Science Friday
Entertaining & educational conversations about science, tech, + more. Hosted by Ira Flatow and Flora Lichtman. From WNYCStudios #SciFriBookClub 📚 ' Everything Is Tuberculosis' by John Green
- Dr. Katalin Karikó spent decades experimenting with mRNA. She was scoffed at, demoted, and eventually forced to retire. Then, she won the Nobel Prize. Listen to her story in the first episode of “The Leap,” produced with the @hypothesisfund.bsky.social. pod.link/73329284/epi...
- The children’s book "Mother of Sharks" follows Mellie, who travels into the future to study sharks and their role in marine ecosystems—and, spoiler alert—becomes the Mother of Sharks. In 2022, we spoke with author and shark scientist Melissa Márquez about the book and why shark conservation matters.
- Hiking and birding can be challenging—and even unsafe—for visually disabled people. In 2022, we talked to nature recordist and birder Juan Pablo Culasso about a pilot program of trails in the Colombian Andes that helped blind & low-vision visitors connect with nature.
- Today on the podcast, proposed budget cuts for NASA would jeopardize space research. Plus, an executive order could change the political tides for deep sea mining. Listen here 🎧: pod.link/73329284/epi...
- To close up the hour, we will discuss some extreme outerwear. Dr. Dan Rubinoff joins us to discuss a bone collector caterpillar. And Dr. Laura Devendorf talks about making textiles with memory.
- Do you prefer buttons that click and knobs that turn to the tactile sameness of a screen? We want to know: What's the button that you can't do without? Leave us a message at 1-877-4-SCIFRI.
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- Today on the podcast, a microbiologist talks about the wild world of bacterial communication and how understanding microbes could help us understand ourselves. Listen here 🎧: pod.link/73329284/epi...
- Roughly 20% of adults in the U.S. live with chronic pain—and they're more likely to face depression, anxiety, and substance use. New research shows that understanding the mind-body connection is key to better treatment.
