SciFri Radio: Ethics

SciFri Radio: Animal Testing and Research Ethics
Join Joe Palca and guests in this segment for a discussion of animal testing, alternatives to testing, and research ethics.

SciFri Radio: Anticipating Synthetic Biology
As researchers draw nearer to the ability to design and grow new organisms from scratch, what planning and protections need to be in place to cope...

SciFri Radio: Stem Cells in Review
Last week researchers announced a significant advance in stem cell science, changing skin cells into cells that seem to behave like embryonic stem...

SciFri Radio: Monkey Clones and Stem Cells
Researchers report that they have been able to extract embryonic stem cells from cloned monkey embryos.

SciFri Radio: Conflicts of Interest
How deep are the ties between on-campus research and private companies? By creating public/private partnerships involving academic research, are...

SciFri Radio: Overtreated
Are Americans getting too much unneccessary health care?

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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.

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