Podcasts
SciFri 050611 Hour 2: Gravity Probe, Fat, Viruses
May 9, 2011 3:39 am | CommentsSpace mission provides evidence for Einstein, news about fat and health, and Carl Zimmer on viruses.
SciFri 042211 Hour 2: Soundscape Ecology, Solar Update, Alzheimers Diagnosis, Science Diction
April 25, 2011 6:38 am | CommentsListening to ecosystems, progress on a Mojave solar installation, new diagnosis guidelines for Alzheimers, and the origins of the word robot.
SciFri 042211 Hour 1: 30 Years of Shuttles, Video Pick
April 25, 2011 6:38 am | CommentsIra and guests look back on the space shuttle program, and talk about what might come next. Plus, astronaut videos.
SciFri 041511 Hour 2: Note-Taking Invention, Human Origins and Human Language
April 19, 2011 1:38 am | CommentsA winner of a student technology competition. Plus paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey, and tracing the origins of human language.
SciFri 041511 Hour 1: Nuclear Safety, Oil Spill Anniversary, Herpes, Video Pick
April 19, 2011 1:37 am | CommentsNuclear safety standards, Carl Safina on the BP oil spill, herpes virus spread, and balancing bicycles.
SciFri 032511 Hour 2: Computers and Emotions, Richard Feynman, Spacesuit Design
April 11, 2011 8:39 pm | CommentsMeasuring emotions via technology, a biography of physicist Richard Feynman, and a look at Apollo-era space suit design.
SciFri 032511 Hour 1: Building Blocks of Life, Pre-Clovis Americans, Return of Project Mohole
April 11, 2011 8:39 pm | CommentsNew analysis of an old spark flask biochemistry experiment, hunting for traces of Americas first inhabitants, drilling to the mantle of the Earth.
SciFri 040111 Hour 1: Radiation Vocab, Warmer Planet, Biography of Cancer
April 11, 2011 8:39 pm | CommentsRadioactivity basics, a book about preparing for climate change, and a biography of cancer.
SciFri 040111 Hour 2: Science Humor, Video Pick
April 11, 2011 8:39 pm | CommentsLooking for the funnier side of science. No fooling. Plus the smaller signs of spring.
SciFri 040811 Hour 2: The Intersection of Art and Science
April 11, 2011 8:39 pm | CommentsAuthor Cormac McCarthy, filmmaker Werner Herzog, and physicist Lawrence Krauss discuss art and science.
SciFri 040811 Hour 1: Artificial Leaf, Alzheimers Genetics, Gagarin, Video Pick
April 11, 2011 8:39 pm | CommentsSplitting water with solar energy, looking for clues to Alzheimers disease, and observing the 50th anniversary of human space flight.
Futures in Biotech 78: TWiV Infects FiB
March 18, 2011 7:40 pm | CommentsHosts: Marc Pelletier and Vincent Racaniello It's a science mashup. FiB and TWiV together for one big show. Guests: Dickson Despommiers, Ph.D. , Alan Dove, Ph.D. and Richard Condit , Ph.D. We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes. Comments and suggestions on Futures in...
SciFri 031811Hour 1: Japan Nuclear Status, Geologic Earthquake Effects
March 18, 2011 1:36 pm | CommentsA look at the ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan. Plus, how the quake affected planetary rotation.
Futures in Biotech 77: How The Environment And A Single Protein Influence Evolution
March 11, 2011 4:36 pm | CommentsHosts: Marc Pelletier and Vincent Racaniello How The Environment And A Single Protein Influence Evolution. Guests: Susan Lindquist, Ph.D. and Daniel Jarosz, Ph.D. We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes. Comments and suggestions on Futures in Biotech. Also thanks to Phil...
