Science Talk

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Talking Health and Energy at U.N. Climate Action Summit Oct 02, 2019

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Scientific American senior editor Jen Schwartz talks with WHO officials Maria Neira and Agnès Soucat about climate and health and with Rachel Kyte, special representative to the U.N. secretary-general for, and CEO of, Sustainable Energy for All.

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Kicking Climate Change: Wins for Health, the Economy and Security Sep 27, 2019

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Former EPA administrator Gina McCarthy talks with Scientific American’s Andrea Thompson about the widespread benefits of taking action against climate change.

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The Mathematical Language of Nature Sep 24, 2019

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Physics historian Graham Farmelo talks about his latest book, The Universe Speaks in Numbers: How Modern Math Reveals Nature's Deepest Secrets.

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Jacks-of-All-Trades Make the Grade Aug 10, 2019

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Journalist and author David Epstein talks about his new book Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World.

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It's Melting: Science on Ice Jul 21, 2019

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Glaciologist Elizabeth Case of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University’s Earth Institute takes us out near Juneau, Alaska, to study and live on the shifting ice.

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Joseph Lange's Campaign against HIV Jul 17, 2019

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Seema Yasmin, director of research and education at the Stanford Health Communication Initiative, talks about her book The Impatient Dr. Lange: One Man’s Fight to End the Global HIV Epidemic. Lange was killed five years ago today when flight MH17 was shot down.

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Bone Up on What's Inside You Jun 25, 2019

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Author and self-described fossil fanatic Brian Switek talks about his new book Skeleton Keys: The Secret Life of Bone.

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Solving Our Plastic Problem Jun 19, 2019

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At Scientific American's third Science on the Hill event, experts from academia and the private sector met at the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill to talk with Scientific American editor-in-chief Mariette DiChristina about solutions to our plethora-of-plastics problem.

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Secrets of the Universe Revealed! May 23, 2019

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Cornell University applied mathematics professor Steven Strogatz talks about his new book Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe.

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How the Black Hole Said Cheese Apr 29, 2019

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Scientific American's chief features editor Seth Fletcher talks about his book Einstein's Shadow, an account of the long effort to image a black hole that recently came to fruition.

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