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Science Friday

Science Friday

Science Friday, as heard on PRI, 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.

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Episódios

500 episódios

  1. 1437: Where does federal science funding stand now? 12:28
  2. 1436: How rapid genome sequencing can help stop outbreaks 18:07
  3. 1435: Help! This new dwarf planet needs a name 12:22
  4. 1434: ‘Big Math’ shines a light on the hidden math that runs our world 18:35
  5. 1433: The SciFri Book Club reads ‘The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year’ 19:09
  6. 1432: Meet the tiny, see-through fish that can regenerate its brain 17:30
  7. 1431: Why is everyone so obsessed with protein? 18:11
  8. 1430: What a trapped antimatter particle could tell us about reality 12:41
  9. 1429: Why are armadillos moving up north? 13:33
  10. 1428: When, and where, did bats first take to the sky? 12:23
  11. 1427: People are microdosing GLP-1s for weight loss. Is it safe? 18:51
  12. 1426: Terence Tao on how AI math solutions miss the point 22:55
  13. 1425: What was life like for Tyranossaurus rex? 18:00
  14. 1424: Isabella Rossellini on how acting connects to animal cognition 19:33
  15. 1423: Why are we changing the way we keep time? 14:03
  16. 1422: Kazuo Ishiguro on emotional truth in sci-fi and in our AI reality 25:08
  17. 1421: Is that garbage can bear resistant? These bears will find out 18:39
  18. 1420: Jennifer Doudna on what it takes to be a good scientist 29:38
  19. 1419: Getting the billion-dollar PRIMA space telescope off the ground 15:42
  20. 1418: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson on making climate action cool 12:04
  21. 1417: Could a whale swallow a human, “Whalefall” style? 18:18
  22. 1416: Why do politicians talk like that? 18:15
  23. 1415: Sargassum superblooms are choking coastlines around the Atlantic 12:41
  24. 1414: Celebrating Ada Lovelace Day and the women who made the internet 17:30
  25. 1413: Are attachment styles more than a social media trend? 17:42
  26. 1412: The science and politics of the new mRNA flu vaccine 12:08
  27. 1411: What is the Kelvin wave on the West Coast? 12:35
  28. 1410: The punk rock life of cephalopods 18:16
  29. 1409: The Nobel winner searching for deep-space neutrinos in Antarctica 13:06
  30. 1408: How important ideas get reawakened, with David Byrne 15:58
  31. The History of Concrete with John Wilson 15:22
  32. 1406: The tilcayo is the new wild cat on the block 12:45
  33. 1405: Are natural history museums going extinct? 17:37
  34. 1404: Examining a new lunar crater + searching for signs of alien technology 18:11
  35. 1404: Did the COVID pandemic stunt kids’ development? 21:52
  36. 1403: How do concussions affect the brain? 18:05
  37. 1402: Are new treatments for celiac disease on the horizon? 11:30
  38. 1401: Everyone is calling for safer AI. So what does that mean? 22:45
  39. 1400: Underwater archeology reveals clues about Ice Age humans 18:18
  40. 1399: Climate change is increasing hurricane risk for Hawaiʻi 12:30
  41. 1398: Bringing hard electronics into soft and squishy bodies 18:28
  42. 1397: What is lymphatic drainage, anyway? 18:03
  43. 1396: Hot flashes and hormone therapy: the science of perimenopause 18:34
  44. 1395: Telling the tale of human origins, one fossil tooth at a time 25:33
  45. 1394: Did the fire at the Library of Alexandria set humanity back? 14:08
  46. 1392: Black bears are moving into the neighborhood. How do we coexist? 18:08
  47. 1392: Is a shorter course of antibiotics OK? + Genetic risk of fibromyalgia 17:58
  48. 1391: Where are we with understanding the health effects of cannabis? 18:28
  49. 1390: Did scientists just find a dark matter particle? Maybe 12:47
  50. 1389: Why physics and philosophy need each other 18:00