The environmental costs of Cashmere SciFri 2024-05-04 | Derek Guy, a fashion industry journalist, joins us in exploring the relationship between cheap cashmere and environmental degradation in Mongolia. Subscribe to our podcast here:https://pod.link/73329284Learn more about the science of clothing:sciencefriday.com/segments/sweater-bad-quality-science
A book asks the question: is math real? 📚 🤔💭🔢✖️🧮 SciFri 2024-05-01 | Learn more at www.sciencefriday.com/mathbook
Where Soil Grows Above The Trees SciFri 2024-04-30 | Canopy soil builds up over decades in the nooks and crannies of old trees. How does it get there? You might be used to the feeling of Earth under your feet, but did you know that there’s soil high above your head? Way up in the treetops, where ferns, mosses, flowers, and even trees grow on top of the forest. A new study in Geoderma describes the factors that contribute to how canopy soil is formed.Subscribe to our podcast here:https://pod.link/73329284Listen to the full conversation here: sciencefriday.com/segments/tree-canopy-soil
In Defense Of ‘Out Of Place’ Plants SciFri 2024-04-30 | In her new book, Jessica J. Lee examines how humans have moved plants around the globe and how our migrations are intertwined with theirs.Guest host Arielle Duhaime-Ross talked with Lee about Dispersals and what we can learn from plants' histories.Subscribe to our podcast here:https://pod.link/73329284Listen to the full conversation here: sciencefriday.com/segments/dispersals-invasive-plants-book
The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking): Author Livestream and Q&A - #SciFriBookClub SciFri 2024-04-27 | How many ways could the universe actually, realistically end? (At least 5!) Will we even be around to witness the moment? (Probably not.) Come noodle on the universe’s inevitable end with astrophysicist and author Katie Mack. -- This is a #SciFriBookClub event, where attendees can hear from the author about topics related to our Book Club pick. Listeners talk with fellow attendees and ask questions to our guests via chat! Find out more about the SciFri Book Club: sciencefriday.com/scifri-book-club By RSVPing for this event, you are signing up for Science Friday's newsletter. You can opt out at any time.
Is Math Real?: Author Livestream and Q&A - #SciFriBookClub SciFri 2024-04-18 | Is 1+1=2 true or false? Well, according to mathemetician and author Eugenia Cheng, it depend on who, when and where you ask! She’ll join our livestream this month, where you can ask her all your logic-related questions—and come out loving math a little more. - - - This is a #SciFriBookClub event, where attendees can hear from the author about topics related to our Book Club pick. Listeners talk with fellow attendees and ask questions to our guests via chat! Find out more about the SciFri Book Club: sciencefriday.com/scifri-book-club By RSVPing for this event, you are signing up for Science Friday's newsletter. You can opt out at any time.
Join us tomorrow for a report from Colorado on the race to save honeybees from parasitic mites. SciFri 2024-04-11 | ...
Did you know that the number zero had to be invented? SciFri 2024-04-03 | @onlinekyne tells the story. Learn more at www.sciencefriday.com/mathindrag
But where can you see next weeks total solar eclipse? @DeanRegas8815 shows us its path. SciFri 2024-04-03 | Learn more at: www.sciencefriday.com/eclipse2024
Learn with @DeanRegas8815 how to use a sun funnel to see the upcoming solar eclipse. SciFri 2024-03-30 | Learn more at www.sciencefriday.com/eclipse2024
Legacy: Livestream and Q&A with Uché Blackstock #SciFriBookClub SciFri 2024-03-29 | In her new memoir, LEGACY, Uché Blackstock describes the roadblocks that stood in the way of future physicians like her: Systemic inequality, differing access to care for Black Americans, and mentors who left the field too soon. Join us for a conversation on her path from daughter of a community-focused Black woman physician to health equity advocate. --- This is a #SciFriBookClub event, where attendees can hear from the author about topics related to our Book Club pick. Listeners talk with fellow attendees and ask questions to our guests via chat! Find out more about the SciFri Book Club: sciencefriday.com/scifri-book-club By RSVPing for this event, you are signing up for Science Friday's newsletter. You can opt out at any time.
Eclipse why so rare? SciFri 2024-03-27 | @DeanRegas8815 joins us with an answer. Learn more at www.sciencefriday.com/eclipse2024
A curious way in which cicadas are more similar to larger animals than insects their own size. SciFri 2024-03-24 | ...
Get Some Moon Mail SciFri 2024-03-20 | Prepare for this year’s eclipse with solar science, umbraphile quests, and a plan to make a lasting memory. Subscribe to our new and free newsletter, “Moon Mail,” to learn about the lesser-known sides of eclipses and get ready for April 8. sciencefriday.com/articles/moon-mail-eclipse-2024
Ever wonder what goes on inside your head? 🧠 SciFri 2024-03-12 | Learn more at www.sciencefriday.com/hackyourbrain
Hack Your Brain: Free Online Science Escape Room For Kids SciFri 2024-03-11 | Unlock kids’ brain power with a free online neuroscience escape room, exciting puzzles, hands-on experiments, and live expert Q&As.Learn more here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfXAgpWG5YiLFwWQ-Xxx59XFyc-X98LhtjX7g7J8W3qxzz41A/viewform
Listen to @onlinekyne tomorrow, your local public radio station, from 2-4 p.m. Eastern Time. SciFri 2024-03-07 | ...
🧀 Some French cheeses are at risk of extinction. SciFri 2024-03-05 | Learn more at www.sciencefriday.com/cheeserisk
How do trivia experts recall facts? 🤔 SciFri 2024-03-02 | Learn more at www.sciencefriday.com/triviafacts
Stiff with Mary Roach: Author Livestream and Q&A - #SciFriBookClub SciFri 2024-02-21 | How much has postmortem and autopsy science really changed in the last 20 years? Ask Mary Roach—author of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers—your morbid questions on the science behind (and writing about) our bodies after death. --- This is a #SciFriBookClub event, where attendees can hear from the author about topics related to our Book Club pick. Listeners talk with fellow attendees and ask questions to our guests via chat! Find out more about the SciFri Book Club: sciencefriday.com/scifri-book-club By RSVPing for this event, you are signing up for Science Friday's newsletter. You can opt out at any time.
Colorectal cancer rates are rising in young people. SciFri 2024-02-15 | Learn more at www.sciencefriday.com/guthealth
Is Each Fingerprint On Your Hand Unique?✋ SciFri 2024-02-13 | Learn more at www.sciencefriday.com/fingerprints
⚘ Orchids can be found all over the world 🌎 SciFri 2024-02-04 | Learn more at www.sciencefriday.com/orchidsconservation
Expanding Our Umwelten: An Immense World Livestream with Ed Yong – SciFri Zoom Call-in SciFri 2024-01-26 | Ed Yong will be in conversation with science journalist Arielle Duhaime-Ross on the multitude of ways life—from giant squid to the tiniest jumping spiders—uniquely perceive their environments, and how he sees our world differently since the book’s publication in 2022.---Some Science Friday stories are pre-recorded, so we’re not always able to take your calls. We missed having your voices on our radio program—so we’re inviting our listeners to join us live for select recordings for #ScienceFriday on the radio!The event was recorded on Tuesday, January 23, 2024.If you'd like to join future live Zoom call-ins to get your questions on the air with us, sign up for updates: sciencefriday.com/articles/join-live-recording-online
How Signing Characters Help Deaf Children Learn Language: A Conversation With Melissa Malzkuhn SciFri 2024-01-26 | A lab at Gallaudet University is creating television shows with signing characters to increase literacy in both English and ASL. Melissa Malzkuhn is third-generation Deaf and the founder and director of the Motion Light Lab at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. Her lab is creating ASL-focused children’s media that is made by and for the Deaf community, which uses motion capture technology, avatars, animation, and signing storytellers. She talks with guest host Arielle Duhaime-Ross about ASL access in childhood, the science of learning, and how she’s creating “Here Comes Mavo!”—the first animated TV series with signing characters. Access a Microsoft Word transcript of this video via the following link: sciencefriday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/How-Signing-Characters-Help-Deaf-Children-Learn-Language-Science-Friday-Transcript-1.29.24.docx
Is life across the univers carbon-based? SciFri 2024-01-25 | Learn more at www.sciencefriday.com/carbonalien
Research shows that social activity is key to good health. SciFri 2024-01-11 | To never miss your daily dose of science, subscribe to our podcast. Learn more at www.sciencefriday.com/podcast
These penguins are masters of micro-sleeping. SciFri 2024-01-02 | Learn more at www.sciencefriday.com/powernap
