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Transcript: Science in Science Fiction
- Article from:
- Talk of the Nation (NPR)
- Article date:
- November 20, 1998
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IRA FLATOW, HOST: This is TALK OF THE NATION SCIENCE FRIDAY.
I'm Ira Flatow.
Calling all science fiction buffs this hour. We're going to be talking
a lot about science fiction. So if you know somebody who's really
interested in science fiction, give him a call, tell him to turn on
the radio, because that's what we're going to be talking about. And
if you think about it, a lot of the science we've been hearing about
lately, you know, cloning, transplanting hands, splicing fish genes
into tomatoes, sounds more like science fiction than science fact.
Well, well, where's the connection? How much do the two influence
each other? Does science fiction help us deal ...