Science Friday

By Science Friday and WNYC Studios

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Subscribers: 12523
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
A Nobel Prize For Chemistry Work ‘Totally Separate From Biology’
Dec 02, 2024
Alan Alda Reflects On Life With Parkinson’s
Nov 29, 2024
A Horn Of Potato Plenty | Adding Marbling To Fake Meat For An Extra-Realistic Bite
Nov 28, 2024
A Nutritionist Clarifies Some Common Health Claims
Nov 27, 2024
Restoring Drinking Water After Hurricane Helene | Oyster Shell Reefs And Sea Level Rise
Nov 26, 2024
50 Years Of Science With Lucy, Our Famous Early Ancestor
Nov 25, 2024
SpaceX’s Starship Completes In-Orbit Engine Test | Resuscitating Shipwrecked Rye Seeds
Nov 22, 2024
Chef Jack Bishop Breaks Down ‘The Science of Good Cooking’
Nov 21, 2024
Bacteriophages Lurk In Your Bathroom, But Don’t Worry
Nov 20, 2024
Managing Invasive Plants And Ticks Together | Clue Into The Evolution Of The Bird Brain
Nov 19, 2024
The Gurgling, Growling History Of The Gut
Nov 18, 2024
At COP29, The World’s Top Polluters Are No-Shows | Walking Pneumonia Is Spiking
Nov 15, 2024
Oliver Sacks Searched The Brain For The Origins Of Music
Nov 14, 2024
CAR-T Cell Therapy For Autoimmune Diseases | Measuring Early Life Adversity—In Marmots
Nov 13, 2024
Your Arm Position Can Make Blood Pressure Readings Inaccurate
Nov 12, 2024
Why Do We Keep Widening Highways If It Doesn’t Reduce Traffic?
Nov 11, 2024
Ballot Measures Passed To Protect Abortion Rights | New Largest Prime Number
Nov 08, 2024
Chickens Have Friendships And Reputations | Tourist Photos May Help Map Penguin Colonies
Nov 07, 2024
The Clean Air Act Has Saved Millions Of Lives—But Gaps Remain
Nov 06, 2024
How Does Long-Distance Running Affect Your Body?
Nov 05, 2024
Gender-Affirming Care Is On The Line In This Election
Nov 04, 2024
Maine Offshore Wind Auction Draws Few Bids | An Artist Combines Indigenous Textiles With Modern Tech
Nov 01, 2024
After A Park Fire, Milkweed Bloomed | The ‘Creepy’ Procedure That Taps Into Young Blood
Oct 31, 2024
How Insects Changed The World—And Human Cultures
Oct 30, 2024
The Science Behind Third-Trimester Abortions
Oct 29, 2024
How Aging Water Systems Are Pushing Sewage Into U.S. Homes
Oct 28, 2024
Did Dinosaur Flight Evolve More Than Once? | Biodiversity’s Biggest Event Is Underway
Oct 25, 2024
How Do Animals Understand Death?
Oct 24, 2024
MRIs Show How The Brain Changes During Pregnancy
Oct 23, 2024
How Metaphor Shapes Science | Intertwining The Lives Of Moths And Humans Through Music
Oct 22, 2024
NASA’s Europa Clipper Heads To Jupiter’s Icy Moon Europa
Oct 21, 2024
Pandas Return To Washington, D.C. | A Lesser-Known Grain Called Kernza
Oct 18, 2024
How Health Misinformation Spreads | A Play About Ben Franklin And His Son
Oct 17, 2024
Searching The Universe For Clues To The Ultra-Small
Oct 16, 2024
What Makes ‘SuperAgers’ Stay Healthy For So Long?
Oct 15, 2024
Asheville Was Never A ‘Climate Haven.’ Nowhere Is.
Oct 14, 2024
The Science Behind Hurricane Milton | ‘Unsettling’ Warm Water In Lake Michigan
Oct 11, 2024
How Campaigns Use Psychology To Get Out The Vote
Oct 10, 2024
How Gut Microbes Are Linked To Stress Resilience
Oct 09, 2024
How Magnetic Brain Stimulation Helps Relieve Depression
Oct 08, 2024
How The Origin Of Life On Earth Can Help Find Life In Space
Oct 07, 2024
Hurricane Helene's Effect On The Global Tech Industry | A Stretchy Band-Aid For The Heart
Oct 04, 2024
Herbicides Approved For Public Land | Hidden Physics In Van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’
Oct 03, 2024
Improving Hospitals’ Support For Teens In Mental Health Crises
Oct 02, 2024
Greenhouse Gases From Anesthesia | Fighting Militarization In The Mariana Islands
Oct 01, 2024
Empowering Older Adults To Step Up For The Climate
Sep 30, 2024
Microsoft Makes Deal To Restart Three Mile Island | Fish That Use Their Legs To Taste
Sep 27, 2024
Former NIH Director Reflects On Public Mistrust In Science
Sep 26, 2024
How Are AI Chatbots Changing Scientific Publishing?
Sep 25, 2024
These Artists Serve Up Environmental Crises Through Food
Sep 24, 2024
Surgeon General Takes On Parental Stress And Mental Health
Sep 23, 2024
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