Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Science Diction: Atom
What is the origin of the word "atom?"
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Science Friday: Science Sees Further
A new collection of essays looks at the contributions of the Royal Society to scientific knowledge.
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Science Friday: Can Dogs Smell Cancer?
A new study says a dog did better than conventional tests in identifying patients with cancer.
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Science Friday: Night Vision and Dna
Why do some animals have much better night vision than others? We'll talk about new research tracing the root of improved night vision to the architecture of the DNA inside the photoreceptor rod cells of the animals' eyes.
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Science Friday: Towards a Super Lens or Invisibility?
Ira talks with one of the researchers behind a material that can make light bend in unusual ways -- potentially leading to more powerful optics, or even a cloak of invisibility.
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Science Friday: Micro Microscope
We'll talk with one of the inventors of a new on-chip, lens-free microscope.
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Science Friday: Internet Privacy
Who's watching how you browse the web - and what do they know about you? We'll talk about internet privacy and calls for a 'do not track' function in web browsers.
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Science Friday: Taxidermy and 'A Kingdom Under Glass'
A new book profiles the life of Carl Akeley, a pioneering taxidermist responsible for the look of natural history museum displays around the country.
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Science Friday: Why the Former Planet Pluto Got Demoted
The author of 'How I Killed Pluto' talks about the celestial object's status change.
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Science Friday: Did Ancient Eruptions Form Life's Building Blocks?
A 1958 experiment mimicking a volcanic eruption formed many amino acids, according to new analysis.
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Science Friday: Probing the Sun"s Spots
High resolution images from the Swedish Solar Telescope gives scientists a new view of a sunspot's penumbra.
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Science Friday: Science Diction the Origin of the Word "Radio"
Scientists originally used 'radio' to refer to devices that employed electromagnetic radiation.
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Science Friday: Funding for James Webb Space Telescope in Jeopardy
A bill approved by the House Committee on Appropriations cuts funding for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope in 2012. (The bill has not yet been approved by the full House and Senate). Ira Flatow and guests discuss the status of the...
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Science Friday: Two Cold Winters Don't Make a Climate Trend
Atmospheric scientist John Wallace says he's cautious to link weird weather to global warming.
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Science Friday: Privacy at Stake as Sites Track Online Preferences
Bit.ly's Hilary Mason talks about services sites hope to provide by collecting online browsing data.
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Science Friday: An Earlier Departure Out of Africa?
Learn how the discovery of a stone toolkit may push back the date when humans first left Africa in this audio lecture. [0:48]
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Science Friday: Digital Sampling and Remix Culture: Creativity or Criminality?
How much of someone else's work should artists be able to use? How much should they pay for it? Is copyright law stuck in the age of analog?
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Science Friday: Science Diction: The Origin of the Word "Syphilis"
Medical historian Dr. Howard Markel and STD expert Dr. Peter Leone discuss the history of syphilis.
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Science Friday: Can Literature Make a Better Doctor?
Proponents of the field of "narrative medicine" believe the humanities could help doctors be better caregivers.
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Science Friday: Novelist, Doctor Chris Adrian
Pediatric oncologist and novelist Chris Adrian talks about his new novel, The Great Night.
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Science Friday: Is Preventive Medicine Actually Overtreatment?
Dr. H. Gilbert Welch discusses his book Overdiagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health.
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Science Friday: Scientific Case Still Open on 2001 Anthrax Attacks
New reports question whether scientific evidence against the prime suspect was ready for court.
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Science Friday: New Tuberculosis Strain Thwarts All Antibiotics
Maryn McKenna, author of Superbug, discusses the possible origins of the strain.
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Science Friday: Tracing Signals in the Brain
Existing ideas of how neurons send and receive information may not be complete.