Science Friday
Episodes
Galileo, Home COVID Monitoring Tech, Origin Of The Feces. May 15, 2020, Part 2
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Galileo’s Battle Against Science Denial Galileo Galilei is known as the father of observational astronomy. His theories about the movement of the Ea...
Global COVID Hotspots, Fact Check My Feed, Koji Fermenting. May 15, 2020, Part 1
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Fact Check My Feed: Finding The Falsehoods In ‘Plandemic’ Science Friday continues to weigh the truth and sift through the seemingly never-ending...
Moon Maps, Brain Replay, Contact Tracing. May 8, 2020, Part 2
08 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever had to learn something new and repeat it over and over—until it feels like you’re doing it in your sleep? Maybe you are. In research...
COVID-19 Inequalities. May 8, 2020, Part 1
08 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Coronavirus is still hitting the U.S. hard. And breaking down infections by race shows a striking pattern: Black, Latino, and Native American people a...
Evolutionary Biologist Neil Shubin, Bee Virus Behavior, Search for Lost Apples. May 1, 2020, Part 2
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Twists And Turns Of The Evolution Of Life On Earth In an evolutionary tree, neat branches link the paths of different species back through time. A...
COVID-19 By The Numbers, 1918 Flu. May 1, 2020, Part 1
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Navigating COVID-19 By The Numbers Ever since the first news about a new virus in China, we’ve been seeing projections, or models predicting how it ...
Vaccine Process, Hubble Space Telescope Anniversary, Alchemy Of Us. April 24, 2020, Part 2
24 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Over 50 pharmaceutical companies and biotech firms around the world are now racing to develop vaccines for the coronavirus responsible for COVID-19. A...
Valley Fever, Citizen Science Month Finale. April 24, 2020, Part 1
24 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When you think of fungal infections, you might think athlete’s foot or maybe ringworm—itchy, irritating reactions on the skin. But other fungal di...
COVID-19 Factcheck, Digital Earth Day, City Nature Challenge, Ancient Antarctic Forest. April 17, 2020, Part 2
17 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Can Coronavirus Reactivate In Patients After Recovery? These days, newsfeeds are overloaded with stories of the coronavirus, but Science Friday cont...
Degrees of Change: Climate Anxiety and Depression. April 17, 2020, Part 1
17 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
You Aren’t Alone In Grieving The Climate Crisis As the consequences of unchecked climate change come into sharper focus—wildfires in the Amazon an...
Spring Sounds, Luxury Ostrich Eggs, ISeeChange. April 10, 2020, Part 2
10 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Enjoying Spring From Quarantine You may be trapped inside, but outside, it’s bird migration season. Flowers are blooming from coast to coast, and ev...
Healthcare Ripple Effects, Resilient Flowers, Cancer Detection. April 10, 2020, Part 1
10 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Routine Healthcare Is Falling Through The COVID-19 Cracks Our healthcare system is straining under the weight of the coronavirus epidemic, with hospit...
SciFri Extra: Science Diction On The Word 'Quarantine'
07 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Quarantine has been on many of our minds lately. The phrases “shelter in place” and “self-quarantine” have filled up our news, social media, a...
DIY Masks, Neanderthal Diet, Symbiotic Worms. April 3, 2020, Part 2
03 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
During the global COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals across the country are running low on PPE—personal protective equipment. This includes masks, gowns, ...
COVID-19 Supplies Shortage, Citizen Science Month, Mercury Discovery. April 3, 2020, Part 1
03 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
April is Citizen Science Month! It’s a chance for everyone to contribute to the scientific process—including collecting data, taking observations,...
SciFri Extra: Science Diction On The Word 'Cobalt'
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Cobalt has been hoodwinking people since the day it was pried from the earth. Named after a pesky spirit from German folklore, trickery is embedded in...
Squid Lighting, Tongue Microbiome, Invasive Herbivores. March 27, 2020, Part 2
27 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How Humboldt Squid Talk To Each Other In The Dark Cephalopods are masters of changing their bodies in response to their environments—from camouflag...
COVID Near You Citizen Science, Fact-Check Your Feed. March 27, 2020, Part 1
27 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
These days, our newsfeeds are overloaded with stories of the coronavirus. This week, Science Friday continues to dig into the facts behind the specu...
SciFri Extra: Science Diction On The Word 'Dinosaur'
24 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
At the turn of the 19th century, Britons would stroll along the Yorkshire Coast, stumbling across unfathomably big bones. These mysterious fossils wer...
Coronavirus Fact-Check, Poetry of Science, Social Bats. March 20, 2020, Part 2
21 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As new cases of coronavirus pop up across the United States, and as millions of people must self-isolate from family and friends at home, one place ma...
Jane Goodall, Coronavirus Update, Science Diction. March 20, 2020, Part 1
21 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
60 years ago this year, a young Jane Goodall entered the Gombe in Tanzania to begin observations of the chimpanzees living there. During her time ther...
SciFri Extra: Science Diction On The Word 'Vaccine'
17 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For centuries, smallpox seemed unbeatable. People had tried nearly everything to knock it out—from herbal remedies to tossing back 12 bottles of bee...
Farmers’ Stress, Tiny Dino-Bird Discovery. March 13, 2020, Part 2
13 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Farm Crisis of the 1980s was a dark time for people working in food and agriculture. U.S. agricultural policies led to an oversupply of crops, pri...
Coronavirus: Washing and Sanitizing, Science Diction, New HIV PrEP Drugs. March 13, 2020, Part 1
13 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The number of people in the U.S. confirmed to be infected with the pandemic-level respiratory coronavirus continues to rise, even as testing and diagn...
SciFri Extra: Science Diction On The Word 'Meme'
10 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Remember that summer when the internet was one Distracted Boyfriend after another—that flannel-shirted dude rubbernecking at a passing woman, while ...
Astronaut Training, Marsquakes, Whale Migration. March 6, 2020, Part 2
06 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Do You Have The ‘Right Stuff’ To Be An Astronaut? If you’ve ever considered being an astronaut, this might be your chance to land that dream job...
Coronavirus Genetics, Prosthetic Hands. March 6, 2020, Part 1
06 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A New Trick For Dexterity In Prosthetic Hands Researchers working on the next generation of prosthetic limbs have a few fundamental engineering proble...
Coronavirus Preparedness, Facebook’s History. Feb 28, 2020, Part 2
28 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the world’s attention has turned to the spread of the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, that was first detected in Wuhan, China, late in 201...
Degrees of Change: Building Materials. Feb 28, 2020, Part 1
28 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In order to slow a warming planet on track to increase by 2 degrees celsius, nearly every industry will be forced to adapt: airlines, fashion, and eve...
Coronavirus Update, Genuine Fakes, Neanderthal News. Feb. 21, 2020, Part 2
21 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What Is Real And Fake? There are two ways to grow a diamond. You can dig one up from the Earth—a product of billions of years of pressure and heat p...
Ask A Dentist. Feb. 21, 2020, Part 1
21 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Brushing Up On Tooth Science Most of us spend our time at the dentist holding our mouths open, saying “ahhh,” and occasionally sticking out our to...
Building A Ghost Heart, The Effect Of Big Tech. Feb 14, 2020, Part 2
14 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The human heart is one of the most complicated organs in our body. The heart is, in a way, like a machine—the muscular organ pumping about 2,000 gal...
Great Lakes Book Club Wrap-Up, California Groundwater. Feb 14, 2020, Part 1
14 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Great Lakes hold 20% of the world’s surface drinking water, with Lake Superior holding half of that alone. The lakes stretch from New York to Mi...
SciFri Extra: The Marshall Islands Stare Down Rising Seas
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Republic of the Marshall Islands is a country of 58,000 people spread across 29 coral atolls in the Pacific Ocean. And in a world where seas are b...
Tech And Empathy, The Ball Method. Feb 7, 2020, Part 2
07 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How Tech Can Make Us More—And Less—Empathetic Much of technology was built on the promise of connecting people across the world, fostering a sense...
Degrees Of Change: How Native American Communities Are Addressing Climate Change. Feb 7, 2020, Part 1
07 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How Native American Communities Are Addressing Climate Change Indigenous peoples are one of the most vulnerable communities when it comes to the effec...
Breast Cancer Cultural History, Butterfly Wings. Jan 31, 2020, Part 2
31 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
‘Radical’ Explores The Hidden History Of Breast Cancer Nearly 270,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year, along with a couple t...
Coronavirus Update, Invasive Species. Jan 31, 2020, Part 1
31 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tracking The Spread Of The Coronavirus Outbreak This week, the World Health Organization declared that the coronavirus outbreak—which began in Wuh...
SciFri Extra: Revisiting Unique Science Stories Of 2019
28 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
2020 has just begun, but we’re still celebrating all the amazing work done by science journalists in 2019. Thanks to them, we’ve been informed on ...
Coronavirus, Great Lakes Drinking Water. Jan 24, 2020, Part 1
24 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A novel coronavirus—the type of virus that causes SARS, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), and common cold symptoms—has killed 18 people, an...
Feathered Dino, Clinical Trials, Coffee Extraction. Jan 24, 2020, Part 2
24 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Before any new drug comes to market, it goes through a time-consuming process. Researchers have to recruit human subjects for a clinical trial, collec...
Polling Science, Gar-eat Lakes. Jan 17, 2020, Part 1
17 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Science Of Polling In 2020 And Beyond In today’s fast-paced digital culture, it is more difficult than ever to follow and trust political polls....
Biorobots, The Math Of Life, Science Comics. Jan 17, 2020, Part 2
17 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Living Robots, Designed By Computer Researchers have used artificial intelligence methods to design ‘living robots,’ made from two types of frog c...
Migraines, Galaxy Formation. Jan 10, 2020, Part 2
10 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Mysteries Of Migraines What do sensitivity to light, a craving for sweets and excessive yawning have in common? They’re all things that may let ...
Australia Fires, Great Lakes Book Club. Jan 10, 2020, Part 1
10 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How Climate Change Is Fanning Australia’s Flames All eyes have been on Australia in recent weeks as the country’s annual summer fire season has ...
Geoengineering Climate Change, Tasmanian Tiger, New Water Plan. Jan 3, 2020, Part 1
03 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the context of climate change, geoengineering refers to deliberate, large-scale manipulations of the planet to slow the effects of human-induced gl...
Christmas Bird Count. Jan 3, 2020, Part 2
03 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For many, the new year means looking back on the past accomplishments and checking off your goals. For birders, it means tallying up your species list...
2019 Year In Review. Dec 27 2019, Part 1
27 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In 2019 we experienced some painful and heartbreaking moments—like the burning of the Amazon rainforest, a worldwide resurgence of measles cases, ...
Looking Back at the Pale Blue Dot. Dec 27, 2019, Part 2
27 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Few people could put the cosmos in perspective better than astronomer Carl Sagan. And that’s why we’re taking this opportunity to take another lis...
Emerging Technologies, Pokémon In The Brain, Colds And Flu. Dec 20, 2019, Part 1
20 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Back when Science Friday began in 1991, the Internet, as we know it, didn’t even exist. While ARPA-NET existed and the first web pages began to come...
Space Junk, Chronobiology, Mistletoe. Dec 20, 2019, Part 2
20 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As more commercial companies are getting into the satellite launching game, space is becoming a crowded place and all of these objects are creating sp...
Degrees of Change: Transportation. December 13, 2019, Part 1
13 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Transportation—whether it be your car, aircraft, cargo ships, or the heavy trucks carrying all those holiday packages—makes a big contribution to ...
Insulin Marketplace, Hair, Whale Size. December 13, 2019, Part 2
13 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Why Diabetes Patients Are Getting Insulin From Facebook Almost one in ten Americans are diagnosed with diabetes, according to the most recent statist...
Undiscovered Presents: Spontaneous Generation
11 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
These days, biologists believe all living things come from other living things. But for a long time, people believed that life would, from time to tim...
Best Science Books and Board Games of 2019. Dec 6, 2019, Part 2
06 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In a year jam-packed with fast-moving science news and groundbreaking research, books can provide a more slower-paced, reflective look at the world ar...
Parker Solar Probe, Slime Molds. Dec 6, 2019, Part 1
06 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In August 2018, NASA sent the Parker Solar Probe off on its anticipated seven-year-long mission to study the sun. Already, it has completed three of i...
SciFri Extra: Bringing Environmental Justice To The Classroom
30 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Laura Diaz, a Bay Area science teacher, grew up in Pittsburg, California near chemical plants and refineries. That experience, combined with watching ...
Science Awards Of The Sillier Sort. Nov 29, 2019, Part 2
29 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The 2019 Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony is a tribute to offbeat and quirky scientific studies. Here's some examples: Does pizza have a protective effect aga...
Imagining The Future Of AI / Face Mites. Nov 29, 2019, Part 1
29 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What can science fiction and social science contribute to how we think about our algorithmic present and future? Science fiction writers and Hugo-wi...
Undiscovered Presents: Planet Of The Killer Apes
27 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Apartheid-era South Africa, a scientist uncovered a cracked, proto-human jawbone. That humble fossil would go on to inspire one of the most blood-s...
Degrees of Change: Coral Restoration. Nov 22 2019, Part 1
22 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A quarter of the world’s corals are now dead, victims of warming waters, changing ocean chemistry, sediment runoff, and disease. Many spectacular, h...
Astronaut Kathryn Sullivan, Marie Curie Play. Nov 22, 2019, Part 2
22 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For most Americans, the story of the Hubble Space Telescope began on April 24th, 1990, the launch date of the now 30 year-old observatory. But for ast...
Undiscovered Presents: Like Jerry Springer For Bluebirds
20 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“Do men need to cheat on their women?” a Playboy headline asked in the summer of 1978. Their not-so-surprising conclusion: Yes! Science says so! T...
Volume Control, Dermatology In Skin Of Color, Kelp Decline. Nov 15, 2019, Part 2
15 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dermatologists presented with a new patient have a number of symptoms to look at in order to diagnose. Does the patient have a rash, bumps, or scaling...
EPA Transparency Proposal, Tick Milking. Nov 15, 2019, Part 1
15 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week, a House Committee held a hearing to review an Environmental Protection Agency proposal called ‘Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory ...
SciFri Extra: Add A Dash Of Science To Your Thanksgiving Recipes
13 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This Thanksgiving, put your cooking skills to the test. Looking for tips to avoid singed sweet potatoes, acrid apple pies, and a burned bird? In this ...
Infant Formula, AI Weirdness, Venus Fly Traps. Nov. 8, 2019, Part 2
08 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Would you feel comfortable consuming a product that listed “whey protein concentrate” and “corn maltodextrin” on its list of ingredients? What...
Biomedical Espionage, Einstein’s Eclipse, Transit Of Mercury. Nov. 8, 2019, Part 1
08 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The FBI, National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other agencies who oversee federal research grants are currently asking if the open culture of scien...
Moths, Alan Alda, Graveyard Lichens. Nov 1, 2019, Part 2
01 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
There are over 160,000 species of moths worldwide, and they come in all different shapes and sizes. For example, the Comet Moth, native to the rainfor...
PFAS Lawsuit, Bat Disease. Nov 1, 2019, Part 1
01 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Eighteen years ago, a lawyer named Robert Bilott sent a letter to the EPA, the attorney general, and other regulators, warning them about a chemical c...
“Black Software” Book, Mucus. Oct 25, 2019, Part 2
25 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When the World Wide Web was first being developed, African American software engineers, journalists and entrepreneurs were building search engines, di...
Spiders, Quantum Supremacy, Missouri Runoff. Oct 25, 2019, Part 1
25 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Spiders were one of the first animals to evolve on land. And over the span of 400 million years of speciation and evolution, they’ve learned some am...
Policing And Mental Health, Ancient Clams, Moon Plan. Oct. 18, 2019, Part 2
18 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the 1980s and 1990s, in the midst of rising crime rates and a nationally waning confidence in policing, law enforcement around the country adopted ...
Degrees Of Change: Climate Change Migration. Oct. 18, 2019, Part 1
18 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When the water rises, whether from heavy rains or rising seas, communities have a few options: reinforce flood-threatened homes, rebuild after the wat...
Office Air Pollution, Tetris Decisions, Alzheimer's Update. Oct 11, 2019, Part 2
11 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If you live and work in an urban area, you might think about the air quality outside your home or workplace. But what about the air quality inside the...
Trust In Science, California Power Outages, Regrowing Cartilage. Oct 11, 2019, Part 1
11 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Despite widely reported attacks on science, the vast majority of Americans continue to trust scientists, according to the latest survey from the Pew R...
Bread Baking Science And Denial In Climate Report. Oct 4, 2019, Part 2
04 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Flour, salt, yeast and water are the basic ingredients in bread that can be transformed into a crusty baguette or a pillowy naan. But what happens whe...
Data-Collecting Smart TVs, Microbiome Cooking, Cannabis Pollution. Oct 4, 2019, Part 1
04 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today, it’s much easier to find smart TVs on the market. Companies like Vizio and Samsung create devices capable of internet connection and with bui...
Bitters And Botany, Whale Evolution. Sept 27, 2019, Part 2
27 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Can conservation be concocted in your cocktails? Yes, according to the botanist authors of Botany at the Bar, a new book about making your own bitter...
Oceans And Climate, Quantum Mechanics. Sept 27, 2019, Part 1
27 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A new report issued this week by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change paints a troubling picture of the world’s ice and oceans. The ...
Bird Populations In Decline, Real Life Sci-Fi Disasters, Brain Wiring. Sept 20, 2019, Part 2
20 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
There may be almost 3 billion fewer birds in North America today than there were in 1970, according to a study published this week in the journal Sc...
Degrees Of Change: Climate And Fashion. Sept 20, 2019, Part 1
20 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Climate change has been trending in the news recently—and if there’s one industry out there that knows something about trends, it’s the fashion...
The Center Of The Milky Way, Rats At Play, And Geometry. Sept 13, 2019, Part 2
13 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Greek mathematician Euclid imagined an ordered and methodical universe, but his vision struggled to catch on for centuries, until Renaissance pai...
How AI Is Influencing Decisions In Police Departments And Courtrooms. Sept 13, 2019
13 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Facial recognition technology is all around us—it’s at concerts, airports, and apartment buildings. But its use by law enforcement agencies and co...
SciFri Extra: Bird Nerds Of A Feather Flock Together
11 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Science Friday Book Club is done birding—for now. But after wrapping up our summer discussion of Jennifer Ackerman’s The Genius of Birds, bird...
Randall Munroe, Football Concussion Research. Sept 6, 2019, Part 2
06 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve ever been skiing, you might have wondered how your skiis and the layer of water interact. What would happen if the slope was made out of w...
Widening The Lens On A More Inclusive Science. Sept 6, 2019, Part 1
06 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In 2012, the Obama administration projected that the United States would need to add an additional 1 million college graduates in STEM fields per year...
Vaping Sickness, Teaching Science. Aug 30, 2019, Part 2
30 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Over 10 million Americans vape, or smoke electronic cigarettes. E-cigarettes are also the most popular tobacco product among teenagers in this country...
Degrees of Change: Tourism. Aug 30, 2019, Part 1
30 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Each year, outdoor enthusiasts in the country spend nearly $900 billion dollars on hiking, fishing and other types of outdoor recreation. The differen...
Climate And Farming, Mars 2020, Fireflies. August 23, 2019, Part 2
23 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
From cutting back on fossil fuels to planting a million trees, people and policymakers around the world are looking for more ways to curb climate chan...
Book Club Birds, Amazon Burning. August 23, 2019, Part 1
23 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
“Bird-brain” has long been an insult meant to imply slow-wittedness or stupidity. But in reading Jennifer Ackerman’s The Genius of Birds, SciFri...
Live in San Antonio: Deadly Disease, Bats, Birds. Aug. 16, 2019, Part 2
16 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine stepping into a white suit, pulling on thick rubber gloves and a helmet with a clear face plate. You can only talk to your colleagues through ...
Lightning, Electric Scooters, News Roundup. Aug. 16, 2019, Part 1
16 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Lightning during a heavy rainstorm is one of the most dramatic phenomena on the planet—and it happens, somewhere on Earth, an estimated 50 to 100 ti...
Northwest Passage Project, Birds and Color. Aug 9, 2019, Part 1
09 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
First, tardigrades on the moon, feral hogs on Earth, and more news from this week’s News Roundup. Scientists and students navigated the Northwest Pa...
Wiring Rural Texas, Visiting Jupiter and Saturn. Aug 9, 2019, Part 2
09 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
High-speed internet access is becoming a necessity of modern life, but connecting over a million rural Texans is a challenge. How do we bridge the dig...
Is Chemical Sunscreen Safe, Slime, Amazon Deforestation. August 2, 2019, Part 2
02 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sunscreen has been on the shelves of drugstores since the mid-1940s. And while new kinds of sunscreens have come out, some of the active ingredients i...
Ethics Of Hawaiian Telescope, Bird Song, Alaska Universities Budget Cut. August 2, 2019, Part 1
02 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain in Hawaii, towering over the Pacific at nearly 14,000 feet. That high altitude, combined with the mountain’s dry, ...
Ice Cream Science, Online Language. July 26, 2019, Part 2
26 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever tried to make your favorite rocky road flavored ice cream at home, but your chocolate ice cream turns out a little crunchier than you ho...
Anonymous Data, Birding Basics. July 26, 2019, Part 1
26 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Science Friday Book Club is buckling down to read Jennifer Ackerman’s The Genius of Birds this summer. Meanwhile, it’s vacation season, and ...
Moon Art, Space History, And NASA's Megarocket. July 19, 2019, Part 2
19 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Our Lunar Muse Most of us remember that iconic photograph of the Apollo 11 moon landing: Buzz Aldrin standing on a footprint-covered moon, one arm b...