Test Tube Babies; Old Time Radio; What's In A Name

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4.2 • 644 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2006

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, journalist Robin Marantz Henig discusses a TV program airing on October 23 based in part on Pandora's Baby, the title of her book and Scientific American article about the early days of In Vitro Fertilization. JJ Mirsky talks about the technology of early radios. And we'll look at what happens when a company's name or url becomes detrimental overnight because of some coincidental association with another name. Plus we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Websites mentioned on this episode include blog.sciam.com; www.sciamdigital.com; www.egrandslam.com; www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/babies 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, Excludes vehicles.
0:30.4	Welcome to Science Talk, the weekly podcast of Scientific American for the seven days starting October 18th.
0:36.6	I'm Steve Merski. This week on the podcast,
0:39.3	journalist Robin Morance Henning talks about a new TV account of Test Tube Babies. We'll look back at some
0:45.4	technological history with an expert on old-time radios. It's my dad. I'll talk about how some
0:51.7	company's names go overnight from help to hindrance, and we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news.
0:58.9	First up, Robin Morantz Henig.
1:01.1	She wrote Pandora's Baby, an article on the early days of Test Tube Babies that appeared in Scientific American magazine in June 2003.
1:09.3	Her book by the same name came out the next year. On Monday, October 23rd,
1:13.8	PBS will air a documentary called Test Tube Babies, based in large part on her book and the
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