Broadcasts

The SciFri Book Club wraps its month-long investigation of the Great Lakes with questions about the the recovery of the Great Lake ecosystem. Plus, how some massive tech companies have grown into something larger—resembling nation states.

How Native American communities are planning for climate change, from traditional fire management strategies to the use of satellite data. Plus, a new book covers why empathy is important to society, and how technology is changing that.

Chinese scientists sequenced the genome of the new coronavirus from some of the patients who were infected early on. Plus, journalist Kate Pickert tells the surprising cultural history of breast cancer in her book ‘Radical.’

Officials in China have quarantined two large cities, where some 20 million people live, over fears of a novel virus outbreak. Plus, an investigation finds that almost a third of registered drug studies are not reporting data to the government.

With the 2020 presidential primaries close by, how has technology changed the way pollsters poll? And can these new polls be trusted? Plus, the math behind big decision making.

The SciFri Bookclub is back! Meet the heroes, villains, and sheer blunders that changed the world’s largest lakes forever in Dan Egan’s ‘The Life and Death of the Great Lakes.’ Plus, why the future holds more destructive fire seasons for Australia and the rest of the globe.

Why large-scale geoengineering should be part of the conversation about stopping climate change—and why changing the planet might also mean changing us. Plus, the next addition to our charismatic creature series: the Tasmanian tiger.

The science news that made headlines in 2019. Plus, looking back at the “pale blue dot.”

In this chapter of Science Friday’s Degrees of Change series, Ira and guests look at how the transportation industry is adapting to the changing climate. Plus, due to high costs and other barriers, patients are turning to each other online to share and exchange insulin.