Cosmic ray threat, sasquatch DNA, geochemist cook

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4.2 • 644 Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2006

⏱️ 23 minutes

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In this episode, astrophysicist Eugene Parker talks about his Scientific American article on the threat that cosmic rays pose to astronauts; geneticist Dave Coltman discusses testing the DNA of an alleged sasquatch; and geochemist Don Siegel discusses how he became the author of a Chinese cookbook. Also: test your science smarts with our quiz. 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.
0:30.9	Welcome to the Scientific American podcast for the seven days starting March 1st.
0:35.7	I'm Steve Murski.
0:37.1	This week on the podcast,
0:38.4	legendary astrophysicist Eugene Parker
0:40.6	talks about a big problem
0:41.9	with sending people to Mars.
0:43.9	Geneticist Dave Coltman
0:45.3	discusses the DNA analysis
0:47.1	he did on a very unusual tissue sample,
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