Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Lunar Update
Just over a year ago, the LCROSS impactor slammed into the surface of the moon. Initial results indicated the presence of water on the moon. This week, researchers unveiled a more detailed picture of lunar composition. We'll find out more.
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Science Friday: Yellow Dirt
A new book looks at the history and environmental legacy of uranium mining on Navajo lands.
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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: New (Old) Views of the Lunar Core
Apollo-era astronauts left a seismic experiment on the moon. New analysis of that 30-year-old data may give new insights into the lunar core.
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Science Friday: Antimatter Trapped
Researchers at CERN report that they've generated atoms of anti-hydrogen and held them trapped within a magnetic field.
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Science Friday: Probing Poop for Cellulose Chomping Microbes
Bugs found in herbivore guts can break down woody plant material for use in biofuel production.
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Science Friday: Video Pick: Growing a Wastewater Treatment Plant
The algal turf scrubber uses algae to boost water quality.
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Science Friday: Are You Happy?
New research seeks to probe people's behavior and their happiness levels.
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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: Connected
How can your friends -- and your friends' friends -- affect you?
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Science Friday: Flagstaff Throws a Party for Science
A ten-day event in Flagstaff highlights science in Northern Arizona. [16 mins. 38]
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Science Friday: Coral in Crisis
The world's coral reefs are in great danger, threatened by climate change. We'll hear about new forecasts for the future of the world's coral.
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Science Friday: State of the Oceans
We depend on them for food, recreation, and more -- so why do we treat our oceans so badly? In this hour, Ira and guests take a look at the state of the world's ocean ecosystems. The prognosis isn't good -- but is it hopeless?
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Science Friday: Calculus Diaries
Sure, the math teacher said this stuff was important -- but why?
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Science Friday: Steven Strogatz Talks Math
What are the odds? How are we connected? And does it all add up? Steven Strogatz, professor of applied mathematics, joins us to run the numbers.
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Science Friday: Strange Physics: Dark Flow, Fine Structure Constant
We'll talk about the mind-boggling idea that stuff we can't see within our visible universe could be causing gravitational effects on visible matter.
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Science Friday: Mental Exercise and Dementia
Can regular mental exercise help slow down the progress of dementia?
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Science Friday: Are Math Skills Built in to the Human Brain?
Amazonian villagers with no schooling understand basic geometry as well as math-schooled adults.
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Science Friday: Student Inventors Dream Up a Better Wheelchair
High school engineering students describe their award-winning invention.
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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: Data Mining in the Mobile World
We'll talk about the potential benefits offered by real-time mobile data mining, and about the risks to privacy.
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Science Friday: Improving Automobile Efficiency
Energy legislation currently moving through Congress could result in an increase in fuel efficiency standards for the U.S. auto fleet. In this segment, Ira and guests talk about the legislation, and about research into improving the fuel...
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Science Friday: Did Life Start in Mica?
A biophysicist discusses her hypothesis that in the early days of Earth, organic compounds needed for life may have been synthesized in the tiny spaces between sheets of mica rock.