Science Friday

Science Friday

Covering the outer reaches of space to the tiniest microbes in our bodies, Science Friday is the source for entertaining and educational stories about science, technology, and other cool stuff.

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Is that garbage can bear resistant? These bears will find out

Oct 22, 2026

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Jennifer Doudna on what it takes to be a good scientist

Oct 21, 2026

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Getting the billion-dollar PRIMA space telescope off the ground

Oct 20, 2026

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Ayana Elizabeth Johnson on making climate action cool

Oct 19, 2026

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Could a whale swallow a human, “Whalefall” style?

Oct 16, 2026

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Why do politicians talk like that?

Oct 15, 2026

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Sargassum superblooms are choking coastlines around the Atlantic

Oct 14, 2026

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Celebrating Ada Lovelace Day and the women who made the internet

Oct 13, 2026

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Are attachment styles more than a social media trend?

Oct 12, 2026

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The science and politics of the new mRNA flu vaccine

Oct 10, 2026

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What is the Kelvin wave on the West Coast?

Oct 9, 2026

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The punk rock life of cephalopods

Oct 8, 2026

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The Nobel winner searching for deep-space neutrinos in Antarctica

Oct 7, 2026

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How important ideas get reawakened, with David Byrne

Oct 6, 2026

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The History of Concrete with John Wilson

Oct 5, 2026

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The tilcayo is the new wild cat on the block

Oct 2, 2026

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Are natural history museums going extinct?

Oct 1, 2026

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Examining a new lunar crater + searching for signs of alien technology

Sep 30, 2026

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Did the COVID pandemic stunt kids’ development?

Sep 29, 2026

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How do concussions affect the brain?

Sep 28, 2026

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Are new treatments for celiac disease on the horizon?

Sep 25, 2026

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Everyone is calling for safer AI. So what does that mean?

Sep 24, 2026

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Underwater archeology reveals clues about Ice Age humans

Sep 23, 2026

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Climate change is increasing hurricane risk for Hawaiʻi

Sep 22, 2026

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Bringing hard electronics into soft and squishy bodies

Sep 21, 2026

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What is lymphatic drainage, anyway?

Sep 18, 2026

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Hot flashes and hormone therapy: the science of perimenopause

Sep 17, 2026

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Telling the tale of human origins, one fossil tooth at a time

Sep 16, 2026

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Did the fire at the Library of Alexandria set humanity back?

Sep 15, 2026

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Black bears are moving into the neighborhood. How do we coexist?

Sep 14, 2026

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Is a shorter course of antibiotics OK? + Genetic risk of fibromyalgia

Sep 12, 2026

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Where are we with understanding the health effects of cannabis?

Sep 11, 2026

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Did scientists just find a dark matter particle? Maybe

Sep 10, 2026

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Why physics and philosophy need each other

Sep 9, 2026

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Recall rodeo: A food safety update + Why cars are catching fire

Sep 8, 2026

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Is there science behind the ‘nervous system reset’?

Sep 7, 2026

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For Jennifer Chayes, math is a 'native tongue'

Sep 4, 2026

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What an mRNA melanoma vaccine may mean for cancer treatment

Sep 3, 2026

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Why it's so hard to tell the age of a fungus

Sep 2, 2026

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The power of the stories we tell about the ocean

Sep 1, 2026

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What should astronauts do first when they reach Mars?

Aug 31, 2026

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AI is everywhere in healthcare now. Doctors are conflicted

Aug 28, 2026

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How much worse was that storm because of climate change?

Aug 27, 2026

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How GPS shaped our world

Aug 26, 2026

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The ancient Roman doctrine guiding modern environmental fights

Aug 25, 2026

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What are the mysterious ‘little red dots’ in images of space?

Aug 24, 2026

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Could we live in a dinosaur world?

Aug 22, 2026

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Do microplastics in the body affect pregnancy?

Aug 21, 2026

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Making a case for physicists to join climate research

Aug 20, 2026

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Creating 'world models' for robots + An AI math shakeup

Aug 19, 2026

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