.danfalk.ca Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Remarkable Creatures (and Getting Them Fixed) University of Wisconsin evolutionary biologist Sean Carroll talks about his new book,Remarkable Creatures,which chronicles the derring-do of some of natural history's brightest stars. AndFoundAnimals.org's Katy Palfrey discusses the Michelson Prize, for the development of a nonsurgical pet-neutering technique. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Web sites related to this episode include foundanimals.org; seanbcarroll.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Stars of Cosmology, Part 2 In part 2 of this podcast, cosmologists Alan Guth from M.I.T., Arizona State University's Lawrence Krauss, John Carlstrom from the University of Chicago, and Fermilab's Scott Dodelson take reporters'questions at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Chicago on February 16th Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Stars of Cosmology, Part 1 In part 1 of this podcast, cosmologists Alan Guth from M.I.T., Arizona State University's Lawrence Krauss, John Carlstrom from the University of Chicago, and Fermilab's Scott Dodelson discuss the state of cosmology--and the universe's possible dismal future--at a press conference at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Chicago on February 16th Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Darwin Day Special, Part 3: Origins of Paleontology and the Impact of Religion on the Development of Evolutionary Theory In part 3 of this special Darwin Day podcast, the Reverend Thomas Goodhue, executive director of the Long Island Council of Churches and author of the bookCurious Bones: Mary Anning and the Birth of Paleontology,talks about Anning and how religion informed Darwin and the scientists who led to him. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Darwin Day Special, Part 2: Evolutionary Psychology and Religion In part 2 of this special Darwin Day podcast, Hofstra University religion professor John Teehan discusses the study of religion from an evolutionary psychology perspective Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Darwin Day Special: Bicentennial of the Birth of Charles Darwin In part 1 of this special Darwin Day podcast, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Darwin on February 12th, Richard Milner performs part of his one-man show about Darwin;Scientific AmericanEditor in Chief John Rennie and Darwin descendant Matthew Chapman read fromThe Origin of Species; and Chapman talks about his book40 Days and 40 Nights,about the Dover intelligent design trial as well as about his efforts to get presidential candidates to discuss science--a project called Sci ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Naked Singularity Meets Social Media Scientific AmericanEditor in Chief John Rennie talks about the content of the February issue, including naked singularities and the greenhouse hamburger. N.Y.U. journalism professor Jay Rosen discusses social media. Plus, we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Web sites related to this episode include www.SciAm.com/sciammag; journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website CO2 Rising: Follow the Bouncing Carbon Atom Scientist and author Tyler Volk talks about his new bookCO2Rising: The World's Greatest Environmental Challenge. Plus, we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Web sites related to this episode include http://pages.nyu.edu/~tv1/Volk.htm Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: January 28, 2009 CO2Rising: Follow the Bouncing Carbon Atom Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Darwin: Ghostbuster, Muse and Magistrate Darwin historian Richard Milner shares some of the lesser known aspects of Darwin's life. AndScientific Americancolumnist Michael Shermer talks about the stock market, religion and other belief systems. Plus, we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Web sites related to this episode include www.darwinlive.com; www.michaelshermer.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: January 22, 2009 Darwin: Ghostbuster, Muse and Magistrate Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website From Astronomy to Zune Scientific Americanastronomy expert George Musser discusses the recent meeting of the American Astronomical Society andSciAm.com's Larry Greenemeier reports on the Consumer Electronics Show. Plus, we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Evolution of Evolution Scientific AmericanEditor in Chief John Rennie discusses the special January issue of the magazine, which focuses on evolution--2009 being the 200th anniversary of the birth of Darwin and the 150th anniversary of the publication ofThe Origin of Species. Subjects in the issue include the importance of natural selection, the sources of genetic variability, human evolution's past and future, pop evolutionary psychology, everyday applications of evolutionary theory, the science of the game Spor ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: January 14, 2009 From Astronomy to Zune Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: January 07, 2009 The Evolution of Evolution Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Manhattan Project and the Met The Metropolitan Opera's production of the new operaDoctor Atomicaired on PBS on December 29th. We'll hear from Manhattan Project veterans Roy Glauber (Nobel laureate), Murray Peshkin, Leonard Jossem, Al Bartlett, Hans Courant, Harold Agnew, Benjamin Bederson, who spoke at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. And we talk to the Metropolitan Opera's Patricia Steiner. Plus, we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Web sites related to this episode i ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: December 31, 2008 The Manhattan Project and the Met Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Christmas at the Moon; and Instant Egghead Guide: The Mind Scientific Americaneditor Michael Battaglia discusses the online In-Depth-Report onApollo 8,which orbited the moon 40 years ago this week. And author Emily Anthes talks about her new book,Instant Egghead Guide: The Mind. Plus, we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Web sites related to this episode include www.SciAm.com/report.cfm?id=apollo8; www.SciAm.com/report.cfm?id=science-movies; www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/tag/doctor-atomic Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website From Carbon to the Cretaceous: Report from the American Geophysical Union Meeting Scientific Americaneditor Davide Castelvecchi reports from the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in San Francisco. Subjects include the extinction of the dinosaurs and the Orbiting Carbon Observatory. AndCNETSenior Associate Editor Michelle Thatcher gives us the lowdown on netbooks and tablet PCs. Plus, we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Web sites related to this episode include www.agu.org; crave.cnet.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: December 24, 2008 Christmas At the Moon; and Instant Egghead Guide: Mind Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Klaatu's Back and He's Not Happy Scott Derrickson, director of the new version ofThe Day the Earth Stood Still,talks about his take on the iconic sci-fi movie. And Nobel laureate Richard Roberts discusses the importance of open-access science publishing. Plus, we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: December 19, 2008 From Carbon to the Cretaceous: Report from the American Geophysical Union Meeting Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Science of Pain Stanford University pain expert Sean Mackey talks about the modern take on pain, how to treat it, why treatment is so important, and the relationship between pain and empathy. Plus, we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Web sites related to this episode include sciencegeekgirl.wordpress.com/2008/10; paincenter.stanford.edu Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: December 10, 2008 Klaatu's Back and He's Not Happy Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: December 03, 2008 The Science of Pain Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Viruses against Disease; Going Batty for Bats Scientific Americaneditor in chief, John Rennie, talks about the contents of the December issue, including bat evolution and how magicians are helping neuroscience. And Boro Dropulic of Lentigen talks about converting viruses into disease fighters. Plus, we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Web sites related to this episode include http://www.sciam.com/report.cfm?id=bat-guide; http://www.sciam.com/report.cfm?id=thanksgiving Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: November 26, 2008 Viruses against Disease; Going Batty for Bats Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Approval of Seals: Wildlife Docs and Their Exotic Patients Some veterinarians treat animals much more exotic than the family pet. Jeffrey Boehm, executive director of the Marine Mammal Center, talks about the challenges of caring for sick sea mammals. And Alisa"Harley"Newton, a pathologist with the Wildlife Conservation Society, discusses how vets figured out that a pathogen attacking humans was in fact West Nile Virus. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Web sites related to this episode include www.tmmc.org; www.wc ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kayaking Antarctica with Jon Bowermaster How a warming climate leads to freezing penguins, with journalist and author Jon Bowermaster, who has kayaked the world's seas, most recently in Antarctica. And Cynthia Graber takes us on a tour with a new M.I.T. underwater autonomous vehicle. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Websites related to this episode include www.jonbowermaster.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: November 19, 2008 Approval of Seals: Wildlife Docs and Their Exotic Patients Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Day After: Science in the Obama Administration Stanford University biologist Sharon Long, a science advisor to the Barack Obama campaign, talks about science in the upcoming administration. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Web sites related to this episode include www.SciAm.com/report.cfm?id=election2008 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: November 12, 2008 Kayaking Antarctica with Jon Bowermaster Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cemetery Science: The Geology of Mausoleums For Halloween, we take a tour of Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, N.Y., with geologist Sidney Horenstein and Woodlawn expert Susan Olsen, concentrating on the geology of the rock used in the memorials. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Web sites related to this episode include www.bigpumpkins.com; www.thewoodlawncemetery.org Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: November 05, 2008 The Day After: Science in the Obama Administration Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: October 30, 2008 Cemetery Science: The Geology of Mausoleums Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Today's Alternative Energy; and November Issue Topics, Including Computer-Brain Interfaces and DNA Computing Scientific Americanmagazine editor in chief, John Rennie, talks about the November issue's contents, including computer-brain interfaces, DNA computing, the ongoing attempts to find an HIV vaccine and getting closer to theStar Trektricorder with portable NMR. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Web sites mentioned on this episode include snipurl.com/4LJ71; SciAm.com/sciammag Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website More Than Pickles and Ice Cream: The Link Between Diet and Fertility Harvard School of Public Health epidemiologist Walter Willett talks toSciAmcorrespondent Cynthia Graber about his latest book,The Fertility Dietas well as about the links between nutrition and health generally. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: October 22, 2008 Today's Alternative Energy; and November Issue Topics, Including Computer-Brain Interfaces and DNA Computing Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about E. Coli Part II Carl Zimmer continues his discussion ofE. coli,the bacteria that are the subject of his new bookMicrocosm:E. Coliand the New Science of Life. Plus, we'll test your knowledge about the Nobel Prizes awarded this week. Web sites mentioned in this episode include www.carlzimmer.com; improbable.com; nobelprize.org Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: October 15, 2008 More Than Pickles and Ice Cream: The Link Between Diet and Fertility Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about E. Coli Part I Author and journalist Carl Zimmer talks aboutE. coli,the bacteria that are the subject of his new bookMicrocosm:E. Coliand the New Science of Life. Web sites mentioned in this episode include www.carlzimmer.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: October 09, 2008 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about E. Coli Part II Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Searching for Intelligence Author and journalist Carl Zimmer talks about the search for the physiological and biological basis of intelligence, the subject of his article in the October issue ofScientific Americanmagazine. And editor-in-chief, John Rennie, discusses other articles in the issue, including the cover story on the possibility of a big bounce instead of the big bang and the science of the World Wide Web. Plus, we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Web sites mentioned in this epi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: October 08, 2008 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about E. Coli Part I Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Earth 3.0 Scientific Americaneditor Mark Fischetti talks aboutEarth 3.0,a newSciAmpublication concerning energy, sustainability and the environment. AndScientificAmerican.comwriter Larry Greenemeier discusses the interface between nanotech and biology. Plus, we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Web sites mentioned in this episode include www.sciamearth3.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: October 01, 2008 Searching for Intelligence Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Large Hadron Collider Goes to Work Nobel Prize-winning physicist Frank Wilczek andScientific Americaneditor George Musser talk about the Large Hadron Collider, the most powerful particle accelerator ever built, which went online this week. Plus, we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Web sites mentioned in this episode include www.frankwilczek.com; www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM; http://www.sciam.com/report.cfm?id=lhc-countdown Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: September 24, 2008 Earth 3.0 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tom Friedman's New Book--Hot, Flat, and Crowded Pulitzer Prize-winningNew York Timescolumnist Tom Friedman discusses his new book,Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--And How It Can Renew America. Plus, we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Web sites mentioned in this episode include www.thomaslfriedman.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: September 11, 2008 The Large Hadron Collider Goes to Work Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Who's Watching You: The Future of Privacy Scientific Americaneditor in chief, John Rennie, discusses the future of privacy and security, the subject of the September single-topic issue ofScientific Americanmagazine. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Web sites mentioned in this episode include www.SciAm.com/sciammag; www.snipurl.com/sciamfootball Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: September 09, 2008 Tom Friedman's New Book--Hot, Flat, and Crowded Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Return of a Killer: Tuberculosis in Russia Veteran journalist Merrill Goozner, director of the Integrity in Science project at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, discusses his series of articles forSciAm.comon the rise of tuberculosis in Russia. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Web sites mentioned in this episode include www.gooznews.com; www.snipurl.com/goozner Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: September 03, 2008 Who's Watching You: The Future of Privacy Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What's the Buzz: A Conversation with Buzz Aldrin Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, talks about solar energy, buses between the planets, the Constellation program, his time on the moon and his new animated movie,Fly Me to the Moon. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Web sites mentioned in this episode include www.snipurl.com/aldrin; www.sciamdigital.com; www.flymetothemoonthemovie.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: August 27, 2008 Return of a Killer: Tuberculosis in Russia Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Superdove!: The Straight Poop on Pigeons Courtney Humphries talks about her new book,Superdove: How the Pigeon Took Manhattan...And the World. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Web sites mentioned in this episode include www.birds.cornell.edu/pigeonwatch; chumphries.org Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: August 20, 2008 What's the Buzz: A Conversation with Buzz Aldrin Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside SciAm: The August Issue In this special edition ofScience Talk,Scientific Americaneditor in chief, John Rennie, talks to Steve about the August issue of the magazine, which features articles on migraine, solar superstorms and self-cleaning materials Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: August 13, 2008 Superdove!: The Straight Poop on Pigeons Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside China: Science, Technology, Energy and the Environment FormerWashington PostBeijing bureau chief, Philip Pan, author ofOut of Mao's Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New China,discusses the science, technology, environment and culture of China withScientific American's David Biello, who recently spent almost a month reporting from the country. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: August 08, 2008 Inside SciAm: The August Issue Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Outsmarting Bombers; and A Warless Future? IEEE Spectrumeditor in chief, Glenn Zorpette, talks about high-tech attempts to battle improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Iraq as well as the state of reconstruction of Iraq's electricity grid. And journalist John Horgan talks about the possibility of eliminating war. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Web sites related to this episode include: www.saferoadmaps.org, www.thomaslfriedman.com; www.spectrum.ieee.org Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: August 06, 2008 Inside China: Science, Technology, Energy and the Environment Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Visit to the Fair: Inside a Tech Expo In this episode we feature five interviews conducted at the Digital Experience! computer and electronics expo that took place in New York City in June. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Web sites related to this episode include: www.eye.fi; www.skype.net; www.synaptics.com; www.jakkspacific.com; www.m-audio.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: July 30, 2008 Outsmarting Bombers; and A Warless Future? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Complete Idiot's Guide to String Theory George Musser talks about his new book,The Complete Idiot's Guide to String Theory. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: July 23, 2008 Visit to the Fair: Inside a Tech Expo Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Long and Winding Road: DNA Evidence for Human Migration; Plus July Issue Highlights Gary Stix discusses his JulyScientific Americancover article on DNA evidence for the history of human migration. And editor in chief, John Rennie, talks about the neuroscience of dance, the quantum cosmos and Rubik's Cubes. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Web sites mentioned on this episode include www.sciam.com/sciammag Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: July 16, 2008 The Complete Idiot's Guide to String Theory Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Gott Ya: Astrophysicist J. Richard Gott on Time Travel and Presidential Polling Princeton astrophysicist J. Richard Gott discusses some of the realities and speculations of time travel (one human holds the record for time travel--1/48 of a second) as well as how best to evaluate presidential election polling data. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Web sites mentioned on this episode include www.colleyrankings.com, snipurl.com/2oorv Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: July 07, 2008 The Long and Winding Road: DNA Evidence for Human Migration; Plus July Issue Highlights Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website One Singular Sensation: Will We Upload Our Brains, and Other Questions Related to"The Coming Singularity" Glenn Zorpette, executive editor ofIEEE Spectrummagazine, and journalist John Horgan discuss various ideas related to what some call"the coming singularity,"a point where computers will allegedly attain consciousness and superintelligence. Or not. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Web sites mentioned on this episode include www.spectrum.ieee.org/singularity Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: June 25, 2008 Gott Ya: Astrophysicist J. Richard Gott on Time Travel and Presidential Polling Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Happening: A Conversation with Director M. Night Shyamalan M. Night Shyamalan's new film,The Happening,involves an environmental backlash, the limits of reason and the beauty of math.SciAmeditor George Musser discusses the film with the director. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Web sites mentioned on this episode include www.sciam.com/daily Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: June 18, 2008 One Singular Sensation: Will We Upload Our Brains, and Other Questions Related to "The Coming Singularity" Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fact and Fiction: James Randi's"Amaz!ng Meeting"and Mark Alpert's Physics Novel, Final Theory James Randi, famous debunker of frauds, talks about the"Amaz!ng Meeting"coming up in Las Vegas, andSciAmeditor Mark Alpert discusses his new physics novel,Final Theory. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Web sites mentioned on this episode include www.sciam.com/daily, www.badscience.net, www.randi.org, www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4vgsZmleoE Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: June 12, 2008 The Happening: A Conversation with Director M. Night Shyamalan Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Feral Biologist: A Talk with George Schaller; A Look in the June SciAm The Wildlife Conservation Society's George Schaller talks about his new book,"A Naturalist and Other Beasts,"which covers his 50 years of documenting important large animal species in the field. AndScientific Americaneditor in chief, John Rennie, offers a look at some articles in the June issue. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. 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Web sites mentioned on this episode include www.SciAm.com/daily, www.nybg.org/darwin/symposium.php, www.intel.com/ ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: May 21, 2008 Little Brains, Big Brains: Latest Flores Hobbit News and the Intel Science Fair Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website China Quake Update; Fictional Scientists; What's New at SciAm.com David Biello reports from China on the aftermath of the major earthquake that struck this week. Mark Alpert talks about the portrayal of scientists in fiction. And new online managing editor Ivan Oransky discusses what's up on the Web site. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Web sites mentioned on this episode include www.sciam.com/daily, www.snipurl.com/madsci, www.snipurl.com/hotpepper Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: May 14, 2008 China Quake Update; Fictional Scientists; What's New at SciAm.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Evolution Enclaves: Darwin the Botanist and Origins of Life Research David Kohn, curator of the Darwin's Garden exhibit at the New York Botanical Garden, discusses Darwin's botanical studies. And Harvard Medical School's Jack Szostak talks about research into the origins of life. Plus we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Websites mentioned on this episode include www.nybg.org/darwin; www.hhmi.org; www.sciam.com/daily Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Plasma Physics: From Black Holes to Radio Reception Plasma plays a big role from the ionosphere to black holes. Stanford physicist Roger Blandford explains plasma and its connection to black holes in a conversation withScientific American's JR Minkel. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Web sites mentioned on this episode include www.snipurl.com/26dun-sciam1; www.snipurl.com/26dv2-sciam2; www.nybg.org/darwin Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: May 7, 2008 Evolution Enclaves: Darwin the Botanist and Origins of Life Research Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Can Science Save the Banana? The banana is the world's most important fruit. But it's under threat from a disease spreading around the world. We'll hear from Dan Koeppel, author of the book"Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World."And we'll visit a Guatemala banana plantation with guide Julio Cordova. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Web sites mentioned on this episode include www.bananabook.org Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: April 30, 2008 Plasma Physics: From Black Holes to Radio Reception Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website On The Shoulders of Giants: John Wheeler and Salome Waelsch Physicist John Wheeler and geneticist Salome Waelsch both had incredibly long and fruitful careers, providing numerous fundamental insights in their respective fields. We'll hear from Kenneth Ford, former director of the American Institute of Physics, about Wheeler, who died April 13th at 96. And Princeton's Lee Silver talks about Waelsch, who died last fall at 100 and who was memorialized on April 14th at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. Plus we'll test your knowle ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: April 23, 2008 Can Science Save the Banana? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: April 16, 2008 On The Shoulders of Giants: John Wheeler and Salome Waelsch Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Expelled Explained A new movie, Expelled, claims that intelligent design is good science that is being censored by adherents to evolution, which is nothing but Darwinian dogma. Scientific American's editor-in-chief, John Rennie, and podcast host Steve Mirsky discuss the movie. And Eugenie Scott, director of the National Center for Science Education, talks about being interviewed for the film as well as her organization's efforts to provide correct information about the claims in Expelled. Plus we'll test your ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Scientists'Bill of Rights? Francesca Grifo from the Union of Concerned Scientists talks about the need for legislation to protect federal scientists. We'll also hear from the UCS's Kurt Gottfried and Anthony Robbins, who spoke at a press conference in Boston in February. And Scientific American's editor-in-chief, John Rennie, previews the April issue of the magazine. Plus we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Websites mentioned on this episode include www.ucsusa.org Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: April 9, 2008 Expelled Explained Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Baseball Science Dan Gordon, editor of the new book"Your Brain On Cubs"from the Dana Foundation, talks about the neuroscience of baseball players and their fans. And statistician Shane Jensen of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School discusses attempts to get a statistical handle on defense in baseball. Plus we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. 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Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: March 26, 2008 Baseball Science Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: March 19, 2008 For the Birds: A look at birds, habitat conservation and environmental economics Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science and America's Future Argonne National Laboratory director Robert Rosner talks about the role of science in keeping America an economic leader. Plus we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Websites mentioned on this episode include www.anl.gov Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Mars Rovers Once Over We look at the state of the rovers currently on Mars, the big accidental discovery by the Spirit rover, and the next-generation device slated to join them in 2010, the Mars Science Laboratory Rover. Interviews with Cornell's Melissa Rice, the payload downlink lead for the rover cameras, and the Jet Propulsion Lab's Michelle Viotti, about the Mars Science Laboratory Rover. Also press conference clips featuring Cornell's Steve Squyres, principal investigator for the science instruments on th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: March 12, 2008 Science and America's Future Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Arachnophilia! And War...What Was It Good for (in Human Evolution)? Spider expert Greta Binford, from Lewis&Clark College in Portland, Oregon, and her student MG Weber talk about the fascinating world of spiders. And economist Samuel Bowles, from the Santa Fe Institute, discusses the co-evolution of war and altruism. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. 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Plus we'll test ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fat Chance: Do Dietary Guidelines Actually Contribute to Obesity? In this episode, Albert Einstein College of Medicine public health researcher Paul Marantz questions whether dietary guidelines are counterproductive and talks about the philosophy of recommendations based on population studies. We'll hear a Valentine's Day poem. Plus we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Websites mentioned on this episode include sciammind.com, sciamdigital.com, snipurl.com/sing-sciam, snipurl.com/paul-sciam, snipurl.com/paul2-sciam, snipurl.com/pau ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: February 22, 2007 Science, Science Everywhere: AAAS Conference Highlights Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Science Talk: February 13, 2007 Fat Chance: Do Dietary Guidelines Actually Contribute to Obesity? 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And Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education, discusses anti-evolution-education efforts by the Texas School Board. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Web sites related to this episode include www.ncseweb.org; www.youtube.com/NatCen4ScienceEd Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Phrasing a Coyne: Jerry Coyne on Why Evolution Is True During aScientific Americancruise in the Caribbean, University of Chicago evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne talks about his new bookWhy Evolution Is True. And we hear a brief example of what it's like to attend science lectures at sea. Plus, we'll test your knowlege of some recent science in the news. 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