Stars of Cosmology, Part 1

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🗓️ 18 February 2009

⏱️ 18 minutes

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In part 1 of this podcast, cosmologists Alan Guth from M.I.T., Arizona State University's Lawrence Krauss, John Carlstrom from the University of Chicago, and Fermilab's Scott Dodelson discuss the state of cosmology--and the universe's possible dismal future--at a press conference at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Chicago on February 16th 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, Exclusive vehicles.
0:30.9	Welcome to Science Talk, the weekly podcast of Scientific American for the week of February 18th, 2009.
0:37.0	I'm Steve Merski. I just got back from
0:39.2	Chicago, where I was at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of
0:43.6	Science. On Monday, February 16th, I was privileged to attend an historic press conference, which
0:49.6	I'm going to share with you on the current state of cosmology. The participants were MIT's Alan Gooth, the developer of the inflationary model of the universe,
0:58.9	Lawrence Krauss, a frequent contributor to Scientific American Magazine,
1:03.0	and director of the Origins Initiative at Arizona State University.
1:07.2	John Carlstrom from the University of Chicago, who studies the cosmic microwave background radiation left over from the Big Bang,
1:14.6	and Scott Dotelson of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Laboratory, who studies the origin and structure of the universe.
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