Carl Zimmer on Evolution in the Big City

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🗓️ 24 August 2011

⏱️ 24 minutes

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The annual Scientific American September single-topic issue is all about cities. And award-winning author Carl Zimmer recently penned a piece on evolution research in the urban environment for The New York Times. In part 1 of this interview, he talks about urban evolution 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.
0:31.1	Welcome to the Scientific American Podcast Science Talk posted on August 24th, 2011.
0:37.5	I'm Steve Merski.
0:39.0	This week on the podcast...
0:40.1	Four or five people who are traipsing around in a remote part of a park,
0:46.2	and they've got bags of stuff.
0:48.8	Unfortunately, you know, they explain what they're doing to the police,
0:51.6	and the police are usually quite curious about what they're up to and, you know, find it interesting.
0:55.9	That's award-winning science writer Carl Zimmer. He had an article in the New York Times in
1:00.5	July about researchers studying evolution in the wildlife and other organisms in New York City.
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