Singing New Songs: Urban Birds Vocalize Differently; Insurance Industry Worries About Warming

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4.2 • 644 Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2006

⏱️ 21 minutes

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In this episode, Leiden University bird song expert Hans Slabbekorrn notes the changes in bird vocalizations when they move from the forest to the city. And we wrap up our series on Scientific American magazine's "SA 50" citations with Ivo Menzinger, managing director of sustainability and emerging risk management for the reinsurance company Swiss Re. Plus we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Websites mentioned on this episode include www.sciam.com/podcast; www.sciam.com/news 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	Exclusive vehicles.
0:30.2	Welcome to Science Talk, the weekly podcast of Scientific American for the seven days starting
0:34.7	December 6th.
0:35.8	I'm Steve Merski.
0:37.0	This week on the podcast, you know how us city guys may talk differently from country folk?
0:41.2	Well, new research from Han Slavicotan finds that when birds move from the forest to the city, their songs change too.
0:48.0	We'll talk to him about that in our respective accents, and we'll finish up our look at the Scientific American 50 with Evo Menzinger from the
0:55.3	company Swiss Re. Plus, we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news.
0:59.9	First up, the difference in song stylings between city birds...
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