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SciFri Radio: Google Unveils 'Android' on Phone
Can web search giant Google make it big by backing a new type of mobile phone?
SciFri Radio: Google's New Web Browser
This week, web search giant Google unveiled a new piece of web browser software. We'll take a look at what the program can do, and why a search...
SciFri Radio: Voting Systems Update
With the official presidential campaign season now fully underway, we'll get an update on voting machines around the country.
SciFri Radio: Inventing the Movies: Edison to the iPod
We'll look at how Hollywood became a driving force in the invention of new technologies.
SciFri Radio: Towards a Super Lens -- Or Invisibility?
Ira talks with one of the researchers behind a material that can make light bend in unusual ways -- potentially leading to more powerful optics, or...
SciFri Radio: 'Frequency Hopping' Stage Play
Ira talks with the director of a new stage play about the life and work of actress/inventor Hedy Lamarr.
SciFri Radio: The Missing Memristor?
We'll find out about a new basic electronic structure called the 'memristor,' and why it has electronics developers excited.
SciFri Radio: Digital TV Transition
What's going on with the transition to digital television -- and will you need to adjust your sets?
SciFri Radio: Online Privacy
Does it sometimes seem like the web sites you visit know a little too much about you? Ira and guests talk about privacy online. Plus, Facebook -...
SciFri Radio: A Grammy in Math
Joe talks with Kevin Short, a mathematician at the University of New Hampshire who shared in a Grammy award for work in restoring an historic...
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Wary of indoor composting? Don't be, says SciFri guest Deborah Martin, author of "The Complete Compost Gardening Guide." A healthy worm has a pleasant odor, she says! Listen.
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A new study by researchers at the University of Ottawa suggests that honey helps kill the bacteria that cause chronic sinusitis. Read more about the study.
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SciFri guest Ivor van Heerden says that perhaps the best thing we can do to protect coastal Louisiana against hurricanes is to let the river run wild. Listen to van Heerden. This allows new wetlands to be created, which can reduce wave energy significantly.
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Wary of vaccinations? SciFri guest, Paul Offit, says vaccines are probably more rigorously tested than anything else we consume. Listen to Dr. Offit.
Newsbrief: Better Medicine Through Cell Phones
Answer that call—your ultrasound results are on the line.
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Video: Virtual Worlds
While Ira was on the air chatting about virtual worlds, his avatar made a visit to Second Life to meet listeners. More than 100 avatars turned out...
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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...
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Video: The Farnsworth Invention
The Farnsworth Invention, a play written by Aaron Sorkin, looks at the history of television. Who should be credited with its invention:...
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