Hr1: News Roundup, Autonomous Ambulances, New York 2140, Climate and Food
In his new novel, New York 2140, author Kim Stanley Robinson tackles how a drowning city might adapt and thrive after disastrous sea level rise. Plus, as the globe warms, maple syrup, tea, and other specialty foods could suffer from lower quality and lower nutritional value.
49m Mar 17, 2017
49m
Hr2: Vibrato Physics, Satellite Repair, Charting Physics History
Physicist Lawrence Krauss on the substance of the universe, the Higgs Boson, and how we know what we know. Plus, researchers use the tools of quantum physics to quantify the vibration of sound. And a robotic spacecraft could improve weather forecasting by fixing satellites in geosynchronous orbit.
48m Mar 17, 2017
48m
Hr2: Atmospheric Microbiome, Content Moderation, Scraps for Dinner
In their book Scraps, Wilt & Weeds, Mads Refslund and Tama Matsuoka Wong describe creative ways to use the parts of produce that we usually toss away. Plus, a look at how content moderators work behind the scenes to keep graphic content off your feed. And why certain types of bacteria in the atmosphere can play a role in rain and snow.
50m Mar 10, 2017
50m
Hr1: News Roundup, Gamifying Communication, Trump and the EPA, Tuvan Throat Singing
How the president and Congress have been quietly and successfully tearing down U.S environmental and climate change policy. Plus, Tuvan throat singers have developed a technique that allows them to produce two notes at one time.
50m Mar 10, 2017
50m
Hr2: Ancient Earth Crust, Farmers and Conservation, California Water Supply
Some farmers are using techniques like no-till and dry irrigation that conserve natural resources as a way to cultivate crops according to the biology of the soil and land. Plus, predicting rain, snow, and water supply in the warming west.
50m Mar 03, 2017
50m
Hr1: News Roundup, Bee Intelligence, Genetic Data Storage
Bees are more intelligent than we thought, and can count and recognize faces. Plus, could DNA become a mainstream data storage option?
50m Mar 03, 2017
50m
Hr2: Antibiotic Discovery, Regrowing Sensory Hair in the Ear, Trappist-1 Exoplanets
Scientists have discovered seven Earth-size planets orbiting a nearby star that could hold the conditions for life. Plus, a look at the scientific obstacles and breakthroughs involved in finding and developing new antibiotics. And Boston-based researchers have regrown a high volume of sensory hair cells in the lab using a new technique.
49m Feb 24, 2017
49m
Hr1: News Roundup, Gene Editing Embryos, Computer Hacks of the Future, and How to Prevent Them
As self-driving cars and other artificial intelligence advance, how safe will we be from A.I. hacks and attacks? Plus, a report from a National Academies panel endorses the possible use of gene-editing techniques in human embryos -- under very limited conditions.
49m Feb 24, 2017
49m
Hr2: Net Neutrality, The Price of Privacy, Expanse
As we trade more and more of our personal data to big companies in exchange for their services, internet users must decide for themselves where to draw the line on internet privacy. Plus, the minds behind the The Expanse chat about space flight, space politics, and how they keep the show feeling real.
50m Feb 17, 2017
50m
Hr1: News Roundup, Emotion Translator, Battery Technology
Is there a new battery that can beat lithium ion in electric vehicles? We plug into the world of battery research to find out. Plus, how to squeeze more power out of the electrical grid. And a new wearable aims to help people who feel socially awkward interpret emotions.
50m Feb 17, 2017
50m
Hr2: Heat-sensitive Prosthetic Skin, Flint Water, Ingestible Electronics
Three years after the Flint water crisis began, lead concentrations in the water are below federal action levels, but residents are still drinking filtered and bottled water. Plus, researchers have designed a battery that runs on stomach acid to power ingestible sensors.
50m Feb 10, 2017
50m
Hr1: News Roundup, Ice, Holographic Cosmology
Researchers who study icy places have discovered uncanny phenomena. Plus, Holographic cosmology is a way of simplifying mind-boggling mathematical models of our universe. But it does not necessarily mean we live in a hologram.
50m Feb 10, 2017
50m
Hr1: News Roundup, Chimeras, Astrobiology
New advances in stem cell research will one day make it possible to grow human transplant organs in animal hosts. And astrobiologists are looking at unusual environments on Earth for clues on how to search for life elsewhere in the solar system.
49m Feb 03, 2017
49m
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