Bench Talk | History of Solar Eclipses - The Great Barbara McClintock - Why Write By Hand? | August 10, 2026

To celebrate our eighth year on the air, we discuss the mythology and science of solar eclipses, the discovery of transposons by Barbara McClintock, and how writing by hand, rather than on a keyboard, contributes to cognitive processing. Scott Miller, Mary Williams and Leslie Moise contributed these stories, respectively. Happy birthday, 'Bench Talk: The Week in Science'! ‘Bench Talk: The Week in…