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Octopuses Use Suckers To ‘Taste’ Harmful Microbes
Episode 1117
Put on your party hat and wet suit because it is Cephalopod Week, Science Friday’s annual celebration of all things, octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
After CDC Director Is Ousted, More Senior Officials Resign
Episode 1116
On August 27, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the White House fired CDC director Susan Monarez after only a month on the job. Right after …
7 months, 4 weeks ago
Meet 3I/Atlas, An Object From Another Solar System
Episode 1114
Earlier this summer, astronomers discovered something strange whizzing past Jupiter: an interstellar object. Scientists named it 3I/ATLAS. It’s only …
8 months ago
How Common Household Products Pollute Our Indoor Air
Episode 1113
You have probably given some thought to outdoor air pollution, whether it’s wildfire smoke or smog from traffic. You may even check AQI measurements …
8 months ago
The Shape-Shifting Science Of Sand Dunes
Episode 1112
In some places, sand dunes protect shorelines from the onslaught of ocean waves. In other places, the dunes themselves are on the move, and threaten …
8 months ago
Food Science Experts On Perfecting At-Home Ice Cream
Episode 1111
Summer may be winding down, but we’re not quite ready to let go of beach days, backyard cookouts, or ice cream cones. We love ice cream here at SciFr…
8 months ago
An ER Doctor Reflects On Hurricane Katrina, 20 Years Later
Episode 1110
Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana, and the levees designed to protect New Orleans failed. Huge swaths of the city floode…
8 months ago
An Archaeologist And A Tattoo Artist Decipher Ancient Ink
Episode 1109
Researchers recently used near-infrared photography to get a detailed look at ancient artwork showing scenes of wild animals tangled in a fight. But …
8 months ago
What Lies Beneath The Outer Layers Of A Star?
Episode 1108
You might think of a star as a mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace where hydrogen is turned into helium at a temperature of millions…
8 months, 1 week ago
How Have Gray Wolves Fared 30 Years After Reintroduction?
Episode 1107
Gray wolves are native to the Rocky Mountains, but decades of hunting nearly eradicated them from the western United States by the 1940s. In 1995, wo…
8 months, 1 week ago