http://www.sciencefriday.com/ Science news from the makers of the public radio program Science Friday. en-us Fri, 09 May 2008 20:55:03 -0700 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss sciencefriday.com site tools scifri@sciencefriday.com scifri@sciencefriday.com http://www.sciencefriday.com/images/ns2007/feedlogo.jpg http://www.sciencefriday.com/ http://www.sciencefriday.com/videos/watch/10106 Ira speaks with Amir Aczel, author of "The Jesuit and the Skull", about a jesuit priest who reconciled his religion with science. Fri, 09 May 2008 05:51:50 -0700 http://www.sciencefriday.com/videos/watch/10106 http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200805096 Ira and guests look back on 25 years of research into HIV and AIDS, and talk about work towards HIV vaccines. Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200805096 http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200805095 What made the Sahara Desert go dry -- and is there any water there left to be found? Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200805095 http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200805094 We'll find out about a new basic electronic structure called the 'memristor,' and why it has electronics developers excited. Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200805094 http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200805093 Researchers report that the common weedkiller atrazine may be able to disrupt hormonal signaling in humans. Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200805093 http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200805091 What's going on with the transition to digital television -- and will you need to adjust your sets? Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200805091 http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200805092 When it comes to greenhouse gas emissions, what you eat may be more important than where that food comes from, a new study finds. Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200805092 http://www.sciencefriday.com/blog/index.php?archives/295-Wind-Energy-Hits-Big-Time-In-Indiana.html That's the headline on the web site of the Thu, 08 May 2008 07:40:10 -0700 http://www.sciencefriday.com/blog/index.php?archives/295-Wind-Energy-Hits-Big-Time-In-Indiana.html http://www.sciencefriday.com/videos/watch/10104 We stopped in at Columbia University's Program for Imaging and Cognitive Sciences for a quick fMRI. Fri, 02 May 2008 08:46:15 -0700 http://www.sciencefriday.com/videos/watch/10104 http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200805025 We'll talk with one of the authors of a new study that finds that for some people, in some parts of the US, life expectancy is on the way down, not up. Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200805025 http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200805023 How large is your 'carbon footprint' -- the amount you contribute to greenhouse gas emissions? We'll talk to a researcher looking at energy usage around the country, from homeless people to the rich and famous. Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200805023 http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200805022 What's really going on inside your head? We'll talk with scientists using functional magnetic resonance imaging to study the workings of the human brain. Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200805022 http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200805021 Researchers report that growing cherry tomatoes in salty water can make them tastier and richer in antioxidants. Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200805021 http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200805024 Researchers report some success in using a gene therapy technique to treat one form of congenital blindness. We'll talk about the research. Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200805024 http://www.sciencefriday.com/newsbriefs/read/173 Answer that call—your ultrasound results are on the line. Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.sciencefriday.com/newsbriefs/read/173 http://www.sciencefriday.com/blog/index.php?archives/294-Can-I-Get-a-Physicist.html I have a thermodynamics question....Next month, I start time-of-use billing for the electricity I use at home... Thu, 01 May 2008 05:19:52 -0700 http://www.sciencefriday.com/blog/index.php?archives/294-Can-I-Get-a-Physicist.html http://www.sciencefriday.com/videos/watch/10103 Shark populations are plummeting and a traditional Chinese soup is partly to blame. Find out how one restaurant in New York City's Chinatown is keeping the soup and saving the sharks. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:48:27 -0700 http://www.sciencefriday.com/videos/watch/10103 http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200804252 This week, animal rights group PETA announced the group would offer a million-dollar prize for the development of commercially-viable 'test-tube meat' -- real meat grown through a lab process, not from a live animal. We'll talk about the possibility, and Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200804252 http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200804253 Analysis of proteins found in a scrap of collagen from a 68-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex leg bone provides strong evidence for the idea that dinosaurs are the ancestors of modern-day birds. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200804253 http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200804254 Sure, robots can weld car parts or stack cartons on an assembly line. But can they develop friendships with people? In this hour, Ira talks with inventors developing robots with personalities. How soon will it be before social, lovable robots enter our ho Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200804254 http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200804251 An increase in the numbers of mountain pine beetles feeding on trees in Canada could turn the carbon-sink forests into greenhouse gas liabilities. We'll talk with a scientist about how a tiny beetle could have a significant impact on the carbon balance in Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200804251 http://www.sciencefriday.com/newsbriefs/read/171 What goes through your head when you hear about your reputation, or social status? Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.sciencefriday.com/newsbriefs/read/171