A Cure for The Colorblindness BluesSciFri2024-10-22 | A Cure for The Colorblindness BluesThe environmental costs of CashmereSciFri2024-05-04 | Derek Guy, a fashion industry journalist, joins us in exploring the relationship between cheap cashmere and environmental degradation in Mongolia.
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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.
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Listen to the full conversation here: sciencefriday.com/segments/tree-canopy-soilIn Defense Of ‘Out Of Place’ PlantsSciFri2024-04-30 | 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.
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Listen to the full conversation here: sciencefriday.com/segments/dispersals-invasive-plants-bookThe End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking): Author Livestream and Q&A - #SciFriBookClubSciFri2024-04-27 | 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.
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By RSVPing for this event, you are signing up for Science Friday's newsletter. You can opt out at any time.Sea Lions Are Great SwimmersSciFri2024-04-27 | ...Botanical Rescue Centers Take In Illegally Trafficked PlantsSciFri2024-04-24 | ...Galileo, sunspots, and the suns rotation. 🌞SciFri2024-04-20 | Learn more:
www.sciencefriday.comIs Math Real?: Author Livestream and Q&A - #SciFriBookClubSciFri2024-04-18 | 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.
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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!
By RSVPing for this event, you are signing up for Science Friday's newsletter. You can opt out at any time.A Cheer For The Science Of Baseball ⚾SciFri2024-04-17 | ...Join us tomorrow for a report from Colorado on the race to save honeybees from parasitic mites.SciFri2024-04-11 | ...How do whales sing? 🐋SciFri2024-04-11 | Learn more at www.sciencefriday.com/whalesogsLearn with @DeanRegas8815 how to use binoculars to see the total eclipse.SciFri2024-04-06 | ...@DeanRegas8815 joins us to explain how to safely take a photo of the sun.SciFri2024-04-05 | ...Why farmers and environmentalists are excited about biocharSciFri2024-04-04 | ...Did you know that the number zero had to be invented?SciFri2024-04-03 | @onlinekyne tells the story. Learn more at www.sciencefriday.com/mathindragBut where can you see next weeks total solar eclipse? @DeanRegas8815 shows us its path.SciFri2024-04-03 | Learn more at: www.sciencefriday.com/eclipse2024Learn with @DeanRegas8815 how to use a sun funnel to see the upcoming solar eclipse.SciFri2024-03-30 | Learn more at www.sciencefriday.com/eclipse2024Legacy: Livestream and Q&A with Uché Blackstock #SciFriBookClubSciFri2024-03-29 | 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.
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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!
By RSVPing for this event, you are signing up for Science Friday's newsletter. You can opt out at any time.The many meals snakes eat 🐍SciFri2024-03-27 | ...Eclipse why so rare?SciFri2024-03-27 | @DeanRegas8815 joins us with an answer.
Learn more at www.sciencefriday.com/eclipse2024A curious way in which cicadas are more similar to larger animals than insects their own size.SciFri2024-03-24 | ...Venus flytraps are much-loved plants, but do you know where are they from?SciFri2024-03-22 | ...What are the environmental costs of AI?SciFri2024-03-21 | ...Get Some Moon MailSciFri2024-03-20 | Prepare for this year’s eclipse with solar science, umbraphile quests, and a plan to make a lasting memory.
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sciencefriday.com/articles/moon-mail-eclipse-2024What do space lawyers do? 🧑⚖️📝 🌌SciFri2024-03-17 | Learn more at www.sciencefriday.com/spacelawHow many digits of pi (𝜋) do we really need?SciFri2024-03-14 | ...How many digits of pi (𝜋) do we really need?SciFri2024-03-14 | ...Ever wonder what goes on inside your head? 🧠SciFri2024-03-12 | Learn more at www.sciencefriday.com/hackyourbrainHack Your Brain: Free Online Science Escape Room For KidsSciFri2024-03-11 | Unlock kids’ brain power with a free online neuroscience escape room, exciting puzzles, hands-on experiments, and live expert Q&As.
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!
By RSVPing for this event, you are signing up for Science Friday's newsletter. You can opt out at any time.🌓 How the Moon shaped life on Earth 🌗SciFri2024-02-17 | ...Colorectal cancer rates are rising in young people.SciFri2024-02-15 | Learn more at www.sciencefriday.com/guthealthIs Each Fingerprint On Your Hand Unique?✋SciFri2024-02-13 | Learn more at www.sciencefriday.com/fingerprints⚘ Orchids can be found all over the world 🌎SciFri2024-02-04 | Learn more at www.sciencefriday.com/orchidsconservationHow to make an atlas of the brain 🧠SciFri2024-01-31 | Learn more at www.sciencefriday.com/podcastThe Sun is going to be hot 2024 😎SciFri2024-01-28 | Learn more at www.sciencefriday.com/sun2024Expanding Our Umwelten: An Immense World Livestream with Ed Yong – SciFri Zoom Call-inSciFri2024-01-26 | 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.
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