Attacking antibiotic resistance; William Shockley biography; flu data policy.

Science Talk

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4.2 • 644 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2006

⏱️ 23 minutes

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In this episode, Scientific American writer Gary Stix talks about the ingenious way researcher Floyd Romesberg is attacking the problem of antibiotic resistance; award-winning journalist Joel Shurkin discusses his new biography of controversial physics Nobel Laureate William Shockley; and genomics researcher Steven Salzberg raises questions about the way flu data is currently shared and disseminated among scientists and the effects on public health. Also, test your knowledge about current events in science with our quiz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ah, Benny's parents, thanks for coming.
0:02.3	Hiya.
0:02.9	So, Benny has really blossomed this term.
0:05.6	You're telling me, he outgrew his bike. We sold it, on eBay.
0:09.6	Oh, that's not quite what I meant.
0:11.1	It's free to sell on there.
0:12.3	Free to sell?
0:13.4	Easy too. Sold Benny's bike, your guitar, my jacket.
0:16.8	You sold my guitar?
0:19.9	Shall we talk about Benny?
0:22.1	When it's this easy to sell for free, you can't help but say when it's eBay.
0:26.7	Things people love. T's and Cs apply, exclusive vehicles.
0:31.1	Welcome to Science Talk, the podcast of Scientific American Magazine.
0:35.5	For the seven days starting March 29th, I'm Steve Merski.
0:39.4	This week on the podcast,
0:40.8	Scientific American staff writer Gary Sticks
0:42.9	talks about research aimed at fighting
0:44.8	one of the big problems in medicine,
0:46.9	antibiotic resistance.
0:48.7	Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Joel Shurkin
0:50.8	discusses his new book about
0:52.2	controversial physics Nobel laureate William Shockley,
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