Ah, Benny's parents, thanks for coming.

Hiya.

So, Benny has really blossomed this term.

You're telling me, he outgrew his bike. We sold it, on eBay.

Oh, that's not quite what I meant.

It's free to sell on there?

Free to sell?

Easy too. Sold Benny's bike, your guitar, my jacket.

You sold my guitar?

Shall we talk about Benning?

When it's this easy to sell for free, you can't help but say when it's eBay.

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Welcome to Scientific American Science Talk posted on August 8th, 2017.

I'm Steve Merski. On this episode, there was this small group of

American scientists who were determined to show that we could take on Europe. And the eclipse of 1878

was exactly what they needed. It was a high profile event that the whole American public could get

involved with that really excited the

American public about science.

That's David Barron.

He's a science journalist, author, and broadcaster who has spent his 30-year career largely

in public radio.

He's a three-time winner of the annual journalism prize from the American Association for

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