Cosmic Queries: Absolutely Puzzled with Heather Berlin and Soleil Saint-Cyr

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🗓️ 31 May 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Got a problem? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Chuck Nice explore the world of puzzles and problem-solving with neuroscientist Heather Berlin and Soleil Saint-Cyr, the youngest woman to publish a crossword puzzle in the NYT.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Star Talk.
0:04.0	You're a place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:10.0	Star Talk begins right now.
0:14.0	This is Star Talk.
0:16.0	I'm Neil deGrasse Tyson, your personal astrophysicist.
0:20.0	And today we're going to talk about puzzle solving, specifically crossword puzzle solving.
0:27.0	The kind of puzzles that show up all around the world in newspapers, magazines, and puzzle books.
0:34.0	That's what we're going to be talking about.
0:36.0	Chuck, you're going to help me talk about this.
0:38.0	That's what I'm going to say.
0:39.0	In other words, we just want people not to see this show, huh?
0:43.0	How are you going to do that?
0:46.0	How are you going to start this show with, like, today we're talking crossword puzzles.
0:51.0	Click!
0:53.0	You're supposed to say today we're talking the science of the fast and the furious, all nine movies, right?
1:01.0	Okay, here we go.
1:03.0	Ready for nu-
1:04.0	I got this.
1:05.0	I got a new introduction.
1:07.0	Ready?
1:08.0	Okay, new introduction.
1:10.0	Okay.
	...

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