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Why Do Cephalopods Make Ink?
Episode 796
The most wonderful time of the year has arrived: Cephalopod Week, Science Friday’s annual tradition of spotlighting all things octopus, squid, and cu…
1 year, 10 months ago
Meet The Emotions Behind Teenage Angst In ‘Inside Out 2’
Episode 795
In the 2015 film “Inside Out,” audiences met 11-year-old Riley and her team of emotions: Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust, and Anger, each represented by …
1 year, 10 months ago
Elephants Seem To Use Names For Each Other | Kids Discover Rare T. Rex Fossil
Episode 794
A new study used machine learning to analyze elephant vocalizations and identified “contact rumbles” that appear to function as names. Also, on a hik…
1 year, 10 months ago
How Sound Rules Life Underwater
Episode 793
Many people think of the ocean as a quiet and serene place: Take a dip underwater and the cacophony of the world melts away.
But the ocean is quite no…
1 year, 10 months ago
Metal-Absorbing Plants Could Make Mining Greener | A Tiny Fern's Gigantic Genome
Episode 792
Plants called “hyperaccumulators” have evolved to absorb high levels of metals. Scientists want to harness them for greener metal mining. And, a litt…
1 year, 10 months ago
How Psychological Warfare Moved From Battlefields To Politics
Episode 791
When you think about connections between science and war, the obvious links are in technology—advanced radar, spy satellites, more powerful explosive…
1 year, 10 months ago
Step Aside, DNA. It’s RNA’s Time To Shine.
Episode 790
DNA has long been studied and understood as the genetic blueprint for life on Earth. And related scientific endeavors, like the Human Genome Project,…
1 year, 10 months ago
A Week Of Milestones For Spaceflight | Mexico Has Elected A Scientist President
Episode 789
A Week Of Milestones For Spaceflight
This has been a week of milestones for human spaceflight. After years of delays, Boeing’s Starliner capsule, carr…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Organ That Gives Birds Their Voices | Common Loons Are Pop Music Icons
Episode 785
Scientists are studying birds’ unique vocal organ, the syrinx, to better understand its evolutionary history. Also, the eerie calls of the common loo…
1 year, 11 months ago
Indigenous Nations Are Fighting To Take Back Their Data
Episode 784
You might’ve heard this phrase before: data equals power. Because when you have data, you can decide how they’re used and who gets to use them.
The hi…
1 year, 11 months ago