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December 20, 2024 - Science Friday
2024年12月20日 · The science advisor for “Interstellar” discusses the film’s impact, and how new information about gravitational waves could have changed it. Plus, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will break its own record for closest approach to the sun—just 3.8 million miles away. And, with drone sightings in the news, we take a look at the current laws and regulations around hobby and commercial drone ...
November 15, 2024 - Science Friday
2024年11月15日 · Medical historian Dr. Elsa Richardson discusses the changing cultural and scientific understandings of the gut. Plus, a “one-of-a-kind” fossil helps fill a giant gap in scientists’ understanding of how bird brains evolved. And, walking pneumonia typically affects school-age kids, but the CDC reports a rise in cases in children aged 2-4.
If ‘Interstellar’ Were Made Today, What Would Be Different?
2024年12月20日 · IRA FLATOW: This is Science Friday. I’m Ira Flatow. The science-fiction film Interstellar turns 10 years old this month. Hard to believe. For many of us, it was our first encounter with some pretty advanced astrophysics, taking sci-fi concepts like wormholes and time warping and backing them up with actual science.
The Breakthrough Technologies To Watch In 2025 - Science Friday
2025年1月3日 · Credit: Image collage made with Shutterstock, Canva, and Business Wire. Each year, the journalists at the MIT Technology Review publish a list of 10 breakthrough technologies: these are things poised to hit a tipping point, and potentially change the way the world works.. Unsurprisingly, artificial intelligence remains a big breakthrough.
November 8, 2024 - Science Friday
2024年11月8日 · Decades of research shows that expanding highways, despite its promise to reduce congestion, actually increases travel times. Plus, a math enthusiast finds the largest known prime number. And, blood pressure categories are based on patients who are sitting in a certain position. But not every doctor’s office takes readings that way.
How Five Elements Define Life On Earth - Science Friday
2023年11月3日 · Credit: Shutterstock with added elements. Over 99% of a human cell is made up of just five elements: carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and phosphorus. That same elemental mix exists, with minor variations, in every other living thing on Earth.
Episodes Archive - Science Friday
2024年12月20日 · “The Burning Earth” examines over 800 years of history to demonstrate how violence against people and the planet are one and the same. Plus, a program trains women as tactile medical examiners to identify tumors before they show up on imaging scans.
Accidental Breakthrough Makes Web-Slinging Silk A Reality
2024年12月13日 · KATHLEEN DAVIS: We’re all familiar with Spider-Man, the red-suited hero who swings through New York. In the original comic book, our hero, the young Peter Parker, invents a device that lets him shoot webs of spider silk from his wrists.
October 4, 2024 - Science Friday
2024年10月4日 · With the presidential election a month away, researchers explain the psychology behind holding, changing, and acting on political opinions. Plus, researchers developed a 3D-printable material, inspired by worms, that can act as a Band-Aid for damaged heart and cartilage tissue. And, a recent study concluded that people who are highly resilient to stress have specific biological signatures in ...