SciFri Radio: Science And Society

SciFri Radio: Kids' Science Challenge
We'll talk about the Kids' Science Challenge, a NSF-funded competition that challenges kids to come up with problems that can be solved via science.

SciFri Radio: Building Science Education
How can educators make science more relevant, interesting, and teachable in the classroom?

SciFri Radio: Colleges Preparing for Swine Flu
We'll find out what colleges and universities are doing to prepare for outbreaks of swine flu as students return to the classrooms and dorms.

SciFri Radio: Investigating Katrina Hospital Deaths
Paul Raeburn talks with Dr. Sheri Fink about what happened at Memorial Medical Center after Katrina.

SciFri Radio: Testosterone Affects Some Women’s Career Choices
A new study says hormones, not sexism, may be responsible for the gender imbalance in banking.

SciFri Radio: Rep. Roscoe Bartlett On Grid Security
The Maryland congresman discusses our electrical grid and how to make it more secure.

SciFri Radio: Who Owns Your Digital Data?
From the E-book on your reader to the mp3s on your iPod to your musings on Facebook and Twitter - who owns the bits of data that make up your...

SciFri Radio: The Science of Decision-Making
Paper or plastic? Steak or salmon? Stay or go? Every day, we make thousands of decisions, most minor, some major. But how does your brain make the...

SciFri Radio: Why We Trust
Almost all obituaries of the late Walter Cronkite referred to how trusted he was. But why do we trust some people and not others?

SciFri Radio: Summer Science Movies
We'll talk about the art and science of several films out this summer, from documentaries chronicling an astronomy project, to a mass-market...

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SciFri Newsbriefs: Science And Society

Newsbrief: Ask Ira: Science of Wiretapping
A new law extends the government's authority to wiretap without a warrant. We look at the technology of tapping.

Newsbrief: Chimp Business
Chimps in clothes are giving people the wrong idea.

Newsbrief: Dirty Money
Carrying cocaine contaminated currency? Not me!