Ah, Benny's parents, thanks for coming.

Hiya.

So, Benny has really blossomed this term.

You're telling me, he outgrew his bike. We sold it, on eBay.

Oh, that's not quite what I meant.

It's free to sell on there.

Free to sell?

Easy too. Sold Benny's bike, your guitar, my jacket.

You sold my guitar?

Shall we talk about Benning?

When it's this easy to sell for free, you can't help but say when it's eBay.

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Welcome to Science Talk, the more or less weekly podcast of Scientific American.

Posted on January 26th, 2010. I'm Steve Murski,

and I have a touch of laryngitis, so bear with me. This week on the podcast,

Madison wasn't just telling Jefferson about weasels and measurements. He was measuring the sexual

organs of these weasels, I mean, and making charts of the length of them and telling Jefferson,

you know what, our weasels come up pretty good. I assume I got your attention. That's Lee Dugatkin,

and he's the author of a fascinating article in the new February issue of Scientific American called

Jefferson's Moose. We'll talk to him and will also test your knowledge about some recent science in the news.

Lee Dugatkin studies the evolution of social behavior at the University of Louisville,

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