Early Universe, Benjamin Franklin Science, Evolution Education.

Science Talk

Scientific American

Science

4.2 • 644 Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2006

⏱️ 30 minutes

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In this episode, physicist William Zajc talks about how the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at the Brookhaven National Laboratory is giving scientists a glimpse into what the universe was like in its first microseconds of existence; historian Joyce Chaplin discusses Benjamin Franklin the scientist and her book The First Scientific American: Benjamin Franklin and the Pursuit of Genius; and Steve Mirsky talks about the recent "Teaching Evolution and the Nature of Science" conference in New York City, where he interviewed Jennifer Miller, biology teacher involved in the Dover intelligent design trial. Plus, test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. 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.
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0:37.9	Novartis, think what's possible.
0:41.6	Welcome to Science Talk, the podcast of Scientific American.
0:45.2	For the seven days starting April 26th, I'm Steve Merski.
0:48.9	This week on the podcast, Scientific American author William Zights
0:51.9	talks about Quark Soup,
0:53.7	how physicists are getting an idea of what the universe was like immediately after the Big Bang.
0:58.7	His story, Joyce Chaplin, discusses the man she calls the first scientific American,
1:03.9	and I'll talk about a conference I attended on evolution education, where I spoke to Jennifer Miller,
1:08.9	one of the biology teachers directly involved in the Dover Intelligent Design trial.
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