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Science Friday: How to Get More for Your Bite
An interview with Barb Stuckey, a food inventor and author of Taste What You're Missing, who talks about how to fully experience the taste of your food. Aired Mar. 9, 2012 [18:09 min]
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Science Friday: Get Inked for Science
An interview with author Carl Zimmer about his book Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed, which looks at science tattoos. Aired Jan. 13, 2012 [11:53 min]
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Science Friday: Google Enters the Smartphone Business, Maybe
After Google bought Motorola Mobility, there was speculation about whether the company would enter the smartphone market with its Android platform, and what this might mean for the industry. Aired Aug. 19, 2011 [10:35]
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Science Friday: Happy Pi Day
A celebration of March 14, or 3.14, which is Pi Day. People on the street are questioned about their knowledge of pi, and we see how the Exploratorium in New York observes this special mathematics day. Aired Mar. 14, 2008 [17:50]
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Science Friday: A Grammy in Math
Joe talks with Kevin Short, a mathematician at the University of New Hampshire who shared in a Grammy award for work in restoring an historic recording of Woody Guthrie.
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Science Friday: How Much Is a Trillion?
In an effort to comprehend the largeness of the 3.1 trillion dollars in the 2009 U.S. budget, this audio recording discusses ways of visualizing this number. [13:56] Aired Feb. 8, 2008
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Science Friday: Author of Robopocalypse on the Future of Robotics
A discussion with Daniel H. Wilson, author of Robopocalypse, talks about his new book and the future of robotics.
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Science Friday: Chilling in Antarctica
Two scientists and a writer describe their experiences in Antarctica, from tagging penguins to sampling volcanic rock.
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Science Friday: Cell Phone Microscope
Researchers describe an portable fluorescent microscope they've built using a cell phone and inexpensive parts.
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Science Friday: Grasshopper Invasion
An invasion of grasshoppers was anticipated in 2010 due to the high numbers of adult grasshoppers in the previous year. The potential impact of this in the Plains and Western states is discussed. Aired Apr. 2, 2010 [8:15]
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Science Friday: Asteroid Heading Toward Mars
Scientists discuss an asteroid near miss from hitting Mars in 2007. Find out the implications of such a collision.
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Science Friday: Growing the Technology for Artificial Leaves
An interview with Daniel Nocera at MIT about his research into creating artificial photosynthesis as a method of generating solar energy. One application would be to use it for a power generation system in developing countries. Aired...
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Science Friday: Bees and Beekeeping
Get an update on the health of bee colonies, and find out about Colony Collapse Disorder, a malady devastating bee colonies around the country.
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Science Friday: Gene Therapy for Blindness
A look at research into the use of gene therapy to treat a type of congenital blindness. Aired May 2, 2008 [23:33]
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Science Friday: Thinning Brain May Point to Depression
Scientists have found some evidence that a thinning of the outer brain surface may be a risk factor in depression. They discuss their research in this interview. Aired May 27, 2009 [17:47]
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Science Friday: Hydrogen From a Bacterial Brew
A scientist explains a process researchers have developed for producing hydrogen from a microbial fuel cell. Aired Nov. 16, 2007 [11:15]
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Science Friday: Making a Computer From Bubbles
Listen to this discussion of a Video Pick of the Week, which looks at how bubbles can be used to behave like electrons in a computer circuit in order to do computations. Includes a link to the video. Aired Jan. 13, 2012. [6:38]
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Science Friday: Secrets of the Spleen
Scientists doing research on the spleen now believe that it may serve as a vehicle for communication between the brain and the immune system. They think that if they can tap into this function, they may be able to heighten a person's...
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Science Friday: Personal Genome Project
The Personal Genome Project started at Harvard University is a human genetics project that aims to put the personal genomes and health data of participants online to share with other researchers. One goal is to make this type of...
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Science Friday: Hm, Amnesia, and Memory
The case of Henry Gustav Molaison, or HM as scientists knew him, changed the course of brain research. HM suffered from amnesia from the age of 27, and could not remember anything beyond the last thirty seconds. He passed away shortly...
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Science Friday: Towards a Blood Test for Alzheimer's
Researchers have discovered that they may be on the brink of developing a blood test to screen for possible Alzheimer's disease. Aired Oct. 19, 2007 [9:20]
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Science Friday: New Views of the Universe From Herschel and Planck Telescopes
A conversation about the launching of the Herschel and Planck observatories by NASA and the ESA. Scientists discuss the features of these observatories, where they will be stationed in space, and what we hope to learn from them. Aired...
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Science Friday: Heating Up on a Distant Planet
An interview with astronomer Greg Laughlin about planet HD80606b, an exoplanet with extreme fluctuations in its temperature in a matter of hours. Aired Jan. 30, 2009 [10:16 min]
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Science Friday: Voyager 1 Probing Solar System's Distant Edge
A discussion with chief scientist Ed Stone about what we are still learning from Voyager 1 as it nears the edge of our solar system, over thirty years after its launch into space. Aired June 17, 2011 [11:58]