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Entertaining & educational conversations about science, tech, + more. Hosted by Ira Flatow and Flora Lichtman. From WNYCStudios #SciFriBookClub 📚 'Origin' by Jennifer Raff
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Published: August 15, 2026 11:43
We want to hear your ocean stories!
Did a snorkeling trip bring you to tears? Did you fall in love with sea slugs at a tidal pool? Did you lock eyes with a manta ray and find the meaning of life?
Tell us about your most memorable or surprising…
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Published: August 14, 2026 16:16
Have you seen a larval firefly?
Firefly researcher Candace Fallon says everyone should check out the juvenile insect that kind of looks like a steamrolled roly-poly.
Producer Kathleen Davis chatted with Fallon about all things fireflies, including the…
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Published: August 13, 2026 22:19
Who knew insect pee could be so fascinating?
Research projects like this are the norm at The Bhamla Lab (@bhamlalab.bsky.social), where Saad Bhamla  believes scientists should take risks and find new ways of looking at things.
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Published: August 11, 2026 18:48
Science Friday, in partnership with Grove Atlantic, is giving away 10 copies of “What the Wild Sea Can Be“ by Helen Scales. Enter for your chance to win! Apply here: i1j7zijgb78.typeform.com/to/F5dHQjVk
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Published: August 10, 2026 21:06
Our #PictureOfTheWeek features astronaut Leland Melvin surrounded by floating food and drink packets in space. As NASA prepares for long-term space missions to the moon and Mars, how important is the food they send up?
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Published: August 7, 2026 15:20
How many hours a day are you sitting? Probably too many.
Manoush Zomorodi, author of "Body Electric: The Hidden Health Costs of the Digital Age and New Science to Reclaim Your Well-Being,” recruited 23,000 people to take movement breaks every 30 minutes…
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Published: August 4, 2026 22:30
We couldn’t agree more.
For today’s podcast, we’re throwing it back to when Queen guitarist/astronomer Brian May and astrophysicist Derek Ward-Thompson chatted with Flora about their stereoscopic book of galaxies, “Islands in Infinity: Galaxies 3-D.” And…
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Published: August 3, 2026 19:14
Our #PictureOfTheWeek features Cold War codebreaking specialists. This group of highly skilled Black women were recruited as cryptologists to decipher intercepted Soviet messages. Their role in Cold War intelligence operations has been largely overlooked,…
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Published: August 2, 2026 18:33
What food would you take to space?
We want to know the one thing you could eat over and over again if you were sent on a mission to Mars. Tell us your comfort food, the clever recipe, how you make it, and why it matters to you.
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Published: August 1, 2026 15:39
We created a puzzle adventure game with Grand Gamers Guild!
Imagine you're a science journalist hosting a symposium on the chambered nautilus and the featured expert is missing! Solve puzzles, search the aquarium for clues, and race to find them before…