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Welcome to Scientific American Science Talk posted on November 11, 2019.

I'm Steve Murisky. On this episode, well, most of these

individuals who did the work were referred to as men of science. The word scientist was coined

for the first time for a woman. That's Magdalena Skipper. She's the editor-in-chief of the journal

Nature, which is celebrating its 150th anniversary.

Nature is the flagship publication of the Nature family of journals.

They are technical publications with the exception of Scientific American, which is your friendly neighborhood magazine.

Skipper was in New York recently and sat down with Scientific American acting editor-in-Chief Curtis Brainer to talk about the history and future of nature.

So nature is turning 150 years old this year. That's quite a milestone. I was wondering if you could reflect a little bit on that long and prestigious history, some of the core values of the journal,

perhaps some of the ways it's changed and where it stands today.

Indeed, 150 years.

It's a very long time.

It's a very exciting time for us, actually, to be looking back in the history of nature.

As always is the case when you look back,

you discover some really interesting and often surprising facts.

And some other things actually just seem to persist

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