The Naked Singularity Meets Social Media

Science Talk

Scientific American

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🗓️ 4 February 2009

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Scientific American Editor in Chief John Rennie talks about the content of the February issue, including naked singularities and the greenhouse hamburger. N.Y.U. journalism professor Jay Rosen discusses social media. Plus, we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Web sites related to this episode include www.SciAm.com/sciammag; journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink 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 4th, 2009.
0:36.6	I'm Steve Merski. This week on the podcast,
0:39.1	we'll hear from journalist and media expert Jay Rosen about social media, and we'll test your
0:44.2	knowledge about some recent science in the news. But first up, we'll talk with Scientific American
0:48.6	magazine's editor-in-chief John Rennie about some of the content in the February issue.
0:53.4	Please forgive some intermittent interference in the first three minutes.
0:57.2	We talked about the new issue in the library at Scientific American.
1:01.0	On the cover, naked singularities.
1:04.5	Bear naked singularities, that's right.
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