Wacky Florida’s Weird Science

Scientific American - Episode 421: June 19, 2017 Pittman Florida - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=A2A6895B-C381-4903-A45752

Journalist Craig Pittman of the Tampa Bay Times talks about his book, Oh, Florida! How America’s Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The Gestation Equation : Testing Babies’ Genes

Scientific American - Episode 420: June 1, 2017 Rochman Gene Machine - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=B79E9842-F01B-478F-B3E186

Journalist Bonnie Rochman talks about her new Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux book, The Gene Machine: How Genetic Technologies Are Changing the Way We Have Kids—and the Kids We... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

5G Wiz : What’s on the Horizon for Mobile

Scientific American - Episode 419: May 30, 2017 Future of 5G - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=C10526FD-E5DF-4FC8-987FCF

Verizon’s director of network planning, Sanyogita Shamsunder, talks with Scientific American's Larry Greenemeier about the coming 5G and EM-spectrum-based communications in general. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Take the Tube : Underground as a Way of Life

Scientific American - Episode 418: May 3, 2017 Martin Evolution Underground - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=B862D480-BF4C-4CEC-96659A

Emory University paleontologist, geologist and ichnologist Anthony J. Martin talks about his new book, The Evolution Underground: Burrows, Bunkers and the Marvelous Subterranean World beneath Our... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Killer Cats Bash Biodiversity

Scientific American - Episode 417: April 24, 2017 Killer Cats - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=6C30E835-F9C8-4143-A00C77

Conservation biologist Peter Marra talks with journalist Rene Ebersole about the threat of outdoor cats to wild animals and to human health. Marra is the co-author, with writer Chris Santella, of the... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Dogging It : Turning Wild Foxes into Man’s Second-Best Friend

Scientific American - Episode 416: April 18, 2017 Fox Domestication - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=F5010804-AB70-4EC5-A63DEA

Evolutionary biologist and science historian Lee Dugatkin talks about the legendary six-decade Siberian experiment in fox domestication run by Lyudmila Trut, his co-author of a new book and... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

What’s Driving the Self-Driving Cars Rush

Scientific American - Episode 415: March 28, 2017 Self-Driving Cars - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=B2898531-7F6E-4B78-A1F1B9

Scientific American technology editor Larry Greenemeier talks with Ken Washington, vice president of Research and Advanced Engineering at Ford, about self-driving cars. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Biology’s Lessons for Business

Scientific American - Episode 414: March 21, 2017 Levin Reeves Biz - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=50E66928-243A-4F47-A49465

Martin K. Reeves and Simon Levin talk about their Scientific American essay "Building a Resilient Business Inspired by Biology." -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Churchill’s Extraterrestrials

Scientific American - Episode 413: February 15, 2017 Livio on Churchill's ETs - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=E859DC92-4B8C-4165-A1251D

Astrophysicist and author Mario Livio writes in the journal Nature and talks to Scientific American about the recently rediscovered essay by Winston Churchill that analyzed with impressive scientific... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Rapid-Response Vaccines for Epidemic Outbreaks

Scientific American - Episode 412: January 30, 2017 Mundel CEPI Vaccines - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=0440974C-983D-4C9D-893B79

Trevor Mundel, president of global health at the Gates Foundation, talks to Scientific American editor-in-chief Mariette DiChristina about the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Exit Interview : Presidential Science Advisor John Holdren

Scientific American - Episode 411: January 19, 2017 Holdren Exit Interview - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=F9948BC2-8BEE-403B-826CD8

Scientific American executive editor Fred Guterl talks with Pres. Obama’s science advisor, John Holdren, about climate science, space travel, the issue of reproducibility in science, the brain... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

We’re Taking You to Bellevue

Scientific American - Episode 410: January 17, 2017 Oshinsky Bellevue - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=8EF8D6F6-F485-414F-B2A41E

Pulitzer Prize–winning N.Y.U. historian David Oshinsky, director of the Division of Medical Humanities at the N.Y.U. Langone Medical Center, talks about his latest book, Bellevue: Three... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Best Science Books of 2016

Scientific American - Episode 409: December 31, 2016 Kiser Top 20 Books - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=1B67F09A-6B3B-4EEF-B596BE

Barbara Kiser, books and arts editor at Nature, talks about her favorite science books of 2016, especially three works about the little-known history of women mathematicians. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Getting Robots to Say No

Scientific American - Episode 408: December 21, 2016 Briggs Robot Disobedience - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=67797CBE-93DF-4E8C-AEE39A

Gordon Briggs, a postdoc at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, talks about the article he and Matthias Scheutz, director of the Human Robot Interaction Laboratory at Tufts University, wrote in the... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

How Myths Evolve over Time and Migrations

Scientific American - Episode 407: November 15, 2016 DHuy Myths - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=5CC64544-C974-42A5-BA20E4

Julien d’Huy, of the Pantheon–Sorbonne University in Paris, talks about the use of evolutionary theory and computer modeling in the comparative analysis of myths and folktales, the... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Attack On the Internet : Weak-Link Nanny Cams

Scientific American - Episode 406: October 26, 2016 Internet Attack - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=AEFDB14F-5303-46C6-B2F680

Paul Rosenzweig, former deputy assistant secretary for policy in the Department of Homeland Security and founder of Red Branch Consulting, PLLC, talks about the October 21 attack on internet service... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Flint’s Water and Environmental Justice

Scientific American - Episode 405: October 17, 2016 Flint Water - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=C743ECC9-E7D0-4D89-A65B1B

The University of Michigan's Paul Mohai, a leading researcher of issues related to environmental justice, talked about the Flint water crisis at a workshop sponsored by the Institute for Journalism... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Chemistry Nobel Prize : Machines Too Small to See

Scientific American - Episode 404: October 5, 2016 Nobel Chemistry - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=B50650A3-A574-465D-BE980E

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded today to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir James Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa for the design and synthesis of molecular machines. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Chemistry Nobel Prize : Machines Too Small to See

Scientific American - Episode 404: October 5, 2016 Nobel Chemistry - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=B50650A3-A574-465D-BE980E

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded today to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir James Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa for the design and synthesis of molecular machines. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Physics Nobel Prize : Buns, Bagels and Pretzels Help Explain Exotic Matter

Scientific American - Episode 403: October 4, 2016 Nobel Physics - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=69C4F337-B127-499C-B66939

The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded today to David J. Thouless, F. Duncan Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Physics Nobel Prize : Buns, Bagels and Pretzels Help Explain Exotic Matter

Scientific American - Episode 403: October 4, 2016 Nobel Physics - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=69C4F337-B127-499C-B66939

The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded today to David J. Thouless, F. Duncan Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Nobel Prize Explainer : Autophagy

Scientific American - Episode 402: October 3, 2016 Nobel Medicine Physiology - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=F7E0321F-117D-4C47-A16AF9

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded today to Yoshinori Ohsumi of Japan for his discoveries concerning autophagy. Following the announcement, journalist Lotta Fredholm spoke to... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Nobel Prize Explainer : Autophagy

Scientific American - Episode 402: October 3, 2016 Nobel Medicine Physiology - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=F7E0321F-117D-4C47-A16AF9

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded today to Yoshinori Ohsumi of Japan for his discoveries concerning autophagy. Following the announcement, journalist Lotta Fredholm spoke to... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

They Do What ?! : The Wide Wild World of Animal Sex

Scientific American - Episode 401: September 26, 2016 Bondar Wild Sex - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=984464FB-3027-49CA-858EFF

Carin Bondar talks about her new book Wild Sex, which covers the strange, surreal and sometimes scary sex lives of our animal cousins. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

They Do What ?! : The Wide Wild World of Animal Sex

Scientific American - Episode 401: September 26, 2016 Bondar Wild Sex - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=984464FB-3027-49CA-858EFF

Carin Bondar talks about her new book Wild Sex, which covers the strange, surreal and sometimes scary sex lives of our animal cousins. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Big Bang of Body Types : Sports Science at the Olympics and beyond

Scientific American - Episode 400: August 16, 2016 Epstein Sports Gene - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=BAFF5D43-1373-4817-BF958C

David Epstein talks about his 2013 bestseller The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance and his recent Scientific American article "Magic Blood and Carbon-Fiber... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Big Bang of Body Types : Sports Science at the Olympics and beyond

Scientific American - Episode 400: August 16, 2016 Epstein Sports Gene - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=BAFF5D43-1373-4817-BF958C

David Epstein talks about his 2013 bestseller The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance and his recent Scientific American article "Magic Blood and Carbon-Fiber... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Grand Canyon Rapids Ride for Evolution Education

Scientific American - Episode 399: August 15, 2016 Grand Canyon 1 - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=DD4BD0EB-EB53-4B8E-8E26EC

Each summer, the National Center for Science Education organizes a boat trip down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon to bring visitors face to wall-face with striking examples of geologic... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Grand Canyon Rapids Ride for Evolution Education

Scientific American - Episode 399: August 15, 2016 Grand Canyon 1 - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=DD4BD0EB-EB53-4B8E-8E26EC

Each summer, the National Center for Science Education organizes a boat trip down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon to bring visitors face to wall-face with striking examples of geologic... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The Science of Soldiering : Mary Roach’s Grunt

Scientific American - Episode 398: August 4, 2016 Mary Roach Grunt - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=5C372F7A-061D-4C18-B8A5F3

Best-selling science writer Mary Roach talks about her latest book Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The Science of Soldiering : Mary Roach’s Grunt

Scientific American - Episode 398: August 4, 2016 Mary Roach Grunt - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=5C372F7A-061D-4C18-B8A5F3

Best-selling science writer Mary Roach talks about her latest book Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Electric Eels Versus Horses : Shocking But True

Scientific American - Episode 396: June 16, 2016 Karanth on Tigers - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=16B5EE54-7BFE-41DF-A6A842

Kenneth Catania of Vanderbilt University talks to Cynthia Graber about electric eel research that led him to accept 19th-century naturalist Alexander von Humboldt's account of electric eels attacking... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Electric Eels versus Horses : Shocking but True

Scientific American - Episode 397: June 27, 2016 Leaping Eels - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=6DD35181-36A1-4FD3-B02CA2

Kenneth Catania of Vanderbilt University talks to Cynthia Graber about electric eel research that led him to accept 19th-century naturalist Alexander von Humboldt's account of electric eels attacking... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Electric Eels versus Horses : Shocking but True

Scientific American - Episode 397: June 27, 2016 Leaping Eels - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=6DD35181-36A1-4FD3-B02CA2

Kenneth Catania of Vanderbilt University talks to Cynthia Graber about electric eel research that led him to accept 19th-century naturalist Alexander von Humboldt's account of electric eels attacking... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Tiger, Tiger, Being Tracked

Scientific American - Episode 396: June 16, 2016 Karanth on Tigers - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=D1EA4586-5548-4FAE-B78921

Wildlife Conservation Society researcher Ullas Karanth talks about his July, 2016, Scientific American article on state-of-the-art techniques for tracking tigers and estimating their populations and... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Tiger, Tiger, Being Tracked

Scientific American - Episode 396: June 16, 2016 Karanth on Tigers - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=D1EA4586-5548-4FAE-B78921

Wildlife Conservation Society researcher Ullas Karanth talks about his July, 2016, Scientific American article on state-of-the-art techniques for tracking tigers and estimating their populations and... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Gravitational Wave Scientists Astounded—by Your Interest

Scientific American - Episode 395: June 14, 2016 Kavli for LIGO - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=732B930F-8E5A-4DE3-985226

Caltech’s Kip Thorne and Ronald Drever and MIT’s Rainer Weiss were the founders of the LIGO experiment that detected gravitational waves. They were just awarded the Kavli Prize in... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Gravitational Wave Scientists Astounded—by Your Interest

Scientific American - Episode 395: June 14, 2016 Kavli for LIGO - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=732B930F-8E5A-4DE3-985226

Caltech’s Kip Thorne and Ronald Drever and MIT’s Rainer Weiss were the founders of the LIGO experiment that detected gravitational waves. They were just awarded the Kavli Prize in... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Sean M. Carroll Looks at The Big Picture

Scientific American - Episode 394: May 12, 2016 Sean M Carroll The Big Picture - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=76531597-C7D0-46DB-BAC129

Caltech theoretical physicist Sean M. Carroll talks about his new book The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself. (Dutton, 2016) -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Sean M. Carroll Looks at The Big Picture

Scientific American - Episode 394: May 12, 2016 Sean M Carroll The Big Picture - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=76531597-C7D0-46DB-BAC129

Caltech theoretical physicist Sean M. Carroll talks about his new book The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself. (Dutton, 2016) -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The Bowling Ball That Invaded Earth

Scientific American - Episode 393: May 5, 2016 Mark Alpert The Orion Plan - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=3F1800DF-34BD-43D5-BEA459

Former Scientific American editor Mark Alpert talks about his latest science fiction thriller, The Orion Plan, featuring the method whereby aliens most likely really would colonize our planet. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The Bowling Ball That Invaded Earth

Scientific American - Episode 393: May 5, 2016 Mark Alpert The Orion Plan - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=3F1800DF-34BD-43D5-BEA459

Former Scientific American editor Mark Alpert talks about his latest science fiction thriller, The Orion Plan, featuring the method whereby aliens most likely really would colonize our planet. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Different Minds : The Wide World of Animal Smarts

Scientific American - Episode 392: April 29, 2016 de Waal Animal Intelligence - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=A90E8E39-6C33-4A07-A5F16F

Primatologist Frans de Waal discusses his latest book, Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? (Norton, 2016). -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Different Minds : The Wide World of Animal Smarts

Scientific American - Episode 392: April 29, 2016 de Waal Animal Intelligence - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=A90E8E39-6C33-4A07-A5F16F

Primatologist Frans de Waal discusses his latest book, Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? (Norton, 2016). -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The Perfect Bet : Taking the Gambling out of Gambling

Scientific American - Episode 391: April 14, 2016 Kucharski Perfect Bet - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=52E4B93E-A336-43B7-B8FB94

Mathematician and author Adam Kucharski talks about his new book The Perfect Bet: How Science and Math Are Taking the Luck Out of Gambling (Basic Books, 2016). -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The Perfect Bet : Taking the Gambling out of Gambling

Scientific American - Episode 391: April 14, 2016 Kucharski Perfect Bet - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=52E4B93E-A336-43B7-B8FB94

Mathematician and author Adam Kucharski talks about his new book The Perfect Bet: How Science and Math Are Taking the Luck Out of Gambling (Basic Books, 2016). -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Gorilla’s Hum Is a Do-Not-Disturb Sign

Scientific American - Episode 390: February 29, 2016 Humming Gorillas - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=D83BB64F-FBE5-4127-99573B

If a socially prominent gorilla is in the midst of a meal, it may hum or sing to tell others nearby that it's busy at the moment and will get back to you later. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Gorilla’s Hum Is a Do-Not-Disturb Sign

Scientific American - Episode 390: February 29, 2016 Humming Gorillas - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=D83BB64F-FBE5-4127-99573B

If a socially prominent gorilla is in the midst of a meal, it may hum or sing to tell others nearby that it's busy at the moment and will get back to you later. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Bill Gates Wants a Miracle

Scientific American - Episode 389: February 25, 2016 Bill Gates - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=D4BEE7C6-70B3-4F82-AA76B3

Scientific American's energy and environment editor, David Biello, met with Bill Gates on February 22 to discuss tackling carbon emissions while at the same time making necessary energy available to... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Bill Gates Wants a Miracle

Scientific American - Episode 389: February 25, 2016 Bill Gates - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=D4BEE7C6-70B3-4F82-AA76B3

Scientific American's energy and environment editor, David Biello, met with Bill Gates on February 22 to discuss tackling carbon emissions while at the same time making necessary energy available to... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

From AI to Zika : AAAS Conference Highlights

Scientific American - Episode 388: February 16, 2016 AAAS Conference - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=A1827713-1BC4-46C6-879C44

Scientific American editors Mark Fischetti, Dina Maron and Seth Fletcher talk about the info they picked up at the just-concluded annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

From AI to Zika : AAAS Conference Highlights

Scientific American - Episode 388: February 16, 2016 AAAS Conference - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=A1827713-1BC4-46C6-879C44

Scientific American editors Mark Fischetti, Dina Maron and Seth Fletcher talk about the info they picked up at the just-concluded annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Gravitational Waves Found : Kip Thorne Explains

Scientific American - Episode 387: February 11, 2016 Kip Thorne LIGO Gravitational Waves - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=A80F83C0-747A-42EE-B17E43

Scientific American's Josh Fischman talks with renowned astrophysicist and general relativity expert Kip Thorne about the discovery of gravitational waves by the LIGO Project, co-founded by... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Gravitational Waves Found : Kip Thorne Explains

Scientific American - Episode 387: February 11, 2016 Kip Thorne LIGO Gravitational Waves - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=A80F83C0-747A-42EE-B17E43

Scientific American's Josh Fischman talks with renowned astrophysicist and general relativity expert Kip Thorne about the discovery of gravitational waves by the LIGO Project, co-founded by... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The Big Gath Dig : Goliath’s Hometown

Scientific American - Episode 386: February 10, 2016 Archaeologist Aren Maier - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=92CB5FB2-BF05-4282-BCBBB0

Freelance journalist Kevin Begos talks with archaeologist Aren Maeir, from Bar Ilan University in Israel, at his dig site in Gath, thought to be Goliath's hometown and a major city of the Philistine... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The Big Gath Dig : Goliath’s Hometown

Scientific American - Episode 386: February 10, 2016 Archaeologist Aren Maier - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=92CB5FB2-BF05-4282-BCBBB0

Freelance journalist Kevin Begos talks with archaeologist Aren Maeir, from Bar Ilan University in Israel, at his dig site in Gath, thought to be Goliath's hometown and a major city of the Philistine... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Roman Sanitation Didn’t Stop Roaming Parasites

Scientific American - Episode 385: January 12, 2016 Ancient Roman Parasites - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=EBC133E2-3196-411C-8B09B9

The University of Cambridge's Piers Mitchell, author of the 2015 book Sanitation, Latrines and Intestinal Parasites in Past Populations, talks about the counterintuitive findings in his recent paper... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Roman Sanitation Didn’t Stop Roaming Parasites

Scientific American - Episode 385: January 12, 2016 Ancient Roman Parasites - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=EBC133E2-3196-411C-8B09B9

The University of Cambridge's Piers Mitchell, author of the 2015 book Sanitation, Latrines and Intestinal Parasites in Past Populations, talks about the counterintuitive findings in his recent paper... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Evolution Still on Trial 10 Years after Dover

Scientific American - Episode 384: December 20, 2015 Dover Evolution 10 Years - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=7B1A72C9-6220-4BFF-AED088

Evolutionary biologist Nicholas Matzke talks about the Kitzmiller v. Dover evolution trial on the 10th anniversary of the decision. He advised the plaintiffs while working for the National Center for... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Evolution Still on Trial 10 Years after Dover

Scientific American - Episode 384: December 20, 2015 Dover Evolution 10 Years - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=7B1A72C9-6220-4BFF-AED088

Evolutionary biologist Nicholas Matzke talks about the Kitzmiller v. Dover evolution trial on the 10th anniversary of the decision. He advised the plaintiffs while working for the National Center for... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Lifting the Visor on Virtual Reality

Scientific American - Episode 383: December 15, 2015 Perlin Virtual Reality - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=A926D516-1279-4297-8AA881

Ken Perlin, a New York University computer science professor and virtual reality pioneer, talks with Scientific American tech editor Larry Greenemeier about the state of virtual reality, its history... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Lifting the Visor on Virtual Reality

Scientific American - Episode 383: December 15, 2015 Perlin Virtual Reality - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=A926D516-1279-4297-8AA881

Ken Perlin, a New York University computer science professor and virtual reality pioneer, talks with Scientific American tech editor Larry Greenemeier about the state of virtual reality, its history... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The Epic History of the Horse

Scientific American - Episode 382: December 10, 2015 Williams Horse - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=211B8EEE-239D-4E58-9E3C74

Science journalist and equestrian Wendy Williams talks about her new book The Horse: The Epic History of Our Noble Companion -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The Epic History of the Horse

Scientific American - Episode 382: December 10, 2015 Williams Horse - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=211B8EEE-239D-4E58-9E3C74

Science journalist and equestrian Wendy Williams talks about her new book The Horse: The Epic History of Our Noble Companion -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Math Can Equal Fun

Scientific American - Episode 381: November 20, 2015 Benjamin Math Magic - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=2E31B168-D0EE-4E9A-B692E4

Harvey Mudd College math professor Arthur Benjamin talks about his new book The Magic of Math: Solving for x and Figuring Out Why -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Math Can Equal Fun

Scientific American - Episode 381: November 20, 2015 Benjamin Math Magic - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=2E31B168-D0EE-4E9A-B692E4

Harvey Mudd College math professor Arthur Benjamin talks about his new book The Magic of Math: Solving for x and Figuring Out Why -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Teaching Machines to Learn on Their Own

Scientific American - Episode 380: November 10, 2015 Hoover Machine Learning - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=7BB57A29-89B7-4048-BD828E

Stephen Hoover, CEO of Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center, talks with Scientific American tech editor Larry Greenemeier about the revolution underway in machine learning, in which the machine... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Teaching Machines to Learn on Their Own

Scientific American - Episode 380: November 10, 2015 Hoover Machine Learning - https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=7BB57A29-89B7-4048-BD828E

Stephen Hoover, CEO of Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center, talks with Scientific American tech editor Larry Greenemeier about the revolution underway in machine learning, in which the machine... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Chemistry Nobel : Keeping DNA in Good Repair

Scientific American - Episode 379: October 7, 2015 Chemistry Nobel - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=67FEAA9D-FA13-4E24-B67F16

The 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar for discoveries of the mechanisms by which cells maintain the integrity of their DNA sequences -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Chemistry Nobel : Keeping DNA in Good Repair

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The 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar for discoveries of the mechanisms by which cells maintain the integrity of their DNA sequences -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Physics Nobel : Neutrinos Do Have Mass

Scientific American - Episode 378: October 6, 2015 Physics Nobel - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=D63159A8-8AFE-465C-B4665F

The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Physics Nobel : Neutrinos Do Have Mass

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The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Medicine Nobel : Sifting Nature for Antiparasite Drugs

Scientific American - Episode 377: October 5, 2015 Medicine Nobel - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=9C613F4F-0D0D-4C31-93175A

The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura for their discoveries of a medication against roundworm parasites and to Youyou Tu for her discoveries... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Medicine Nobel : Sifting Nature for Antiparasite Drugs

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The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura for their discoveries of a medication against roundworm parasites and to Youyou Tu for her discoveries... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The Hunt for the Fat Gene

Scientific American - Episode 376: September 16, 2015 Fat Gene - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=879E90FA-F49D-41EC-944018

Medical researcher Richard Johnson, of the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, talks about his October Scientific American article "The Fat Gene," co-authored by anthropologist... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The Hunt for the Fat Gene

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Medical researcher Richard Johnson, of the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, talks about his October Scientific American article "The Fat Gene," co-authored by anthropologist... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The Errors of Albert

Scientific American - Episode 375: September 2, 2015 Einstein's Errors - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=0CE355FC-8C44-4BD1-876FB3

Physicist and cosmologist Lawrence Krauss, director of the Origins Project at Arizona State University, talks about his article "What Einstein Got Wrong," in Scientific American’s... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The Errors of Albert

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Physicist and cosmologist Lawrence Krauss, director of the Origins Project at Arizona State University, talks about his article "What Einstein Got Wrong," in Scientific American’s... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Public Health Hero Jimmy Carter ; SA Turns 170

Scientific American - Episode 374: August 31, 2015 Jimmy Carter magazine collector Steven Lomazow - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=413AECF1-D790-4D6E-BA5D73

Jimmy Carter talks about his public health efforts to eradicate guinea worm and improve global mental health and women's health. Plus, magazine collector Steven Lomazow brings part of his collection... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Public Health Hero Jimmy Carter ; SA Turns 170

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Jimmy Carter talks about his public health efforts to eradicate guinea worm and improve global mental health and women's health. Plus, magazine collector Steven Lomazow brings part of his collection... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Olympics Loser Boston Wins Big Economically

Scientific American - Episode 373: August 6, 2015 Zimbalist Olympics Economics - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=FD01D4BA-C7E2-4711-93168D

Smith College sports economist Andrew Zimbalist talks about why the Olympics is almost always a big financial hardship for the host city, a subject he treats at length in his book Circus Maximus: The... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Olympics Loser Boston Wins Big Economically

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Smith College sports economist Andrew Zimbalist talks about why the Olympics is almost always a big financial hardship for the host city, a subject he treats at length in his book Circus Maximus: The... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Betting Lots of Quatloos on the Search for Alien Civilizations, Part 2

Scientific American - Episode 372: July 21, 2015 Big $ Alien Search Part 2 - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=0B0D2F0F-5F94-4B56-BB0391

Stephen Hawking and entrepreneur and former physicist Yuri Milner announce a $100-million, 10-year initiative to look for signs of intelligent life in the cosmos -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Betting Lots of Quatloos on the Search for Alien Civilizations, Part 2

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Stephen Hawking and entrepreneur and former physicist Yuri Milner announce a $100-million, 10-year initiative to look for signs of intelligent life in the cosmos -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Betting Lots of Quatloos on the Search for Alien Civilizations, Part 1

Scientific American - Episode 371: July 20, 2015 Big $ Alien Search - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=69CBC3E0-EE07-4C9B-8BF7B9

Stephen Hawking and entrepreneur and former physicist Yuri Milner announce a $100-million, 10-year initiative to look for signs of intelligent life in the cosmos -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Betting Lots of Quatloos on the Search for Alien Civilizations, Part 1

http://www.scientificamerican.com:4567/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=69CBC3E0-EE07-4C9B-8

Stephen Hawking and entrepreneur and former physicist Yuri Milner announce a $100-million, 10-year initiative to look for signs of intelligent life in the cosmos -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Pluto Mission Finally Calls Home

Scientific American - Episode 370: July 15, 2015 Pluto Mission Phones Home - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=30A8032D-9504-41ED-BE9F37

At 8:52 P.M. Eastern time, July 14, 2015, an all's-well signal from the New Horizons spacecraft finished its 4.5-hour, three-billion-mile trip from near Pluto through the solar system to alert... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Pluto Mission Finally Calls Home

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At 8:52 P.M. Eastern time, July 14, 2015, an all's-well signal from the New Horizons spacecraft finished its 4.5-hour, three-billion-mile trip from near Pluto through the solar system to alert... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Pluto, Ready for Your Close-Up !

Scientific American - Episode 369: July 14, 2015 Close-up Pluto - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=63F0CCF1-D494-4DFA-8325D3

At just before 7:50 A.M. today, July 14, 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft made its closest approach to Pluto. After a 9.5-year, three-billion-mile voyage, the ship got within about 7,750 miles from... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Pluto, Ready for Your Close-Up !

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At just before 7:50 A.M. today, July 14, 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft made its closest approach to Pluto. After a 9.5-year, three-billion-mile voyage, the ship got within about 7,750 miles from... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Restore Research to Preserve the American Dream

Scientific American - Episode 368: June 23, 2015 Augustine Restoring the Foundation - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=EA53482B-6EE5-495A-80FC68

Norman Augustine, former CEO of Lockheed Martin and former undersecretary of the Army talks about the report he co-chaired for the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, "Restoring the... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Restore Research to Preserve the American Dream

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Norman Augustine, former CEO of Lockheed Martin and former undersecretary of the Army talks about the report he co-chaired for the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, "Restoring the... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Migratory Birds : What a Long-Range Trip It’s Been

Scientific American - Episode 367: June 18, 2015 Inigo-Elias Migratory Birds - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=84BA09F9-BA3F-4064-92D886

Ornithologist Eduardo Inigo-Elias, senior research associate with the conservation science program at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, talks about the challenges of studying migratory birds and... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Migratory Birds : What a Long-Range Trip It’s Been

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Ornithologist Eduardo Inigo-Elias, senior research associate with the conservation science program at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, talks about the challenges of studying migratory birds and... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Animals Don’t Use Facebook but They Have Social Networks, Too

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Lee Dugatkin, evolutionary biologist and behavioral ecologist at the University of Louisville, talks about his article in the June Scientific American called "The Networked Animal," about... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Take a Bite out of the Math of Math

Scientific American - Episode 366: June 2, 2015 Cheng How To Bake Pi - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=88F87F6E-5401-4828-AE4635

Mathematician Eugenia Cheng, tenured in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Sheffield in the U.K. and currently Scientist in Residence at the School of the Art Institute of... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Take a Bite out of the Math of Math

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Mathematician Eugenia Cheng, tenured in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Sheffield in the U.K. and currently Scientist in Residence at the School of the Art Institute of... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Animals Don’t Use Facebook but They Have Social Networks, Too

Scientific American - Episode 365: May 16, 2015 Dugatkin Animal Social Networks - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=66D49849-FFAF-4320-9751CE

Lee Dugatkin, evolutionary biologist and behavioral ecologist at the University of Louisville, talks about his article in the June Scientific American called "The Networked Animal," about... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Mississippi Mound Builders Meet the 33rd Legion

Scientific American - Episode 364: May 6, 2015 - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=6D9008A5-85B2-48EF-8338EC

Astronomer Alan Smale spends his days at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center exploring celestial objects, but he's also the author of Clash of Eagles, an alternate-history novel in which a Roman Legion... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Mississippi Mound Builders Meet the 33rd Legion

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Astronomer Alan Smale spends his days at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center exploring celestial objects, but he's also the author of Clash of Eagles, an alternate-history novel in which a Roman Legion... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The Ebola Outbreak : Past, Present and Future

Scientific American - Episode 363: March 26, 2015 - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=C30C6DF8-C9FA-4A77-B6B1A6

Scientific American’s Dina Maron talks with Keiji Fukuda, assistant director general for health security at the World Health Organization, about the current Ebola outbreak, the threat of sexual... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The Ebola Outbreak : Past, Present and Future

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Scientific American’s Dina Maron talks with Keiji Fukuda, assistant director general for health security at the World Health Organization, about the current Ebola outbreak, the threat of sexual... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Humans and the Amazon : A 13,000-Year Coexistence

Scientific American - Episode 362: March 20, 2015 - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=7912BCE0-AECD-483B-A4AAFF

University of Exeter archaeologist José Iriarte talks to freelance journalist Cynthia Graber about his efforts to understand human activity in and influence on the Amazon region for... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Humans and the Amazon : A 13,000-Year Coexistence

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University of Exeter archaeologist José Iriarte talks to freelance journalist Cynthia Graber about his efforts to understand human activity in and influence on the Amazon region for... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The Placement Excitation : Scientific American on The Big Bang Theory

Scientific American - Episode361: March 12, 2015 - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=00FD24E7-5793-4292-9897E2

In conjunction with this magazine's inclusion on the March 12 episode of The Big Bang Theory, here's an edited version of a talk by the sitcom's science advisor, U.C.L.A. physicist David Saltzberg,... -- Read more on (...)

The Placement Excitation : Scientific American on The Big Bang Theory

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In conjunction with this magazine's inclusion on the March 12 episode of The Big Bang Theory, here's an edited version of a talk by the sitcom's science advisor, U.C.L.A. physicist David Saltzberg,... -- Read more on (...)

Science Goes to the Movies : A New TV Program

Scientific American - Episode360: February 20, 2015 - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=6AB82324-2F44-49E8-AB9081

Heather Berlin, assistant professor of psychiatry and of neuroscience at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, is the co-host of the new CUNY TV program Science Goes to the Movies -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Science Goes to the Movies : A New TV Program

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Heather Berlin, assistant professor of psychiatry and of neuroscience at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, is the co-host of the new CUNY TV program Science Goes to the Movies -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Every Life Has Equal Value, Part 2 : Gates Foundation CEO Dr. Susan Desmond-Hellmann

Scientific American - Episode359: January 30, 2015 - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=C9288515-5587-42CF-8ED1C6

Gates Foundation CEO Dr. Susan Desmond-Hellmann and Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina talk about the foundation set forth in its recently released annual letter. Part 2 of... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Every Life Has Equal Value, Part 2 : Gates Foundation CEO Dr. Susan Desmond-Hellmann

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Gates Foundation CEO Dr. Susan Desmond-Hellmann and Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina talk about the foundation set forth in its recently released annual letter. Part 2 of... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Every Life Has Equal Value, Part 1 : Gates Foundation CEO Dr. Susan Desmond-Hellmann

Scientific American - Episode358: January 30, 2015 - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=915B8E31-2E9E-4E28-82684C

Gates Foundation CEO Dr. Susan Desmond-Hellmann and Scientific American Editor in-Chief Mariette DiChristina talk about the foundation set forth in its recently released annual letter. Part 1 of 2 -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Every Life Has Equal Value, Part 1 : Gates Foundation CEO Dr. Susan Desmond-Hellmann

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Gates Foundation CEO Dr. Susan Desmond-Hellmann and Scientific American Editor in-Chief Mariette DiChristina talk about the foundation set forth in its recently released annual letter. Part 1 of 2 -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Best of Thanksgiving, Part 2 : Let’s Talk Stuffing—Your Face !

Scientific American - Episode357: November 27, 2014 - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=EE65AAE0-7158-4EDE-9223ED

Cornell University's Brian Wansink talks about eating behavior and how mindless eating has us consuming way more calories than we suspect. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Best of Thanksgiving, Part 2 : Let’s Talk Stuffing—Your Face !

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Cornell University's Brian Wansink talks about eating behavior and how mindless eating has us consuming way more calories than we suspect -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Best of Thanksgiving, Part 1 : Let’s Talk Turkey !

Scientific American - Episode 356: November 27, 2014 - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=FDF4E90D-DEE9-4ADF-AB1198

Turkey scientist Rich Buchholz of the University of Mississippi talks about the turkey on your plate and his own turkey research. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Best of Thanksgiving, Part 1 : Let’s Talk Turkey !

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Turkey scientist Rich Buchholz of the University of Mississippi talks about the turkey on your plate and his own turkey research -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Doctors Without Borders Fight on Ebola’s Front Lines

Scientific American - Episode 355: November 14th, 2014 Ebola MSF's Armand Sprecher & Stanford's David Relman - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=87AAA65E-AE48-4EF3-AC898E

Scientific American health and medicine correspondent Dina Fine Maron talks with Armand Sprecher of Doctors Without Borders, who has fought Ebola in Guinea and Liberia. And Steve talks Ebola with... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Doctors Without Borders Fight on Ebola’s Front Lines

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Scientific American health and medicine correspondent Dina Fine Maron talks with Armand Sprecher of Doctors Without Borders, who has fought Ebola in Guinea and Liberia. And Steve talks Ebola with... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Ebola Expert Update

Scientific American - Episode 354: November 5th, 2014 Ebola Dan Bausch - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=A08F9429-5B16-44CF-BB1358

Scientific American health and medicine correspondent Dina Fine Maron talks about Ebola with tropical medicine and infectious disease expert Daniel Bausch of Tulane University at the annual meeting... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Ebola Expert Update

http://www.scientificamerican.com:4567/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=A08F9429-5B16-44CF-B

Scientific American health and medicine correspondent Dina Fine Maron talks about Ebola with tropical medicine and infectious disease expert Daniel Bausch of Tulane University at the annual meeting... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Let’s Get Small : A Panel on Nanoscience

Scientific American - Episode 353: October 15, 2014 Nanotech Panel - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=3CC08571-8173-48DF-BF3662

Scientific American senior editor Josh Fischman joins nanoscience researchers Shana Kelly, Yamuna Krishnan, Benjamin Bratton, along with moderator Bridget Kendall from the BBC World Service program... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Let’s Get Small : A Panel on Nanoscience

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Scientific American senior editor Josh Fischman joins nanoscience researchers Shana Kelly, Yamuna Krishnan, Benjamin Bratton, along with moderator Bridget Kendall from the BBC World Service program... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Building a Better Microscope : 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Scientific American - Episode 352: October 8, 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=8D05A96F-2977-4039-BDEB8D

The 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded to Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy. The winning work is explained by... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Building a Better Microscope : 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

http://www.scientificamerican.com:4567/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=8D05A96F-2977-4039-B

The 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded to Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy. The winning work is explained by... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Blue Light Special : 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics

Scientific American - Episode 351: October 7, 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=47581249-ECB4-4FC0-89953D

The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura for the invention of efficient blue light–emitting diodes, which has enabled bright and energy-saving... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The Map in Your Mind : 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Scientific American - Episode 350: August 19, 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=0638F360-3FBE-4755-AB8292

The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain—an... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Kodiak Update : Scientific American Alaska Cruise, Part 4

Scientific American - Episode 349: September 2, 2014 SciAm Bright Horizons Cruise 22, Kodiak, AK, and Manhattan Project Vet Margaret Asprey - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=648A05DA-C709-4A84-A5E391

Scientific American Bright Horizons Cruise 22 is in port in Kodiak, Alaska, on September 2nd. We talk about our last few stops and hear from passenger and Manhattan Project veteran Margaret Asprey -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The Juneau Tour : Scientific American Alaska Cruise, Part 3

Scientific American - Episode 348: August 31, 2014 SciAm Bright Horizons Cruise 22, JD the Cabbie - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=8B435C58-E4BA-4983-8A52A6

Scientific American Bright Horizons Cruise 22 arrives in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 31st, which allows us to post audio from a fascinating taxi trip through Juneau on August 28th. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Juneau Where I Am : Scientific American Alaska Cruise, Part 2

Scientific American - Episode 347: August 28, 2014 SciAm Bright Horizons Cruise 22, Juneau - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=E63B39B4-80AE-411D-B1A814

Scientific American Bright Horizons Cruise 22 arrives in Juneau, Alaska -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Catch Me If You Ketchikan : Scientific American Alaska Cruise, Part 1

Scientific American - Episode 346: August 26, 2014 SciAm Bright Horizons Cruise 22, Ketchikan - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=2D028656-19AA-465B-9F0F30

Scientific American Bright Horizons Cruise 22 arrives in Ketchikan, Alaska. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Shakespeare and Science, Part 2

Scientific American - Episode 345: August 19, 2014 Dan Falk's New Book The Science of Shakespeare, Part 2 - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=DBA435FB-2065-44DA-8A096F

Dan Falk discusses his latest book, The Science of Shakespeare: A New Look at the Playwright's Universe -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Shakespeare and Science, Part 1

Scientific American - Episode 344: August 19, 2014 Dan Falk's New Book The Science of Shakespeare, Part 1 - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=9D94FBAD-9E47-4310-BC6A2D

Dan Falk discusses his latest book, The Science of Shakespeare: A New Look at the Playwright's Universe -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Furious New Science Fiction from Mark Alpert

Scientific American - Episode 343: August 3, 2014 SciFi author Mark Alpert's new book The Furies - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=29D403BD-5404-4E8D-B9CEEC

Scientific American editor–turned-sci-fi-writer Mark Alpert, author of Final Theory and Extinction, talks about his latest book, The Furies -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Furious New Science Fiction from Mark Alpert

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Scientific American editor–turned-sci-fi-writer Mark Alpert, author of Final Theory and Extinction, talks about his latest book, The Furies -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Under the Dome : Scientific American Editor in Chief Talks to the Senate

Scientific American - Episode 342: July 22, 2014 SciAm EIC Mariette DiChristina & Vint Cerf Senate Testimony - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=B17CBC2F-2AA2-4A16-87B1B6

Scientific American editor-in-chief Mariette DiChristina testifies before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation about the value of scientific research and development. Also... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Under the Dome : Scientific American Editor in Chief Talks to the Senate

http://www.scientificamerican.com:4567/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=B17CBC2F-2AA2-4A16-8

Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina testifies before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation about the value of scientific research and development. Also... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Wild Sex : Beyond the Birds and the Bees

Scientific American - Episode 341: July 15, 2014 Joy Reidenberg, host of PBS's Sex in the Wild - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=6F2658B0-B7F7-491E-AE9AB6

Joy Reidenberg, comparative anatomist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, talks about her new PBS series Sex in the Wild, about the sex lives of elephants, orangutans, kangaroos and... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Wild Sex : Beyond the Birds and the Bees

http://www.scientificamerican.com:4567/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=6F2658B0-B7F7-491E-A

Joy Reidenberg, comparative anatomist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, talks about her new PBS series Sex in the Wild, about the sex lives of elephants, orangutans, kangaroos and... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

What’s So Funny ? : The Science of Humor

Scientific American - Episode 340: July 7, 2014 Scott Weems, author of HA!: The Science of When We Laugh and Why - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=8D75D9E9-3091-4E68-9EA051

Cognitive neuroscientist Scott Weems talks about his book HA!: The Science of When We Laugh and Why -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

What’s So Funny ? : The Science of Humor

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Cognitive neuroscientist Scott Weems talks about his book HA!: The Science of When We Laugh and Why -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Hunting the Wild Neutrino

Scientific American - Episode 339: May 23, 2014 Ray Jayawardhana, author of Neutrino Hunters - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=9C0BBB36-1AED-458C-B17DA0

Astrophysicist Ray Jayawardhana, of the University of Toronto, talks about his new book Neutrino Hunters: The Thrilling Chase for a Ghostly Particle to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Hunting the Wild Neutrino

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Astrophysicist Ray Jayawardhana, of the University of Toronto, talks about his new book Neutrino Hunters: The Thrilling Chase for a Ghostly Particle to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Sometimes the Hoofprints Are from Zebras

Scientific American - Episode 338: April 30, 2014 - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=50065CD6-9468-4EDA-A24AF6

David J. Hand, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Imperial College, London, talks about his new book The Improbability Principle: Why Coincidences, Miracles, and Rare Events Happen Every Day.... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Sometimes the Hoofprints Are from Zebras

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David J. Hand, emeritus professor of mathematics at Imperial College London, talks about his new book The Improbability Principle: Why Coincidences, Miracles and Rare Events Happen Every Day -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The First Nuclear Arms Race : Churchill’s Bomb, Part 2

Scientific American - Episode 337: April 24, 2014 - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=2D1301AB-4CDD-4D28-877175

Graham Farmelo is the award-winning author of the Dirac biography The Strangest Man. His latest book is Churchill’s Bomb: How the United States Overtook Britain in the First Nuclear Arms... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The First Nuclear Arms Race : Churchill’s Bomb, Part 2

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Graham Farmelo is the award-winning author of the Dirac biography The Strangest Man. His latest book is Churchill’s Bomb: How the United States Overtook Britain in the First Nuclear Arms Race -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The First Nuclear Arms Race : Churchill’s Bomb, Part 1

Scientific American - Episode 336: April 24, 2014 - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=D1F0764F-A5FB-42A4-A1B41A

Graham Farmelo is the award-winning author of the Dirac biography The Strangest Man. His latest book is Churchill’s Bomb: How the United States Overtook Britain in the First Nuclear Arms... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The First Nuclear Arms Race : Churchill’s Bomb, Part 1

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Graham Farmelo is the award-winning author of the Dirac biography The Strangest Man. His latest book is Churchill’s Bomb: How the United States Overtook Britain in the First Nuclear Arms Race -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Take Me Out to the Run Expectancy Matrix Analysis

Scientific American - Episode 335: March 18, 2014 - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=8E63FAA0-248F-4E3D-AA35EF

Smith College economics professor Andrew Zimbalist talks about his latest book, The Sabermetric Revolution: Assessing the Growth of Analytics in Baseball (co-authored with Benjamin Baumer), at the... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Take Me Out to the Run Expectancy Matrix Analysis

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Smith College economics professor Andrew Zimbalist talks about his latest book, The Sabermetric Revolution: Assessing the Growth of Analytics in Baseball (co-authored with Benjamin Baumer), at the... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Found in Space, Part 2

Scientific American - Episode 334: February 27, 2014 - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=F4B932B6-9D84-4436-8CA1FE

Journalist Lee Billings Talks about his book Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search For Life Among the Stars, Part 2 of 2 -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Found in Space, Part 2

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Journalist Lee Billings Talks about his book Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search For Life Among the Stars, Part 2 of 2 -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Found in Space, Part 1

Scientific American - Episode 333: February 26, 2014 - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=57093753-3EB8-4876-8C6957

Journalist Lee Billings Talks about his book Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search For Life Among the Stars, Part 1 of 2 -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Found in Space, Part 1

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Journalist Lee Billings Talks about his book Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search For Life Among the Stars, Part 1 of 2 -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

From Gadgets to Galaxies : Conference Reports

Scientific American - Episode 332: February 10, 2014 - http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/podcast.mp3?fileId=51CEB463-971B-4082-91CFC9