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Jeff Potter, author of Cooking For Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks and Good Food, talks with daily podcast correspondent Cynthia Graber, and podcast host Steve Mirsky (picture left) tests your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Websites related to content of this podcast include www.cookingforgeeks.com
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Sat August 21, 2010 at 12:03 AM
Podcast host Steve Mirsky (picture left) talks with author Mary Roach about her new book Packing For Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void. Part 2 of 2. Websites related to content of this podcast include www.maryroach.net
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Fri August 20, 2010 at 6:15 PM
Podcast host Steve Mirsky (picture left) recently attended a talk by author Mary Roach about her new book Packing For Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void. In part 1 of this 2-part episode, we'll hear that talk. Websites related to content of this podcast include www.maryroach.net
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Thu August 12, 2010 at 6:25 PM
Podcast host Steve Mirsky (picture left) talks with human evolution expert Kate Wong about the small group of humans who survived tough times beginning about 195,000 years ago gave rise to all of us, a story told in the cover article of the August issue of Scientific American, our 165th anniversary edition. And editor-in-chief Mariette Dichristina talks about the rest of the contents of the issue, including our coverage of the search for rocky exoplanets. Plus we test your knowledge about some recent...
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Wed July 28, 2010 at 6:05 PM
A panel discussion on arguing with non-skeptics at the recent Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism in New York City featured James Randi, George Hrab, DJ Grothe and podcast host Steve Mirsky (picture at left). Julia Galef moderated. Part 2 of 2. Websites related to content of this podcast include www.necsscon.org
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Tue July 27, 2010 at 9:35 PM
A panel discussion on arguing with non-skeptics at the recent Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism in New York City featured James Randi, George Hrab, DJ Grothe and podcast host Steve Mirsky (picture at left). Julia Galef moderated. Part 1 of 2. Websites related to content of this podcast include www.nature.com/nature/podcast and www.necsscon.org
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Mon July 19, 2010 at 2:48 PM
The new documentary film Whiz Kids follows three high school student-scientists as they attempt to get their projects accepted into the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search. Scientific American podcast host Steve Mirsky (picture left) talks with the film's writer and editor, Jane Wagner, and with two of the stars of the documentary, Ana Cisneros and Hermain Khan. Plus we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Websites related to content of this podcast include www.nature.com/nature/podcast and http://whizkidsmovie.com
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Thu July 8, 2010 at 8:40 AM
Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina and staff editor Michael Moyer join podcast host Steve Mirsky to talk about articles in the July issue, including: "The Dirty Truth about Plug-In Hybrids"; "How Babies Think"; and "Birds That Lived with Dinosaurs". Plus, we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Web sites related to content of this podcast include www.scientificamerican.com/sciammag; http://bit.ly/cwcTtR
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Fri June 25, 2010 at 6:35 PM
Award-winning writer and physicist Graham Farmelo talks with podcast host Steve Mirsky (picture at left) about The Strangest Man, Farmelo's biography of Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist Paul Dirac. Part 2 of 2. Web sites related to this episode include www.thestrangestman.com and http://bit.ly/dirac1963
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Thu June 24, 2010 at 7:45 PM
Award-winning writer and physicist Graham Farmelo talks with podcast host Steve Mirsky (picture at left) about The Strangest Man, Farmelo's biography of Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist Paul Dirac. Part 1 of 2. Websites related to this episode include www.thestrangestman.com
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