meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Science Talk

Is There a Doctor in the Spaceship?

Science Talk

Scientific American

Science

4.2644 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2013

⏱️ 14 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

NASA astronaut and medical doctor Michael Barratt spoke to schoolkids at the Family Science Days event at this year's meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Boston Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

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.

0:09.5

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. T's and C's Apply, Exclused vehicles.

0:31.0

This Scientific American podcast is brought to you by Audible.com, your source for audiobooks and more.

0:37.5

Audible.com features 100,000 titles, including Walter Isaacson's biography, Albert Einstein,

0:43.0

his life and universe, narrated by Edward Herman, and Stephen Hawking's The Theory of Everything,

0:48.3

narrated by Michael York.

0:50.0

Right now, Audible.com is offering a free audiobook and a one-month trial membership

0:53.8

to the Scientific American audience. For details, go to Audible.com is offering a free audiobook and a one-month trial membership to the Scientific American audience.

0:55.9

For details, go to Audible.com slash siam, S-C-I-A-M.

1:02.6

Welcome to the Scientific American podcast, Science Talk, posted on April 29, 2013.

1:09.0

I'm Steve Mursky.

1:10.4

On this episode, you can never have enough time looking out the window. I'm Steve Murski. On this episode,

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Scientific American, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Scientific American and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.