LIGO spots merging neutron stars, scholarly questions about a new Bible museum, and why wolves are better team players than dogs

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News, News Commentary, Science

4.3 • 842 Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2017

⏱️ 28 minutes

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This week we hear stories about the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory’s latest hit, why wolves are better team players than dogs, and volcanic eruptions that may have triggered riots in ancient Egypt with Online News Editor Catherine Matacic. Sarah Crespi interviews contributing correspondent Lizzie Wade about the soon-to-open Museum of the Bible in Washington D.C. Can it recover from early accusations of forgeries and illicitly obtained artifacts? Listen to previous podcasts. [Image: Public Domain; Music: Jeffrey Cook] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This podcast is supported by the Icon School of Medicine at Mount Sinai,
0:04.0	the academic arm of the Mount Sinai health system in New York City,
0:07.5	and one of America's leading research medical schools.
0:10.7	What are scientists and clinicians working on to improve medical care and health for women?
0:15.5	Find out in a special supplement to Science magazine prepared by the Icon School of Medicine
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0:21.6	with science. Visit our website at www.science.org and search for Frontiers of Medical
0:27.5	Research-Wedmen's Health. The Icon School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, we find a way.
0:45.5	Welcome to the science podcast for October 20th, 2017. I'm Sarah Crespi. In this week's show,
0:52.1	Lizzie Wade talks about the soon-to-open Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. Can it recover from early accusations of forgeries and illicitly obtained artifacts?
0:57.0	And Catherine Matissec is here to talk about stories from our online news site.
1:03.0	Now we have Catherine Matasik, editor for our online daily news site. She's here to talk about some recent stories.
1:12.4	Welcome, Catherine.
1:13.3	Hi, Sarah.
1:14.3	First up, we have a story on the latest LIGO find.
1:18.2	I don't even know where to start with this one.
1:21.2	I mean, sometimes big things happen in science.
1:24.4	It's not every day, but when it does, it makes me really happy. It kind of clears
1:29.0	away some of the blues from other areas of my life. To put it simply, my favorite fact about
1:36.0	this one, this big science find, is that many, many papers were tied to this event and
1:41.6	authored altogether by about 4,500 astronomers.
1:46.4	That's, according to our news writer, one third of all the astronomers in the world.
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