9:33
Create Your Own Tractor Beam
It’s not exactly like the one in “Star Wars,” but it’s pretty cool all the same.
16:27
Slow Science: A Look at Long-Lived Experiments
A look at a 140-year-old seed viability project and E.coli populations that have evolved for more than 66,000 generations.
Hr2: Bird Count, Champagne Bubbles
Every December, tens of thousands of birders grab binoculars and head outside for Audubon’s Christmas Bird Count. Plus, we talk with bubbleologists about the fizz in your champagne flute.
Hr1: 2016 Year in Review
Gravitational waves, CRISPR, and Pokemon Go, a look at the big science stories of 2016.
Hr 2: Apollo 13, Expanding Universe
In this 1995 segment from the Science Friday archives, Apollo 13 mission commander Jim Lovell tells the story of the flight’s survival after an explosion in space. Plus, In a 1999 conversation from the Science Friday archives, astrophysicists Neta Bahcall and Wendy Freedman explain the then-new revelation that the universe’s expansion was accelerating…not decelerating.
Hr1: Facts From Space, Moana Animation, Science Scores
Astronomer Dean Regas shares some of his favorite stellar trivia, and gives an guide to the big skywatching event of 2017 — the solar eclipse. Plus, the challenges of animating Moana’s water, and the subteties of scoring science movies.
12:00
Space Trivia, and a Cosmic Trip Planner
Astronomer Dean Regas shares some of his favorite stellar facts, and offers tips for the big skywatching event of 2017: the solar eclipse.
09:02
Notes On Composing For Science
Film composer Darren Fung describes what it took to score the science documentary series “The Great Human Odyssey.”
29:02
A True Story of High Drama in Space
In this 1995 segment from the Science Friday archives, Apollo 13 mission commander Jim Lovell tells the story of the flight’s survival after an explosion in space.
17:14
The Amazing Expanding, Accelerating Universe
In this 1999 conversation from the Science Friday archives, astrophysicists Neta Bahcall and Wendy Freedman explain the then-revelation that the universe’s expansion is accelerating, not decelerating.