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Science Friday: The Pros and Cons of Bioprospecting
Science, technology, and other cool stuff from the folks behind public radio's Science Friday. It's brain fun, for curious people.
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Science Friday: Disguising Secret Messages, in a Game of Spy vs. Spy
Steganographic techniques allow a message to be hidden inside a more ordinary looking photo, video, or text.
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Science Friday: Tracking the Spread of a Nasty Virus
Disease detectives track a viral illness outbreak to a reusable shopping bag.
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Science Friday: Actress Mayim Bialik on Tv, Science, and the Combo
An audio recording [21:46] with Mayim Bialik who discusses how Bialik went from Blossom to The Big Bang Theory, and got a Ph.D. in neuroscience in between. Also discussed is her book that focuses on "attached parenting".
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Science Friday: Building Up the Immune System in Plastic
Researchers have made plastic nanoparticles that can partially mimic the behavior of natural antibodies in the bloodstream of a living animal.
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Science Friday: On Beyond Blimps
This week, the US Army announced it would award $517 million towards the development of three 'Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle systems' -- advanced blimps.
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Science Friday: Mineral Mapping
This week brought reports of impressive mineral deposits beneath Afghanistan -- but how were those deposits identified and mapped? We'll talk about some of the remote sensing technology used.
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Science Friday: Science Diction: X Ray
How did the word 'x-ray' come to be?
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Science Friday: Geek My Halloween
Let's move beyond the dry ice in the punchbowl and the motion-sensor-triggered loop of recorded screams. What geeky pursuits can be applied to the celebration of Halloween? From finding the appropriate costume to designing the perfect...
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Science Friday: Some Projects to Try on Your Summer Vacation (Or Perhaps Not)
We'll give you some ideas for safe -- and not so safe -- science experiments that you may be tempted to try at home.
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Science Friday: What I Did on My Summer Vacation
What things related to science, technology, or the environment did YOU do this summer? Call in and tell us what you did on your summer vacation, and how you did it.
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Science Friday: Geek Update What's the Word?
Last week, while talking with the author of the book 'Geek Dad,' Ira suggested that perhaps it was time to 'rebrand' the word geek in the face of it becoming too popular. Listeners reacted strongly. We'll talk about some of your...
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Science Friday: Cooking for Geeks
Do you like to experiment with your food? We'll talk with the author of a new book about science, technology, and DIY hacks in the kitchen.
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Science Friday: Instructables Halloween
Need to put a little geek in your Halloween? We'll get tips from the folks at Instructables about incorporating some engineering DIY into your spookfest.
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Science Friday: Video Pick: Printing in 3 D
3D printers allow rapid prototyping of designs, and computer-aided construction of complex shapes.
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Science Friday: Science Looks at the Sibling Effect
Author Jeffrey Kluger describes current scientific research into the effects of sibling relationships on human behavior.
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Science Friday: Rubik and His Cube
His simple-yet-complex cube puzzle took the world by storm in the 1980s. Ira talks with Erno Rubik, inventor of the Rubik's Cube, about science and engineering.
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Science Friday: Amir Aczel 'The Jesuit and the Skull'
In this segment, Ira talks with author Amir Aczel about his new book 'The Jesuit and the Skull, a biography of priest and scientist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. [23 min, 31 secs]
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Science Friday: Is Human Violence on the Wane?
In The Better Angels of Our Nature, Steven Pinker argues that violence is decreasing.
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Science Friday: Office Hours With Michio Kaku
Theoretical physicist and futurist Michio Kaku takes Science Friday on a tour of his office.
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Science Friday: Large Hadron Collider Set to Start Up
The massive Large Hadron Collider at CERN is just a few weeks away from startup. The particle accelerator has passed several key performance tests, and is on track to send the first beam of particles through the ring of the accelerator...
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Science Friday: Antonio Damasio: Self Comes to Mind
Where does consciousness 'live' in the brain? Why are we conscious - and how did consciousness evolve?
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Science Friday: Food Allergies
Peanuts, tree nuts, eggs, milk -- all ordinary foods that can have serious consequences if eaten by an allergic person. We'll talk about food allergies and how to diagnose and treat them. [30 mins. 34]
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Science Friday: Rare Mother to Fetus Cancer Transmission Described
Researchers have identified an instance of a pregnant mother transmitting cancer cells to her offspring.