Science Talk
Scientific American
Science Talk is a podcast of longer-form audio experiments from Scientific American--from immersive sonic journeys into nature to deep dives into research with leading experts.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Jan 14, 2012 • 37min
Anna Deavere Smith: Let Me Down Easy
Actor, playwright and journalist Anna Deavere Smith talks about the health care crisis and her play about people dealing with illness, health and the health care system, Let Me Down Easy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 5, 2012 • 32min
Man from Mars: Health and Nutrition Research at Mars, Inc., and Beyond
Hagen Schroeter, the director of fundamental health and nutrition research at Mars, Inc., talks about research on bio-active food compounds and the search for why a healthful diet is good for you Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 12, 2011 • 5min
The <i>YouTube</i> SpaceLab Competition
If you're 14 to 18 years old, you still have until December 14th to prepare a two-minute video of a suggestion for an experiment to be performed at the International Space Station and upload it to youtube.com/spacelab. Winners will see their experiment performed in space Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 11, 2011 • 23min
Large Hadron Collider Backgrounder
Thomas LeCompte of Argonne National Lab was the physics coordinator for the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. He talks about the instrument and its future, as we await the December 13th announcement as to whether the LHC has found the Higgs particle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 8, 2011 • 11min
Out of Our Depth: Sea Level on the Rise
Ocean and climate scientist Eelco Rohling talks with Scientific American senior editor Mark Fischetti about updated calculations of sea-level rise as a function of climate change Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 23, 2011 • 6min
Brian Greene Talks Faster-Than-Light Neutrinos
Physicist Brian Greene, host of the NOVA series The Fabric of the Cosmos, addresses the question of faster-than-light neutrinos at a Q&A session after the debut of the PBS series Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 22, 2011 • 30min
The Mind's Hidden Switches
Eric J. Nestler, director of the Friedman Brain Institute at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City, talks about his article in the December issue of Scientific American magazine on epigenetics and human behavior, called "Hidden Switches in the Mind" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 5, 2011 • 20min
The Discovery of Quasicrystals: The 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Listen to the announcement of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, to Daniel Shechtman of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. Then hear comments from the president of the American Chemical Society, Nancy Jackson, of Sandia National Laboratories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 4, 2011 • 24min
An Accelerating Universe: The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics
Listen to the announcement of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics, to Saul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidt and Adam Riess, from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Following the formal announcement comes an explanation of the research, which tracked type Ia supernovae to discover that the expansion of the universe was accelerating, and a phone conversation with new Nobel laureate Brian Schmidt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 30, 2011 • 26min
Cancer Vaccines
Eric von Hofe, cancer researcher and president of the biotech company Antigen Express talks about his article in the October issue of Scientific American called "A New Ally against Cancer," about cancer vaccines Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
