Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: A Virtual Arm That Talks With the Brain
A virtual arm tested in monkeys is a step toward artificial limbs that communicate with the brain. [16:16]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: A Virus That Affects Caterpillar Behavior
An audio lecture on how a virus known as baculovirus infecting caterpillars changes their behavior which is advantageous to the spread of the virus. Learn that when the gypsy moth caterpillars become infected they climb for treetops. At...
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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.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: A Tale of Two Addicts: Freud, Halsted and Cocaine
Medical historian Howard Markel discusses his book "An Anatomy of Addiction" in this audio lecture. Learn how the medical community has dealt with addictions throughout history. [23:50]
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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.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Carl Zimmer Explores the Weird Lives of Viruses
In A Planet of Viruses, Zimmer writes of viruses that cause cancer and others that cure disease.
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Science Friday: Re Evaluating the Fukushima Nuclear Situation
Workers continue efforts to bring the damaged Fukushima reactors to a 'cold shutdown.
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Science Friday: Every Thirteen Years, Brood Nineteen Is Back
Cicada researcher John Cooley describes the emergence of the periodical cicadas of Brood XIX. [12 mins. 23]
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Science Friday: Nasa's Dawn Spacecraft Closes in on Its Target
The spacecraft will soon enter orbit around Vesta, an asteroid the size of Arizona, to study it.
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Science Friday: Exoplanets Floating Freely, Without a Star
Ten newly discovered exoplanets are very distant from their host stars, or not orbiting them at all. [20 mins. 55]
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Science Friday: Proof That Einstein Got It Right
NASA's Gravity Probe-B mission confirms two major predictions of the general theory of relativity.
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Science Friday: Brian Greene on the Hidden Reality
Why some physicists think there can be more than one universe.
Science Friday Initiative
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.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: The Missing Memristor?
We'll find out about a new basic electronic structure called the 'memristor,' and why it has electronics developers excited.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Trouble at the Large Hadron Collider
A breakdown in a magnet system during testing of the Large Hadron Collider last week may have the massive physics experiment off-line until next year. We'll find out what went wrong, and why it may take months to start up the LHC again.
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Science Friday: Physicist Lisa Randall on Space, Time, and Hidden Dimensions
Do hidden dimensions exist in our universe -- or just in science fiction? We'll talk cosmic mysteries with physicist Lisa Randall.
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Science Friday: Lhc Returns to Service
CERN's Large Hadron Collider has been restarted following a long repair period. This week, the particle collider passed Fermilab's Tevatron in beam energy, making it the most powerful accelerator in the world. We'll get an update.
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Science Friday: Physicists Find "Hints" of Elusive Higgs Boson
CERN scientists say they may have narrowed their search for the elusive Higgs boson.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: The Nuts and Bolts of High Speed Rail
After years on the slow track, America's high-speed rail may finally be building momentum.
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Science Friday: Rumbling Underground, an Engineering Feat
Ira Flatow and guests discuss how engineers carved out Manhattan to build the New York City subway.
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Science Friday: Inspiring Young Engineers
It's National Engineers Week -- we'll check in on the celebration, and talk about how to encourage an interest in engineering among young women.
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Science Friday: Nsf Director Subra Suresh
Ira talks with Subra Suresh, incoming director of the National Science Foundation, about national research priorities.
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Science Friday: Scientists and Advocacy?
A group of climate researchers has banded together to speak out on climate change, providing a unified voice against climate policy skeptics. But should that be the role for scientists?
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Science Friday: A Trip to a Comet
Last week, a NASA mission paid a visit to comet Hartley 2, flying by at a distance of just a few hundred miles. We'll talk about what they learned in this audio lecture. [12:12]