NPR: Science Friday Podcast

NPR: Science Friday Podcast

NPR: Science Friday Podcast

Science Friday, as heard on NPR, is a weekly discussion of the latest news in science, technology, health, and the environment hosted by ...

Working Weekends At A Psych ER

Dr. Julie Holland ran the weekend shift at Bellevue's psychiatric emergency room for nine years. In her new memoir Weekends at Bellevue, ...
1 week ago

'Genetic Fossils' Change Extinction Picture

Woolly mammoths and ancient horses may have been roaming the North American steppes longer than scientists thought. Evolutionary biologist ...
1 week ago

Eggnog: Spike And Let It Sit, For Safety

A perennial holiday dilemma: Will alcohol kill bacteria like salmonella in homemade eggnog? Microbiologists Vince Fischetti and Raymond ...
1 week ago

Report Adds Up Americans' Daily Appetite For Data

In the consumer report "How Much Information?" University of California technology management professor Roger Bohn writes that average ...
1 week ago

Data Mining Spurs Innovation, Threatens Privacy

By analyzing cell phone movements and online search queries, scientists can monitor traffic in real time and track disease outbreaks more ...
1 week ago

Deep Ocean Volcano Hot Topic At Geophysics Meeting

At the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union this week, high-definition footage of a deep ocean volcano spewing lava into the ...
1 week ago

Erasing Fears By Thinking About Them

Fearful memories can be updated — and the fear erased — without drugs, a new study in the journal Nature suggests. Study author ...
2 weeks ago

What To Get That Special Geek

Droid or iPhone? Zune or Touch? Netbook or MacBook? With holiday shopping in full swing, Ira Flatow talks with gadget guru Mark McClusky, ...
2 weeks ago

U.S. Government Sponsors High-Stakes Balloon Hunt

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) released 10 red weather balloons across the country and offered $40,000 to the first ...
2 weeks ago

Can Coffee Lower The Risk of Prostate Cancer?

New research suggests coffee is more than a pick-me-up; it may help protect against prostate cancer. Researcher Kathryn Wilson describes ...
2 weeks ago

Breast Cancer Gene Patents Challenged

A landmark lawsuit is challenging the patents Myriad Genetics holds on the so-called breast cancer genes — patents that make Myriad ...
2 weeks ago

Gauging The Climate In Copenhagen

Scientists, policymakers, activists and skeptics from around the world have gathered in Denmark's capital to figure out how to deal with ...
2 weeks ago

Can Science Make Psychotherapy More Effective?

More rigorous scientific training in clinical psychology graduate programs would turn out more competent clinicians, researchers write in ...
3 weeks ago