Brain fun for curious people.
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/science-friday
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 32 days 59 minutes
Hr2: Exoplanets, Ramanujan, Science Club
This week NASA Kepler mission scientists confirmed a record haul of exoplanets: 1,284. Plus, how an impoverished Indian clerk upended mathematics with strange and beautiful equations, and responses to the Science Club #TakeASample challenge.
Hr1: News Roundup, Birds, Bees, Mushrooms
Celebrating spring science and the wonders of observation. Plus, a foray into the delicious world of mushroom hunting.
Hr2: Transit of Mercury, Weight Loss, Camera Traps
What The Biggest Loser can teach us about how the body loses and maintains weight. Plus, Dean Regas shares tips for viewing the upcoming transit of Mercury, and other sights in the spring skies, and a look at camera traps for wildlife.
Hr1: News Roundup, Biotech Startups, GPS, Robot Surgery
Has your GPS ever gotten you in trouble? It is so common in National Parks that rangers in Death Valley call it death by GPS. Plus, a look at a new robot that can perform sutures and other delicate operations completely autonomously.
Hr2: Genomics, DNA Data Storage, Garden IoT
Genomics pioneer Craig Venter revisits his predictions for the field from a SciFri conversation in 2003. Plus, DNA data storage, and a look at a growing group of apps, sensors, and other technologies that tell you when to water and fertilize, or even wh
Hr1: News Roundup, Tweeting Sharks, Quantum World
Could the space we live in - our everyday reality - just be a projection of some underlying quantum structure? Plus, the good and bad of sharks who tweet, and a roundup of the week in science.
Hr1: News Roundup, Cold Lab Mice, Animal Intelligence, Coral
How do you measure the IQ of an octopus? The trick, says primatologist Frans de Waal, is to measure animal intelligence not by human standards, but by octopus or elephant or chimpanzee standards. Plus, coral bleaching, and a roundup of science news.
Hr2: Laserium, Biomimicry, Brainprints
In the 70s, millions of people experienced a groovier side of science: the planetarium laser show. Plus, what technology can learn from nature, and a metal material capable of disintegrating a bullet.
Hr2: Emoji Interpretation, Sonification, Orchid Deception
Proponents of sonification hope that listening to data could lead to more scientific discoveries. Plus, how the emotion of emoji could be lost in translation, and how orchids use mimicry, fraud, and deception to attract pollinators.
Hr1: News Roundup, Zika Virus, Brain-Computer Interface, Science Club
The story of a quadriplegic man who regained movement of his arm using a brain-computer interface. Plus, new research into the zika virus, and a challenge to explain your world via sampling.