Today's Alternative Energy; and November Issue Topics, Including Computer-Brain Interfaces and DNA Computing

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🗓️ 22 October 2008

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Scientific American magazine editor in chief, John Rennie, talks about the November issue's contents, including computer-brain interfaces, DNA computing, the ongoing attempts to find an HIV vaccine and getting closer to the Star Trek tricorder with portable NMR. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Web sites mentioned on this episode include snipurl.com/4LJ71; SciAm.com/sciammag 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.
0:31.3	Welcome to Science Talk, the weekly podcast of Scientific American for the seven days starting
0:35.9	October 22nd, 2008. I'm Steve
0:38.8	Mercky. This week on the podcast, we'll talk about the alternative energy that currently exists
0:44.2	with Scientific American.com associate editor David Beello, our energy and environment guy. We'll
0:50.7	test your knowledge about some current science in the news. And first up, Scientific American magazine editor-in-chief John Rennie talks about some of the topics we cover in the November issue.
1:01.3	We spoke in his office.
1:04.1	Hey, John, the November issue of Scientific Americans out, it's an interesting kind of overarching futuristic theme here. Yeah, I think a lot of
1:14.6	articles in this issue, somewhat by coincidence more than design, really have to do with a lot of,
1:22.3	of the future developments for technology, new kinds of technologies or new sorts of technological
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