Slime molds, Pompeii and alien consciousness with Annalee Newitz

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  Are you a total science nerd who also enjoys the finer things in life?

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  I'm Joseph Hallett, senior reporter at Scientific American and a former particle physicist.

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  I'm leading a trip in March that we're calling The Secrets of the Universe and the Pleasures of the Alps.

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  Come tour the world's biggest particle collider and ride cable cars through Swiss landscapes.

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  It'll be a week of mind-bending conversations and lots of wine and cheese.

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  Go to ScientificAmerican.com slash travel to learn more.

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  Hi, this is Andrea Garleski.

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  I'm the chief newsletter editor at Scientific American, and I write today in science, our daily newsletter.

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  I'm so excited to tell you that I'll be leading an incredible trip in February 2027 to the winter

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  sanctuaries of the monarch butterflies deep in the mountains of central Mexico.

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  I hope you can join me on this incredible journey.

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  Go to scientificamerican.com slash travel to learn more.

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  For Scientific American Science Quickly, I'm Rachel Seltman.

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  Today, we're taking a break from science fact to talk about some recent science fiction.

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  My guest is journalist, editor, and author Annalie Newitz.

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  You may know some of their nonfiction titles, like Four Lost Cities,

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  A Secret History of the Urban Age, Stories Are Weapons, Psychological Warfare and the American Mind,

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  and Scatter, Adapt, and Remember, How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction.

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  But their journalistic research on science and technology has also fueled popular fiction titles

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  like The Future of Another Timeline and one of my personal favorites, Automatic Noodle.

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