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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: Spore and Evolution
How close is the new computer game Spore to the way evolution really works?
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: 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: Will We Recognize The Future?
Ira talks with inventor, technologist and futurist Ray Kurzweil about the idea of 'the Singularity' -- what happens when technology advances so...
SciFri Radio: A Real Computer Bug?
A group of scientists reports that they have created specially-modified E. coli bacteria capable of performing one specific type of calculation....
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: Building Social Robots
Sure, robots can weld car parts or stack cartons on an assembly line. But can they develop friendships with people? In this hour, Ira talks with...
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 -...
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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: Road Watchers
New Jersey's main arteries are two of the most congested roads in the country--we stop in at the state's brand new Traffic Management and...
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Video: In Voting Software We Trust?
America is transitioning from mechanical voting machines to electronic voting machines. The key to an electronic voting machine is its...
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