Science Talk

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Science Talk episodes

September 20, 2013 Ira Flatow and the Teachable Moment
At the Learning in the Digital Age summit at Google's New York City offices, Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina talked with Science Friday host Ira Flatow about the "teachable moment in science and culture"

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20 min
August 29, 2013 Adam Rutherford's Creation Science (The Real Kind) Part 2
Science journalist, author and Nature editor Adam Rutherford talks about new book Creation: How Science Is Reinventing Life Itself, which looks at the science of the origin of life and at the emerging science of synthetic biology.

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26 min
August 07, 2013 Kids JUMP for Math [John Mighton's Junior Undiscovered Math Prodigies]
Mathematician John Mighton talks with Scientific American MIND editor Ingrid Wickelgren about getting math-shy kids interested, via JUMP: Junior Undiscovered Math Prodigies

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32 min
July 31, 2013 Adam Rutherford's Creation Science (the Real Kind), Part 1
Science journalist, author and Nature editor Adam Rutherford talks about new book Creation: How Science Is Reinventing Life Itself, which looks at the science of the origin of life and at the emerging science of synthetic biology

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34 min
July 25, 2013 Nobel Laureate Harry Kroto: The Threatened Enlightenment
Nobel laureate Harry Kroto, who shared the 1996 chemistry prize, talks with Scientific American Executive Editor Fred Guterl at the recent Lindau Nobel Laureates meeting, about the role of science in society

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20 min
June 27, 2013 Penis Enlightenment: Bering Straight Talk
Jesse Bering discusses his 2012 book Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That? (And Other Reflections on Being Human)

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36 min
June 18, 2013 Close Shave for Bill Nye the Science Guy
Bill Nye the Science Guy ponders Superman's tonsorial travails, and science education

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17 min
April 29, 2013 Is There a Doctor in the Spaceship?
NASA astronaut and medical doctor Michael Barratt spoke to schoolkids at the Family Science Days event at this year's meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Boston

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15 min
April 16, 2013 Mary Roach Cruises the Alimentary Canal
Mary Roach talks about her new book Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal, which traces what she calls "the whole food chute"

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32 min
April 03, 2013 Start Talking: Synthetic Biology and Conservation Biology Meet, Part 2
Conservation biologist Kent Redford talks about the issues facing the intersection of synthetic biology and conservation biology and a conference that starts April 9th called "How will synthetic biology and conservation shape the future of nature?"

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15 min

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Science Talk is a podcast of longer-form audio experiments from Scientific American--from immersive sonic journeys into nature to deep dives into research with leading experts.