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DelViscio: This is Jeff DelViscio, chief multimedia editor here at Scientific American. 

Bose: And this is Tulika Bose, senior multimedia editor. 

DelViscio: Hey Tulika. Do you remember the year 2006? 

Bose: Sure, Jeff. A lot happened. 

DelViscio: The existence of Dark matter was confirmed. The missing link between fish and stuff with four legs–a fossil of a creature dubbed Tiktaalik–was found. Twitter launched. But Pluto also lost its planetary status. 

Bose: Aww, poor dwarf planet Pluto. And we lost “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin. 

DelViscio: A moment of silence. 

DelViscio: And everyone believed that drinking wine would help you live longer. Do you remember … res, res …

Bose: Oh yeah, resvere … resvere …  

DelViscio and Bose: Resveratrol.

DelViscio: Right ….

Bose: Yeah … and everyone also believed that our newly-launched podcast, 60-Second Science, would stay 60 seconds. 

DelViscio: [Laughs]

Bose: [Laughs] But over those 15+ years and thousands of episodes of our beloved science podcast later … 

DelViscio: … it became very clear that 60-Second Science …

Bose: … wasn’t actually going to stay 60 seconds. And of those 3,000 episodes, how many were actually 60 seconds? 

DelViscio: You know I’m not sure, but I think we started to slide in the mid-2010’s. 

Bose: Yeah, that’s the number one piece of feedback I get from everyone who listens to the show and loves it. Your show isn’t 60 seconds! It’s a lie! Including someone who’s going to write for us who listened to it on their school bus.

DelViscio: Well, in their honor, we’re not going to live the lie anymore. 

Bose: No more, no more. So, because of that we’re going to be correcting the serial error in a big way. 

DelViscio: It’s a new era in Scientific American podcast history. 

Bose: Einstein might have written for us back in the 1950’s …  

DelViscio: … but you don’t have to be an Einstein to listen to this podcast. It’s a science pod for everyone. 

Bose: We’ll be expanding our hosts, our coverage, and most importantly, the space time continuum of this podcast. 

DelViscio: Here’s a little taste of the stories–from their new hosts—we have coming ….

Hamilton Morris: Hi, I’m Hamilton Morris, and I’ll be talking about chemistry, pharmacology and new research on psycho-active drugs for Scientific American’s Science, Quickly.  

Shayla Love: Hey, this is Shayla Love and I’m going to take you inside the brain, in love.

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Christopher Intagliata: This is Christopher Intagliata and I’m searching for the pools of life.

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Allison Parshall: I’m Allison Parshall and I’m going to be taking you to a world where AI makes music.

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Jacob Job: This is Jacob Job and together we’ll explore bird conservation via nocturnal migration. 

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Kelso Harper: This is Kelso Harper and I’ll be exploring the queerness of nature.

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Jason Drakeford: This is Jason Drakeford and together we’ll track down the sounds of outer space.

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Meghan McDonough: This is Meghan McDonough and I’ll be exploring the science of pleasure.

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Shannon Liao: My name is Shannon Liao and I’ll be covering the science of video games and everything you might want to know about that. 

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Tanya Lewis: This is Tanya Lewis.

Josh Fischman: And Josh Fischman, and we’ll be back with Your Health, Quickly.

Lewis: Health news you can use on COVID … 

Fischman: … but now also on stuff beyond the pandemic. 

Lewis: Medicine. 

Fischman: Neuroscience.

Lewis: Nutrition. 

Fischman: Exercise.

Lewis: And a whole lot more. 

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Bose: This sounds fascinating. 

DelViscio: And not one of these podcasts is 60 seconds. 

Bose: Oh thank God. But we’re still going to respect your time. Fascinating and fast. 

DelViscio: You might even say, “Science, Quickly …. ”

Bose: You know what? That’s great. Let’s go with that. 

DelViscio: So join us … 

Bose: … for Science, Quickly.

DelViscio: Coming to this podcast feed …

Bose: … this brand new, refreshed podcast feed …

DelViscio: … yes, indeed, Monday February 13. 

Bose: I preferred Tuesday.

DelViscio: Heartbreaking, I know. 

Bose: But Monday it is. I’m not superstitious, I swear. 

DelViscio: See you all then. 

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The Science, Quickly music was composed by Dominic Smith.

[The above is a transcript of this podcast.]