SciFri Radio: Science Careers

SciFri Radio: Outstanding High-School Science
Plotting optimal paths for interplanetary spacecraft? We'll talk with a student who excelled in the Intel Science Talent Search, which concluded...

SciFri Radio: No Small Matter
How do you take pictures of objects that are too small to photograph? We'll talk with the authors of an image-heavy book about nanoscience.

SciFri Radio: Weekends at Bellevue
Have you ever wondered what the weekend shift might be like in a major city's psychiatric emergency room?

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: 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: Scientists on Wall Street
When the market was flying high, many mathematicians and physicists made their way from academia and scientific research to the trading floor. Now...

SciFri Radio: AAAS President Peter Agre
Ira talks with Peter Agre, a Nobel laureate and the incoming president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, about the...

SciFri Radio: Evaluating Forensic Science
This month, the National Academy of Sciences published a report that found 'serious deficiencies' in the nation's forensic science system.

SciFri Radio: Harold Varmus
Ira talks with Nobel-winning biologist Harold Varmus about his work, biological research, and the intersection between politics and science.

SciFri Radio: Comic Book Teaches Genetics, Biology
We'll talk with the author of a new book that teaches genetics in the form of a graphic novel.

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