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Science Friday: Now Hear This: Speech Recognition
Speech recognition systems are moving beyond providing train schedules and movie times.
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Science Friday: Y2 K Revisited
We dip into the Science Friday archives for a trip back to December 31, 1999, and a look at 'The Y2K Problem.'We dip into the Science Friday archives for a trip back to December 31, 1999, and a look at 'The Y2K Problem.
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Science Friday: Remembering Steve Jobs
Author Steven Levy remembers the life and contributions of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
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Science Friday: Bpa in Store Receipts
Bisphenol-A, a building block of plastics that has been identified as a hormone mimic, may be in your store receipts.
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Science Friday: On Copyright and Hacking Your Phone
Rules issued last week by the US Copyright Office give legal sanction to 'jailbreaking' a cell phone, unlocking it to operate on different carriers, and more.
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Science Friday: The Cheese Chronicles
Author and cheese expert Liz Thorpe explains the science of cheesemaking.
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Science Friday: Organic or Not?
Organic foods seem like they should be healthier -- but does the evidence support that idea?
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Science Friday: Kinect Technology
Microsoft's new gaming interface tracks your body's movements, without handheld controllers.
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Science Friday: The Science of Beer and Brewing
Yeast, hops, grain, water, biology, chemistry, and physics, all go into making a great glass of beer.
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Science Friday: Imagined Eating
In new research, people who imagined the details of eating bite after bite of a tempting food before eating consumed significantly less of the delicacy.
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Science Friday: Science Diction: The Origin of "Chemistry"
Howard Markel discusses the origins of the word 'chemistry,' said to have roots in Egypt or Greece.
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Science Friday: Searching for Meaning in a Cheap Toaster
Author Thomas Thwaites discusses his quest to build a simple toaster from scratch, starting with iron ore.
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Science Friday: Meet the Myth Busters
Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman talk mythbusting.
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Science Friday: Planetary Sciences Update
We'll take you inside the American Astronomical Society's Planetary Sciences meeting, going on this week.
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Science Friday: Physics Nobel for Graphene
Graphene, a thin sheet of carbon atoms, has been the focus of much attention in materials science. This week, the Nobel Prize in physics went to two pioneers in the field.
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Science Friday: Video Pick: Ira Drives the Leaf
Ira goes for a spin in Nissan's upcoming electric car.
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Science Friday: To Sleep, Perchance to Slim
A new study says people may be sabotaging their diets in an unexpected way - through too little sleep.
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Science Friday: Tattoos of Science
In which we attempt to help one listener figure out the best tattoos to get to celebrate the history of space exploration.
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Science Friday: Kids' Science Challenge
We'll talk about the Kids' Science Challenge, a NSF-funded competition that challenges kids to come up with problems that can be solved via science.
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Science Friday: Mystified? Solve It With Science
A new book uses one-minute mysteries to get students energized about science.
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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.