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Charting Music’s Big Revolutions
An evolutionary biologist brings big data to bear on 50 years of pop music history.
12:15
The Oldest Bird, a Distant Galaxy, and the Beard Microbiome
Rachel Feltman of The Washington Post joins us for a roundup of her top science stories this week.
17:10
Tales From ‘Big Pig’
Barry Estabrook’s latest book, “Pig Tales,” is a journey through the good, the bad and the ugly of hog farming.
9:46
The Science Club Looks Into the Heart of the Sun
This season’s Science Club challenge: Tell us what the sun does.
6:26
Flash of the Disco Clam
Reminiscent of the flashy dance halls and shag carpets of the ’70s, the disco clam flaunts frilly tentacles and its very own light show.
12:17
MicroRNA and Cancer Therapeutics
Could ingested plants be used as a delivery system of therapeutic microRNAs?
17:18
Eugenia Cheng: How To Bake Pi
In her new book How to Bake Pi, mathematician Eugenia Cheng cooks up digestible math lessons on number theory to topology.
14:13
Charting Music’s Big Revolutions
An evolutionary biologist brings big data to bear on 50 years of pop music history.
2:41
Animal Moms: From Lion to Mouse
Several scientists share stories of their favorite Animal Kingdom matriarchs with Science Friday, just in time for Mother’s Day.