CSI Reality and Coke/Pepsi Espionage

In this episode, Max Houck, director of the Forensic Science Initiative at West Virginia University and author of the July Scientific American article "CSI: Reality," talks about the effect the CSI shows have had in the real world and about real crime scene investigation versus what's portrayed on TV. And John Sicher, editor and publisher of Beverage Digest, talks about the recent Coke/Pepsi espionage case and the realities of secret soda formulas in the age of high-tech chemistry labs. Plus we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Websites mentioned on this podcast include www.beverage-digest.com; www.publicknowledge.org/node/497; www.tinyurl.com/LGL6P; and the Scientific American Digital Archive, www.sciamdigital.com.

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