Tiny Technology and Talking Turkey

Science Talk

Scientific American

Science

4.2 • 644 Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2006

⏱️ 21 minutes

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In this episode, Scientific American's "SA 50" research leader of the year, MIT's Angela Belcher, discusses her work using viruses and other organisms to help create nanoelectronics. Animal behaviorist and turkey expert Richard Buchholz brings us up to date on some turkey science. And we'll test your knowledge of some recent turkey science in the news and outer boroughs. Websites mentioned on this episode include http://home.olemiss.edu/~byrb; www.sciam.com/podcast 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. T's and Cs apply, exclusive vehicles.
0:30.8	Welcome to Science Talk, the weekly podcast of Scientific American for the seven days starting November 22nd.
0:36.9	I'm Steve Merski. This week on the podcast,
0:39.5	we'll talk Turkey for Thanksgiving with Turkey expert Rich Buckholtz from the University of
0:44.3	Mississippi, and we'll test your knowledge about some Thanksgiving science. First up, though,
0:49.2	the SA 50, an annual feature of Scientific American. Here's editor-in-chief John Rennie to briefly explain the essay 50.
0:56.8	It's our annual list compiled by the editors of 50 people and organizations that are helping technology to develop for the benefit of society.
1:07.0	This is the fifth year for the Scientific American 50 list.
1:10.3	50 people and organizations, so it's not all scientists.
1:14.2	No, that's right.
1:15.2	We're trying to take people and organizations from the world of research, but also from
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