When Worlds Collide: The Ig Nobel and Nobel Prizes

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🗓️ 10 October 2007

⏱️ 25 minutes

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In this episode, Ig Nobel Prize maven Marc Abrahams discusses this year's crop of "winners." And we'll review the recipients of the 2007 real Nobel Prizes in science. Plus we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Websites mentioned on this podcast include: www.improbable.com; tinyurl.com/3bblmt; www.amnh.org; tinyurl.com/26z8wv 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.
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0:46.0	Welcome to Science Talk, the weekly podcast of Scientific American for the seven days starting October 10th.
0:51.6	I'm Steve Murski. This week on the podcast, it's science
0:55.0	prize season, and so with the Nobel Prizes being awarded this week, we will talk about the
1:00.5	Ig Nobel Prizes and the Nobel Prizes. Plus, we'll test your knowledge about some recent
1:05.6	science in the news. Mark Abrams is the man behind the Ig Nobel Prizes to find out more about the prizes and this year's crop of winners, I said crop, I called Mark in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1:19.1	Hi, Mark. How are you?
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