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Science Friday
Science Friday and WNYC Studios
150 episodes
22 hours ago
Covering the outer reaches of space to the tiniest microbes in our bodies, Science Friday is the source for entertaining and educational stories about science, technology, and other cool stuff.
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Natural Sciences
Science,
Earth Sciences,
Life Sciences
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Covering the outer reaches of space to the tiniest microbes in our bodies, Science Friday is the source for entertaining and educational stories about science, technology, and other cool stuff.
Show more...
Natural Sciences
Science,
Earth Sciences,
Life Sciences
Episodes (20/150)
Science Friday
After Her Grants Got Cut, This Researcher Is Suing The NIH
Katie Edwards has lost millions of dollars in grant money, bringing her research to a standstill. She’s taking the fight to court.
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3 days ago
13 minutes 7 seconds

Science Friday
New Telescope Captures The Cosmos In Groundbreaking Detail
The telescope has the largest digital camera ever made. It's so precise that one image alone contains 10 million galaxies.
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4 days ago
12 minutes 38 seconds

Science Friday
How Scientists Made The First Gene-Editing Treatment For A Baby
Last month, a baby got the world’s first personalized gene-editing treatment. What will this mean for millions of others with genetic diseases?
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5 days ago
18 minutes 56 seconds

Science Friday
Ancient Bone Proteins May Offer Insight On Megafauna Extinction
Collagen from a fossilized bone fragment can identify the animal it came from. And, some new info about our galaxy’s eventual extinction.
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6 days ago
19 minutes 23 seconds

Science Friday
The Leap: You Do Realize… That’s Impossible
Physicist Suchitra Sebastian may have discovered a new state of matter. But the hardest part was convincing the doubters.
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1 week ago
23 minutes 47 seconds

Science Friday
What We’re Learning From The James Webb Space Telescope
JWST has detected the earliest galaxies in the universe, but some look “more mature” than expected. Is it time to rethink how galaxies form?
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1 week ago
17 minutes 47 seconds

Science Friday
How ‘Super Agers’ Stay Sharp And Active Longer Than Their Peers
Super agers are folks who stay fit into their 80s and beyond. What’s behind their unique health and longevity?
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1 week ago
30 minutes 49 seconds

Science Friday
A Dino’s Last Dinner And Eavesdropping Birds
Scientists look inside the fossilized stomach contents of a massive dinosaur. And, why some birds listen for prairie dogs’ alarm calls.
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1 week ago
20 minutes 46 seconds

Science Friday
What Are The Best Practices For Prostate Cancer Screening?
Former President Joe Biden’s diagnosis with an aggressive form of prostate cancer has put a spotlight on prostate cancer screening.
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1 week ago
18 minutes 46 seconds

Science Friday
The Leap: Garbage In, Garbage Out
Biochemist Virginia Man-Yee Lee has spent her career unlocking the proteins involved in neurodegenerative diseases. Her secret? Happiness.
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2 weeks ago
29 minutes 38 seconds

Science Friday
RFK Jr. Reshuffles CDC Vaccine Panel With Vaccine Skeptics
The health secretary fired the entire panel that recommends vaccines. Plus, the EPA moves to expedite cleanup of Superfund sites.
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2 weeks ago
25 minutes 26 seconds

Science Friday
What’s Next For China’s Space Program?
From lunar missions to a space station to an asteroid rendezvous, China has been making impressive strides in spaceflight.
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2 weeks ago
19 minutes 24 seconds

Science Friday
The Ruin And Redemption Of The American Prairie
Tallgrass prairies in the United States were cleared for industrial farms. Can the lost biodiversity be restored?
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2 weeks ago
18 minutes 31 seconds

Science Friday
Bedbugs Have Been Bugging Us Since Before Beds
New research follows a distinct lineage of bedbugs that lived alongside humans for thousands of years, suggesting they might be the first human pest.
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2 weeks ago
18 minutes 48 seconds

Science Friday
The Leap: A Scientist’s Quest To See Every Organism On Earth
Manu Prakash wants to map the whole tree of life, with the help of everyone on this planet.
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3 weeks ago
25 minutes 55 seconds

Science Friday
Are We Prepared To Fight ‘The New Polio’?
A mysterious polio-like disease could challenge our healthcare infrastructure. And, zooming in on non-cancerous cells in and around tumors.
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3 weeks ago
25 minutes 23 seconds

Science Friday
How Science Communication Can Step Up Amid Federal Cuts
As funding for US science is slashed, a science photographer and researcher takes a hard look at how scientists communicate their work.
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3 weeks ago
18 minutes 21 seconds

Science Friday
How Cannibalistic Tadpoles Could Curb Invasive Cane Toads
Scientists used gene-editing technology to create “Peter Pan” tadpoles that would eat the eggs of Australia’s cane toads—and never grow up.
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3 weeks ago
18 minutes 49 seconds

Science Friday
Turning The Binoculars On Birders
Lace up those comfortable sneakers, and get out your bug spray and field guides, because we’re about to go birder-watching.
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3 weeks ago
18 minutes 24 seconds

Science Friday
The Leap: Be Bold Or Just Don't Do It
Plant biologist Joanne Chory spent her career trying to grow plants that could sequester CO2 in their roots. Her wild ideas took hold.
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4 weeks ago
26 minutes 22 seconds

Science Friday
Covering the outer reaches of space to the tiniest microbes in our bodies, Science Friday is the source for entertaining and educational stories about science, technology, and other cool stuff.