Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchPolice Behavior Research, Dermatology In Skin Of Color, Coffee Extraction. June 5, 2020, Part 1
Episode 268
This week, the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other Black Americans by police brutality and racial inequality continue to fuel demonst…
5 years, 7 months ago
Vaccine Rate Decrease, Mind-Body Music. May 29, 2020, Part 1
Episode 267
One unintended consequence of families sheltering at home is that children’s vaccination rates have gone way down. In New York City, for example, vac…
5 years, 7 months ago
Bio-Inspired Concrete, Nose Microbiome, Space News. May 29, 2020, Part 2
Episode 266
The human microbiome—our own personalized bacteria profile—plays a part in our health. The different parts of our body, from our skin to our gut, eac…
5 years, 7 months ago
Ancient East Asian Genomes, COVID And Clotting, And Cassowary Plumage. May 22, 2020, Part 2
Episode 265
The cassowary, a large flightless bird native to Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands, has a reputation for aggression and wickedly clawed feet …
5 years, 7 months ago
Degrees Of Change: Regulatory Rollbacks. May 22, 2020, Part 1
Episode 264
The Trump administration is in the process of reversing nearly 100 environmental rules and regulations—threatening air, water, and public health. For…
5 years, 7 months ago
Galileo, Home COVID Monitoring Tech, Origin Of The Feces. May 15, 2020, Part 2
Episode 263
Galileo’s Battle Against Science Denial
Galileo Galilei is known as the father of observational astronomy. His theories about the movement of the Ear…
5 years, 8 months ago
Global COVID Hotspots, Fact Check My Feed, Koji Fermenting. May 15, 2020, Part 1
Episode 262
Fact Check My Feed: Finding The Falsehoods In ‘Plandemic’
Science Friday continues to weigh the truth and sift through the seemingly never-ending str…
5 years, 8 months ago
Moon Maps, Brain Replay, Contact Tracing. May 8, 2020, Part 2
Episode 261
Have you ever had to learn something new and repeat it over and over—until it feels like you’re doing it in your sleep? Maybe you are. In research pu…
5 years, 8 months ago
COVID-19 Inequalities. May 8, 2020, Part 1
Episode 260
Coronavirus is still hitting the U.S. hard. And breaking down infections by race shows a striking pattern: Black, Latino, and Native American people …
5 years, 8 months ago
Evolutionary Biologist Neil Shubin, Bee Virus Behavior, Search for Lost Apples. May 1, 2020, Part 2
Episode 259
The Twists And Turns Of The Evolution Of Life On Earth
In an evolutionary tree, neat branches link the paths of different species back through time. …
5 years, 8 months ago