Science Friday

By Science Friday and WNYC Studios

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Subscribers: 12619
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
The Science Of Thriving In Winter—By Embracing It
Jan 30, 2025
The Factors That Make Bird Sounds So Diverse Across The World
Jan 29, 2025
Can Paxlovid Relieve Long COVID Symptoms? For Some, Yes
Jan 28, 2025
AI Is Coming Up With Brand New Molecules, Fueling Drug Discovery
Jan 27, 2025
Trump Administration Cancels Meetings, Freezes Hiring At NIH | What Is A Meme Coin?
Jan 24, 2025
Why Editors At Scientific Journals Are Resigning En Masse
Jan 23, 2025
This January, See A ‘Planet Parade’ In The Night Sky
Jan 22, 2025
‘Orbital’ Imagines The Inner Lives Of Astronauts On The ISS
Jan 21, 2025
Fire Risk To Homes Where Cities And Wildlands Meet
Jan 20, 2025
2 Private Lunar Landers | Cervical Cancer Deaths Plummet, Experts Credit HPV Vaccine
Jan 17, 2025
‘Artificial General Intelligence’ Is Apparently Coming. What Is It?
Jan 16, 2025
NASA Considers Cheaper Ways To Retrieve Mars Samples | How Does A Hula Hoop Stay Up?
Jan 15, 2025
Surgeon General Highlights Link Between Alcohol And Cancer
Jan 14, 2025
First U.S. Bird Flu Death Raises Concerns About Preparedness
Jan 13, 2025
Meet Flora Lichtman | Los Angeles Wildfires Stoked By Santa Ana Winds
Jan 10, 2025
What Lichen Tell Us About Ecology, Air Quality, And More
Jan 09, 2025
Biologists Call For A Halt To ‘Mirror Life’ Research
Jan 08, 2025
The Breakthrough Technologies To Watch In 2025
Jan 07, 2025
What Scientists Have Learned From 125 Years Of Bird Counts
Jan 06, 2025
Scientists Predict Loss Of Deep Snow In Most Of U.S.
Jan 03, 2025
Jane Goodall On Life Among Chimpanzees
Dec 31, 2024
The Science That Captivated SciFri’s Reporters In 2024
Dec 30, 2024
Health, Astronomy, And Climate Experts On 2024’s Coolest Science
Dec 27, 2024
Meet Leaders Of 3 Local Conservation Projects | Preserving ‘Space Junk’ Left On Mars
Dec 26, 2024
The Top Dino Discoveries Of 2024 | Can Spiking Eggnog Kill Bacteria From Raw Eggs?
Dec 25, 2024
Parker Solar Probe Will Make Closest-Ever Approach To Sun
Dec 24, 2024
If ‘Interstellar’ Were Made Today, What Would Be Different?
Dec 23, 2024
Farewell, Murder Hornet | What FAA Regulations Tell Us About Mysterious Drone Sightings
Dec 20, 2024
How Blind Women In India Detect Early Breast Cancer | Web-Slinging Silk Becomes Real
Dec 19, 2024
8.5 Hours Of Daily Sitting Linked To Higher BMI And Cholesterol
Dec 18, 2024
The Accidental Discovery That Gave Us ‘Forever Chemicals’ | A Pregnancy Play Inspired By Mushroom Research
Dec 17, 2024
How Empire and Environmental Destruction Go Hand-In-Hand
Dec 16, 2024
The Universe Is Expanding Faster Than Expected | Are Food Recalls Actually On The Rise?
Dec 13, 2024
You Share Your Gut Microbiome With Your Friends
Dec 12, 2024
Marie Curie And The Women Scientists Who Became Her Legacy
Dec 11, 2024
Protecting Against Poison Exposure This Holiday Season
Dec 10, 2024
2024’s Best Science Books For Kids
Dec 09, 2024
Supreme Court Case On Regulation Of Vapes | Predicting Lithium-Ion Battery Explosions
Dec 06, 2024
A Theatrical Tribute To Unexpected Science
Dec 05, 2024
'They Might Be Giants' Sings About Science
Dec 04, 2024
What Was It Like To Witness The End Of The Dinosaurs?
Dec 03, 2024
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