This Week in Science – 10 March, 2009

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Kirsten Sanford

Published: March 11, 2009Posted in: animals, archeology, astrophysics, bioethics, biology, biotechnology, birds, Black Holes, chickens, cognitive psychology, end of the world, evolution, exploration, genetics, global warming, KDVS, mammals, mathematics, molecular biology, neuroscience, paleontology, planets, reptiles, science, science and politics, sleep, space, stem cells, z-BroadcastsTags: Dr. Kiki, Justin Jackson, Kirsten Sanford, news, radio, science, This Week in Science, TWIS, z-Broadcasts

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Chickosaurus!, Horsing Around, The Moon Rules, Religious Brains, Cells and Ladders, Asteroids, Moonlets, and Holes, Oh, My!, Optimism, Naptime, and Avoiding Old Age, and The Question of the Month Minion Style.

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3 Comments

1. Michael House

   Posted March 12, 2009 at 8:32 AM

   Hi, long-time podcast listener, first-time writer. While listening to the 2009.03.10 episode, I noticed (among other things) the mention of songs about Pi. In case no one else has pointed this out yet, Kate Bush has a song titled “Pi” on her 2005 album, Aerial, which includes a recitation of a significant portion of this number. Enjoy.

2. Danny Adams

   Posted March 15, 2009 at 12:50 PM

   You don’t ‘need’ pi to decide if the two medium pizzas are a better deal than one large – just square the radii (or diameters or circumferences for that matter), if the sum of the two medium’s squares is greater than the large’s square …. you get the point – you don’t need actual area just relative areas to make the choice (assuming that crust length is a negligible consideration…)

3. Wilson Chua

   Posted July 1, 2009 at 1:09 AM

   HI Dr Kirsten, Justin,

   Here is the podcast transcript: http://www.futuregen.sg/business-process/transcription-service/transcript-twis-org-march-10-2009/