60-Second Tech

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60-Second Tech episodes

January 08, 2010 Alan Alda's Human Spark, Part 2
Alan Alda, host of the new PBS science series The Human Spark, talks to podcast host Steve Mirsky about his experiences as a fictional physican, a real patient and an amateur scientist. Web sites related to this episode include www.pbs.org/humanspark

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24 min
January 07, 2010 Alan Alda's Human Spark
Alan Alda, star of stage, screen and science, talks with podcast host Steve Mirsky about his new PBS science series The Human Spark as well as his strong interest in science and long association with Scientific American

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37 min
December 29, 2009 The Science Talk Quiz: "Totally Bogus"
Here are four science stories, but only three are true. See if you know which story is TOTALLY BOGUS.

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6 min
December 23, 2009 Christmas Season Science
Scientific American daily podcast contributor Karen Hopkin talks about a few recent studies related to the science of the Christmas season

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17 min
December 20, 2009 Bonus Bogus Brainteaser
The Totally Bogus Quiz for this week

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5 min
December 18, 2009 Copenhagen and Everywhere Else
ScientificAmerican.com's David Biello is in Copenhagen at the climate conference, and he'll tell us what's going on there. And the Wildlife Conservation Society's Steven Sanderson discusses his Foreign Affairs article, "Where the Wild Things Were," worldwide conservation and the Everglades. Web sites related to this episode include www.snipurl.com/sanderson; www.twitter.com/dbiello

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38 min
December 11, 2009 World Changing Ideas: December's <i>Scientific American</i>
Scientific American magazine Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina and editor Michael Moyer talk about the "World Changing Ideas" feature as well as other contents of the December issue. Plus, we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news

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28 min
December 04, 2009 Bogus Brainteaser
The Totally Bogus Quiz for this week

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5 min
November 24, 2009 Darwin's Influence on Modern Thought
On the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's Origin of Species, we review Darwin's influence on the the modern world, as analyzed by Ernst Mayr, one of the 20th century's most prolific evolutionary theorists. We review Mayr's July 2000 Scientific American article, "Darwin's Influence on Modern Thought". The original, complete essay is temporarily available free of charge at http://snipurl.com/darwinsciam

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16 min
November 18, 2009 Tree Ring Science and Tomorrow's Water
Tree ring expert Kevin Anchukaitis, of the tree ring lab at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, part of Columbia University's Earth Institute, talks about the information available in tree rings. And Colin Chartres, the director general of the International Water Management Institute, talks to Lynne Peeples about water issues. Plus, we test your knowledge of some recent science in the news, specifically the November issue of Scientific American magazine. Web sites related to this episode include http://snipurl.com/sciamwater; http://snipurl.com/sciamnov

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26 min

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Scientific American Online associate tech editor Larry Greenemeier provides a weekly minute commentary on some of the most interesting developments in the world of technology