Hr2: Mesh Networks, Frog Tongues, Solid Hydrogen, Science March
March for Science organizers want to boost appreciation for research they see as under threat. Plus, scientists theorize that metallic hydrogen could be used to create superconductors and high-powered rocket propellant. And how frog saliva changes from high to low viscosity when it hits an insect.
49m Feb 03, 2017
49m
Hr1: News Roundup, Jerry Brown, Brilliant Girls
California governor Jerry Brown talks about how states can take the lead on issues like climate change and clean energy--with or without Washington, D.C. plus, internalized stereotypes that can guide career choice manifest as young as age 6.
50m Jan 27, 2017
50m
Hr2: Immunizing Against Fake News, Fighting Online Extremisom, Paperfuge
The Paperfuge is a hand-powered paper centrifuge that costs less than one dollar to produce. And a strategy for building an immunity to fake news.
50m Jan 27, 2017
50m
Hr1: Special Coverage: How Will Scientific Research Fare Under President Donald Trump?
From cabinet nominees to Congressional wishlists, a look at what could realistically change for scientists in the coming years.
48m Jan 20, 2017
48m
Hr2: Automation, Twisted Science, Worm Indecision, Concussions
A blood test may help athletes gauge concussion recovery. Plus, a new report looks at potential impacts of automation and artificial intelligence on jobs in a variety of industries.
49m Jan 13, 2017
49m
Hr1:News Roundup, Uber Data, Obama Science Legacy, Asteroid Missions
What effect has the Obama administration had on science? Plus, we discuss two new NASA missions that will investigate the metal world of asteroids.
50m Jan 13, 2017
50m
Hr2: Malaria Vaccine Trial, Dino Eggs, Tractor Beam, Slow Science
A 140-year-old seed study and an evolution project more than 66,000 generations old -- we take a look at long-lived experiments. Plus, A new approach to defeating malaria looks safe, but will it be effective?
48m Jan 06, 2017
48m
Hr1:CES, Solar Prices, Convincing Climate Change, Rep Bill Foster
A conversation with Congressman and physicist Bill Foster. Plus, how to talk about climate change if you want to convince someone it is happening.
48m Jan 06, 2017
48m
Hr1: 2016 Year in Review
Gravitational waves, CRISPR, and Pokemon Go, a look at the big science stories of 2016.
47m Dec 30, 2016
47m
Hr2: Bird Count, Champagne Bubbles
Every December, tens of thousands of birders grab binoculars and head outside for Audubon's Christmas Bird Count. Plus, we talk with bubbleologists about the fizz in your champagne flute.
47m Dec 30, 2016
47m
Hr1: Facts From Space, Moana Animation, Science Scores
Astronomer Dean Regas shares some of his favorite stellar trivia, and gives an guide to the big skywatching event of 2017 -- the solar eclipse. Plus, the challenges of animating Moana's water, and the subteties of scoring science movies.
49m Dec 23, 2016
49m
Hr 2: Apollo 13, Expanding Universe
In this 1995 segment from the Science Friday archives, Apollo 13 mission commander Jim Lovell tells the story of the flight’s survival after an explosion in space. Plus, In a 1999 conversation from the Science Friday archives, astrophysicists Neta Bahcall and Wendy Freedman explain the then-new revelation that the universe’s expansion was accelerating...not decelerating.
48m Dec 23, 2016
48m
Hr2: Christmas Tree Genetics, Opioid Epidemic, Virtual Field Trip, Indian Mars Mission
Possible solutions to stem the flow of prescription pain pills contributing to the opioid epidemic. Plus, how scientists are studying the environmental and genetic factors that cause Christmas trees to drop their needles.
50m Dec 16, 2016
50m
Hr1: Clean Energy Investment, Sexual Harassment and Bias
A deep dive on the hurdles still facing women scientists in 2016, from sexual harassment down to the grant gap. Plus, a new group of wealthy investors are betting a billion dollars on an uncrowded but risky market.
50m Dec 16, 2016
50m
Hr2: 21st Century Cures Act, Space Photography, Glass Universe
Astronaut Don Pettit has taken hundreds of thousands of photos from the International Space Station. Plus, how at the beginning of the 20th century, a team of female astronomers at the Harvard College Observatory worked to classify the stars.
48m Dec 09, 2016
48m
Hr1: Drug Co-Pay Coupons, US Data Science, Science Club
What will be the legacy of the Obama administration's big data programs? Plus, the Science Friday Science Club meets to wrap up their latest project, devoted to the idea of disassemby.
48m Dec 09, 2016
48m
Hr1: News Roundup, Winter Boots, Best Science Books, Cassini
The best science books of 2016. Plus, updates on Cassini and Juno, and a cold, hard look at how winter boots fare in icy conditions.
48m Dec 02, 2016
48m
Hr2: Personal Medical Records, Taxidermy, Gut Microbes
A look at the science—and art—of preserving dead animals through taxidermy. Plus, tips on obtaining your personal medical records, and tracking the rhythms of the microbiome.
48m Dec 02, 2016
48m
Hr1: Indigenous Genes, Beatrix Potter, Never Built New York
Outside of Mr. McGregor's garden and in her own life, Beatrix Potter--author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit--had a curious eye for the nature world around her. Plus an alternate history of New York City architecture lives on in Never Built New York.
48m Nov 25, 2016
48m
Hr2: IgNobel Awards 2016
An annual awards ceremony honors scientific research that first makes you laugh, but then makes you think.
49m Nov 25, 2016
49m
Hr2: Science Goes To The Movies in Arrival, Thanksgiving Food Failures, Mushroom Leather
The science behind roasting a browner bird and sweetening sweet potatoes. Plus, how would real scientists achieve mutual understanding with an alien race?
49m Nov 18, 2016
49m
Hr1: News Roundup, Fake News, The Common Cold
We answer your questions about the cold virus, and introduce you to the viruses you have to thank for that stuffy nose.
49m Nov 18, 2016
49m
Hr1: News Roundup, Political Hangovers, Werner Herzog
Filmmaker Werner Herzog talks about his new documentary "Into the Inferno," about the devastating power of volcanoes. Plus, how believing in the possibility of change can help you come to terms with this long and polarizing election season.
46m Nov 11, 2016
46m
Hr2: Wireless Spinal Tech, Climate Policy, Moon Impact
Swiss researchers created a wireless device that enabled paralyzed monkeys to walk again. Plus, how might climate change policy fare under President Trump?
46m Nov 11, 2016
46m
Hr2: Editing DNA, Male Contraception, Bomb-sniffing Spinach
The CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system is a less perfect fix for gene editing than news reports make it out to be. Plus, hormonal male birth control can work. But why isnt it commercially available?
47m Nov 04, 2016
47m
Hr1: News Roundup, Jumping Spiders, Amyloid
Scientists are using electrodes to tap into the brains of jumping spiders to study their ability to plan and carry out complex behaviors. Plus, the results of a Phase III clinical drug trial could reveal whether beta amyloid is at the root of Alzheimers disease.
48m Nov 04, 2016
48m
Hr2: SciFri in St. Louis, the Midcontinent Rift, Science Club
Did you know that St Louis was almost oceanfront property? We look at how geologists decipher the subsurface scars of the midcontinent rift. Plus, the Science Club is back! Your mission? Break it down.
50m Oct 28, 2016
50m
Hr1: News Roundup, Internet of Things, Play Anything
Would grocery shopping be more fun if it were turned into a game? How about mowing the lawn? One game developer tells us how he turns ordinary life into play. Plus, more on the internet hack last week. Could your internet devices threaten your security?
49m Oct 28, 2016
49m
Hr2: Return of the Screwworm, Hidden Figures, Political Polls
A flesh-eating parasite, previously eradicated on U.S. soil, has decimated endangered Key deer. Can the screwworm be re-eradicated in time to save them? Plus, we remember the African American women mathematicians and engineers whose calculations got us into space.
49m Oct 21, 2016
49m
Hr1: News Roundup, Cyber War, Science Education
With rumblings about possible U.S. retaliation for alleged Russian-backed hacks, we ask about the rules and norms that govern international cyber conflicts. Plus, meet the educators who have turned Science Friday media into innovative classroom resources.
49m Oct 21, 2016
49m
Hr1: News Roundup, Carbon and Reservoirs, Science Subpoenas
How Congress, lawsuits, and other challenges are shaping scientific debate over climate science, fetal tissue research, and more. Plus, reservoirs are both sources of renewable energy and one of the worlds biggest producers of greenhouse gases.
48m Oct 14, 2016
48m
Hr2: DTC Blood Tests, Hornless Cow, Digital Assistants
As tech companies battle to develop the best digital assistant, we ask how they measure up, and why we so often fail to connect. Plus, researchers used gene editing to develop a dairy cow that has no horns. And what happens when direct-to-consumer lab tests take physicians out of the equation?
48m Oct 14, 2016
48m
Hr2: Future Commuting, Astronaut Mike Massimino, Humans To Mars
As rideshare companies like Uber strike deals with cities to supplement or replace traditional transit options and parking lots, we ask: What is the future of commuting? Plus astronaut Mike Massimino talks about his journey from the suburbs of Long Island to the crew of two shuttle missions to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. And are we ready to go to Mars?
47m Oct 07, 2016
47m
Hr1: News Roundup, Nobel Prize, Golden Record 2.0, Pop Up Books
We review the sounds, images, and videos our listeners chose to represent our world. Plus, pop-up designer Matthew Reinhart engineers paper cut-outs that move and extend, sometimes reaching nearly two feet tall.
47m Oct 07, 2016
47m
Hr1: News Roundup, Snap Spectacles, Connected Cars, Way Things Work
Connected cars tap into vehicle sensors to read road signs, determine traffic patterns, and find open parking spaces. Plus, artist David Macaulay on the art of explaining science in pictures.
47m Sep 30, 2016
47m
Hr2: Oysters and Oceans, Trees and Drought, Tardigrades
Oyster farmers have been hit hard by acidifying seas. Can they adapt? And how curiosity about tardigrades in the 1970s led to a major breakthrough in medical science.
48m Sep 30, 2016
48m
Hr1: News Roundup, Endangered Tourism, Fitness Goals, Fashion In Physics
Health experts tout the benefits of standing desks, and walking five miles a day. Science says otherwise. Plus theoretical physicist Roger Penrose argues against some prominent theories about the universe, calling them fashion, faith, and fantasy.
49m Sep 23, 2016
49m
Hr2: Fog and Redwoods, Amphibian vs Fungus, AI
As artificial intelligence advances, it could transform our world. How do we ensure it does so in the best possible way? Plus, what the fight of one frog against the deadly chytrid fungus could mean for the survival of imperiled amphibians around the globe.
49m Sep 23, 2016
49m
Hr1: News Roundup, Telepresence, Golden Record History
Two of the creators of the Voyager Golden Record remember how they crafted a message for alien civilizations. Plus, can a robotic avatar let you remotely experience a trip to the zoo? And Pluto may be the source of the wispy red cap on the north pole of its moon Charon.
50m Sep 16, 2016
50m
Hr2: Antibiotic Resistance, Silicon Coyboys, Gamification and Fitness
Activity trackers like the Fitbit and the Apple Watch aim to make fitness more fun by incorporating elements of gameplay. But does it work? Plus, how the Silicon Cowboys of Compaqs early days took on the behemoth IBM with a 28-pound portable computer.
50m Sep 16, 2016
50m
Hr2: Abstract Art and the Brain, Dear Data
Neuropsychiatrist Eric Kandel explores the relationship between neuroscience and abstract art. Plus, what small, everyday data can reveal about our thoughts and emotions.
49m Sep 09, 2016
49m
Hr1: News Roundup, Seaweed Farms, Audiology, Wine Perception
An audiologist describes overcoming her hearing loss. Plus, how new research could expand the aural world for patients with hearing loss. And the sensory cues that help to enhance your enjoyment of a glass of wine.
49m Sep 09, 2016
49m
Hr1: News Roundup, Plastic Clothing, Canine Communication, Lucy
How anthropologists peer inside scarce, ancient fossil bones to find clues about our evolutionary history. Plus, how dogs pick up on our tones, gestures, and moods.
49m Sep 02, 2016
49m
Bonus Episode: A Conversation With Margaret Atwood (SciFri Book Club)
Margaret Atwood, author of 'Oryx and Crake,' discusses the book with Ira Flatow in a live book club discussion at the Housing Works Bookstore Cafe in New York. Recorded August 23 2016.
56m Aug 26, 2016
56m
Hr1: News Roundup, Marijuana Research, Twitter Bots, Chili Peppers
A visit with the Twitter bots that are brightening our social media experience. Plus, what gives the hot habanero and mild jalapeno their heat profile?
51m Aug 19, 2016
51m
Hr1: News Roundup, Clickbait, Particle Physics, Remembering HM
What could sterile neutrinos, gravitons, and axions tell us about the Standard Model? Plus, the most famous patient in neuroscience is the subject of a new book by the grandson of the man who changed his brain forever.
50m Aug 12, 2016
50m
Hr2:Replication Game, World According to Microbes, Bulldogs
Ed Yong examines the connections between species and ecosystems €”from a microbial point of view. Plus, bulldog genetics, and the reproducibility of important scientific papers.
51m Aug 05, 2016
51m
Hr2:Human Enhancement Technology, Deadly Snails, Clone Health, Moth Week
A new survey finds many Americans are dubious about using certain new technologies for human enhancement. Plus, the health of sister clones of Dolly the sheep, and a celebration of the life around your porch light.
47m Jul 29, 2016
47m
Hr1: News Roundup, New Zealand Predators, Digital Language, Staying Healthy In Space
Weightlessness and radiation both take a toll on the body, in ways we still do not fully understand. Plus, the difference between this, THIS, and #this, and why a plan to save native avian species means targeting non-native predators.
48m Jul 29, 2016
48m
Hr2:Tracking Online Terrorist Networks With Math Models, Pokemon Go and Augmented Reality, Science in Ghostbusters
Repurposing mathematical models to track extremist networks on social media. Plus, finding nuggets of science in the new Ghostbusters.
49m Jul 15, 2016
49m