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Scientific American Podcast

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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.


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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 ...

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[ Tue, 3 Nov 2009 12:50:08 -0500 ]


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 ...

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[ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:37:08 -0500 ]


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...

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[ Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:49:08 -0500 ]


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 ...

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[ Mon, 5 Oct 2009 21:59:08 -0500 ]


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 ...

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[ Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:20:08 -0500 ]


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. ...

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[ Tue, 8 Sep 2009 20:00:08 -0500 ]


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...

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Science Talk: February 04, 2009
The Naked Singularity Meets Social Media...

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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 ...

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[ Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:50:08 -0500 ]


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 ...

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[ Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:05:08 -0500 ]


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 ...

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[ Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:00:08 -0500 ]


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 ...

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[ Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:13:08 -0500 ]


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 ...

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[ Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:45:08 -0500 ]


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 ...

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[ Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:30:08 -0500 ]


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 ...

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[ Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:00:08 -0500 ]


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.scientifica...

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[ Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:18:08 -0500 ]


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 ...

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[ Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:57:08 -0500 ]


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_gawan...

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[ Wed, 1 Jul 2009 00:05:08 -0500 ]


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 ...

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[ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:19:08 -0500 ]


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 ...

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[ Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:30:08 -0500 ]


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 ...

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[ Fri, 29 May 2009 11:05:08 -0500 ]


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 ...

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[ Tue, 19 May 2009 16:00:08 -0500 ]


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...

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[ Mon, 11 May 2009 11:41:08 -0500 ]


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...

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[ Fri, 1 May 2009 13:15:08 -0500 ]


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 stomach flo...

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[ Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:20:08 -0500 ]


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...

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[ Thu, 2 Apr 2009 10:09:08 -0500 ]


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...

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[ Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:17:08 -0500 ]


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...

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[ Wed, 4 Mar 2009 00:10:08 -0500 ]


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...

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[ Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:45:08 -0500 ]


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...

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[ Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:05:08 -0500 ]

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