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Welcome to Science Talk, the weekly podcast of Scientific American for the seven days starting

December 26th.

I'm Steve Murski.

This week on the podcast, I've got a slightly late Christmas gift for you,

a talk by Harvard naturalist E.O. Wilson.

Plus, we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news.

On November 8th, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner E.O. Wilson spoke at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx.

The occasion was a celebration of a rare tour of one of the fundamental books in the

history of science, Carl Linnaeus's Sistema Naturae. The 1758 edition of the book was the first

serious attempt to categorize and classify animal life on Earth. Wilson talked about the great

Swedish naturalist and today's effort to carry on the task Linnaeus began. I recorded Wilson's talk,

and when I asked him afterwards, if I could share it with the Siam audience, he said, I hope you

will. It's edited slightly for time. Here's E.O. Wilson. I wanted to call attention to a delightful

song. That's been composed locally.

And the copy of it was given to me by Karen Boone,

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