From Dark Energy to Lone Star Lunacy

Science Talk

Scientific American

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🗓️ 2 April 2009

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Scientific American magazine Editor in Chief John Rennie talks about articles in the April issue, covering dark energy, bee colony collapse and post-traumatic stress. And Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education, discusses anti-evolution-education efforts by the Texas School Board. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Web sites related to this episode include www.ncseweb.org; www.youtube.com/NatCen4ScienceEd 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.
0:30.7	Welcome to Science Talk, the weekly podcast of Scientific American for the week of April 2, 2009.
0:37.3	I'm Steve Murski.
0:38.7	This week on the podcast, Eugenie Scott brings us up to date on the strange goings-on
0:43.3	at the Texas School Board.
0:45.6	But first, Scientific American editor-in-chief John Rennie talks about the new April
0:49.9	issue of Scientific American magazine.
0:51.9	We spoke in the magazine's library.
0:56.1	Well, Merry April Fool's, you hilarious pranks to you. Well, thank you, Steve. We do what we
1:02.4	can in the editing field. We have the April issue of Scientific American is out. Are all the
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