Avian flu, marijuana policy, new tyrannosaur

Science Talk

Scientific American

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4.2 • 644 Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2006

⏱️ 21 minutes

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In this episode, Scientific American staff editor Christine Soares talks about avian flu; Bruce Mirken discusses marijuana policy in the U.S. and England; and paleontologist Gregory Erickson describes the newfound long-lost cousin of T. rex. Also: test your science smarts with our quiz and hear how yesterday's comics might have handled today's news. 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.
0:28.0	T's and Cs apply, exclusive vehicles.
0:31.0	Welcome to the Scientific American podcast for mid-February.
0:34.9	I'm Steve Merski.
0:36.4	This week on the podcast,
0:37.7	we'll talk with Scientific American editor Christine Suarez about avian flu.
0:43.2	Paleontologist Gregory Erickson tells us about the discovery of a fossil
0:47.2	from T-Rex's Great, Great, Great, Great, well, you got the idea, Grandad.
0:52.5	And Bruce Merkin discusses marijuana policy in the U.S. and in England.
0:57.3	Along with those interviews, we'll test your veracity or mendacity per sepacity
1:01.9	with a quiz about real and fake science.
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