Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSquid Lighting, Tongue Microbiome, Invasive Herbivores. March 27, 2020, Part 2
Episode 247
How Humboldt Squid Talk To Each Other In The Dark
Cephalopods are masters of changing their bodies in response to their environments—from camouflagin…
5 years, 9 months ago
COVID Near You Citizen Science, Fact-Check Your Feed. March 27, 2020, Part 1
Episode 246
These days, our newsfeeds are overloaded with stories of the coronavirus. This week, Science Friday continues to dig into the facts behind the specul…
5 years, 9 months ago
SciFri Extra: Science Diction On The Word 'Dinosaur'
Episode 245
At the turn of the 19th century, Britons would stroll along the Yorkshire Coast, stumbling across unfathomably big bones. These mysterious fossils we…
5 years, 9 months ago
Coronavirus Fact-Check, Poetry of Science, Social Bats. March 20, 2020, Part 2
Episode 244
As new cases of coronavirus pop up across the United States, and as millions of people must self-isolate from family and friends at home, one place m…
5 years, 9 months ago
Jane Goodall, Coronavirus Update, Science Diction. March 20, 2020, Part 1
Episode 243
60 years ago this year, a young Jane Goodall entered the Gombe in Tanzania to begin observations of the chimpanzees living there. During her time the…
5 years, 9 months ago
SciFri Extra: Science Diction On The Word 'Vaccine'
Episode 242
For centuries, smallpox seemed unbeatable. People had tried nearly everything to knock it out—from herbal remedies to tossing back 12 bottles of beer…
5 years, 9 months ago
Farmers’ Stress, Tiny Dino-Bird Discovery. March 13, 2020, Part 2
Episode 241
The Farm Crisis of the 1980s was a dark time for people working in food and agriculture. U.S. agricultural policies led to an oversupply of crops, pr…
5 years, 10 months ago
Coronavirus: Washing and Sanitizing, Science Diction, New HIV PrEP Drugs. March 13, 2020, Part 1
Episode 240
The number of people in the U.S. confirmed to be infected with the pandemic-level respiratory coronavirus continues to rise, even as testing and diag…
5 years, 10 months ago
SciFri Extra: Science Diction On The Word 'Meme'
Episode 239
Remember that summer when the internet was one Distracted Boyfriend after another—that flannel-shirted dude rubbernecking at a passing woman, while h…
5 years, 10 months ago
Astronaut Training, Marsquakes, Whale Migration. March 6, 2020, Part 2
Episode 238
Do You Have The ‘Right Stuff’ To Be An Astronaut?
If you’ve ever considered being an astronaut, this might be your chance to land that dream job. Thi…
5 years, 10 months ago