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slash UK slash AI for people. Welcome to Science Talk, the weekly podcast of Scientific American

for the seven days starting February 6th, 2008.

I'm Steve Mercky.

This week we're going to talk about talking with linguist Alice Gaby.

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

I just got back from a week in the Caribbean on a science cruise, sponsored by Scientific

American and Insight Cruises.

I know it's a tough life, but somebody's got to do it.

Scientific American Editor-in-Chief John Rennie and I gave talks all week,

as did five scientists on everything from astronomy to virtual reality.

And one of the speakers was Alice Gaby.

She got her doctorate from the University of Melbourne in her native Australia and is now

a member of the faculty in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley.

We talked on Saturday, February 2nd, in the Weighing Theater aboard the Holland America

cruise ship Vindam, somewhere between Casimel and Tampa.

Hi, Dr. Gaby. How are you?

I'm very well. Thanks, Steve.

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