NPR: Science Friday
Science Friday, as heard on NPR, is a weekly discussion of the latest news in science, technology, health, and the environment hosted by Ira Flatow. Ira interviews scientists, authors, and policymakers, and listeners can call in and ask questions as well. Hear it each week ...
Science Friday, as heard on NPR, is a weekly discussion of the latest news in science, technology, health, and the environment hosted by Ira Flatow. Ira interviews scientists, authors, and policymakers, and listeners can call in and ask questions as well. Hear it each week on NPR stations nationwide -- or online here!
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Hr2: Measuring Earthquakes, Art and Technology, A Play About Medical Ethics
Seismologist Lucy Jones on measuring earthquakes, LACMAs Art & Technology ...
Seismologist Lucy Jones on measuring earthquakes, LACMAs Art & Technology program, and the play Informed Consent explores the ethics of genetic research.
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Hr1: News Roundup, Workplace Tracking Tech, Garden Whiz
A roundup of the top science stories this week, the ...
A roundup of the top science stories this week, the data employers are gathering on their employees, and urine as garden fertilizer.
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Hr2: Gold King Mine Spill, Voices and Voting, App Chat on Assistive Technology
The EPA accidentally triggered a blowout at the Gold King ...
The EPA accidentally triggered a blowout at the Gold King mine in Colorado, releasing three million gallons of wastewater into the Animas River. Then, a look at how voice preferences affect voting, and a look at assistive technology apps.
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Hr1: News Roundup, Fires and Forests, Social Octopus, Panda Pregnancy
A roundup of the top science stories this week, what ...
A roundup of the top science stories this week, what researchers are learning from monitoring how forest vegetation shifts after catastrophic fires, surprising mating, dwelling, and feeding behaviors in one rare species of octopus, and panda pregnancy.
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Hr2: Rats on the Job, AC Options, Babies and Humor, Macroscope
Rats at work, other options for more sustainable air conditioning, ...
Rats at work, other options for more sustainable air conditioning, whether children can distinguish between joking and pretending, and a video about the tenacious oblong rocksnail.
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Hr1: News Roundup, Climate Plan, Arctic Science, Book Club
A roundup of the top science stories this week, a ...
A roundup of the top science stories this week, a look at President Obamas Clean Power Plan, and a check-in on ongoing research around the Arctic, and the SciFri Book Club reads Tracy Kidders Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the creation of a new computer
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Hr2: Visualizing Climate Change, Walking While Texting, Wearable Technology, Enviro Impacts of Illegal Marijuana Farming
Augmented reality binoculars to help visualize sea level rise, how ...
Augmented reality binoculars to help visualize sea level rise, how texters change their gait, the evolution of wearable technology, and how illegal pot farms are repeating old environmental sins.
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Hr1: News Roundup, Deconstructing School Discipline, Gut Feelings, So Flashy
A roundup of the top science stories this week, rethinking ...
A roundup of the top science stories this week, rethinking school discipline, the link between the gut and the brain in mice, and the chemistry and benefit of firefly flashes.
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Hr2: Native American Origins, Space News, Self-Described Experts, Pentaquarks
Tracing the DNA of the earliest Americans, new data from ...
Tracing the DNA of the earliest Americans, new data from the Kepler and New Horizons missions, why self-described experts are more likely to claim knowledge of phony information, and the discovery of a pentaquark at CERN.
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Hr1: News Roundup, Drones, Dolphin Diabetes, Bacterial Hunger Games
A roundup of the top science stories this week, tips ...
A roundup of the top science stories this week, tips on buying and flying drones, a dolphin view of disease, bacterial warfare.
