Hide and Seen: Gestures and Facial Expressions Help Communication; Government Attempts to Keep Science Information Hidden

Science Talk

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🗓️ 8 November 2006

⏱️ 23 minutes

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In this episode, Scientific American Mind executive editor Mariette Dichristina talks about a special section of the magazine devoted to the roles of gestures and facial expressions in communications. A panel discussion of government secrecy at the annual meeting of the Society of Environmental Journalists featured climate researcher James Hansen; we'll play some highlights from his comments regarding secrecy and science. Plus we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Websites mentioned on this episode include www.sciammind.com; www.sciam.com/news; www.sciam.com/podcast; http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/ 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.
0:29.1	Excludes vehicles.
0:31.2	Welcome to Science Talk, the weekly podcast of Scientific American for the seven days starting November 8th.
0:37.2	I'm Steve
0:37.8	Mirsky. This week on the podcast, revealing the truth with body language and putting a lid
0:42.6	on the truth by controlling the flow of scientific information. Last week I was at the annual
0:46.8	meeting of the Society for Environmental Journalists in Vermont and went to a panel discussion
0:51.8	on government secrecy. Climate researcher James Hansen was on the panel and we'll share some of his comments later.
0:58.0	We'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news, but first up, Mariette D. Christina will make some gestures in your direction.
1:05.0	Mariette is the executive editor of Scientific American and of Scientific American Mind magazine. We talked about the
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