From the Internet’s Beginnings to Our Understanding of Consciousness, This Editor Has Seen It All

Science Quickly

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🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Senior mind and brain editor Gary Stix has covered the breadth of science and technology over the past 35 years at Scientific American. He joins host Rachel Feltman to take us through the rise of the Internet and the acceleration of advancement in neuroscience that he’s covered throughout his time here. Stix retired earlier this month, and we’d like to thank him for his intellect, inquisitiveness and inspiring run at Scientific American! Read some of Gary Stix’s recent coverage of neuroscience and psychology: Even Four-Year-Olds Instinctively Fact-Check for Misinformation https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/even-four-year-olds-instinctively-fact-check-for-misinformation/ You Don’t Need Words to Think https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/you-dont-need-words-to-think/ Wikipedia Searches Reveal Differing Styles of Curiosity https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/wikipedia-searches-reveal-differing-styles-of-curiosity/ E-mail us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with guest (and now retired senior editor!) Gary Stix. Our show is edited by Alex Sugiura with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Clara Moskowitz, senior editor for space and physics at Scientific American.
0:05.0	Like many kids, I once dreamed of becoming an astronaut.
0:08.0	While I never made it to space, my work at Scientific American has given me the next best thing,
0:13.0	exploring the cosmos through stories and sharing its wonders with science lovers like you.
0:19.0	When I research a story, I immerse myself in the reporting
0:21.9	to bring you an exciting and accurate account. Over the years, I've covered breathtaking rocket
0:26.9	launches, visited one of the world's highest altitude telescopes in Chile, and even trained for
0:32.2	suborbital spaceflight. Space is vast, beautiful, and full of the unexpected. Taking a moment to look beyond our daily routines and reflect on its mysteries can be a powerful escape.
0:44.1	Join me on this journey of discovery.
0:46.4	Subscribe to Scientific American today at siam.com slash getsyam.
0:51.4	Thank you. slash get-Syam.
1:06.5	For Scientific American Science quickly, issue came out in 1845.
1:24.3	But the magazine and the world of science journalism in general also looks radically different today than it did in, say, 1990.
1:32.3	That's when today's guest first started working at Siam.
1:35.2	Until his retirement earlier this month, Gary Sticks served as Scientific American senior editor of mind and brain topics.
1:42.1	Given that Gary worked at Siam longer than I've been alive, we thought it would be cool
1:46.3	to pick his brain about how his coverage areas of technology and neuroscience have evolved
1:50.8	over the last 35 years.
1:53.1	Gary, thanks so much for coming on to talk to us today.
1:55.5	Well, thank you for having me.
1:57.4	So when did you actually start at Scientific American?
2:00.4	I started in June of 1990. I was here
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