Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: The Idea Factory: How Bell Labs Created the Future
Jon Gertner, author of The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation, talks about the many revolutionary innovations that were developed at AT&T's Bell Labs, and how it came about that new ideas flourished...
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Science Friday: Its Budget Sunk, Undersea Lab May Have to Surface
Now that federal funds have dried up, Florida's Aquarius undersea lab faces an uncertain future.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: A Robot Lab to Survey the Sea Floor
Imagine a robotic lab that can sample ocean organisms on its own and perform DNA analysis of what it finds. Learn how researchers are developing a DNA-sampling robot for undersea exploration in this audio lecture. [12:22]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Hurricane Sandy Claims Thousands of Nyu Lab Mice
One of the casualties of Hurricane Sandy was the death of thousands of lab mice due to flooding at New York University. What impact on important scientific research will this have? For example, mice are critical in brain research. Aired...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: At Streb Action Lab, Dance and Physics Collide
Choreographer and gravity-junkie Elizabeth Streb pushes the boundaries of Newtonian physics with dance.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: Online Library & Listening Lab
An amazing project done by a California high school sophomore. After working as an ELL tutor, she decided to build a website that would provide free audio clips to ELL learners around the world. The resulting site is a library of...
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Science Friday: From Lab to Pharmacy
This week, Harold Varmus was sworn in as director of the National Cancer Institute. He's no stranger to government science, having headed the NIH during the 1990s before a stint as head of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Dr...
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Science Friday: Male Researchers May Increase Stress in Lab Mice
The gender of a researcher might influence the stress levels of laboratory mice.
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Science Friday: Martian Lab Made in Manhattan
What's it like to build tools for Curiosity? Intense.
BBC
Bbc Poetry Out Loud: Love in the Lab by Jo Shapcott
Listen as this contemporary British author recites her poem "Love in the Lab." You can read and follow along.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Towards Test Tube Meat?
In this segment, Science Friday talks about the possibility, and how close science is to being able to grow a lab-made steak for your weekend cookout. [17:48]
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Mourning Warbler Video
Listen to audio recordings of Mourning Warblers.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Connecticut Warbler Sounds
Listen to audio recordings of Connecticut Warblers.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Grasshopper Sparrow Sounds
Listen to audio recordings of Grasshopper Sparrows.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Kirtland's Warbler Sounds
Listen to audio of the Kirtland's Warbler.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Seaside Sparrow Sounds
Listen to audio recordings of Seaside Sparrows.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Cape May Warbler Sounds
Listen to audio recordings of Cape May Warblers.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Golden Winged Warbler Sounds
Listen to audio recordings of the Golden-winged Warbler.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: High Tech Meets High Art in "Modernist Cuisine"
An interview with Nathan Myhrvold, author of the 6-volume cookbook, Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking. Myhrvold uses tools and materials normally confined to a science lab. Aired July 1, 2011 [20:26 min]
Other
It Conversations: Social Software
This podcast features a panel discussion from Accelerating Change 2004 on Weblogs, Wikis and Digital Democracy with Lada Adamic (HP Labs), Peter Kaminski (SocialText) and Zack Rosen (CivicSpace).
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Silk Stretches Drugs' Shelf Life to New Lengths
David Kaplan, a biomedical engineer, discusses his lab's research into how to store vaccines and antibiotics without refrigeration. Their method involves wrapping them in silk. It holds great promise for making these medicines more...
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Science Friday: The Look of Love
News you can use for Valentine's Day: When you gaze into your sweetheart's eyes, look for enlarged pupils. Psychologist Bruno Laeng, of the University of Oslo, says our pupils don't just respond to light, but to thoughts too. Studies...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Morning Edition: Anthrax Attacks, One Year Later
NPR reports on the specifics and the aftermath of the anthrax attacks of October 2001. [originally reported Oct. 21, 2002]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Searching for a Ghost Bird
Tim Gallagher, editor of Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Living Bird magazine, describes an expedition to try to save the woodpecker, and talks about his own survival during the experience.
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