Science Friday

By Science Friday and WNYC Studios

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Subscribers: 12427
Reviews: 22
Episodes: 150

Alex
 Mar 30, 2024
Unlistenable krishna!


 Jan 24, 2024

Christopher
 Jan 16, 2023
Science education is a fine investment. However, this program frequently displays it's radical political bent instead of portraying clearly the educational realm of Science, and it's disingenuous to mislead the audience. I will unsubscribe now and check back again perhaps in one year's time.

William
 Dec 29, 2022
This has been my place to go for the current science news for years and often shared by the reasearchers' themselves.

Tim
 Oct 21, 2022
An awesome science and science-related podcast.

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Brain fun for curious people.

Episode Date
Earth May Once Have Had A Ring Like Saturn | An AI For Sand
Sep 20, 2024
Physicists Create Heaviest Antimatter Nucleus | Bird Species May Team Up For Migration
Sep 19, 2024
Your Questions About The Updated COVID Vaccines, Answered
Sep 18, 2024
To Confront Climate Change, Imagine Getting It Right
Sep 17, 2024
What Research Shows About Smartphone Bans In Schools
Sep 16, 2024
First Citizen Spacewalk | First Successful Whole-Eye Transplant, Over A Year Later
Sep 13, 2024
‘Time Capsule’ Rocks And Earth’s Mantle | Genetically Engineering Stronger Wood
Sep 12, 2024
To This Neuroscientist, Cows Are Like Puppies
Sep 11, 2024
Fishing For—And Saving—Sharks | Scientists Identify ‘ManhattAnt’ Spreading Across NYC
Sep 10, 2024
Using DNA To Boost Digital Data Storage And Processing
Sep 09, 2024
An Asteroid Impact, Spotted In Advance | Extreme Heat Is Making Learning More Difficult
Sep 06, 2024
Dino-Killing Asteroid Was Rich In Carbon | The Dogs Sniffing Out Spotted Lanternflies
Sep 05, 2024
Why Eels Are So Mysterious—And In Demand
Sep 04, 2024
Webb Telescope Data Point To Six ‘Rogue Worlds’
Sep 03, 2024
Could ‘Season Creep’ Affect Human Behavior?
Sep 02, 2024
Mosquito-Borne Diseases Are Spreading | ‘Slingshot’ And A Space Mission Gone Wrong
Aug 30, 2024
The History Of Teeth, From Ancient Fish To Humans
Aug 29, 2024
Errors On Death Certificates May Be Skewing Mortality Data
Aug 28, 2024
Astronaut Cady Coleman On ‘Sharing Space’
Aug 27, 2024
Protecting Sequoias From Wildfire Gets Tricky | Ancient Cave Art And Human Creativity
Aug 26, 2024
Plastic In Human Brains | Local Anesthetics Recommended For IUD Insertion
Aug 23, 2024
Don’t Just Walk In The Woods—Touch, Smell, and Taste Them, Too
Aug 22, 2024
Are Space Elevators Really A Possibility?
Aug 21, 2024
Could Light And Sound Therapy Treat Alzheimer’s?
Aug 20, 2024
Dr. Fauci On A Life Of Medical Research And Public Service
Aug 19, 2024
Evidence For Liquid Water On Mars | Making Campsite Booking Fairer
Aug 16, 2024
Dinosaurs’ Secrets Might Be In Their Fossilized Poop
Aug 15, 2024
The Promise Of Perovskite Solar Panels
Aug 14, 2024
An Expert Vegetable Breeder On Innovating Crops For The Future
Aug 13, 2024
What The Private Sale Of Fossils Means For Paleontology
Aug 12, 2024
Starliner Leaves Astronauts Stuck | Could We Get Weather Forecasts Years In Advance?
Aug 09, 2024
Why Does COVID-19 Spike In Summer?
Aug 08, 2024
Deep-Sea ‘Nodules’ May Produce Oxygen | A Bird’s Physics Trick For High-Altitude Flying
Aug 07, 2024
PLATO’s Mission To Discover Exoplanets Like Earth
Aug 06, 2024
Why Cancer Death Rates Have Decreased Over The Last 30 Years
Aug 05, 2024
Hawaiʻi Wildfire Survivors Join Health Study | Wind Turbine Blade Sinks Off Massachusetts Coast
Aug 02, 2024
The Science And History Of Refrigeration
Aug 01, 2024
Sodium Replaces Lithium In A New Type Of Battery
Jul 31, 2024
Inside The Race To Save Honeybees From Parasitic Mites
Jul 30, 2024
What A Rodent Brain Shows Us About Love | If Colorado Was Flattened, How Big Would It Be?
Jul 29, 2024
Curiosity Rover Discovers Pure Sulfur On Mars | A Science Hero, Lost and Found
Jul 26, 2024
What Are The Risks Of Drinking Raw Milk?
Jul 25, 2024
A Space Suit To Turn Pee Into Water | A Bitcoin Mine Causing A Health Crisis In Texas
Jul 24, 2024
How A Shark Scientist Forged Her Own Path
Jul 23, 2024
FDA Panel Rejects MDMA Therapy For PTSD
Jul 22, 2024
A Small Meteor Blazes Over New York City | Tornado Science From ‘Twisters’
Jul 19, 2024
Why Are There So Many Drug Shortages In The U.S.?
Jul 18, 2024
What The Small Intestine Can Tell Us About Gut Health
Jul 17, 2024
Helping Queen Conchs Mate In The Florida Keys
Jul 16, 2024
How Congestion Pricing Can Impact Human Health
Jul 15, 2024
Galaxies ‘Dance’ In Stunning New JWST Image | Why Some Cats Scratch Furniture
Jul 12, 2024
Your Pain Tolerance May Have Been Passed Down From Neanderthals
Jul 11, 2024
How Can Iowa’s Agriculture Adapt To Climate Threats?
Jul 10, 2024
How Do They Actually Store The Declaration Of Independence?
Jul 09, 2024
How Politics And Diplomacy Shape Panda Conservation
Jul 08, 2024
The Best Science Books For Summer 2024
Jul 05, 2024
Avoiding Grilling and Barbecue Pitfalls
Jul 04, 2024
From Microbes To Mammoths: How Life Transformed The Planet
Jul 03, 2024
Study Shows Which Kids Are Getting Periods Younger Than Others
Jul 02, 2024
What To Do When Your Hypothesis Is Wrong? Publish!
Jul 01, 2024
The Sample From The Far Side Of The Moon | Will The Seine Be Clean Enough For The Olympics?
Jun 28, 2024
The Octopus Overlooked By Science | Squid With ‘Giant’ Eggs Could Be New Species
Jun 27, 2024
House Stalls On Bill To Compensate Victims Of Nuclear Testing
Jun 26, 2024
Crowdsourced Data Identifies 126 ‘Lost’ Bird Species
Jun 25, 2024
20 Years Later, How Are City Climate Plans Actually Going?
Jun 24, 2024
It’s Hot. But How Hot? | Canine Cancer Vaccine Shows Promising Results
Jun 21, 2024
Mannequins Help Teach People How To Spot Ticks | Protecting A Flickering Symbol Of Summer Nights
Jun 20, 2024
‘The Singularity Is Nearer,’ Says Futurist Ray Kurzweil
Jun 19, 2024
Why Do Cephalopods Make Ink?
Jun 18, 2024
Meet The Emotions Behind Teenage Angst In ‘Inside Out 2’
Jun 17, 2024
Elephants Seem To Use Names For Each Other | Kids Discover Rare T. Rex Fossil
Jun 14, 2024
How Sound Rules Life Underwater
Jun 13, 2024
Metal-Absorbing Plants Could Make Mining Greener | A Tiny Fern's Gigantic Genome
Jun 12, 2024
How Psychological Warfare Moved From Battlefields To Politics
Jun 11, 2024
Step Aside, DNA. It’s RNA’s Time To Shine.
Jun 10, 2024
A Week Of Milestones For Spaceflight | Mexico Has Elected A Scientist President
Jun 07, 2024
The Organ That Gives Birds Their Voices | Common Loons Are Pop Music Icons
Jun 06, 2024
Indigenous Nations Are Fighting To Take Back Their Data
Jun 05, 2024
The Unseen World Of Plant Intelligence
Jun 04, 2024
Right-To-Repair Laws Gain Steam In State Legislatures
Jun 03, 2024
Starliner Crewed Test Flight Rescheduled | Slugs And Snails Like Cities
May 31, 2024
Your ‘Biological Age’ Could Be Different Than How Old You Are
May 30, 2024
High-Speed Rail Gets A Boost In The U.S.
May 29, 2024
Using A Lab On Wheels To Study Weed From Dispensaries
May 28, 2024
Jelly Creatures That Swim In Corkscrews | Keeping Wind Turbines Safe For Birds
May 27, 2024
Zapping Nerves Into Regrowth | Celebrating the Maya Calendar In Guatemala’s Highlands
May 24, 2024
Fine-Tuning Grapes For Iowa’s Wine Industry
May 23, 2024
How To Recycle Rare Earth Elements
May 22, 2024
New Evidence Questions Dark Energy’s ‘Constant’ Nature
May 21, 2024
New Guidelines Recommend Earlier Breast Cancer Screening
May 20, 2024
New Rule Sets Stage For Electric Grid Update | Harnessing Nanoparticles For Vaccines
May 17, 2024
How Climate Change Is Changing Sports
May 16, 2024
Why Is Tinnitus So Hard To Understand And Treat?
May 15, 2024
Finding Purpose In A ‘Wild Life’
May 14, 2024
Archeopteryx Specimen Unveiled | Trees And Shrubs Burying Great Plains' Prairies
May 13, 2024
JWST Detects An Atmosphere Around A Rocky Exoplanet | Boeing Plans To Fly Humans To The ISS Next Week
May 10, 2024
Challenging The Gender Gap In Sports Science
May 09, 2024
What Martian Geology Can Teach Us About Earth
May 08, 2024
How Louisiana Is Coping With Flooding In Cemeteries
May 07, 2024
Inside Iowa State’s Herbarium | Science-Inspired Art From ‘Universe of Art’ Listeners
May 06, 2024
Science From Iowa’s Prairies | Planning To Go See Cicadas? Here’s What To Know
May 03, 2024
Maybe Bonobos Aren't Gentler Than Chimps | Art Meets Ecology In A Mile-Long Poem
May 02, 2024
When Products Collect Data From Your Brain, Where Does It Go?
May 01, 2024
Visualizing A Black Hole’s Flares In 3D
Apr 30, 2024
The 4,000-Year History of Humans and Silk
Apr 29, 2024
Flint’s Water Crisis, 10 Years Later | Underwater Cables Could Help Detect Tsunamis
Apr 26, 2024
Fighting Banana Blight | Do Birds Sing In Their Dreams?
Apr 25, 2024
Why Is Solving The Plastic Problem So Hard?
Apr 24, 2024
What Worsening Floods Mean For Superfund Sites
Apr 23, 2024
The Global Mental Health Toll Of Climate Change | Capturing DNA From 800 Lakes In One Day
Apr 22, 2024
Clean Energy Transition Progress | Avian Flu In Cattle And Humans Has Scientists Concerned
Apr 19, 2024
A Cheer For The Physics Of Baseball
Apr 18, 2024
Carbon Cost Of Urban Gardens And Commercial Farms | Why There's No Superbloom This Year
Apr 17, 2024
Inside The Race To Save Honeybees From Parasitic Mites
Apr 16, 2024
The Brain’s Glial Cells Might Be As Important As Neurons
Apr 15, 2024
Limits On ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Drinking Water | An Important Winter Home For Bugs | Eclipse Drumroll
Apr 12, 2024
Investigating Animal Deaths At The National Zoo
Apr 11, 2024
Eating More Oysters Helps Us—And The Chesapeake Bay
Apr 10, 2024
How Trees Keep D.C. And Baltimore Cool
Apr 09, 2024
Predicting Heart Disease From Chest X-Rays With AI | Storing New Memories During Sleep
Apr 08, 2024
Recipient Of Pig Kidney Transplant Recovering | Answering Your Questions About April 8 Eclipse
Apr 05, 2024
Our Inevitable Cosmic Apocalypse
Apr 04, 2024
The Complicated Truths About Offshore Wind And Right Whales
Apr 03, 2024
The Bumpy Road To Approving New Alzheimer’s Drugs
Apr 02, 2024
‘3 Body Problem’ And The Laws Of Physics | In Defense Of ‘Out Of Place’ Plants
Apr 01, 2024
Baltimore Bridge Collapse | Mapping How Viruses Jump Between Species
Mar 29, 2024
The Legacy Of Primatologist Frans de Waal
Mar 28, 2024
The ‘Asteroid Hunter’ Leading The OSIRIS-REx Mission
Mar 27, 2024
Swimming Sea Lions Teach Engineers About Fluid Dynamics
Mar 26, 2024
Botanical Rescue Centers Take In Illegally Trafficked Plants
Mar 25, 2024
2023 Was Hottest Year On Record | The NASA Satellite Studying Plankton
Mar 22, 2024
A Strange-Looking Fish, Frozen In Time
Mar 21, 2024
What We Know After 4 Years Of COVID-19
Mar 20, 2024
Science Unlocks The Power Of Flavor In ‘Flavorama’
Mar 19, 2024
Abortion-Restrictive States Leave Ob-Gyns With Tough Choices
Mar 18, 2024
Nasal Rinsing Safely | How Your Brain Constructs Your Mental Health
Mar 15, 2024
A New Book Puts ‘Math in Drag’
Mar 14, 2024
With This Rare Disorder, No Amount Of Sleep Is Enough
Mar 13, 2024
How Election Science Can Support Democracy | The Genetic Roots Of Antibiotic Resistance
Mar 12, 2024
Triple Feature: Dune, Mars, And An Alien On Earth
Mar 11, 2024
Could This Be The End Of Voyager 1?
Mar 08, 2024
What It Takes To Care For The US Nuclear Arsenal
Mar 07, 2024
A Young Scientist Uplifts The Needs Of Parkinson’s Patients
Mar 06, 2024
Snakes Are Evolutionary Superstars | Whale Song Is All In The Larynx
Mar 05, 2024
What’s Behind The Measles Outbreak In Florida?
Mar 04, 2024
Pythagoras Was Wrong About Music | Biochar's Potential For Carbon Capture
Mar 01, 2024
As Space Exploration Expands, So Will Space Law
Feb 29, 2024
Blood In The Water: Shark Smell Put To The Test
Feb 28, 2024
How Trivia Experts Recall Facts | One Ant Species Sent Ripples Through A Food Web
Feb 27, 2024
OpenAI’s New Product Makes Incredibly Realistic Fake Videos
Feb 26, 2024