Amy Nordrum - Science Friday

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7:48

Farmers Ditch The Scarecrow, Bring Out The Big (Laser) Guns

A blueberry farm in Oregon turns to a high-tech trick to ward off birds from eating crops.

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7:41

In Frog Versus Dinosaur, This Frog Wins

By analyzing the bite force of frog jaws, researchers determined that an extinct giant frog from Madagascar could have devoured dinos.

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7:23

Overlapping Surgeries, A Little Drummer Bird, And Human-Free Hedge Funds

Hospitals commonly schedule surgeons to start a new surgery while someone else finishes their last one. Should they notify patients?

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7:50

From Alberta’s Oil Sands, A Dinosaur ‘Mummy’ With Skin Intact

Plus, how is one of the most isolated islands on Earth also the most littered?

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6:50

A Proposed Science Budget, Hacking Via Sound, and a Fluorescent Frog

A budget proposal from the White House lays out deep cuts for several science agencies.

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7:37

CRISPR Patent Battles, a Super-Sized Space Launch, and the Rise of Commuter Drones

The U.S. Patent Office ruled in favor of the Broad Institute in an early case over rights to the gene-editing technique known as CRISPR.

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7:24

A Trip to a Gadget Nirvana

The annual Consumer Electronics Show opened this week in Las Vegas, with gizmos galore.

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7:41

Dormouse Telomeres and Cat Tongues

Most animals’ DNA shortens with age, but scientists are studying an animal that increases its genetic strands as it grows older—the dormouse.

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7:15

AIDS Patient Zero, Snoozing Swifts, and Self-Driving Deliveries

Researchers trace the origins of AIDS in the U.S. beyond the original “Patient Zero.”

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6:44

Reaching for a Space Rock, Nanoparticles in the Brain, and a Missing Audio Jack

Journalist Amy Nordrum outlines the week in science, including NASA’s mission to collect a piece of an asteroid.