Podcasts
SciFri 110411 Hour 2: Anti-Dengue Mosquitoes, Early Antarctic Expeditions
November 15, 2011 4:49 am | CommentsEngineering mosquitoes to crash dengue mosquito populations, and a look back at the Antarctic expeditions of Scott and others.
SciFri 111111 Hour 1: Seasonal Affective Disorder, Walter Isaacson re Steve Jobs, Woodpecker Video
November 15, 2011 4:49 am | CommentsTreatments for the winter blues, Walter Isaacson discusses his biography of the Apple leader, and a hunt for an elusive bird.
SciFri 111111 Hour 2: Informal Science Education, Meet the Mythbusters
November 15, 2011 4:49 am | CommentsHow much science do kids learn outside the classroom? Then, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman talk mythbusting.
SciFri 101411 Hour 2: Kraken Controversy, Politics Meets Science, Eat Your Fruits and Veggies
October 18, 2011 6:48 am | CommentsCould a stash of ancient bones be the work of a giant cephalopod? We look at the controversial idea. Then Sean Otto, author of Fool Me Twice, discusses his idea for an American Science Pledge. And in some people, a fruit and vegetable-filled diet can lower heart attack risk.
SciFri 101411 Hour 1: Nanostructure Crystals, Toaster Project, Space Experiments, Eggs In Space
October 16, 2011 8:46 pm | CommentsChad Mirkin describes using DNA molecules to shape nanoscale crystal structures, Toaster Project author Thomas Thwaites discusses his quest to build a toaster from scratch, and a student competition seeks space experiments. Plus - eggs in space!
SciFri 100711 Hour 2: Steven Pinker on Violence, Prosthetic Advances
October 9, 2011 10:46 pm | CommentsIn his book The Better Angels of Our Nature, Steven Pinker argues that violence is decreasing. Plus, a virtual arm tested in monkeys is a step toward artificial limbs that communicate with the brain.
SciFri 100711 Hour 1: Rover Update, Physics Nobel, Remembering Steve Jobs, Mapping Flames
October 7, 2011 7:47 pm | CommentsOpportunity has reached a 14-mile-wide crater on Mars, the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics has gone to three American astronomers, and author Steven Levy remembers the life and contributions of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. Plus the video pick - mapping flames.
Futures In Biotech 87: Anti-Matter Message In A Magnetic Bottle
October 3, 2011 5:48 pm | CommentsHost: Marc Pelletier We talk with Jeffrey Hangst about the successful trapping of anti-hydrogen to hopefully answer some of our most important questions about the universe. Guest: Prof. Jeffrey Hangst . We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes. Comments and...
SciFri 093011 Hour 1: Pterosaurs, Cosmology, Dome Home
October 3, 2011 7:48 am | CommentsDavid Attenborough takes wing with pterosaurs, physicist Lisa Randall on cosmology and the LHC, and living in a geodesic dome home.
SciFri 093011 Hour 2: China Lab Launch, Empathy, Science Diction, Contagion
October 3, 2011 7:48 am | CommentsChina launches a space laboratory, empathy and cruelty, origins of the word epilepsy, and the virology behind the Contagion movie.
SciFri 092311 Hour 1: Arizona Remote: Wildfires, Science Festival
September 28, 2011 9:47 am | CommentsScientists discuss how to control the fires that have shaped and scarred the Southwest, and a ten-day event in Flagstaff highlights science in Northern Arizona.
SciFri 092311 Hour 2: Arizona Remote: Grand Canyon, Lowell Observatory
September 28, 2011 9:47 am | CommentsMost geologists agree on the approximate age of the canyon, but puzzles remain about its carving. Plus, Lowell Observatory, famous for spotting Pluto, hunts for exoplanets today.
SciFri 091611 Hour 2: In the Plex, Biofuel Prospecting, Video Pick
September 18, 2011 10:47 pm | CommentsSteven Levy on Google, bugs found in herbivore guts for use in biofuel production, and a video about using algae to boost water quality.
SciFri 091611 Hour 1: Science Budget, Siblings, Hackerspaces
September 16, 2011 2:47 pm | CommentsRush Holt on science fuding, Jeffrey Kluger on the science of brothers and sisters, and building a d.i.y club workshop.
SciFri 090911 Hour 2: Psychology and 9-11, Video Pick: Stalking the Wild Mushroom
September 11, 2011 9:47 pm | CommentsDealing with psychological trauma, and a video about fungi.
