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slash UK slash AI for people. Welcome to Science Talk, the weekly podcast of Scientific American

posted on December 18, 2009.

And I'm Steve Murski.

The big story around the whole world this week is the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference.

Scientific Americans, David Bielo is there.

We'll get the view from the ground.

And we'll also talk with Stephen Sanderson, the president and chief executive officer of the Wildlife Conservation Society in New York, based at the Bronx Zoo.

He has an article out in the current issue of, strange as it may seem, foreign affairs.

And we'll talk about that.

First up, Dave Beello, I called him December 17th in the evening Copenhagen time.

So, Dave, the appropriate question would be, how's the weather there?

It's quite cold and blustery, Steve.

Ironically.

Yes, exactly.

And how's the climate there?

The climate is a little heated, actually, once you get inside the Bella Center here in Copenhagen.

Tensions are pretty high, even though the Bella Center is a lot quieter now that the non-governmental organizations or civil society, if you will, has been kicked out of the building.

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