Science Talk

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Science Talk episodes

January 15, 2010 Mining for Online Game Gold and Other Amazing Stories
Scientific American magazine Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina talks about the January issue, including articles on the chances of conditions conducive to life elsewhere in the multiverse and the growing practice of virtual gold farming, in which legions of online game players in developing countries acquire currency in the game that they sell to other players for real money. Web sites related to this episode include www.snipurl.com/nobelfrank; www.redcross.org; www.pih.org

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25 min
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
December 03, 2009 John Rennie's 7 Answers to Climate Contrarian Nonsense
On the eve of the United Nations Global Warming Conference in Copenhagen and in the wake of the hacked climate researchers' e-mails, former Scientific American Editor in Chief John Rennie discusses his ScientificAmerican.com article "7 Answers to Climate Contrarian Nonsense," available at http://bit.ly/8bg9Fx

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42 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.