Science Friday Audio Podcast: Episodes
In <em>Brilliant Blunders</em>, Mario Livio explores colossal errors by science's greatest minds.
Physicist Lee Smolin explains his theory of time, and why the future of physics depends on it.
A visit with psychologist Daniel Kahneman, who won the Nobel Prize in economic sciences in 2002.
Can entomophagy, the eating of insects, help improve the world’s food resources?
Through cloning techniques, researchers created a source of embryonic stem cells genetically identical to a patient.
Psychologist Clifford Nass says multitasking may be killing our concentration and creativity.
By studying split-second facial expressions, psychologists hope to uncover hidden emotional cues.
Brewmasters discuss how to get the most out of your grounds.
The SETI Institute’s Jill Tarter talks about her career searching for intelligent life beyond Earth.
Saul Perlmutter discusses his Nobel Prize-winning work measuring the accelerating expansion of the universe.
Planning for the next Sandy, a New Jersey mayor has proposed lifting up his town. But at what cost?
Pollan once advised, "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." Now, he tells us how to cook it.
How can you measure the mass of a particle of antimatter? Might it fall up?
After spending 17 years underground, millions of Brood II cicadas are expected to emerge this spring.
Bacteria-like creatures living nearly two billion years ago belched hydrogen sulfide, the signature stench of rotten eggs.
Every year at this time, the greater sage-grouse performs a striking dance routine each morning at dawn.
The telescope's massive mirror will unfurl on a newly completed set of wings.
Parts of the giant lake are 10 times saltier than the ocean—but life has found a way to thrive.
Planetary scientists and future explorers are trying to learn about our neighboring planet without ever leaving Earth.
A panel of paleontology experts describes some of Utah’s ancient treasures.