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How yawning might help clear dirty fluid from the brain
Episode 1301
Just about every animal with a backbone yawns (maybe even dinosaurs), but why we do it is still something of a mystery. A SciFri listener from Texas …
1 month, 1 week ago
The new frontier of cancer research is in space
Episode 1300
An upcoming resupply mission will carry tumor samples to the International Space Station for research. Experiments in microgravity have yielded shock…
1 month, 1 week ago
Who are the musicians composing for my washing machine?
Episode 1299
Have you noticed that your newer appliances are serenading you? Many new washing machines, dishwashers, dryers, and vacuums have sonic signatures. Bu…
1 month, 1 week ago
How El Niño shapes the world’s weather trends
Episode 1298
Scientists studying climate models say there’s a high chance this will be an El Niño year—and that we could be in for a “super” El Niño. The differen…
1 month, 1 week ago
Planning your photo ops for a trip around the moon
Episode 1297
In April, the crew of Artemis II got an unprecedented tour of the far side of the moon, and they brought back a proverbial shoebox full of pictures. …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Understanding the gynecological health crisis facing Black women
Episode 1296
When Kemi Doll was in medical school, she learned that Black women are twice as likely to die from uterine cancer as white women, and also suffer dis…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Data about your body is up for sale. Who's buying it?
Episode 1295
Cameras and sensors are just about everywhere, recording your face, how you walk, where you go, your heart rate. And AI is making it easy to amass an…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Sci-fi thriller combines aliens, robots, and Cherokee culture
Episode 1294
Breaking news out of eastern Oklahoma! A hole in the sky has opened. Through it, an unidentified turtle-shaped craft has descended. Alerts say that t…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Beavers could be humans' biggest ally, if we let them
Episode 1293
Beavers are having a moment, thanks to the new Pixar movie “Hoppers.” Amid some body-swapping shenanigans, the film is about humans coexisting with w…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Searching for dark matter, deep in the Earth
Episode 1292
Deep in an active nickel mine near Sudbury, Ontario, researchers are installing and calibrating a set of sensitive detectors. They hope that the loca…
1 month, 3 weeks ago