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Dervicio: I’m Jeff DelViscio, Chief Multimedia Editor at Scientific American.
Bose: I’m Tulika Bose, Senior Multimedia Editor.
Dervicio: I’m Turika. Remember 2006?
Bose: All right, Jeff. A lot has happened.
Dervicio: The existence of dark matter has been confirmed. A missing link (fossil of a creature called Tiktaalik) between a fish and her four-legged one was found. Open Twitter. However, Pluto also lost its status as a planet.
Bose: Ah, poor dwarf planet Pluto. And “Crocodile Hunter” Steve lost his Irwin.
Dervicio: moment of silence.
Dervicio: And everyone believed that drinking wine would help them live longer. Do you remember… res, res…
Bose: Oh yeah, Lesvere… Lesvere…
Dervicio and Bose: Resveratrol.
Dervicio: right ….
Bose: Yeah…and everyone believed the newly launched podcast, 60-Second Science, would stay at 60 Seconds.
Dervicio: [Laughs]
Bose: [Laughs] But over those 15+ years, thousands of episodes of our beloved science podcast followed…
Dervicio: … 60 seconds made the science very clear …
Bose: … I wasn’t actually going to stay 60 seconds. And how many of those 3,000 episodes were he actually 60 seconds?
Dervicio: I don’t know for sure, but I think it started skating in the mid-2010s.
Bose: Yeah, that’s the number one feedback I’ve gotten from everyone who listens to the show and loves it. Your show isn’t 60 seconds. it’s a lie! Including someone who wrote it for those of us who heard it on the school bus.
Dervicio: Well, to their credit, we’re not going to lie anymore.
Bose: Already, already. So it fixes serial errors to a large extent.
Dervicio: This is a new era in the history of Scientific American Podcasts.
Bose: Einstein may have written for us in the 1950s…
Dervicio: …but you don’t have to be an Einstein to listen to this podcast. It’s a science pod for everyone.
Bose: We will continue to grow our hosts, our coverage, and most importantly, the space-time continuum of this podcast.
Dervicio: Here’s a little story from our new host….
Hamilton Morris: Hello, my name is Hamilton Morris. I will tell you about new research in chemistry, pharmacology and psychotropic drugs. of Scientific American Science, quickly.
Sheila Love: Hey, this is Sheila Love. I take you inside a love-struck brain.
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Christopher Carved: This is Christopher Interliata, looking for the Fountain of Life.
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Alison Parshall: My name is Alison Parshall. Takes you into a world where AI makes music.
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Jacob Job: Jacob Job. Together we will explore the protection of birds through nocturnal migration.
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Kelso Harper: Kelso Harper. Explore queerness in nature.
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Jason Drakeford: Jason Drakeford. Track the sounds of the universe together.
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Megan McDonough: It’s Megan McDonough. Explore the science of pleasure.
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Shannon Liao: My name is Shannon Liao. We cover the science of video games and everything you might want to know about it.
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Lewis asked: Tanya Lewis.
Josh Fishman: And Josh Fishman, and your health, we’ll be back soon.
Lewis: Health news you can use with COVID…
Fishman: …but now also for anything other than a pandemic.
Lewis: medicine.
Fishman: neuroscience.
Lewis: nutrition.
Fishman: exercise.
Lewis: And many more.
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Bose: This sounds tempting.
Dervicio: And none of these podcasts are 60 seconds.
Bose: oh thank god But we respect your time.attractive and fast.
Dervicio: “Science, quick…” you might say.
Bose: you know what? That is wonderful. So let’s go.
Dervicio: So join us…
Bose: …for science, quickly.
Dervicio: You’re on this podcast feed…
Bose: … this newly updated podcast feed …
Dervicio: …yes, it’s Monday, February 13th.
Bose: I loved Tuesday
Dervicio: Heartbreaking, I know.
Bose: But it’s Monday. I’m not superstitious, I swear.
Dervicio: See you soon.
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The Science, Quickly music was composed by Dominic Smith.
[The above is a transcript of this podcast.]
