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Science Friday

A podcast by: Science Friday and WNYC Studios

Brain fun for curious people.

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493 Episodes

Using A Lab On Wheels To Study Weed From Dispensaries
Published 2024-05-28

Jelly Creatures That Swim In Corkscrews | Keeping Wind Turbines Safe For Birds
Published 2024-05-27
Zapping Nerves Into Regrowth | Celebrating the Maya Calendar In Guatemala’s Highlands
Published 2024-05-24
Fine-Tuning Grapes For Iowa’s Wine Industry
Published 2024-05-23
How To Recycle Rare Earth Elements
Published 2024-05-22
New Evidence Questions Dark Energy’s ‘Constant’ Nature
Published 2024-05-21
New Guidelines Recommend Earlier Breast Cancer Screening
Published 2024-05-20
New Rule Sets Stage For Electric Grid Update | Harnessing Nanoparticles For Vaccines
Published 2024-05-17
How Climate Change Is Changing Sports
Published 2024-05-16
Why Is Tinnitus So Hard To Understand And Treat?
Published 2024-05-15
Finding Purpose In A ‘Wild Life’
Published 2024-05-14
Archeopteryx Specimen Unveiled | Trees And Shrubs Burying Great Plains' Prairies
Published 2024-05-13
JWST Detects An Atmosphere Around A Rocky Exoplanet | Boeing Plans To Fly Humans To The ISS Next Week
Published 2024-05-10
Challenging The Gender Gap In Sports Science
Published 2024-05-09
What Martian Geology Can Teach Us About Earth
Published 2024-05-08
How Louisiana Is Coping With Flooding In Cemeteries
Published 2024-05-07
Inside Iowa State’s Herbarium | Science-Inspired Art From ‘Universe of Art’ Listeners
Published 2024-05-06
Science From Iowa’s Prairies | Planning To Go See Cicadas? Here’s What To Know
Published 2024-05-03
Maybe Bonobos Aren't Gentler Than Chimps | Art Meets Ecology In A Mile-Long Poem
Published 2024-05-02
When Products Collect Data From Your Brain, Where Does It Go?
Published 2024-05-01
Visualizing A Black Hole’s Flares In 3D
Published 2024-04-30
The 4,000-Year History of Humans and Silk
Published 2024-04-29
Flint’s Water Crisis, 10 Years Later | Underwater Cables Could Help Detect Tsunamis
Published 2024-04-26
Fighting Banana Blight | Do Birds Sing In Their Dreams?
Published 2024-04-25
Why Is Solving The Plastic Problem So Hard?
Published 2024-04-24
What Worsening Floods Mean For Superfund Sites
Published 2024-04-23
The Global Mental Health Toll Of Climate Change | Capturing DNA From 800 Lakes In One Day
Published 2024-04-22
Clean Energy Transition Progress | Avian Flu In Cattle And Humans Has Scientists Concerned
Published 2024-04-19
A Cheer For The Physics Of Baseball
Published 2024-04-18
Carbon Cost Of Urban Gardens And Commercial Farms | Why There's No Superbloom This Year
Published 2024-04-17
Inside The Race To Save Honeybees From Parasitic Mites
Published 2024-04-16
The Brain’s Glial Cells Might Be As Important As Neurons
Published 2024-04-15
Limits On ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Drinking Water | An Important Winter Home For Bugs | Eclipse Drumroll
Published 2024-04-12
Investigating Animal Deaths At The National Zoo
Published 2024-04-11
Eating More Oysters Helps Us—And The Chesapeake Bay
Published 2024-04-10
How Trees Keep D.C. And Baltimore Cool
Published 2024-04-09
Predicting Heart Disease From Chest X-Rays With AI | Storing New Memories During Sleep
Published 2024-04-08
Recipient Of Pig Kidney Transplant Recovering | Answering Your Questions About April 8 Eclipse
Published 2024-04-05
Our Inevitable Cosmic Apocalypse
Published 2024-04-04
The Complicated Truths About Offshore Wind And Right Whales
Published 2024-04-03
The Bumpy Road To Approving New Alzheimer’s Drugs
Published 2024-04-02
‘3 Body Problem’ And The Laws Of Physics | In Defense Of ‘Out Of Place’ Plants
Published 2024-04-01
Baltimore Bridge Collapse | Mapping How Viruses Jump Between Species
Published 2024-03-29
The Legacy Of Primatologist Frans de Waal
Published 2024-03-28
The ‘Asteroid Hunter’ Leading The OSIRIS-REx Mission
Published 2024-03-27
Swimming Sea Lions Teach Engineers About Fluid Dynamics
Published 2024-03-26
Botanical Rescue Centers Take In Illegally Trafficked Plants
Published 2024-03-25
2023 Was Hottest Year On Record | The NASA Satellite Studying Plankton
Published 2024-03-22
A Strange-Looking Fish, Frozen In Time
Published 2024-03-21
What We Know After 4 Years Of COVID-19
Published 2024-03-20
Science Unlocks The Power Of Flavor In ‘Flavorama’
Published 2024-03-19
Abortion-Restrictive States Leave Ob-Gyns With Tough Choices
Published 2024-03-18
Nasal Rinsing Safely | How Your Brain Constructs Your Mental Health
Published 2024-03-15
A New Book Puts ‘Math in Drag’
Published 2024-03-14
With This Rare Disorder, No Amount Of Sleep Is Enough
Published 2024-03-13
How Election Science Can Support Democracy | The Genetic Roots Of Antibiotic Resistance
Published 2024-03-12
Triple Feature: Dune, Mars, And An Alien On Earth
Published 2024-03-11
Could This Be The End Of Voyager 1?
Published 2024-03-08
What It Takes To Care For The US Nuclear Arsenal
Published 2024-03-07
A Young Scientist Uplifts The Needs Of Parkinson’s Patients
Published 2024-03-06

Brain fun for curious people.

493 Episodes

Using A Lab On Wheels To Study Weed From Dispensaries

Jelly Creatures That Swim In Corkscrews | Keeping Wind Turbines Safe For Birds

Zapping Nerves Into Regrowth | Celebrating the Maya Calendar In Guatemala’s Highlands

Fine-Tuning Grapes For Iowa’s Wine Industry

How To Recycle Rare Earth Elements

New Evidence Questions Dark Energy’s ‘Constant’ Nature

New Guidelines Recommend Earlier Breast Cancer Screening

New Rule Sets Stage For Electric Grid Update | Harnessing Nanoparticles For Vaccines

How Climate Change Is Changing Sports

Why Is Tinnitus So Hard To Understand And Treat?

Finding Purpose In A ‘Wild Life’

Archeopteryx Specimen Unveiled | Trees And Shrubs Burying Great Plains' Prairies

JWST Detects An Atmosphere Around A Rocky Exoplanet | Boeing Plans To Fly Humans To The ISS Next Week

Challenging The Gender Gap In Sports Science

What Martian Geology Can Teach Us About Earth

How Louisiana Is Coping With Flooding In Cemeteries

Inside Iowa State’s Herbarium | Science-Inspired Art From ‘Universe of Art’ Listeners

Science From Iowa’s Prairies | Planning To Go See Cicadas? Here’s What To Know

Maybe Bonobos Aren't Gentler Than Chimps | Art Meets Ecology In A Mile-Long Poem

When Products Collect Data From Your Brain, Where Does It Go?

Visualizing A Black Hole’s Flares In 3D

The 4,000-Year History of Humans and Silk

Flint’s Water Crisis, 10 Years Later | Underwater Cables Could Help Detect Tsunamis

Fighting Banana Blight | Do Birds Sing In Their Dreams?

Why Is Solving The Plastic Problem So Hard?

What Worsening Floods Mean For Superfund Sites

The Global Mental Health Toll Of Climate Change | Capturing DNA From 800 Lakes In One Day

Clean Energy Transition Progress | Avian Flu In Cattle And Humans Has Scientists Concerned

A Cheer For The Physics Of Baseball

Carbon Cost Of Urban Gardens And Commercial Farms | Why There's No Superbloom This Year

Inside The Race To Save Honeybees From Parasitic Mites

The Brain’s Glial Cells Might Be As Important As Neurons

Limits On ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Drinking Water | An Important Winter Home For Bugs | Eclipse Drumroll

Investigating Animal Deaths At The National Zoo

Eating More Oysters Helps Us—And The Chesapeake Bay

How Trees Keep D.C. And Baltimore Cool

Predicting Heart Disease From Chest X-Rays With AI | Storing New Memories During Sleep

Recipient Of Pig Kidney Transplant Recovering | Answering Your Questions About April 8 Eclipse

Our Inevitable Cosmic Apocalypse

The Complicated Truths About Offshore Wind And Right Whales

The Bumpy Road To Approving New Alzheimer’s Drugs

‘3 Body Problem’ And The Laws Of Physics | In Defense Of ‘Out Of Place’ Plants

Baltimore Bridge Collapse | Mapping How Viruses Jump Between Species

The Legacy Of Primatologist Frans de Waal

The ‘Asteroid Hunter’ Leading The OSIRIS-REx Mission

Swimming Sea Lions Teach Engineers About Fluid Dynamics

Botanical Rescue Centers Take In Illegally Trafficked Plants

2023 Was Hottest Year On Record | The NASA Satellite Studying Plankton

A Strange-Looking Fish, Frozen In Time

What We Know After 4 Years Of COVID-19

Science Unlocks The Power Of Flavor In ‘Flavorama’

Abortion-Restrictive States Leave Ob-Gyns With Tough Choices

Nasal Rinsing Safely | How Your Brain Constructs Your Mental Health

A New Book Puts ‘Math in Drag’

With This Rare Disorder, No Amount Of Sleep Is Enough

How Election Science Can Support Democracy | The Genetic Roots Of Antibiotic Resistance

Triple Feature: Dune, Mars, And An Alien On Earth

Could This Be The End Of Voyager 1?

What It Takes To Care For The US Nuclear Arsenal

A Young Scientist Uplifts The Needs Of Parkinson’s Patients