Yesterday's Program: Friday, August 29th, 2008

The final magnet of the Large Hadron Collider being lowered into place. Image courtesy CERN.

Hour One- 2pm EDT

Diabetes News

In this segment, we'll look at new research in the battle against diabetes, and efforts to cure Type 1 diabetes by regrowing islet cells. audio available (more)

With kids set to head back to school, we'll talk about the childhood vaccinations required in much of the country. Parental resistance to vaccines has diseases such as measles on the rise. audio available (more)

Large Hadron Collider Set to Start Up

The massive Large Hadron Collider at CERN is just a few weeks away from startup. The particle accelerator has passed several key performance tests, and is on track to send the first beam of particles through the ring of the accelerator on September 10th. audio available watch video (more)

Hour Two-3pm EDT

How Do Flies Get Away?

Ira talks with bioengineering researcher Michael Dickinson of Caltech about new research into why flies are so good at evading an approaching fly swatter. audio available video available (more)

What I Did On My Summer Vacation

What things related to science, technology, or the environment did YOU do this summer? Call in and tell us what you did on your summer vacation, and how you did it. audio available (more)

Higher-Res Eye In The Sky

If all goes according to plan, next week a rocket will launch carrying a commercial imaging satellite capable of making out details on Earth just 16 inches across. We'll talk with one of the people behind the GeoEye-1 launch about the satellite and its capabilities. audio available (more)

Science Friday Archives:

SciFri Blogs

From Ira's Desk: New York: The New Windy City? -- New York is certainly known for its hot air, by anyone who's bought a piece of the Brooklyn Bridge... (more)

Annette on Energy: Midnight Dryer -- At the beginning of June, my new electricity time-of-use billing program kicked in... (more)

On Sustenance: BS of A -- The truth be told, I was a first class boy scout in my youth... (more)

China Watching: One Day to Go -- It's a day before the opening ceremonies for the 2008 Beijing Olympics... (more)

Noteworthy: Itsy Bitsy Spacecraft

SciFri guest Aaron Rowe explains the advantages of smaller spacecraft: Listen. Find out about a new development in the micro craft design--a material that can change color depending on whether the craft is in sun or shadow to reflect or absorb light. Listen to Rowe.

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Newsbriefs

Dogs Bark, Birds Chirp, Fish Grunt
The origin of vocal communication--like talking--may date back to prehistoric fish.

Color from Nature
Clothing could get their color—and germ-fighting properties—from a strain of marine bacteria

Nanotech Cleans Up
Mopping up oil spills with nanopaper

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Featured Video: How the Fly Evades the Swatter
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Footage courtesy of Michael Dickinson Lab, Caltech. Fruit fly electron microscope image: Jack Scott, Bio-DiTRL, Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta. Music by Synthar

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