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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: Gulf Oil Spill: Ecological Effects
A discussion of the widespread impact the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was expected to have on local ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico. Aired May 7, 2010 [12:27]
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Science Friday: Oil Spill Update
What do researchers want to know about the Gulf oil spill, but haven't been able to learn?
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Science Friday: Oil Spill Update: Cleanup and Long Term Effects
There's not much oil lingering on the surface of the Gulf these days -- but where did it go, and what's going to happen to the oil that remains in less obvious parts of the ecosystem?
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Science Friday: Science in the Gulf
Are researchers being shut out of gathering valuable data in the wake of the Gulf oil disaster?
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Science Friday: Environmentalism Today
What does it mean to be an environmentalist today? Has the environmental movement grown too accommodating with the passage of time? [23 mins. 34]
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Science Friday: Car Electronics
When you put your car in drive and press the pedal to the metal, how much of what happens next is controlled by a computer? We'll talk about car electronics, and how to engineer computer-controlled systems to improve safety.
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Science Friday: About a Mountain
An audio interview with author John D'Agata about his book about the late Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage facility. [7:27]
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Science Friday: Carbon, Climate, Copenhagen
We'll talk about the climate talks in Copenhagen, the EPA decision to regulate greenhouse gases as pollutants, and more.
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Science Friday: Undersea Oil Eating Bacteria
We'll hear about research into undersea bacteria in the Gulf, and their oil-eating capabilities.
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Science Friday: Study Links Methane in Water to Gas Extraction
Methane levels in well water are higher closer to natural gas wells, according to a new study.
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Science Friday: Science Diction: Scientist
Before the 1830s, there were no scientists -- the word scientist didn't exist. We'll talk about the word's origins and history.
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Science Friday: Our Daily Diet of Data
How much data does the average American consume in an ordinary day? 34 gigabytes of data and 100,500 words, according to a recent study.
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Science Friday: Tweets From Frolleagues
Cowpooling? Frolleagues? Wired magazine's "Jargon Watch" columnist runs down the top tech jargon terms of 2008.
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Science Friday: Summer Science: Ben Franklin
As you prepare for the 4th of July, a salute to one of the founding fathers of our country - Benjamin Franklin.
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Science Friday: Science Diction: Genome
In our monthly series on the words of science, we'll talk about how the word 'genome' came to be.
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Science Friday: Danica Mc Kellar, Girls, and Math
Actress and author Danica McKellar joins us to talk about getting young girls fired up about mathematics.
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Science Friday: Science Diction: Cell
The human body contains more than 100 trillion cells, with an average size of 10 micrometers and mass of 1 nanogram. But how did the word 'cell' come to be?
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Science Friday: Science Diction: Cancer
It's one of the most feared medical conditions. But how did 'cancer' get its name?
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Science Friday: Ira Asks: How Do They Make Eyeglasses?
You deliver your prescription to an optician, and they return with a pair of eyeglass lenses tailored precisely to your personal vision quirks. But how?
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Science Friday: Science Diction: Comet
In this month's Science Diction, we look at the origins of the word 'comet.
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Science Friday: Science Diction: The Origin of 'Physician'
Science historian Howard Markel discusses the parallel origins of physician and physics.
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Science Friday: Science Diction: The Origin of 'Antibiotic'
A Naval officer coined the term 'antibiotic' in 1860, to describe his opposition to beliefs in alien life.
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Science Friday: Science Diction: The Origin of the Word 'Clone'
Historian Howard Markel discusses how clone came to refer to genetic creations like Dolly the sheep.