Yesterday's Program: Friday, July 3rd, 2009

Mississippi Delta image acquired on May 24, 2001 by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA's Terra satellite. NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team

Hour One- 2pm ET

A New Type Of Black Hole

Researchers may have discovered a new type of black hole, a finding that would mean the massive gravity sinks can exist in a 'medium' size. audio available (more)

Some Projects to Try on Your Summer Vacation (Or Perhaps Not)

We'll give you some ideas for safe -- and not so safe -- science experiments that you may be tempted to try at home. audio available watch video (more)

Hour Two-3pm ET

The Disappearing Mississippi Delta

Rising sea levels and not enough sediment replenishment may make much of the Mississippi Delta 'drown' by the year 2100, according to a new study. audio available (more)

A Conversation with Ocean Explorer Bob Ballard

In this segment, Ira talks with undersea explorer Robert Ballard about his life and work, both in exploration and education. audio available (more)

Science Friday Archives:

SciFri Blogs

Diesel Takes A Dive -- Just noticed this week that the price of diesel is now below the price of regular gasoline... (more)

Long Live the Queen -- The observation hive's queen emerged, today. Since the honey bee queen development cycle from the time an egg is laid is 16 days, we know from today's emergence that the capped queen cell that we moved into the observation hive two days ago, was being nurtured to become a queen over two weeks ago... (more)

My Personal Cyber-Spy -- If you're at all concerned about privacy in this day and age, take a look at this report "The snooping dragon: social-malware surveillance of the Tibetan movement... (more)

Noteworthy: Summer Science Reading List

On June 9, 2009, @scifri asked on Twitter for suggestions for "light but informative, science-y summer reading - geek beach books. any recommendations?" Here's what our followers came up with. Thanks for all the suggestions!