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Saddle Up That Stegosaurus -- A Visit to the Creation Museum (July 25, 2007)
In this episode Columbia College Chicago's Stephen Asma discusses the new antievolution Creation Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky, as well as his books on natural history museums and monsters, both mythological and teratological.

Science Societies Urge Education (January 3, 2008)
A consortium of scientific societies wants the scientific community to get more involved in science education, including evolution -- before it's too late. Steve Mirsky reports.

Resonant Request For Research Respect (December 7, 2006)
In the last days of World War II, American forces in Japan found a note asking that they take care of research equipment for the day when students might once again use it.

How Do Psychologists Ask and Answer Questions?

Canning the Cookbook May Mean Better Science Education (February 19, 2007)
In a classroom setting, non-science majors who were challenged to come up with their own experimental methods learned far more than students taught to do experiments by following familiar recipes.

Peer Review of Peer Review; and the Franklin Institute Awards (April 25, 2007)
In this episode, Scientific American editor-in-chief John Rennie discusses peer review of scientific literature, the subject of a panel he recently served on at the World Conference of Science Journalists. He also talks about some out-of-the-box thinking about burial rites. And physicist Bo Hammer talks about the awards being presented this week at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. Plus we'll test your knowledge about recent science in the news. Web sites mentioned on this episode include www.fi.edu. To vote for the Scientific American podcast in the podcast category of the Webby Awards, go to www.webbyawards.com.

Who Speaks For Science? (February 28, 2007)
In this episode, Scientific American contributing editor Wayt Gibbs talks about a session at the recent meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science devoted to the question of scientific authority: who has it, how they got it and what the public should know about it. Plus we'll read listener mail, talk about the movie Something The Lord Made (which depicts the first heart surgeries) and test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Websites mentioned on this episode include www.aaas.org; www.sciamdigital.com; www.sciam.com/news; www.hbo.com/films/stlm.