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Science Friday: Solving Life"s Everyday Problems, With Data

9th - 10th
Data geeks say our digital breadcrumbs can reveal where to eat, who to date, or which bus to take.
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Science Friday: Rolling Out Bamboo Bicycles

9th - 10th
Valid Cycles makes handcrafted bamboo bikes in Woodinville, Washington.
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Science Friday: Out of the Bottle: Wine Flavor

9th - 10th
A researcher from Cornell details the chemical composition of wine's diverse flavor profiles.
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Science Friday: Les Paul: Inventor and Innovator

9th - 10th
Paul was a lifelong tinkerer, building a railroad rail guitar as a teen and hearing aids in his 90s.
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Science Friday: Diy Summer Hacks, From the Pool to the Grill

9th - 10th
Try your hand at homemade sunscreen, water bottle rockets, and cooler corn.
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Science Friday: Meet Vermeer, the Engineer

9th - 10th
A new documentary, Tim's Vermeer, shows that the Dutch master painter was a tinkerer, too.
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Science Friday: Living Inside the Box

9th - 10th
Brooklyn residents Michele Bertomen and David Boyle designed and built a house made of shipping containers.
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Science Friday: To Combat Rising Seas, Why Not Raise Up the Town?

9th - 10th
Planning for the next Sandy, a New Jersey mayor has proposed lifting up his town. But at what cost?
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Science Friday: Physicists Tie Water Into Knots

9th - 10th
If you thought a smoke ring was fancy, check out these fluid knots.
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Science Friday: Tackling New Tech in the Golden Years

9th - 10th
How, and why, have some older people overcome the challenges of learning new technology?
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Science Friday: Cold Water Fish Break the Ice With Antifreeze

9th - 10th
Cold-water fish and snow-dwelling insects have evolved antifreeze proteins to avoid icing up. This natural antifreeze also keeps the ice out of some ice creams.
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Science Friday: Desktop Diaries: Jill Tarter

9th - 10th
People have described my office as an eight-year-old's daydream, says SETI scientist Jill Tarter.
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Science Friday: David Eagleman Gets Inside Our Heads

9th - 10th
Neuroscientist David Eagleman exposes our unconscious minds in his latest book Incognito.
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Science Friday: With Budget Cuts Looming, Is Science a Lame Duck?

9th - 10th
If Congress fails to act, some $15 billion will be cut from science funding in January 2013.
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Science Friday: Catching Up With Tom Swift a Century Later

9th - 10th
A look back at the fictional boy inventor and his 100 year legacy.
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Science Friday: Curiosity 2.0? Nasa Announces New Mars Rover Plans

9th - 10th
NASA officials weigh in on the flurry of planetary science news from the past week.
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Science Friday: Building Organs, on One Microchip at a Time

9th - 10th
Scientists are making tiny microchips that can breathe, digest and pump blood like human organs.
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Science Friday: New York City"s Mayor Is a Geek at Heart

9th - 10th
Mayor Michael Bloomberg discusses his vision to turn the Big Apple into the technology capital of the world.
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Science Friday: Crafting the 'Fastest Ice on Earth'

9th - 10th
Marc Norman obsessively monitors the ice at the Utah Olympic Oval to create the perfect skating surface.
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Science Friday: Reel Science Friday: 2012 Highlights

9th - 10th
Catfish eating pigeons, water traveling uphill, a blue whale barrel roll -- we're taking a stroll down memory lane for a look at the year's best moments in science cinema. What were your favorite science video moments of 2012? [1:44]