Degrees Of Change: Urban Heat Islands. June 14, 2019, Part 1
We’ve known for more than 200 years that cities are hotter than surrounding rural areas. All that concrete and brick soaks up the sun’s rays, then re-emits them as heat long after night has fallen. On...
14 Jun 201945min
The Best Summer Science Books. June 14, 2019, Part 2
The Best Science Books To Read This Summer They say a vacation is only as good as the book you bring with you. And these days it feels like there are as many ways to consume science writing as there a...
14 Jun 201946min
Quantum Leaps, Cancer Drugs, Cat Cameras. June 7, 2019, Part 2
The “spooky physics” of the quantum world has long been marked by two key ideas: The idea of superposition, meaning that a quantum particle can exist in multiple states simultaneously, and the idea of...
7 Jun 201947min
Gender Bias In Research Trials, Antarctica, Tornado Engineering. June 7, 2019, Part 1
For half a century, most neuroscience experiments have had one glaring flaw: They've ignored female study subjects. The reason? Researchers claimed, for example, that female rats and mice would skew t...
7 Jun 201947min
SciFri Extra: Remembering Murray Gell-Mann
Physicist Murray Gell-Mann died recently at the age of 89. He received the 1969 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the theory of elementary particles, and is credited with giving quarks their name...
4 Jun 201943min
Climate Politics, Football and Math, Ether. May 31, 2019, Part 2
A green wave is sweeping through Washington, and it’s picking up Republicans who are eager to share their ideas on clean energy and climate change. But even as Republican lawmakers turn to shaping cli...
31 Mai 201947min
Spoiler Alert, Glyphosate, Unisexual Salamanders. May 31, 2019, Part 1
How many times has this happened to you? You’re standing in front of an open freezer, wondering what type of mystery meat has been left in there, when you purchased it, and if it’s still safe to eat? ...
31 Mai 201947min
SciFri Extra: A Relatively Important Eclipse
This week marks the 100th anniversary of an eclipse that forever changed physics and our understanding of the universe. In May 1919, scientists set out for Sobral, Brazil, and Príncipe, an island off ...
28 Mai 201914min
