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Dec 20, 2024 · Science Friday is your trusted source for news and entertaining stories about science. It's brain fun for curious people
How Sexual Intercourse Was Invented, 385 Million Years Ago
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Paper Airplane Flight Challenge - Science Friday
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Dinosaurs’ Secrets Might Be In Their Fossilized Poop - Science Friday
Aug 9, 2024 · Cenozoic coprolites. Photo courtesy of Karen Chin A thin section through a Cretaceous coprolite, showing fish skeletal elements. Photo courtesy of Karen Chin. To gaze upon a full T. rex skeleton is to be transported back in time. Dinosaur fossils are key to understanding what these prehistoric creatures looked …
October 4, 2024 - Science Friday
Oct 4, 2024 · With the presidential election a month away, researchers explain the psychology behind holding, changing, and acting on political opinions. Plus, researchers developed a 3D-printable material, inspired by worms, that can act as a Band-Aid for damaged heart and cartilage tissue. And, a recent study concluded that people who are highly resilient to stress have specific biological signatures in ...
Sodium Replaces Lithium In A New Type Of Battery - Science Friday
Jul 26, 2024 · Professor Y. Shirley Meng of the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering. Image courtesy of Dr. Y. Shirley Meng. If nations are to meet their sustainable energy goals, experts argue that batteries will be a crucial part of the equation.
The Oozy Physics Of Oobleck - Science Friday
Dec 15, 2023 · Oobleck stiffens when handled, but softens when left alone. Credit: Shutterstock You may be familiar with a common science demonstration done in classrooms: If you mix cornstarch and water together in the right proportions, you create a gooey material that seems to defy the rules of physics.
The Science Behind Third-Trimester Abortions
Oct 25, 2024 · Further Reading. Dr. Cara Heuser’s recent op-ed in Scientific American about the morality of providing third-trimester abortions.; Dr. Katrina Kimport’s research about why people seek abortions later in pregnancy.; KFF fact sheet about abortions later in pregnancy.
How Oppenheimer’s Bombs Compare To Today’s Nukes - Science …
Aug 4, 2023 · A mushroom column from the Trinity test in 1945. Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory/Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 On the day the film Oppenheimer came out, Science Friday discussed the history of the Manhattan Project, including the legacy of the Trinity Test, where the world’s very first nuclear weapon was detonated in the desert of New Mexico. We also heard from a survivor of the Hiroshima ...
The Science Behind Hurricane Milton
Oct 11, 2024 · An image of Hurricane Milton approaching Florida, as seen from NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite at 6:30 p.m. EDT on October 8, 2024. Credit: NOAA. On October 9, Hurricane Milton made landfall in Siesta Key, Florida, then barrelled across the state.