SciFri Radio: Books

SciFri Radio: Richard Preston: Panic in Level 4
In this segment, Ira talks with science writer Richard Preston about his craft, and about the stories and people he has covered over the years.

SciFri Radio: Touching the Invisible Sky
A new book in Braille tries to make images from NASA space telescopes accessible to the visually impaired.

SciFri Radio: Science Book Picks for 2007
In this segment, Ira and guests discuss notable books about science, medicine, and the environment that were published in the last year. Call in...

Particles of Science

Berry Power

New research explains why cranberry juice may ward off urinary tract infections. The berry beverage was shown to prevent disease-causing bacteria from attaching to urinary tract cells in the body.

This Just In

Baseball players beware: Maple baseball bats do not out-perform ash bats at the plate, according to SciFri's baseball bat experts Brian Boltz and Lloyd Smith. Ash bats wear down differently than maple--but neither bat hits the ball farther. Listen

Tweets from Mars

Mars addict? Read the latest mini-updates from the Mars Phoenix Lander through Twitter. Get your fix here.

Talking about Climate

Montclair State University hosted a panel called "The Environment and Sustainability, the Next 100 Years"--watch Ira, Michael Oppenheimer and others sound off on climate change.

SciFri Newsbriefs: Books

SciFri Videos: Books

Video: Math Doesn't Suck
Ira discusses math education with Danica McKellar--aka Winnie Cooper on the the television series "The Wonder Years." McKellar, who graduated from...

Video: In the Studio: Frequency Hopping
Ira talks with Elyse Singer, the writer and director of "Frequency Hopping," a play about a collaboration between Hollywood film legend Hedy Lamarr...

Featured Video: Turning Carbon Dioxide into Stone
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Blogs

SciFri Social Community? -- Should SciFri create it's own social community? We on the mother ship have been talking about whether we should create our own social community, of a form or type to be yet determined... (more)