Science Friday: Video Podcast
Science Friday: Video Podcast
Science Friday, as heard on NPR, is a weekly discussion of the latest news in science, technology, health, and the environment hosted by ...
CreatureCast: Light-Up Squid
Squid (the kind served as calamari) can make their skin pulse different colors. Biologist Casey Dunn and his student Sophia Tintori were ...
Space Golf, Astronaut Included
The New York Hall of Science in Queens, NY opened a space-themed mini golf course this summer. Charles Camarda, a NASA engineer and former ...
Stovetop Science: Frying Hollandaise
Chef Wylie Dufresne, the owner of New York City restaurant wd-50, experiments with food, literally. He has lab notebooks detailing what ...
Sea Worms, Rice Snorkels, Cell Battles
Science Friday brings you a highlight reel of science news from the week, including: sea worms that drop bioluminescent bombs, how ...
Lasers, Glowing Dye Illuminate Jellyfish
John Dabiri, bioengineer at Caltech, has developed new techniques for studying the motion of aquatic animals. In a recent study in the ...
Museum Artists Keep It Real
No guesswork is allowed in museum art: scientists review everything from the color and texture of the tree bark to the facial expression of ...
Heart Cells Beat On A Living Band-Aid
Put rat heart cells on a piece of synthetic mesh and within a few days, the mesh starts beating in the petri dish. The hope is that down ...
When Bats Attack...Moths
For the last 50 million years, bats and moths have been engaged in an arms race: moths evolving new tricks to escape bats and bats ...
No Mow: Try Moss
Summertime doesn’t have to mean hours behind the lawn mower, at least for shade-dwellers. David Benner, horticulturist and moss ...
Flaming Bubbles
Theo Gray, author of Mad Science, demonstrates what happens when you fill bubbles with hydrogen and light them on fire. Warning: SciFri ...
Celebrate Explosive Chemistry
July Fourth: A day for picnics, parades and chemistry. Bassam Shakhashiri, chemistry professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, ...
This Airplane Flies Itself
This small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) takes off like a helicopter but flies like an airplane. The vehicle, named V-Bat, can fly at over ...
Fluke Footage Catches Whale In The Act
For years, longline fishermen in Alaska have complained that whales have been stealing their sablefish catch. A team of researchers mounted ...













