Science Friday

By Science Friday and WNYC Studios

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Subscribers: 11956
Reviews: 21
Episodes: 150


 Apr 16, 2023

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.


 Oct 20, 2022

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Brain fun for curious people.

Episode Date
COP28 Host Had Plans to Promote Oil and Gas | Researchers Detected Cicada Emergence With Fiber-Optics
Dec 01, 2023
Ralph Nader Reflects On His Auto Safety Campaign, 55 Years Later
Nov 30, 2023
What’s That Smell? An AI Nose Knows
Nov 29, 2023
Jane Goodall On Life Among Chimpanzees
Nov 28, 2023
The ‘Wet-Dog Shake’ And Other Physics Mysteries
Nov 27, 2023
Ig Nobel Prizes | Stop Flushing Your Health Data Down The Toilet
Nov 24, 2023
The West’s Wild Horses | Artist Explores History Of Humans Genetically Modifying Pigs
Nov 23, 2023
Moon Rock Research | Science of Unraveling Sweaters
Nov 22, 2023
2023’s Best Science Books For Kids
Nov 21, 2023
How AI Chatbots Can Reinforce Racial Bias In Medicine
Nov 20, 2023
An Exoplanet Where It Rains Sand
Nov 17, 2023
Ask A Chef: How Can I Use Science To Make Thanksgiving Tastier?
Nov 16, 2023
Monumental And Invisible: How Infrastructure Works
Nov 15, 2023
Everything You Never Knew About Squash And Pumpkins
Nov 14, 2023
How A University Is Adjusting One Year After ChatGPT
Nov 13, 2023
Euclid Telescope’s First Images | A Black Hole That Came From Gas
Nov 10, 2023
How Five Elements Define Life On Earth
Nov 09, 2023
Climate Future Exhibit | Oregon's Proposed Fish Vacuum
Nov 08, 2023
How A Deaf Advisory Group Is Changing Healthcare
Nov 07, 2023
40 Years Of Sounding The Alarm On Nuclear Winter
Nov 06, 2023
CRISPR-Based Sickle Cell Treatment | Pain Tolerance From Neanderthals
Nov 03, 2023
How Poisons Have Shaped Life On Earth
Nov 02, 2023
Placenta Research May Help Explain Pregnancy Loss
Nov 01, 2023
A Common Cold Medicine Ingredient Doesn’t Work. What Now?
Oct 31, 2023
Diving Into Elon Musk’s Mind
Oct 30, 2023
RSV Drug Shortage & Beech Leaf Disease
Oct 27, 2023
When Studying Ecology Means Celebrating Its Gifts
Oct 26, 2023
Unlocking The Mysteries Of A Metal-Rich Asteroid
Oct 25, 2023
Rapidly Evolving Trout & Ancient Hyper-Apex Predators
Oct 24, 2023
Finding Meaning In The Cosmos
Oct 23, 2023
‘Clean Hydrogen Hub’ Awardees & Formula One Car Paint
Oct 20, 2023
What Is Your Cat Doing When You're Not Watching?
Oct 19, 2023
The Stories Of The First Six Women Astronauts
Oct 18, 2023
A Mathematician Asks ‘Is Math Real?’
Oct 17, 2023
The mRNA Vaccine Revolution
Oct 16, 2023
Ancient Human Footprints & 'Ring Of Fire' Eclipse
Oct 13, 2023
Saltwater Wedge In The Mississippi & Kenya's Geothermal Boom
Oct 12, 2023
How Artists And Scientists Collaborated To Make Art About HIV
Oct 11, 2023
Full-Body MRIs Promise To Detect Disease Early. Do They Work?
Oct 10, 2023
Meet The Doctor Who Solves Medical Mysteries
Oct 09, 2023
mRNA Research Wins Nobel Prize & Lightning On Venus
Oct 06, 2023
Placebo Effect, Technoableism, Florida Citrus, Neuroscience Music. Sept 29, 2023, Part 2
Sep 29, 2023
Vision and the Brain, Jellypalooza. Sept 29, 2023, Part 1
Sep 29, 2023
Ocean Climate Solutions, Florida Corals, Climate Video Games. Sept 22, 2023, Part 2
Sep 22, 2023
Our Fragile Moment, Climate Comedy. Sept 22, 2023, Part 1
Sep 22, 2023
New Covid Vaccine, Moroccan Earthquake, Native Bees. Sept 15, 2023, Part 2
Sep 15, 2023
Radioactive Wildlife, Bus Stop Heat, Football Jersey Numbers. Sept 15, 2023, Part 1
Sep 15, 2023
Tree Soil, Rodent Biologist, Soundscape Artist. Sept 8, 2023, Part 2
Sep 08, 2023
Embryo Model, Sweat, Whale Vocal Fry. September 8, 2023, Part 1
Sep 08, 2023
An AI for Smell, Heat and Agricultural Workers, Golden Lion Tamarin, Y Chromosome. Sept 1, 2023, Part 2
Sep 01, 2023
US Surgeon General On Mental Health, Tracking Tick Bites. Sept 1, 2023, Part 1
Sep 01, 2023
Old Things Considered: La Brea, Megalodon, Dino Footprints, Surviving History. Aug 25, 2023, Part 2
Aug 25, 2023
Sea Otters, Alaskan Minerals, Salmon Restoration. Aug 25, 2023, Part 1
Aug 25, 2023
Women Athletes, Stem Cell Cornea Repair, Sand. August 18, 2023, Part 2
Aug 18, 2023
Covid Update, Brain Fog Research, Toilet to Tap. Aug 18, 2023, Part 1
Aug 18, 2023
Hawai’i Wildfires, Blue-Fin Tuna Science, Maine’s New Lithium Deposit. August 11, 2023, Part 1
Aug 11, 2023
Pod Pregnancy Movie, Increase In Deep-Sea Mining, Upcoming Astronomical Delights. August 11, 2023, Part 2
Aug 11, 2023
Answering Evolution Questions, Planetary Protection. Aug 4, 2023, Part 2
Aug 04, 2023
Artificial Sweetener Safety, Nuclear Weapons Tech. Aug 4, 2023, Part 1
Aug 04, 2023
The Cat’s Meow, Chumash Marine Sanctuary, EV Tires. July 28, 2023, Part 2
Jul 28, 2023
Kākāpō Conservation, NYC Parrots, One Year After the Dobbs Decision. July 28, 2023, Part 1
Jul 28, 2023
How Does The Brain Control Your Every Move? July 21, 2023, Part 1
Jul 21, 2023
What To Know Before You Go See ‘Oppenheimer’. July 21, 2023, Part 2
Jul 21, 2023
Lab-Grown Meat Approval, Underground Climate Change, Utahraptor. July 14, 2023, Part 2
Jul 14, 2023
Youth Mental Health Crisis, Repairing Sharks’ Bad Reputation. July 14, 2023, Part 1
Jul 14, 2023
Accessible Birding, Space Sounds, Wasps. July 7, 2023. Part 2
Jul 07, 2023
Beavers, Pando Tree, $7 Violin. July 7, 2023. Part 1
Jul 07, 2023
Cloning for Conservation, Cubesats, Queer Ecology, Henry Petroski. June 30, 2023, Part 2
Jun 30, 2023
Hum Of The Universe, Cephalopod Event In Miami. June 30, 2023, Part 1
Jun 30, 2023
Social Media Chaos, Remembering Whale Song Scientist Roger Payne. June 23, 2023, Part 2
Jun 23, 2023
Cephalopod Week Salutes See-Thru Squid, Hyperbole In Science Publishing, Art and the Brain, Rover Competition. June 23, 2023, Part 1
Jun 23, 2023
Avian Flu, Curly Hair. June 16, 2023, Part 2
Jun 16, 2023
Science Books For Summer Reading. June 16, 2023, Part 1
Jun 16, 2023
Living Underwater For 100 Days, Refineries’ Excess Emissions, Owl Facts. June 9, 2023, Part 2
Jun 09, 2023
Wildfire Smoke, Jurassic Park Reflection, Mosquito DNA Editing. June 9, 2023, Part 1
Jun 09, 2023
Dwarf Tomatoes, Saguaro Cactus, Sonoran Desert. June 2, 2023, Part 2
Jun 02, 2023
Rewilding, Allergy Season, Sharing Science Rejections. June 2, 2023, Part 1
Jun 02, 2023
Zoonomia Genetics Project, Telomeres, Mutter Museum. May 26, 2023, Part 1
May 26, 2023
Experiencing Pain, Grief and the Cosmos, Ivory-Billed Controversy. May 26, 2023, Part 2
May 26, 2023
Weight and Health Myths, A Corvid Invasion. May 19, 2023, Part 1
May 19, 2023
The B Broadcast: Bees, Beans, Bears, and Butterflies. May 19, 2023, Part 2
May 19, 2023
Star Trek Science, Listening to Pando. May 12, 2023, Part 2
May 12, 2023
US COVID Health Emergency Ends. May 12, 2023, Part 1
May 12, 2023
Antibiotic Resistance, Space Launches and the Environment, Phage Therapy. May 5, 2023, Part 2
May 05, 2023
Why Rats Love Cities, Science Of Saliva And Taste. May 5, 2023, Part 1
May 05, 2023
Personifying AI, The Reading Brain, Environmental Sampling Via Bees. April 28, 2023, Part 2
Apr 28, 2023
History And Science Of Chickens, Climate Activism, Pipeline Movie. April 28, 2023, Part 1
Apr 28, 2023
Introducing Our New Podcast: Universe Of Art
Apr 22, 2023
Anesthesia 101, Carbon-Sequestering Poplars, Period Book. April 21, 2023, Part 1
Apr 21, 2023
The Myth of the Alpha Wolf, Cherokee Nation Seed Banks, History of Gender Affirming Care. April 21, 2023, Part 2
Apr 21, 2023
‘Possibility Of Life’ Book, PFAS Sewage, ‘Smart’ Play. April 14, 2023, Part 2
Apr 14, 2023
EV Proposal, Lactose Intolerance. April 14, 2023, Part 1
Apr 14, 2023
Artemis II Astronauts, AI Research Pause, Terra Nil Video Game. April 7, 2023, Part 2
Apr 07, 2023
Plants Make Sounds, Frog Science, COVID Vaccine Update. April 7, 2023, Part 1
Apr 07, 2023
Mapping An Insect Brain, Climate Education, Audubon Name, Wastewater Methane. March 31, 2023, Part 2
Mar 31, 2023
Early Spring, Mumps On The Rise, Gulf Of Maine, Supermassive Black Hole. March 31, 2023, Part 1
Mar 31, 2023
New NASA Science Head, Climate and Fungus, Whiskey Fungus, Animal Testing Alternatives. March 24, 2023, Part 2
Mar 24, 2023
March Mammal Madness, Underwater Volcano, Listening to Space. March 24th, 2023, Part 1
Mar 24, 2023
Smart Toilet, Soft Robotics, Naked Mole Rats. March 17, 2023, Part 2
Mar 17, 2023
Drugs Designed By AI, The Phosphorus Paradox, Regulating PFAS Chemicals. March 17, 2023, Part 1
Mar 17, 2023
Tips And Tricks To Grow Your Garden In A Changing Climate. March 10, 2023, Part 2
Mar 10, 2023
A New Controversial Black Hole Theory, Saving The Great Salt Lake. March 10, 2023, Part 1
Mar 10, 2023
Science At The Oscars, Finding Shackleton’s “Endurance” Ship. March 3, 2023, Part 1
Mar 03, 2023
Social Media’s ‘Chaos Machine,’ Whale Vocal Fry, Distant Galaxies. March 3, 2023, Part 2
Mar 03, 2023
AI And Hip Hop, Self-Planting Seeds, Abortion Pill Facing Restrictions. Feb 24, 2023, Part 1
Feb 24, 2023
“All That Breathes’ Film, Repatriating Native American Remains, Benjamin Banneker. Feb 24, 2023, Part 2
Feb 24, 2023
Spy Balloons, Cost of Cancer Care, Seaweed, Chocolate Mouthfeel. Feb 17, 2023, Part 2
Feb 17, 2023
Ohio Train Spill, Mushroom And Memory, Water Infrastructure. Feb 17, 2023, Part 1
Feb 17, 2023
Rethinking Dementia Care. February 10, 2023, Part 2
Feb 10, 2023
ChatGPT And The Future Of AI, Turkey Earthquakes. February 10, 2023, Part 1
Feb 10, 2023
Climate Change Music, Industrial Animal Husbandry, Grief Book. Feb 3, 2023, Part 2
Feb 03, 2023
Science Of ‘The Last Of Us’ Fungi, New U.S. Nuclear Power. Feb 3, 2023, Part 1
Feb 03, 2023
Accessible Birding, Human Water Consumption, Road Salt Impacts, Terraformers Book. Jan 27, 2023, Part 2
Jan 27, 2023
Art Crime Science, Long Covid Update, Earth's Slowing Core. Jan 27, 2023, Part 1
Jan 27, 2023
Gas Stoves, Next Gen Vaccines, Printed Violins. January 20, 2023, Part 2
Jan 20, 2023
Children’s Antibiotics Shortage, Bat Vocalizations, Life’s Biggest Questions. January 20, 2023, Part 1
Jan 20, 2023
Tech To Watch, Pests. January 13, 2023, Part 2
Jan 13, 2023
Lab-Grown Meat Progress, Early Human Migration Updates. January 13, 2023, Part 1
Jan 13, 2023
Science Comedy, Shifting Rules For Abortion Pills. Jan 6, 2023, Part 1
Jan 06, 2023
Redlining and Baltimore Trees, The Root Of A Gopher Mystery, Cold and the Nose, Glass Frogs. Jan 6, 2023, Part 2
Jan 06, 2023
Astronaut Food, Nope Creature, Nature Soundscapes. Dec 30, 2022, Part 2
Dec 30, 2022
Champagne Fizzics, Last Days of the Dinosaurs, Vole Girl. Dec 30, 2022, Part 1
Dec 30, 2022
Glitter, Chestnuts, DNA Data Art, Mistletoe. Dec 23, 2022, Part 2
Dec 23, 2022
Top Science Stories Of 2022, Beavers, Christmas Tree Care. Dec 23, 2022, Part 1
Dec 23, 2022
Fusion Advance, Cancer Clinical Trial, Christmas Trees And Climate, Best Video Games. December 16, 2022, Part 1
Dec 16, 2022
Improving Care For Disabled Patients, Transistor Anniversary, Whale Strikes. December 16, 2022, Part 2
Dec 16, 2022
Medicinal Psychedelics Study, AI Art. December 9, 2022, Part 2
Dec 09, 2022
The Future Of Birds In North America, 190th Birthday For Tortoise. December 9, 2022, Part 1
Dec 09, 2022
Hawai'i's Volcanic Eruption, Science Of Chemistry Nobel, What Is ‘Swing’ In Jazz? Dec 2, 2022, Part 1
Dec 02, 2022
Xenotransplantation, Internet of Things, Sea Life Essays, Water Taste-Testing. Dec 2, 2022, Part 2
Dec 02, 2022
Largest Animal Crossing, First Complete Human Genome, Exoplanet Discoveries. November 25, 2022, Part 2
Nov 25, 2022
Best Science Books For Kids, Indigenous Science, Ignobel Prizes. November 25, 2022, Part 1
Nov 25, 2022
NASA Artemis Mission Launches To The Moon, Science Behind Thanksgiving Meals. November 18, 2022, Part 2
Nov 18, 2022
What Is The Metaverse, Missouri Groundwater Contamination, Eight Billion People On Earth. November 18, 2022, Part 1
Nov 18, 2022
Dr. Fauci’s Exit Interview, Goodnight Oppy Mars Film, Science On The Ballot. Nov 11, 2022, Part 1
Nov 11, 2022
The US Battles RSV, Neural Connections, La Brea Tar Pits. Nov 11, 2022, Part 2
Nov 11, 2022
Contraceptive Failures, Future Of Combating Covid, Rapid Evolution In The Anthropocene. Nov 4, 2022, Part 1
Nov 04, 2022
Fall Foliage Research, Voyager Scientist Retires, Flaws in Human Judgement, Milky Way Tell-All. Nov 4, 2022, Part 2
Nov 04, 2022
Cat Purrs, AI Darth Vader Voice, Deathcaps, Eating Jellyfish. Oct 28, 2022, Part 2
Oct 28, 2022
SciFri Book Club Returns, Upcoming Winter Illnesses. Oct 28, 2022, Part 1
Oct 28, 2022
Asking For Help, PFAS Chemicals, Plastics Recycling, Depression Book. October 21, 2022. Part 2
Oct 21, 2022
Societal Climate Impacts, Alaskan Crab Shortage, Protected Fisheries Surprise. October 21, 2022, Part 1
Oct 21, 2022
Eco-Death Care, Brain Memory Prosthetic, Space Food. Oct 14, 2022, Part 2
Oct 14, 2022
How Gamification Has Taken Over, Brewing An Ancient Beer Again. Oct 14, 2022, Part 1
Oct 14, 2022
Science Issues In the Election, Diabetes and Hibernating Bears, Medicine Nobel. Oct 7, 2022, Part 2
Oct 07, 2022
Planning To Power The Electric Vehicle Boom, Hurricane Ian Aftermath. October 7, 2022, Part 1
Oct 07, 2022
New Alzheimer’s Drug, Bangladeshi Water Machine, Recording Earth’s Sounds. Sept 30, 2022, Part 1
Sep 30, 2022
DART Asteroid Mission, Rescue Robots, Raccoon Vaccination, Medical Marijuana and Workplace Rules, Lanternfly Signals. Sept 30, 2022, Part 2
Sep 30, 2022
Undersea Rovers, Swimming Sperm, Teen Inventor, Soil Judging. Sep 23, 2022, Part 2
Sep 23, 2022
Big Ideas In Physics, Saturn’s Rings, Soylent Green. Sep 23, 2022, Part 1
Sep 23, 2022