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Podcast Profile: Science Friday

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150 episodes
2024 to 2025
Median: 18 minutes
Collection: Science

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This podcast, titled "Science Friday," caters to the curious by exploring a broad array of scientific topics, illuminating both cutting-edge research and timeless inquiries into the natural world. Episodes frequently delve into health and medicine, addressing topics such as the genetic underpinnings of mental health conditions, innovations in drug discovery with AI, and significant public health issues like bird flu and the impact of vaccines. Focused conversations further explore the physiological and societal implications of modern behavior, such as the effects of prolonged sitting and links between alcohol consumption and cancer.

The realm of technology and its intersection with science is another recurring theme. Discussions feature advancements in artificial intelligence, particularly in the context of drug discovery and theoretical considerations of artificial general intelligence. The podcast also includes episodes on space exploration, with topics ranging from lunar missions to the intricacies of Mars sample return plans.

Environmental science and climate issues are covered extensively, with insights into ecological phenomena like bird vocalization diversity, fire risks at wildland-urban interfaces, and the pressing concerns of climate change, such as expected snow loss and sea level rise. Episodes also highlight anthropogenic impacts, examining subjects like the harmful effects of "forever chemicals" and conservation strategies involving community projects.

Cultural and historical perspectives are woven throughout the show, with episodes discussing historical scientific achievements and literary interpretations, including a novel about astronauts' lives, and reflecting on significant figures like Marie Curie and Jane Goodall. The podcast integrates interdisciplinary approaches to science with contributions from diverse experts, fostering a broader understanding of how science influences and is influenced by various facets of society.

Episodes:

Most Powerful Neutrino Ever Is Detected In the Mediterranean | Nerdy Valentines 2025-Feb-14 17 minutes

‘Common Side Effects’ And An All-Healing Mushroom | The Unique Smell Of Snow 2025-Feb-13 18 minutes

Investigating Fraud At The Heart Of Alzheimer’s Research 2025-Feb-12 18 minutes

Managing Wildfires Using A Centuries-Old Indigenous Practice 2025-Feb-11 17 minutes

Can Vaping Help You Quit Cigarettes? What Are The Risks? 2025-Feb-10 18 minutes

How Lucy Runs On A Virtual Treadmill | Comparing DeepSeek’s AI To Other Models 2025-Feb-07 26 minutes

Scientists Create Glowing ‘RNA Lanterns’ With Bioluminescence 2025-Feb-06 18 minutes

What’s Next For Quantum Computing In 2025? 2025-Feb-05 18 minutes

Building Blocks Of Life Found On Asteroid Bennu 2025-Feb-04 18 minutes

The Toxic Aftermath Of An Urban Fire 2025-Feb-03 18 minutes

Strain Of Bird Flu Discovered In California | Understanding Bipolar Disorder Through The Genome 2025-Jan-31 24 minutes

The Science Of Thriving In Winter—By Embracing It 2025-Jan-30 18 minutes

The Factors That Make Bird Sounds So Diverse Across The World 2025-Jan-29 16 minutes

Can Paxlovid Relieve Long COVID Symptoms? For Some, Yes 2025-Jan-28 18 minutes

AI Is Coming Up With Brand New Molecules, Fueling Drug Discovery 2025-Jan-27 19 minutes

Trump Administration Cancels Meetings, Freezes Hiring At NIH | What Is A Meme Coin? 2025-Jan-24 23 minutes

Why Editors At Scientific Journals Are Resigning En Masse 2025-Jan-23 18 minutes

This January, See A ‘Planet Parade’ In The Night Sky 2025-Jan-22 17 minutes

‘Orbital’ Imagines The Inner Lives Of Astronauts On The ISS 2025-Jan-21 21 minutes

Fire Risk To Homes Where Cities And Wildlands Meet 2025-Jan-20 18 minutes

2 Private Lunar Landers | Cervical Cancer Deaths Plummet, Experts Credit HPV Vaccine 2025-Jan-17 24 minutes

‘Artificial General Intelligence’ Is Apparently Coming. What Is It? 2025-Jan-16 17 minutes

NASA Considers Cheaper Ways To Retrieve Mars Samples | How Does A Hula Hoop Stay Up? 2025-Jan-15 17 minutes

Surgeon General Highlights Link Between Alcohol And Cancer 2025-Jan-14 18 minutes

First U.S. Bird Flu Death Raises Concerns About Preparedness 2025-Jan-13 19 minutes

Meet Flora Lichtman | Los Angeles Wildfires Stoked By Santa Ana Winds 2025-Jan-10 23 minutes

What Lichen Tell Us About Ecology, Air Quality, And More 2025-Jan-09 30 minutes

Biologists Call For A Halt To ‘Mirror Life’ Research 2025-Jan-08 18 minutes

The Breakthrough Technologies To Watch In 2025 2025-Jan-07 18 minutes

What Scientists Have Learned From 125 Years Of Bird Counts 2025-Jan-06 18 minutes

Scientists Predict Loss Of Deep Snow In Most Of U.S. 2025-Jan-03 12 minutes

Jane Goodall On Life Among Chimpanzees 2024-Dec-31 30 minutes

The Science That Captivated SciFri’s Reporters In 2024 2024-Dec-30 18 minutes

Health, Astronomy, And Climate Experts On 2024’s Coolest Science 2024-Dec-27 48 minutes

Meet Leaders Of 3 Local Conservation Projects | Preserving ‘Space Junk’ Left On Mars 2024-Dec-26 18 minutes

The Top Dino Discoveries Of 2024 | Can Spiking Eggnog Kill Bacteria From Raw Eggs? 2024-Dec-25 18 minutes

Parker Solar Probe Will Make Closest-Ever Approach To Sun 2024-Dec-24 18 minutes

If ‘Interstellar’ Were Made Today, What Would Be Different? 2024-Dec-23 18 minutes

Farewell, Murder Hornet | What FAA Regulations Tell Us About Mysterious Drone Sightings 2024-Dec-20 26 minutes

How Blind Women In India Detect Early Breast Cancer | Web-Slinging Silk Becomes Real 2024-Dec-19 18 minutes

8.5 Hours Of Daily Sitting Linked To Higher BMI And Cholesterol 2024-Dec-18 18 minutes

The Accidental Discovery That Gave Us ‘Forever Chemicals’ | A Pregnancy Play Inspired By Mushroom Research 2024-Dec-17 19 minutes

How Empire and Environmental Destruction Go Hand-In-Hand 2024-Dec-16 18 minutes

The Universe Is Expanding Faster Than Expected | Are Food Recalls Actually On The Rise? 2024-Dec-13 25 minutes

You Share Your Gut Microbiome With Your Friends 2024-Dec-12 16 minutes

Marie Curie And The Women Scientists Who Became Her Legacy 2024-Dec-11 18 minutes

Protecting Against Poison Exposure This Holiday Season 2024-Dec-10 18 minutes

2024’s Best Science Books For Kids 2024-Dec-09 18 minutes

Supreme Court Case On Regulation Of Vapes | Predicting Lithium-Ion Battery Explosions 2024-Dec-06 25 minutes

A Theatrical Tribute To Unexpected Science 2024-Dec-05 49 minutes

'They Might Be Giants' Sings About Science 2024-Dec-04 26 minutes

What Was It Like To Witness The End Of The Dinosaurs? 2024-Dec-03 18 minutes

A Nobel Prize For Chemistry Work ‘Totally Separate From Biology’ 2024-Dec-02 19 minutes

Alan Alda Reflects On Life With Parkinson’s 2024-Nov-29 12 minutes

A Horn Of Potato Plenty | Adding Marbling To Fake Meat For An Extra-Realistic Bite 2024-Nov-28 19 minutes

A Nutritionist Clarifies Some Common Health Claims 2024-Nov-27 18 minutes

Restoring Drinking Water After Hurricane Helene | Oyster Shell Reefs And Sea Level Rise 2024-Nov-26 19 minutes

50 Years Of Science With Lucy, Our Famous Early Ancestor 2024-Nov-25 18 minutes

SpaceX’s Starship Completes In-Orbit Engine Test | Resuscitating Shipwrecked Rye Seeds 2024-Nov-22 24 minutes

Chef Jack Bishop Breaks Down ‘The Science of Good Cooking’ 2024-Nov-21 18 minutes

Bacteriophages Lurk In Your Bathroom, But Don’t Worry 2024-Nov-20 18 minutes

Managing Invasive Plants And Ticks Together | Clue Into The Evolution Of The Bird Brain 2024-Nov-19 18 minutes

The Gurgling, Growling History Of The Gut 2024-Nov-18 18 minutes

At COP29, The World’s Top Polluters Are No-Shows | Walking Pneumonia Is Spiking 2024-Nov-15 25 minutes

Oliver Sacks Searched The Brain For The Origins Of Music 2024-Nov-14 18 minutes

CAR-T Cell Therapy For Autoimmune Diseases | Measuring Early Life Adversity—In Marmots 2024-Nov-13 20 minutes

Your Arm Position Can Make Blood Pressure Readings Inaccurate 2024-Nov-12 17 minutes

Why Do We Keep Widening Highways If It Doesn’t Reduce Traffic? 2024-Nov-11 17 minutes

Ballot Measures Passed To Protect Abortion Rights | New Largest Prime Number 2024-Nov-08 22 minutes

Chickens Have Friendships And Reputations | Tourist Photos May Help Map Penguin Colonies 2024-Nov-07 24 minutes

The Clean Air Act Has Saved Millions Of Lives—But Gaps Remain 2024-Nov-06 25 minutes

How Does Long-Distance Running Affect Your Body? 2024-Nov-05 18 minutes

Gender-Affirming Care Is On The Line In This Election 2024-Nov-04 18 minutes

Maine Offshore Wind Auction Draws Few Bids | An Artist Combines Indigenous Textiles With Modern Tech 2024-Nov-01 19 minutes

After A Park Fire, Milkweed Bloomed | The ‘Creepy’ Procedure That Taps Into Young Blood 2024-Oct-31 18 minutes

How Insects Changed The World—And Human Cultures 2024-Oct-30 18 minutes

The Science Behind Third-Trimester Abortions 2024-Oct-29 18 minutes

How Aging Water Systems Are Pushing Sewage Into U.S. Homes 2024-Oct-28 17 minutes

Did Dinosaur Flight Evolve More Than Once? | Biodiversity’s Biggest Event Is Underway 2024-Oct-25 25 minutes

How Do Animals Understand Death? 2024-Oct-24 17 minutes

MRIs Show How The Brain Changes During Pregnancy 2024-Oct-23 17 minutes

How Metaphor Shapes Science | Intertwining The Lives Of Moths And Humans Through Music 2024-Oct-22 26 minutes

NASA’s Europa Clipper Heads To Jupiter’s Icy Moon Europa 2024-Oct-21 18 minutes

Pandas Return To Washington, D.C. | A Lesser-Known Grain Called Kernza 2024-Oct-18 17 minutes

How Health Misinformation Spreads | A Play About Ben Franklin And His Son 2024-Oct-17 23 minutes

Searching The Universe For Clues To The Ultra-Small 2024-Oct-16 17 minutes

What Makes ‘SuperAgers’ Stay Healthy For So Long? 2024-Oct-15 17 minutes

Asheville Was Never A ‘Climate Haven.’ Nowhere Is. 2024-Oct-14 18 minutes

The Science Behind Hurricane Milton | ‘Unsettling’ Warm Water In Lake Michigan 2024-Oct-11 19 minutes

How Campaigns Use Psychology To Get Out The Vote 2024-Oct-10 18 minutes

How Gut Microbes Are Linked To Stress Resilience 2024-Oct-09 18 minutes

How Magnetic Brain Stimulation Helps Relieve Depression 2024-Oct-08 17 minutes

How The Origin Of Life On Earth Can Help Find Life In Space 2024-Oct-07 23 minutes

Hurricane Helene's Effect On The Global Tech Industry | A Stretchy Band-Aid For The Heart 2024-Oct-04 25 minutes

Herbicides Approved For Public Land | Hidden Physics In Van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’ 2024-Oct-03 17 minutes

Improving Hospitals’ Support For Teens In Mental Health Crises 2024-Oct-02 18 minutes

Greenhouse Gases From Anesthesia | Fighting Militarization In The Mariana Islands 2024-Oct-01 17 minutes

Empowering Older Adults To Step Up For The Climate 2024-Sep-30 17 minutes

Microsoft Makes Deal To Restart Three Mile Island | Fish That Use Their Legs To Taste 2024-Sep-27 24 minutes

Former NIH Director Reflects On Public Mistrust In Science 2024-Sep-26 23 minutes

How Are AI Chatbots Changing Scientific Publishing? 2024-Sep-25 17 minutes

These Artists Serve Up Environmental Crises Through Food 2024-Sep-24 12 minutes

Surgeon General Takes On Parental Stress And Mental Health 2024-Sep-23 25 minutes

Earth May Once Have Had A Ring Like Saturn | An AI For Sand 2024-Sep-20 22 minutes

Physicists Create Heaviest Antimatter Nucleus | Bird Species May Team Up For Migration 2024-Sep-19 18 minutes

Your Questions About The Updated COVID Vaccines, Answered 2024-Sep-18 18 minutes

To Confront Climate Change, Imagine Getting It Right 2024-Sep-17 18 minutes

What Research Shows About Smartphone Bans In Schools 2024-Sep-16 17 minutes

First Citizen Spacewalk | First Successful Whole-Eye Transplant, Over A Year Later 2024-Sep-13 24 minutes

‘Time Capsule’ Rocks And Earth’s Mantle | Genetically Engineering Stronger Wood 2024-Sep-12 17 minutes

To This Neuroscientist, Cows Are Like Puppies 2024-Sep-11 18 minutes

Fishing For—And Saving—Sharks | Scientists Identify ‘ManhattAnt’ Spreading Across NYC 2024-Sep-10 18 minutes

Using DNA To Boost Digital Data Storage And Processing 2024-Sep-09 17 minutes

An Asteroid Impact, Spotted In Advance | Extreme Heat Is Making Learning More Difficult 2024-Sep-06 25 minutes

Dino-Killing Asteroid Was Rich In Carbon | The Dogs Sniffing Out Spotted Lanternflies 2024-Sep-05 19 minutes

Why Eels Are So Mysterious—And In Demand 2024-Sep-04 17 minutes

Webb Telescope Data Point To Six ‘Rogue Worlds’ 2024-Sep-03 17 minutes

Could ‘Season Creep’ Affect Human Behavior? 2024-Sep-02 18 minutes

Mosquito-Borne Diseases Are Spreading | ‘Slingshot’ And A Space Mission Gone Wrong 2024-Aug-30 23 minutes

The History Of Teeth, From Ancient Fish To Humans 2024-Aug-29 17 minutes

Errors On Death Certificates May Be Skewing Mortality Data 2024-Aug-28 18 minutes

Astronaut Cady Coleman On ‘Sharing Space’ 2024-Aug-27 18 minutes

Protecting Sequoias From Wildfire Gets Tricky | Ancient Cave Art And Human Creativity 2024-Aug-26 21 minutes

Plastic In Human Brains | Local Anesthetics Recommended For IUD Insertion 2024-Aug-23 22 minutes

Don’t Just Walk In The Woods—Touch, Smell, and Taste Them, Too 2024-Aug-22 17 minutes

Are Space Elevators Really A Possibility? 2024-Aug-21 17 minutes

Could Light And Sound Therapy Treat Alzheimer’s? 2024-Aug-20 12 minutes

Dr. Fauci On A Life Of Medical Research And Public Service 2024-Aug-19 25 minutes

Evidence For Liquid Water On Mars | Making Campsite Booking Fairer 2024-Aug-16 22 minutes

Dinosaurs’ Secrets Might Be In Their Fossilized Poop 2024-Aug-15 18 minutes

The Promise Of Perovskite Solar Panels 2024-Aug-14 17 minutes

An Expert Vegetable Breeder On Innovating Crops For The Future 2024-Aug-13 17 minutes

What The Private Sale Of Fossils Means For Paleontology 2024-Aug-12 17 minutes

Starliner Leaves Astronauts Stuck | Could We Get Weather Forecasts Years In Advance? 2024-Aug-09 25 minutes

Why Does COVID-19 Spike In Summer? 2024-Aug-08 18 minutes

Deep-Sea ‘Nodules’ May Produce Oxygen | A Bird’s Physics Trick For High-Altitude Flying 2024-Aug-07 23 minutes

PLATO’s Mission To Discover Exoplanets Like Earth 2024-Aug-06 17 minutes

Why Cancer Death Rates Have Decreased Over The Last 30 Years 2024-Aug-05 18 minutes

Hawaiʻi Wildfire Survivors Join Health Study | Wind Turbine Blade Sinks Off Massachusetts Coast 2024-Aug-02 20 minutes

The Science And History Of Refrigeration 2024-Aug-01 17 minutes

Sodium Replaces Lithium In A New Type Of Battery 2024-Jul-31 17 minutes

Inside The Race To Save Honeybees From Parasitic Mites 2024-Jul-30 17 minutes

What A Rodent Brain Shows Us About Love | If Colorado Was Flattened, How Big Would It Be? 2024-Jul-29 18 minutes

Curiosity Rover Discovers Pure Sulfur On Mars | A Science Hero, Lost and Found 2024-Jul-26 25 minutes

What Are The Risks Of Drinking Raw Milk? 2024-Jul-25 17 minutes

A Space Suit To Turn Pee Into Water | A Bitcoin Mine Causing A Health Crisis In Texas 2024-Jul-24 18 minutes

How A Shark Scientist Forged Her Own Path 2024-Jul-23 17 minutes

FDA Panel Rejects MDMA Therapy For PTSD 2024-Jul-22 18 minutes

A Small Meteor Blazes Over New York City | Tornado Science From ‘Twisters’ 2024-Jul-19 24 minutes

Why Are There So Many Drug Shortages In The U.S.? 2024-Jul-18 33 minutes