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    Science Talk  1/31/10

    Cleopatra's Alexandria Treasures

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    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

  • Science Talk  1/25/10

    The Science Talk Quiz: "Totally Bogus"

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    Here are four science stories, but only three are true. See if you know which story is TOTALLY BOGUS
  • Science Talk  1/23/10

    Creating Darwin's Biopic; and Consumer Electronics

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    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
  • Science Talk  1/18/10

    The Science Talk Quiz: "Totally Bogus"

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    Here are four science stories, but only three are true. See if you know which story is TOTALLY BOGUS.
  • Science Talk  1/15/10

    Mining for Online Game Gold and Other Amazing Stories

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    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
  • Science Talk  1/8/10

    Alan Alda's Human Spark, Part 2

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    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

  • Science Talk  1/7/10

    Alan Alda's Human Spark

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    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

 


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