Link to the Show / Show NotesScientific 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. Websites related to this episode include sciencewriter.org; snipurl.com/planethunters; snipurl.com/titanspew; snipurl.com/lightningx; snipurl.com/sciamadvances

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