Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Disguising Secret Messages, in a Game of Spy vs. Spy
Steganographic techniques allow a message to be hidden inside a more ordinary looking photo, video, or text.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: What I Did on My Summer Vacation
What things related to science, technology, or the environment did YOU do this summer? Call in and tell us what you did on your summer vacation, and how you did it.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Cooking for Geeks
Do you like to experiment with your food? We'll talk with the author of a new book about science, technology, and DIY hacks in the kitchen.
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Science Friday: Instructables Halloween
Need to put a little geek in your Halloween? We'll get tips from the folks at Instructables about incorporating some engineering DIY into your spookfest.
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Science Friday: Cleaning Up the Oil
Efforts to implement a 'top kill,' pumping heavy mud into the broken riser pipe coming from the Deepwater Horizon oil well, are in progress, with hopeful signs.
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Science Friday: Science of Zombies
Yes, we know they're imaginary -- but what would a psychiatrist make of the brain of a zombie?
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Science Friday: Top Tech Gadgets
We'll talk about the best -- and worst -- geeky gadgets on the technology market this holiday season.
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Science Friday: Technology and the Brain
What can the way we interact with technology teach us about the way we interact with each other?
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Science Friday: Now Hear This: Speech Recognition
Speech recognition systems are moving beyond providing train schedules and movie times.
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Science Friday: Y2 K Revisited
We dip into the Science Friday archives for a trip back to December 31, 1999, and a look at 'The Y2K Problem.'We dip into the Science Friday archives for a trip back to December 31, 1999, and a look at 'The Y2K Problem.
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Science Friday: Kinect Technology
Microsoft's new gaming interface tracks your body's movements, without handheld controllers.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: The Science of Beer and Brewing
Yeast, hops, grain, water, biology, chemistry, and physics, all go into making a great glass of beer.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Searching for Meaning in a Cheap Toaster
Author Thomas Thwaites discusses his quest to build a simple toaster from scratch, starting with iron ore.
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Science Friday: Planetary Sciences Update
We'll take you inside the American Astronomical Society's Planetary Sciences meeting, going on this week.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Physics Nobel for Graphene
Graphene, a thin sheet of carbon atoms, has been the focus of much attention in materials science. This week, the Nobel Prize in physics went to two pioneers in the field.
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Science Friday: Kids' Science Challenge
We'll talk about the Kids' Science Challenge, a NSF-funded competition that challenges kids to come up with problems that can be solved via science.
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Science Friday: Building a Nano Yarn
Researchers describe a new way to create yarns containing exotic materials, from battery ingredients to catalysts to superconductors.
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Science Friday: Citizen Science Projects for the New Year
No lab? No Ph.D.? No problem. Sign on for some citizen science.
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Science Friday: Buying Happiness
Psychologists say buying experiences, not things, can can make you happier.
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Science Friday: Science Book Picks for 2007
In this segment, Ira and guests discuss notable books about science, medicine, and the environment that were published in the last year. Call in with your own suggestions!
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Science Friday: Punk Rock Evolution
Ira talks with Greg Graffin, a lecturer in the life sciences at UCLA -- and singer /songwriter for the band 'Bad Religion.
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Science Friday: Teaching a Chimp to Speak in "Project Nim"
A new documentary looks at a controversial 1970s experiment to teach a chimpanzee sign language.
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Science Friday: Richard Preston: Panic in Level 4
In this segment, Ira talks with science writer Richard Preston about his craft, and about the stories and people he has covered over the years.
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Science Friday: World Science Festival / Kavli Awards
This week, the World Science Festival brings big thinkers from around the world to a five-day festival in New York City.