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Welcome to Science Talk, the podcast of Scientific American Magazine for the seven days starting April 12th.

I'm Steve Murski.

This week on the podcast, the conclusion of our conversation with anthropologist Carl Von Schike on animal intelligence.

Then we'll have an interview that Scientific American senior writer, Wake Gibbs, recently did with astronomer Steve Squires about the two Mars rovers.

And cardiologist Arthur Klatsky discusses a new study about the relationship between alcohol and healthy hearts.

Plus, test your knowledge about some recent science in the news.

First up, Carl von Scheich, the director of the Anthropological Institute and Museum at the University of Zurich.

Last week, he talked about his article in the April issue of Scientific American magazine called

Why Are Some Animals So Smart?

This week, he speculates about whether some apes could be even smarter than they get a chance to be.

He spoke from his office in Switzerland.

You talk about toward the end of the article about the idea that the other great apes,

for example, gorillas and chimpanzees, probably have the potential for being much smarter

than their current environment requires them to be.

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