Cosmic Queries – Timekeeping

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🗓️ 1 February 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

What time is it? Neil deGrasse Tyson, comic co-host Chuck Nice, and astronomer and anthropologist Anthony Aveni answer fan-submitted Cosmic Queries about timekeeping, the history of time, and more!

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0:00.0	Welcome to Star Talk.
0:04.0	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:10.0	Star Talk begins right now.
0:15.0	This is Star Talk, Cosmic Query's edition.
0:18.0	This one titled The History and Science of Timekeeping.
0:23.0	Ooh, something we take for granted, but with some people don't.
0:27.0	And they think a lot about it.
0:30.0	And I got with me Chuck Knies, Chuck.
0:32.0	Always there for me, Chuck.
0:34.0	That's right.
0:35.0	No matter the time.
0:37.0	Long time veteran of Star Talk Radio.
0:39.0	And you're my co-host for Star Talk Sports Edition.
0:42.0	So thanks for making that happen too.
0:44.0	Always a pleasure.
0:45.0	And in spite of someone who has no formal athletic background at all,
0:49.0	you're actually quite knowledgeable about sports.
0:52.0	I'm very impressed.
0:54.0	I need to be knowledgeable about something that you've never done.
0:59.0	No, no, no.
1:00.0	It's easy to have opinions about things that you've never done.
1:03.0	Well, this is true.
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