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Science Friday: 4 H Science Project
The organization holds its third annual 4-H National Youth Science Day, in which kids around the country studied carbon dioxide.
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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: 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: Science Fairs 2.0
A report card on the state of science fairs today, and a look into the future.
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Science Friday: The Geek Dad on Father's Day
Listen to this discussion of a Video Pick of the Week, which presents one of the projects from the book 'Geek Dad: Awesomely Geeky Projects and Activities for Dads and Kids to Share.' This project involves launching a a videocamera into...
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Science Friday: Mapping Human Genetic Diversity
Researchers working on the Human Genome Project have been able to map human genetic variation across populations and continents. They were able to trace human ancestry back to Africa, and determine the genetic history of a number of...
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Science Friday: Mapping the Microbial Make Up of Healthy Humans
Scientists discuss their Human Microbiome Project in which they documented the genetic identity of the microorganisms (bacteria, germs, viruses, etc.) that live on the human body. They found that people carry ten times more microbes than...
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Science Friday: A Census of the Oceans
A worldwide effort is underway to perform a census of the world's oceans, pulling into one location information about species from around the world. We'll check in on the progress of the project.
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Science Friday: A Highway for Wind Power
Google, Good Energy, and other investors threw financial support behind an idea to build a multi-billion-dollar power distribution line for offshore wind farm projects. The company called it "a superhighway for clean energy," collecting...
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Science Friday: Cape Wind Project Moves Forward
This week, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar approved the long-embattled Cape Wind offshore wind power project. We'll talk about the decision, and what it means for other renewable power projects in the country.
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Science Friday: The Thousand Genomes Project
This week, scientists unveiled the first phase results of a public/private effort known as the 1000 Genome Project, an effort to sequence and compare the genomes of 2500 people from around the world.
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Science Friday: Some Projects to Try on Your Summer Vacation (Or Perhaps Not)
We'll give you some ideas for safe -- and not so safe -- science experiments that you may be tempted to try at home.
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Science Friday: Innovative Projects Tap Renewable Energy Sources
Two projects aim to use innovative technology to turn renewable energy into power.
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Science Friday: Google Gives Mojave Solar Project a Boost
A discussion of Brightsource Energy's solar thermal energy project in the Mojave Desert in California. This project received a large investment from Google. Aired Apr. 22, 2011 [6:34]
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Science Friday: Project Seeks to Bring Extinct Species Back to Life
Michael Archer, leader of the 'Lazarus Project,' describes early efforts to bring a frog species back from extinction.
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Science Friday: Summer Science Movies
We'll talk about the art and science of several films out this summer, from documentaries chronicling an astronomy project, to a mass-market blockbuster featuring antimatter in a supporting role.
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Science Friday: The Science Club Talks Art Machines
The Science Club meets to recap the month's 'Build an Art Machine' project.
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Science Friday: Students Tackle "Kids" Science Challenge"
Two fourth grade students discuss their award-winning 'Kids' Science Challenge' projects.
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Science Friday: Analyzing the Evidence on Dna
"All DNA evidence is not created equal," says Greg Hampikian, Director of the Idaho Innocence Project. He'll tell us why DNA 'evidence' sometimes leads to the wrong conclusion in this audio lecture. [12:18]
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Science Friday: New Program Spurs Solar Development on Public Land
The plan identifies 285,000 acres of public land in six Western states for solar energy projects.
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Science Friday: With "Terror" in the Past, Mars Scientists Plan for Exploration
Mars Science Laboratory project scientist John Grotzinger describes plans for the Curiosity rover, now in Gale Crater on Mars.
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Science Friday: Deep Carbon Observatory
As people gather in Copenhagen for climate change talks, a new project is getting underway to better understand the carbon cycle deep below the Earth's surface.
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Science Friday: Happy Birthday, Seti@home
An interview with scientist Dan Werthimer about the SETI@home project which started in 1999. Volunteers around the world use their own computers to help search for extraterrestrial communications. Aired May 22, 2009 [10:37]
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Science Friday: Cancer Genome Sequenced
Researchers studying the genetics of cancer have sequenced the complete cancer genome of a person with acute myeloid leukemia. We'll talk with one of the scientists on the project about the work and what researchers hope to learn from...
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