Coal Ash, Soil Loss, Sap, Bristlecone Pines. April 5, 2019, Part 1
Maple tapping season is underway in the sugar maple stands of the United States. Warm days and below-freezing nights kick off a cycle of sap flow crucial for maple syrup production. But why is the flo...
5 Apr 201947min
Poetry of Science, The Power of Calculus. March 29, 2019, Part 2
April is National Poetry Month, a time of readings, outreach programs, and enthusiastic celebration of the craft. And for a special Science Friday celebration, we’ll be looking at where science and po...
29 Mars 201948min
Growing Glaciers, Expanding Universe, Flu Near You. March 29, 2019, Part 1
Once upon a time, everything in the universe was crammed into a very small space. Then came the Big Bang, and the universe has been expanding ever since. But just how fast is it expanding? Calculating...
29 Mars 201948min
A.I. And Doctors, Alzheimer’s. March 22, 2019, Part 2
When you go to the doctor’s office, it can sometimes seem like wait times are getting longer while face time with your doctor is getting shorter. In his book, Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligenc...
22 Mars 201947min
House Science Committee, Superbloom, Snowpack. March 22, 2019, Part 1
There’s been a changing of the guard in the U.S. House of Representatives. In January, Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, a democrat from Texas, took over as chair of the House Committee for Scienc...
22 Mars 201947min
Frans de Waal, Inactive Ingredients, Street View, and Gentrification. March 15, 2019, Part 2
Primatologist Frans de Waal has spent his lifetime studying the lives of animals, especially our closest cousins, the chimpanzees. de Waal has observed their shifting alliances and the structure of th...
15 Mars 201946min
Youth Climate Protest, Science Talent Search Winners, Snowflake Changes. March 15, 2019, Part 1
It all started with 16-year-old environmental activist Greta Thunberg. Last August, Thunberg started skipping school on Fridays to protest outside Sweden’s parliament, insisting her country get behind...
15 Mars 201946min
SciFri Extra: Celebrating The Elements
Do you have a favorite chemical element? Neurologist Oliver Sacks did—he was partial to dense, high melting-point metals, especially those metals between hafnium and platinum on the periodic table. T...
12 Mars 201926min
