Science Friday: Video Podcast

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 ...
09/11/09

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 ...
09/04/09

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 ...
08/28/09

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 ...
08/21/09

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 ...
08/14/09

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 ...
07/31/09

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 ...
07/24/09

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 ...
07/17/09

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 ...
07/10/09

Flaming Bubbles

Theo Gray, author of Mad Science, demonstrates what happens when you fill bubbles with hydrogen and light them on fire. Warning: SciFri ...
07/03/09

Celebrate Explosive Chemistry

July Fourth: A day for picnics, parades and chemistry. Bassam Shakhashiri, chemistry professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, ...
07/03/09

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 ...
06/26/09

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 ...
06/19/09
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