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Welcome to the science podcast for January 19, 2018. I'm Sarah Crespi. In this week's show, Mike Price talks with us about the origins of the prestigious Fields Medal.

Julia Dressel talks with us about the science of recidivism. Computers and algorithms are no better than people at picking out who might commit crimes, but they are used for many important decisions in the criminal justice system.

And Jen Goldbeck is here with this month's book segment.

She talks with Paul Shapiro about his book on Clean Meat,

How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World.

Now we have Mike Price.

He's here to talk to us about a strange change in the path of the Fields Medal from its origins in 1936 to today.

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