The Football Concussion Crisis, Part 1
Date Published: Tue, 15 May 2012 19:15:08 -0500
NFL Hall of Famer Harry Carson joins former NBC anchor Stone Phillips and pathologist Bennet Omalu for a discussion of chronic traumatic encephalopathy among football players. Recorded May 12th at the Ensemblestudiotheatre.org, site of the new play Headstrong about the brain injury issue
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Killer Chimps and Funny Feet: Report from the AAPA Conference
Date Published: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:27:08 -0500
Scientific American editor Kate Wong talks about the recent conference of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists in Portland, Ore., where subjects included killer chimps, unprecedented fossil sharing among researchers and divergent hominid foot forms
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Getting Guinea Worm Gone: Report from the AHCJ Conference
Date Published: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:16:08 -0500
Scientific American editor Christine Gorman talks about the recent conference of the Association of Health Care Journalists, including Jimmy Carter's efforts against guinea worm and trachoma, and Rosalynn Carter's mental health initiatives
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Food Poisoning's Lasting Legacy
Date Published: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 19:25:08 -0500
Scientific American Science of Health columnist Maryn McKenna talks about the new understanding that food poisoning can have long-lasting negative health effects
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Fukushima Anniversary: We Listen Back
Date Published: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 14:15:08 -0500
Scientific American editor David Biello takes us through newly released audio from the first week of the nuclear meltdown crisis at Fukushima Daiichi
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AAAS Report: Fracking, Whale Rights, Higgs Evidence and Twitter Truthiness
Date Published: Wed, 7 Mar 2012 20:25:08 -0500
Scientific American editors Mark Fischetti and Michael Moyer discuss some of the sessions they attended at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Subjects covered include fracking, cetacean rights, the Higgs boson and Twitter's truthiness
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If You're Happy, How You Know It
Date Published: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:50:08 -0500
Social scientist Roly Russell, of the Sandhill Institute in British Columbia, talked with Scientific American's Mark Fischetti at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science about potentially better measures than GDP of a nation's well-being
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The Coming Entanglement: Bill Joy and Danny Hillis
Date Published: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:20:08 -0500
Digital innovators Bill Joy, co-founder of Sun Microsystems, and Danny Hillis, co-founder of the Long Now Foundation, talk with Scientific American Executive Editor Fred Guterl about the technological "Entanglement" and the attempts to build the other, hardier Internet
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More with Maryn: McKenna on Antibiotic Resistance
Date Published: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 22:10:08 -0500
In part 2 of our conversation with journalist and author Maryn McKenna, she talks about antibiotic resistance in agriculture and human health, MRSA, and offers a brief coda on the subject of fecal transplants
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Fecal Transplants: The Straight Poop
Date Published: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:47:08 -0500
Journalist and author Maryn McKenna talks about fecal transplants, which have proved to be exceptionally effective at restoring a healthy intestinal microbiome and curing C. diff infections, yet remain in regulatory limbo
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State of the Union: Research, Technology and Energy
Date Published: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:00:08 -0500
About six minutes of President Obama's State of the Union address dealt with research, technology and energy
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A Second Science Front: Evolution Champions Rise to Climate Science Defense
Date Published: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:35:08 -0500
Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education, long the nation's leading defender of evolution education, discusses the NCSE's new initiative to help climate science education
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Anna Deavere Smith: Let Me Down Easy
Date Published: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:27:08 -0500
Actor, playwright and journalist Anna Deavere Smith talks about the health care crisis and her play about people dealing with illness, health and the health care system, Let Me Down Easy
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Man from Mars: Health and Nutrition Research at Mars, Inc., and Beyond
Date Published: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 19:02:08 -0500
Hagen Schroeter, the director of fundamental health and nutrition research at Mars, Inc., talks about research on bio-active food compounds and the search for why a healthful diet is good for you
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The YouTube SpaceLab Competition
Date Published: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:01:08 -0500
If you're 14 to 18 years old, you still have until December 14th to prepare a two-minute video of a suggestion for an experiment to be performed at the International Space Station and upload it to youtube.com/spacelab. Winners will see their experiment performed in space
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Large Hadron Collider Backgrounder
Date Published: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:10:08 -0500
Thomas LeCompte of Argonne National Lab was the physics coordinator for the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. He talks about the instrument and its future, as we await the December 13th announcement as to whether the LHC has found the Higgs particle
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Out of Our Depth: Sea Level on the Rise
Date Published: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 09:52:08 -0500
Ocean and climate scientist Eelco Rohling talks with Scientific American senior editor Mark Fischetti about updated calculations of sea-level rise as a function of climate change
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Brian Greene Talks Faster-Than-Light Neutrinos
Date Published: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:00:08 -0500
Physicist Brian Greene, host of the NOVA series The Fabric of the Cosmos, addresses the question of faster-than-light neutrinos at a Q&A session after the debut of the PBS series
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The Mind's Hidden Switches
Date Published: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:48:08 -0500
Eric J. Nestler, director of the Friedman Brain Institute at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City, talks about his article in the December issue of Scientific American magazine on epigenetics and human behavior, called "Hidden Switches in the Mind"
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The Discovery of Quasicrystals: The 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Date Published: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 14:27:08 -0500
Listen to the announcement of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, to Daniel Shechtman of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. Then hear comments from the president of the American Chemical Society, Nancy Jackson, of Sandia National Laboratories
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An Accelerating Universe: The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics
Date Published: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 09:08:08 -0500
Listen to the announcement of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics, to Saul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidt and Adam Reiss, from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Following the formal announcement comes an explanation of the research, which tracked type Ia supernovae to discover that the expansion of the universe was accelerating. And a phone conversation with new Nobel laureate Brian Schmidt
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Cancer Vaccines
Date Published: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:30:08 -0500
Eric von Hofe, cancer researcher and president of the biotech company Antigen Express talks about his article in the October issue of Scientific American called "A New Ally against Cancer," about cancer vaccines
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Science Legend Christian de Duve
Date Published: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 17:20:08 -0500
Christian de Duve, 1974 Nobel laureate for physiology or medicine, talks about going from a cell biologist to a theorist on evolution and the origin of life
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Carl Zimmer on Rats, Cats, Viruses and Tattoos
Date Published: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:50:08 -0500
In part 2 of our interview, award-winning author Carl Zimmer talks about his latest books, and a new study that shows how Toxoplasma influences the behavior of rats--and maybe of us
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Carl Zimmer on Evolution in the Big City
Date Published: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:20:08 -0500
The annual Scientific American September single-topic issue is all about cities. And award-winning author Carl Zimmer recently penned a piece on evolution research in the urban environment for The New York Times. In part 1 of this interview, he talks about urban evolution
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The City That Became Safe: What New York Teaches about Urban Crime and Its Control
Date Published: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 21:14:08 -0500
U.C. Berkeley School of Law professor Franklin Zimring talks about his article, "How New York Beat Crime," in the August issue of Scientific American
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Nobel Laureate Avram Hershko: The Orchestra in the Cell
Date Published: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:00:08 -0500
Nobel laureate Avram Hershko, who determined cellular mechanisms for breaking down proteins, talks about his research in a conversation recorded at the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany. And Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina discusses the recent inaugural Google Science Fair
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Nobel Laureate Peter Agre: From Aquaporins to Lutefisk
Date Published: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:40:08 -0500
Peter Agre, 2003 Chemistry Nobel laureate for his work on aquaporins, the proteins that allow water into and out of cells, talks about his research, his upbringing and why he almost ran for the Senate, in a conversation recorded at the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany
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Let's Make a Probabilistic Deal: A Fresh Look at the Monty Hall Problem
Date Published: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 13:10:08 -0500
Scientific American math and physics editor Davide Castelvecchi revisits the Monty Hall problem, so you can know whether you're better off holding on to your original pick or switching when new information presents itself
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How Physics Limits Intelligence
Date Published: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:55:08 -0500
Award-winning author Douglas Fox talks about his cover story in the July issue of Scientific American on The Limits of Intelligence, placed there by the laws of physics
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Dying for Science: The 100th Anniversary of the Doomed Scott Antarctic Expedition
Date Published: Thu, 26 May 2011 18:00:08 -0500
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edward Larson talks about his article "Greater Glory" in the June issue of Scientific American on the forgotten science of the doomed Scott expedition a hundred years ago
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Skirting Steak: The Case for Artificial Meat
Date Published: Tue, 17 May 2011 17:39:08 -0500
Journalist Jeffrey Bartholet talks about his June Scientific American magazine article on the attempts to grow meat in the lab, and Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina talks about the cover piece in the May issue on radical energy solutions
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Astronaut Love: An Interview with Spacewalker Stanley Love
Date Published: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:05:08 -0500
On the eve of the launch of the penultimate space shuttle mission, STS-134, Scientific American astronomy editor George Musser talks to veteran astronaut Stanley Love about being in space and the future of spaceflight
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Editors' Roundtable: Science Conference Reports
Date Published: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 19:25:08 -0500
Scientific American editors Christine Gorman, Robin Lloyd, Michael Moyer and Kate Wong talk about their recent trips to different science conferences: the meetings of the Association for Health Care Journalists, the Paleoanthropology Society, the American Association of Physical Anthropologists and an M.I.T. 150th-anniversary conference called Computation and the Transformation of Practically Everything
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Can It Be Bad to Be Too Clean?: The Hygiene Hypothesis
Date Published: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 20:25:08 -0500
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine researcher Kathleen Barnes talks about the hygiene hypothesis, which raises the possibility that our modern sterile environment may contribute to conditions such as asthma and eczema
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Self-Aware Robots?
Date Published: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 20:00:08 -0500
Journalist Charles Choi talks about work being done to make robots self-aware. Plus, we test your knowledge about some recent science in the news
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The Cornucopia Conference: Roundtable on the AAAS Meeting
Date Published: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:35:08 -0500
Podcast host Steve Mirsky talks with Scientific American magazine Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina, news editor Anna Kuchment, feature editor Mark Fischetti and online news editor Robin Lloyd about various sessions at the recently completed annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, DC.
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The Spirit of Innovation: From High School to the Moon
Date Published: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:00:08 -0500
Nancy Conrad, chair of the Conrad Foundation, talks about the Spirit of Innovation competition for high school students, and about her late husband, Pete Conrad, the third man to walk on the moon
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What's New with Science News
Date Published: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 23:12:08 -0500
Former Scientific American editor in chief and current Gleaming Retort blogger John Rennie, blogger and Scientific American blogs network director Bora Zivkovic, and Scientific American online news editor Robin Lloyd talk about the future of science news
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Jefferson's Moose: Thomas's Fauna Fight against European Naturalists
Date Published: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 17:10:08 -0500
Biologist and author Lee Dugatkin talks about his article "Jefferson's Moose" in the February issue of Scientific American, the story of Jefferson's battle against the European theory of American biological degeneracy. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news
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What Is the Watson Jeopardy-Playing Supercomputer, Alex?
Date Published: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:02:08 -0500
Scientific American editor Michael Moyer talks about the sneak preview he caught of IBM's Watson Jeopardy!-playing computer. And ScientificAmerican.com's Larry Greenemeier spoke with Ford's Brad Probert about the new all-electric Focus at the Consumer Electronics Show last week in Las Vegas
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Vinod Khosla: Searching for the Radical Solution
Date Published: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 23:50:08 -0500
Clean technology investor Vinod Khosla, co-founder of Sun Microsystems, talks with Scientific American editor Mark Fischetti about the energy payoffs to be had by reinventing mainstream technologies
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How You Gonna Keep Flu Down on the Farm?: Pig Farms and Public Health
Date Published: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:20:08 -0500
Journalist Helen Branswell discusses her January Scientific American article, "Flu Factories," about the attempts to monitor new strains of flu that can originate on pig farms and the difficulties of balancing economic and public health constituencies
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Anna Deavere Smith: Let Me Down Easy
Date Published: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 23:05:08 -0500
Actor, playwright and journalist Anna Deavere Smith talks about the health care crisis and her play about people dealing with illness, health and the health care system, Let Me Down Easy
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The Spewings of Titan (and More from the AGU Meeting)
Date Published: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:15:08 -0500
Scientific American editor Davide Castelvecchi joins us from San Francisco to talk about some of the highlights of the meeting of the American Geophysical Union, including volcanoes on Titan, x-rays from lightning, the biota of the Sulawesi Sea, and the connection between light pollution and air pollution. Plus, we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news
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Let's Talk Stuffing--Your Face
Date Published: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:02:08 -0500
Cornell University's Brian Wansink talks about eating behavior and how mindless eating has us consuming way more calories than we suspect
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Let's Talk Turkey!
Date Published: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:38:08 -0500
Turkey scientist Rich Buchholz talks about the turkey on your plate and his own turkey research
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Why Do Women Live Longer Than Men?
Date Published: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 18:06:08 -0500
Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina and podcast host Steve Mirsky talk about longevity differences in the sexes, the importance of music education, the pros and cons of the Kindle, and other content from the November issue. Plus, we test your knowledge about some recent science in the news
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Physics Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg
Date Published: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:00:08 -0500
Nobel physicist Steven Weinberg spoke to an audience of science journalists, and then to podcast host Steve Mirsky
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Photograph 51: Rosalind Franklin and the Race For The Double Helix of DNA (Part 2 of 2)
Date Published: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 21:11:08 -0500
Photograph 51 is a new play about Rosalind Franklin, Watson and Crick, and the race to determine the structure of DNA, at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York City, running through November 21st. A panel discussion about the play on November 2nd featured crystallography expert Helen Berman, biologist and Franklin scholar Lynne Osman Elkin, science journalist Nicholas Wade, playwright Anna Ziegler and moderator Stuart Firestein
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Photograph 51: Rosalind Franklin and the Race for the Double Helix of DNA, Part 1 of 2
Date Published: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 22:15:08 -0500
Photograph 51 is a new play about Rosalind Franklin, Watson and Crick, and the race to determine the structure of DNA, at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York City, running through November 21st. This November 2nd, a panel discussion about the play and the issues it raises featured crystallography expert Helen Berman; biologist and Franklin scholar Lynne Osman Elkin; science journalist Nicholas Wade; playwright Anna Ziegler; and moderator Stuart Firestein
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The Quest for the Giant Pumpkin
Date Published: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:15:08 -0500
Susan Warren, author of the book Backyard Giants, talks about "the passionate, heartbreaking and glorious quest to grow the biggest pumpkin ever." Plus, we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news
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Not Your Grandfather's Scientific American
Date Published: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:51:08 -0500
Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina talks about the new look and new outlook of Scientific American magazine and of ScientificAmerican.com
Plus, we discuss the results of a poll of the readers of Scientific American and Nature
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The Harlem Science Renaissance
Date Published: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:52:08 -0500
Molecular geneticist Sat Bhattacharya talks about his creation, the Harlem Children Society, which gets underprivileged kids involved in scientific research. And 13-year-olds Mitchell Haverty and Angus Fung talk about their research on algae as alternative fuel. Plus, we test your knowledge about some recent science in the news
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Totally Bogus: The Science Talk Quiz
Date Published: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 14:09:08 -0500
In this special stand-alone edition, see if you know which of four science news stories is Totally Bogus.
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Exactly When Is a Person Dead?
Date Published: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:58:08 -0500
Award-winning science journalist Robin Marantz Henig and podcast host Steve Mirsky discuss Robin's article in the September issue about organ donation and definitions of death. Plus, we test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Web sites related to this episode include http://bit.ly/ctIDsx; http://bit.ly/9Us1lE
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Could Time End?
Date Published: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:55:08 -0500
Scientific American staff editor George Musser joins podcast host Steve Mirsky to discuss his article in the September issue about the possibility of time itself coming to an end
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The End: Death, Endings and Things That Should End
Date Published: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 08:06:08 -0500
Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina and issue editor Michael Moyer talk with podcast host Steve Mirsky about the September single-topic issue of Scientific American--endings in science. Plus, we test your knowledge of some recent science in the news
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Cooking for Geeks: Jeff Potter on Experimenting in the Kitchen
Date Published: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 18:05:08 -0500
Jeff Potter, author of Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks and Good Food, talks with daily podcast correspondent Cynthia Graber, and podcast host Steve Mirsky tests your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Web sites related to content of this podcast include www.cookingforgeeks.com
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Mary Roach Is Packing for Mars, Part 2
Date Published: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:03:08 -0500
Podcast host Steve Mirsky talks with author Mary Roach about her new book "Packing For Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void." Part 2 of 2. (Part 1 is at http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=mary-roach-is-packing-for-mars-10-08-20). Web sites related to content of this podcast include www.maryroach.net.
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