Hello Moon, Good-Bye Rennie

Science Talk

Scientific American

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4.2 • 644 Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2009

⏱️ 30 minutes

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We look at the contents of the July issue of Scientific American magazine, the last under outgoing Editor in Chief John Rennie, including an article by moon explorer Harrison Schmitt, a piece on the fight against superbugs, a report on the potential of biofuels such as grassoline, and a recollection of the pernicious effects of chess! Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is presented by eBay.
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0:23.7	Then when you're buying, you can discover loads of hidden gems. There's so many items where you think I would have never found that anywhere else. Then when you're selling, it's so simple and most
0:25.9	importantly, free. It's free, Rob. When it's this easy to sell for free and there's great deals
0:31.6	on things you love. You can't help but say when it's eBay. It excludes vehicles and business
0:35.9	sellers.
0:46.2	Welcome to Science Talk, the weekly podcast of Scientific American posted on June 26, 2009. I'm Steve Mercky. This week we'll take a look at the contents of the July issue of Scientific American magazine
0:51.0	with editor-in-chief John Rennie, which includes taking a look backward.
0:55.9	We spoke in the offices at the magazine.
1:00.6	Hey, John, how you doing?
1:02.0	Fine, thanks.
1:03.2	July Scientific American.
1:04.9	Indeed.
1:05.5	Features a very interesting and nostalgic letter from Y.U? Well, yes, exactly.
1:13.1	Me. Looking back,
1:14.7	keying off of our story,
1:16.8	looking back at the
1:17.9	Apollo program and
1:20.2	what it is that some
1:22.2	future astronauts going to Mars
1:24.0	might learn from the experiences
1:26.1	of the lunar astronauts.
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