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Back to SearchBiden’s COVID Transition Team, Election Drug Policy Reform. Nov 13, 2020, Part 1
Episode 318
The New Biden Administration Plans For COVID-19
It’s been less than a week since it became clear that Joe Biden would be the president elect. While P…
5 years, 2 months ago
Climate Policy And The Election, COVID Winter Forecast, Murder Hornets. Nov 6, 2020, Part 1
Episode 317
What Will The Pandemic Look Like During The Winter?
It’s been almost a year since officials in China announced the spread of a mysterious pneumonia, …
5 years, 2 months ago
Ancient Algae, COVID Holidays, Accessible Pregnancy Test. Nov 6, 2020, Part 2
Episode 316
How Algae Survived A Mass Extinction
Sixty-six million years ago when an asteroid slammed into what is now the Yucatan peninsula, it set off a period…
5 years, 2 months ago
Book Club Finale, Floating Nuclear Plants. Oct 30, 2020, Part 2
Episode 315
Pushing Boundaries In Fantastical Fiction
The Science Friday Book Club has spent all of October immersed in short stories by Indigenous, Black, Chica…
5 years, 2 months ago
Science And The Election, Disinformation, Vampire Bats. Oct 30, 2020, Part 1
Episode 314
Choosing the next U.S. president is not the only decision voters will make in the upcoming 2020 elections. Major science policies are also on the bal…
5 years, 2 months ago
Should We Trust Election Forecasting, COVID Dreams. Oct 23, 2020, Part 1
Episode 313
The first “scientific” election poll was conducted in 1936 by George Gallup, who correctly predicted that Franklin D. Roosevelt would win the preside…
5 years, 2 months ago
Teaching in a Pandemic, Inheriting Stress, Book Club. Oct 23, 2020, Part 2
Episode 312
Even In A Pandemic, Science Class Is In Session
This academic year, school campuses across the United States look very different. Instead of crowded …
5 years, 2 months ago
U.S. COVID Spikes, Blockchain Chicken Farm, Book Club: Chicanafuturism. Oct 16, 2020, Part 2
Episode 311
Across The Country, A Spike In Coronavirus Cases
Over 217,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the U.S., and many states are seeing an upswing in case…
5 years, 2 months ago
The Black Hole At The Center Of The Galaxy, Shipwreck Microbes. Oct 16, 2020, Part 1
Episode 310
The 2020 Nobel Prize winners have been announced, and among them is UCLA astronomer Andrea Ghez, who split the prize with Roger Penrose and Reinhard …
5 years, 2 months ago
Science News, Nobel Roundup, Book Club. Oct 9, 2020, Part 1
Episode 309
What Is The Status Of President Trump’s COVID-19 Case?
Late last week, President Trump announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19 and was adm…
5 years, 3 months ago