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Science Friday
Science Friday
Science Friday and WNYC Studios

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Episodes

Fire Risk To Homes Where Cities And Wildlands Meet

About a third of US homes are in a wildland-urban interface, a kind of high-risk area where development meets open... more

20 Jan 2025 · 18 minutes
2 Private Lunar Landers | Cervical Cancer Deaths Plummet, Experts Credit HPV Vaccine

The SpaceX rocket carries lunar landers from companies based in Texas and Japan. They could arrive at the moon in... more

17 Jan 2025 · 24 minutes
‘Artificial General Intelligence’ Is Apparently Coming. What Is It?

For years, AI companies have said that AGI is coming soon. But what does the term mean, and what is... more

16 Jan 2025 · 17 minutes
NASA Considers Cheaper Ways To Retrieve Mars Samples | How Does A Hula Hoop Stay Up?

Scientists investigated how the shape of the human body makes hula hooping possible—and what hips and a waist have to... more

15 Jan 2025 · 17 minutes
Surgeon General Highlights Link Between Alcohol And Cancer

In his final advisory, Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy spotlights how alcohol increases the risk of developing certain cancers.

14 Jan 2025 · 18 minutes
First U.S. Bird Flu Death Raises Concerns About Preparedness

This week, the U.S. reported its first human death from bird flu amid a rise in cases globally.

13 Jan 2025 · 19 minutes
Meet Flora Lichtman | Los Angeles Wildfires Stoked By Santa Ana Winds

After her SciFri internship 20 years ago, Flora went on to become a beloved science journalist, video producer, and podcaster.... more

10 Jan 2025 · 23 minutes
What Lichen Tell Us About Ecology, Air Quality, And More

Ira is joined on stage by experts in Portland, Oregon, to talk about the amazing world of lichen and their... more

09 Jan 2025 · 30 minutes
Biologists Call For A Halt To ‘Mirror Life’ Research

A “mirror organism” would have proteins and DNA shaped in a way that’s the mirror image of how they naturally... more

08 Jan 2025 · 18 minutes
The Breakthrough Technologies To Watch In 2025

Unsurprisingly, artificial intelligence is still poised to be a major driver of technological change this year.

07 Jan 2025 · 18 minutes