Flores hobbit update, chemistry in art, environmental impostors.

Science Talk

Scientific American

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4.2 • 644 Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2006

⏱️ 22 minutes

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In this episode, Scientific American.com editorial director Kate Wong talks about the anthropology community's latest take on the remains of tiny humans from Flores; chemist Jennifer Mass discusses how she uses her science background artistically; and journalist Paul D. Thacker reveals how what appear to be environmental groups may be wolves in sheep's clothing. Also, test your science knowledge with our current events 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 Benning?
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. T's and Cs apply, exclusive vehicles.
0:32.8	Welcome to the Scientific American Podcast for the seven days starting March 15th.
0:37.9	I'm Steve Murski.
0:39.4	This week on the podcast, Scientific American Online Editor Kate Wong tells us what she found out about Hobbits, the real kind, last week at a major anthropology conference.
0:50.0	Chemist Jennifer Mass has one of the more unusual jobs in science, and she talks about what she does at work.
0:55.7	And journalist Paul D. Thacker discusses an article he published last week about how some environmental groups aren't exactly what they seem.
1:03.8	Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news.
1:08.2	First up, Scientific American Online editor Kate Wong.
1:11.7	Kate wrote the cover story for the February 2005 issue of Scientific American about the fossils of tiny humans found on the island of Flores in Indonesia.
1:20.7	She's the magazine's resident paleontology and anthropology expert and just attended the annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists in Anchorage, Alaska, where there was a heap of Hobbit Talk.
1:32.1	I called her at her office in New York City.
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