The Decade In Science

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🗓️ 30 December 2019

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

As 2019 draws to a close, we enlisted the help of two NPR science correspondents — Nell Greenfieldboye and Joe Palca — to look back on some of the biggest science stories of the past 10 years. Follow host Maddie Sofia on twitter @maddie_sofia. Email the show at [email protected].

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0:00.0	You're listening to Shortwave from NPR.
0:05.4	Maddie, if I hear happy almost new year to some of my favorite NPR colleagues,
0:10.2	Joe Palca, Science Correspondent.
0:11.9	Hello.
0:12.9	And Nell Greenfield Boys, also a Science Correspondent.
0:15.8	Hello now.
0:16.5	I can't believe we're not your favorite.
0:18.5	That's what I wrote.
0:19.5	You made like the top.
0:20.9	Some things.
0:21.9	Some of them.
0:22.9	Who's better?
0:23.9	Name names.
0:24.9	Okay, so we're going to start off today by thinking back 10 years to the
0:29.6	tail end of 2009.
0:32.0	Maybe you just upgraded to the stunning new iPhone 3 GS.
0:37.2	Neither.
0:38.2	You were excited to listen to the year's biggest hit song, Boom Boom Pow, by the Black
0:42.1	Id P's.
0:43.1	No.
0:44.1	Okay.
0:45.1	Or perhaps you were too busy playing Farmville on Facebook.
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