The Leap: And Then The Sub Went Silent
Oceanographer Victoria Orphan’s dream was coming true. She was sitting in the Alvin submersible, on one of its deepest science dives ever. But the trip was anything but smooth sailing. Victoria takes ...
14 Jul 202528min
How These Spiders At The Bottom Of The Sea Run On Methane
Researchers found a new sea spider with a giant nose, leg cannons, and—most remarkably—a novel way of surviving in the lightless, freezing environment miles below the sea surface. These oceanic arthro...
13 Jul 20257min
As Disasters Escalate, What’s The Future Of FEMA?
President Trump has said that he wants to phase out FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and move responsibility for dealing with major disasters to the state level. Since its creation in 19...
11 Jul 202519min
Spaghetti Science And Mouth Taping Myths
Most pasta is made from just two ingredients—flour and water. For decades this humble food has prompted physicists around the world to try to understand its mysterious properties and answer questions ...
10 Jul 202518min
The Goo In Your Home Could Help Science Address Climate Change
We live in a world filled with microbes—they’re inside our bodies, in soil, in deep sea hydrothermal vents, and in your window AC unit. Some microbiologists are hopeful that finding more of these tiny...
9 Jul 202517min
How Do GLP-1 Drugs Override Our Biology?
GLP-1 medications like Ozempic have dominated headlines over the past couple of years. When writing his new book, Diet, Drugs and Dopamine: The New Science of Achieving a Healthy Weight, former FDA co...
8 Jul 202518min
The Leap: Everything Else Is Boring
In both her life and her work, researcher Karmella Haynes has never followed the pack. Karmella explains why she created her own area of research at the intersection of synthetic biology and epigeneti...
7 Jul 202525min
The Seafaring Life Of ‘Modern-Day Captain Nemo,’ Robert Ballard
In excerpts of two conversations from the Science Friday archives (originally recorded in 2000 and 2009), oceanographer Robert Ballard joins Host Ira Flatow to discuss the 1985 expedition in which he ...
4 Jul 202530min
