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Podcast title	Scientific American Podcast
Website URL	http://www.scientificamerican....
Description	The Scientific American Podcast is a weekly science audio show covering the latest in the world of science and technology. Join Steve Mirsky each week as he explores cutting-edge breakthroughs and controversial issues with leading scientists and journalists. He is also an articles editor and columnist at Scientific American magazine and his column, "Antigravity", is one of science writing's rate venues for humor. Check our the new daily podcast from Scientific American: "60-Second Science." To view all of our archived podcasts please go to www.scientificamerican.com/podcast
Updated	Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:15:01 -0500
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1. Are We Pushing the Earth's Environmental Tipping Points? http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 11.34Mb) Description: Jon Foley, director of the University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment, talks with podcast host Steve Mirsky about his article in the April issue of Scientific American,"Boundaries for a Healthy Planet". Plus, we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Web sites related to this episode include snipurl.com/foleyplanet
2. The Science Talk Quiz: "Totally Bogus" http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 1.88Mb) Description: Here are four science stories, but only three are true. See if you know which story is TOTALLY BOGUS
3. Where's My Fusion Reactor? http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 16.75Mb) Description: Scientific American staff editor Michael Moyer talks about his article "Fusion's False Dawn" in the March issue, and Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina discusses the rest of the issue. Web sites related to this episode include www.sciamdigital.com; www.snipurl.com/mikefusion
4. Algae, Art and Attitudes: A Roundtable about the AAAS Conference http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 13.42Mb) Description: Scientific American staffers Mark Fischetti and Robin Lloyd talk with podcast host Steve Mirsky about sessions they attended--including those about algae for energy, dissecting the astronomy in art, and attitudes about climate change--at the recent meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Plus, we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Web sites related to this episode include www.aaas.org, www.aven.com
5. The Poisoner's Handbook : The Sinister Side of Chemistry http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 14.24Mb) Description: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Deborah Blum talks about her new work, The Poisoner's Handbook, a look at how easy it used to be to kill someone with poison and the researchers who made poisoning much harder to get away with. Plus, we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Web sites related to this episode include blog.deborahblum.com
6. Ice, Ice, Baby: The Physics of Curling http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 12.67Mb) Description: Mark Shegelski of the University of Northern British Columbia talks with podcast host Steve Mirsky about the physics of curling, currently taking its turn on the world stage at the Vancouver Olympics. (Shegelski is also the author of the new sci-fi collection "Remembering the Future.") Plus, we test your knowledge of some recent science in the news
7. Whaddya Do with a Dead Whale? http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 11.88Mb) Description: Scientific American magazine Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina talks with podcast host Steve Mirsky about some of the articles in the February issue, including one on the ecosystems that arise around the carcasses of whales that die and fall to the ocean floor; the warfare between our cells, our allied microbes and disease-causing organisms; and ways to improve the internal combustion engine
8. Cleopatra's Alexandria Treasures http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 13.00Mb) Description: Renowned archaeologist Franck Goddio talks with podcast host Steve Mirsky [below] about his efforts to recover artifacts from the ancient cities of Alexandria, Heracleion and Canopus, with special attention to discoveries related to Cleopatra and her reign. The exhibit Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt opens at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia on June 5th. Web sites related to this episode include www.underwaterdiscovery.org
9. The Science Talk Quiz: "Totally Bogus" http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 2.47Mb) Description: Here are four science stories, but only three are true. See if you know which story is TOTALLY BOGUS
10. Creating Darwin's Biopic; and Consumer Electronics http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 9.68Mb) Description: Science Talk correspondent John Pavlus talks with Jon Amiel, director of the new Darwin biography movie Creation, and with Randal Keynes, Darwin's great-great-grandson and one of the film's scriptwriters. Then we'll hear from a few of the exhibitors who spoke to ScientificAmerican.com's Larry Greenemeier at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas
11. The Science Talk Quiz: "Totally Bogus" http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 2.60Mb) Description: Here are four science stories, but only three are true. See if you know which story is TOTALLY BOGUS.
12. Mining for Online Game Gold and Other Amazing Stories http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 10.71Mb) Description: 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
13. Alan Alda's Human Spark, Part 2 http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 10.28Mb) Description: 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
14. Alan Alda's Human Spark http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 16.13Mb) Description: 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
15. The Science Talk Quiz: "Totally Bogus" http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 2.74Mb) Description: Here are four science stories, but only three are true. See if you know which story is TOTALLY BOGUS.
16. Christmas Season Science http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 7.21Mb) Description: Scientific American daily podcast contributor Karen Hopkin talks about a few recent studies related to the science of the Christmas season
17. Bonus Bogus Brainteaser http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 2.29Mb) Description: The Totally Bogus Quiz for this week
18. Copenhagen and Everywhere Else http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 16.68Mb) Description: 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
19. World Changing Ideas: December's Scientific American http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 11.95Mb) Description: 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
20. Bogus Brainteaser http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 2.53Mb) Description: The Totally Bogus Quiz for this week
21. John Rennie's 7 Answers to Climate Contrarian Nonsense http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 18.21Mb) Description: 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
22. Darwin's Influence on Modern Thought http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 9.92Mb) Description: 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
23. Tree Ring Science and Tomorrow's Water http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 11.05Mb) Description: 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
24. Human Evolution II: Recent Evolution; and "Becoming Human" NOVA Preview http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 15.80Mb) Description: 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. Web sites related to this episode include www.snipurl.com/t1ivr
25. Human Evolution: Lucy and Neandertals http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 16.05Mb) Description: Anthropologist Chris Stringer of the Natural History Museum in London talks about Neandertals. 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. Web sites related to this episode include www.snipurl.com/lucyfinder; http://bit.ly/bntu0
26. Brain Enhancement: October Issue of Scientific American http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 11.69Mb) Description: 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
27. New Nobel Laureate Jack Szostak and Surrogates Film Director Jonathan Mostow http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 10.51Mb) Description: 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 sci-fi thriller Surrogates. Web sites related to this episode include www.snipurl.com/surrogates; www.snipurl.com/telomere; www.snipurl.com/origin
28. Clean Energy Contest; and Counting Crickets and Katydids http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 12.69Mb) Description: Scientific American podcast correspondent Cynthia Graber talks about the M.I.T. 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. Web sites related to this episode include www.amnh.org and www.discoverlife.org/cricket
29. Where There Was Smoke, There's Science http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 10.18Mb) Description: 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
30. Origins of Everything: The September Scientific American Magazine http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 12.18Mb) Description: 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. Web sites related to this episode include www.thelongtail.com
31. Colony Collapse and Ruptured Ribosomes; Minding Darwin's Beeswax http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 8.02Mb) Description: 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
32. To Bee or Not to Bee http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 10.70Mb) Description: 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
33. Bee Afraid, Bee Very Afraid http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 10.14Mb) Description: 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
34. Swimming In Spacetime and Other Stories http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 14.08Mb) Description: 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
35. Nuts, Bolts, Photons and Electrons of Solar Energy http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 12.94Mb) Description: 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
36. Movie Magic ( Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs ), Part 3 http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 13.60Mb) Description: 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
37. Movie Magic ( Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs ), Part 2 http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 9.29Mb) Description: 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.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=magic-and-the-brai n
38. Movie Magic ( Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs ), Part 1 http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 9.96Mb) Description: 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
39. Atul Gawande Redux http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 11.98Mb) Description: 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_ gawande?yrail and http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/NEJMsa0810119
40. Hello Moon, Good-Bye Rennie http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 13.40Mb) Description: 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
41. Panamania!: A Visit to the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 12.56Mb) Description: 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
42. The Truth about Cats and Dogs http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 12.46Mb) Description: 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
43. High Achievement High Schoolers http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 12.90Mb) Description: 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
44. Beauty Is Truth (and Science) http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 9.39Mb) Description: Procter & Gamble scientists Greg Hillebrand and Jay Tiesman talk about scientific research related to beauty products and cosmetics. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Web sites related to this episode include www.pg.com/science
45. People, Pan Troglodytes (Chimps) and Pigs http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 13.55Mb) Description: Scientific American editor 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
46. Sherwin Nuland's Tales from the Bedside http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 13.55Mb) Description: Surgeon and author Sherwin Nuland talks about his new book The 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
47. Life Goes on within You and without You: Health and the Environment http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 12.59Mb) Description: 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 flora. Plus, we'll test your knowlege of some recent science in the news. Web sites related to this episode include www.symposia.cbc.amnh.org/health
48. Why People Believe What They Do http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 11.53Mb) Description: University of California, Berkeley, psychologist Tania Lombrozo talks about why people believe what they do, especially regarding evolution or creationism. Author Steve Miller discusses his new book The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Science of Everything. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Web sites related to this episode include psychology.berkeley.edu/faculty/profiles/tlombrozo.html
49. From Dark Energy to Lone Star Lunacy http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 13.24Mb) Description: Scientific American magazine Editor in Chief John Rennie talks about articles in the April issue, covering dark energy, bee colony collapse and post-traumatic stress. And Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education, discusses anti-evolution-education efforts by the Texas School Board. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Web sites related to this episode include www.ncseweb.org; www.youtube.com/NatCen4ScienceEd
50. What Shape Is Your Galaxy? http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 10.55Mb) Description: 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
51. In Search of Time http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 15.26Mb) Description: Journalist and writer Dan Falk talks about his new book In 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
52. Phrasing a Coyne: Jerry Coyne on Why Evolution Is True http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 9.38Mb) Description: During a Scientific American cruise in the Caribbean, University of Chicago evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne talks about his new book Why Evolution Is True. And we hear a brief example of what it's like to attend science lectures at sea. Plus, we'll test your knowlege of some recent science in the news. Web sites related to this episode include www.insightcruises.com; www.whyevolutionistrue.com
53. From Spooky Action to Tiny Radios http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 12.68Mb) Description: Scientific American Editor 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
54. Remarkable Creatures (and Getting Them Fixed) http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 10.07Mb) Description: 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. And FoundAnimals.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
55. Stars of Cosmology, Part 2 http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 15.31Mb) Description: 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
56. Stars of Cosmology, Part 1 http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 7.85Mb) Description: 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
57. Darwin Day Special, Part 3: Origins of Paleontology and the Impact of Religion on the Development of Evolutionary Theory http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 12.88Mb) Description: In part 3 of this special Darwin Day podcast, the Reverend Thomas Goodhue, executive director of the Long Island Council of Churches and author of the book Curious Bones: Mary Anning and the Birth of Paleontology, talks about Anning and how religion informed Darwin and the scientists who led to him.
58. Darwin Day Special, Part 2: Evolutionary Psychology and Religion http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 10.50Mb) Description: In part 2 of this special Darwin Day podcast, Hofstra University religion professor John Teehan discusses the study of religion from an evolutionary psychology perspective
59. Darwin Day Special: Bicentennial of the Birth of Charles Darwin http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 16.31Mb) Description: In part 1 of this special Darwin Day podcast, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Darwin on February 12th, Richard Milner performs part of his one-man show about Darwin; Scientific American Editor in Chief John Rennie and Darwin descendant Matthew Chapman read from The Origin of Species; and Chapman talks about his book 40 Days and 40 Nights, about the Dover intelligent design trial as well as about his efforts to get presidential candidates to discuss science--a project called ScienceDebate
60. The Naked Singularity Meets Social Media http://www.scientificamerican.... download (audio/mpeg, 14.28Mb) Description: Scientific American Editor in Chief John Rennie talks about the content of the February issue, including naked singularities and the greenhouse hamburger. N.Y.U. journalism professor Jay Rosen discusses social media. Plus, we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Web sites related to this episode include www.SciAm.com/sciammag; journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink