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SciFri 123011 Hour 1: Year in Review: Science Stories of 2011
December 30, 2011 1:11 pm Podcasts CommentsFour journalists join Ira Flatow to discuss the top science stories of 2011.
SciFri 122311 Hour 2: Breaking Bad, Woodpecker Search, Bird Count
December 25, 2011 9:11 pm Podcasts CommentsThe science adviser for the chemistry-themed tv series, an expedition to save a woodpecker, and the annual Christmas Bird Count.
SciFri 122311 Hour 1: Planet hunt, War on Cancer, Plastic Bridges
December 23, 2011 1:11 pm Podcasts CommentsA search for Earth-sized exoplanets, Harold Varmus, and bridge engineering.
SciFri 121611 Hour 2: Higgs Search, Inflight Science, Wings
December 18, 2011 9:11 pm Podcasts CommentsThe search for the elusive Higgs boson, a book on the technology and science of airline travel, and a video about flight physics.
SciFri 121611 Hour 1: Music Therapy, Petri Dish
December 16, 2011 1:11 pm Podcasts CommentsNeurologists and therapists discuss how music therapy works. Plus, how Julius Petri created his famous dish.
SciFri 120911 Hour 2: Transgenic Salmon, Pythons and Hearts
December 11, 2011 9:10 pm Podcasts CommentsTwo scientists discuss food safety and environmental concerns associated with transgenic salmon, and molecular biologist Leslie Leinwand discusses how studying python metabolism could help treat heart disease.
SciFri 120911 Hour 1: Rat Empathy, Asian Space Race, Bedbug Breeding, Jump Rope Video
December 9, 2011 1:11 pm Podcasts CommentsA study suggests primates are not the only mammals with empathy, a look at a space race in Asia, bedbug inbreeding, and two engineers giving the jump rope a spin.
SciFri 120211 Hour 2: Skyscrapers, Hedy Lamarr
December 4, 2011 9:10 pm Podcasts CommentsAuthor Kate Ascher dissects the architecture and engineering of a modern skyscraper, and a new book looks at the life of the beautiful and brainy movie star Hedy Lamarr.
SciFri 120211 Hour 1: Antibiotic Research, Spontaneous Happiness, Pigeon Flight
December 2, 2011 1:11 pm Podcasts CommentsNext-generation antibiotics that target the bacterial DNA, Dr. Andrew Weil discusses antidepressant alternatives, video of how pigeons fly.
SciFri 112511 Hour 2: Big Roads, Giant Pumpkin, Freud and Cocaine, Stethoscope
November 27, 2011 9:11 pm Podcasts CommentsThe evolution of the American superhighway system, a 1000-pound pumpkin, An Anatomy of Addiction, and the origins of the stethoscope.
SciFri 112511 Hour 1: IgNobel Prizes Salute The Silly In Science
November 25, 2011 1:11 pm Podcasts CommentsAn annual awards ceremony salutes dubious and unusual research and inventions.
SciFri 111811 Hour 2: Toilet Technology, Stem Cells
November 20, 2011 9:10 pm Podcasts CommentsTomorrow is World Toilet Day, so we look at the state of toilet technology. Plus, biotech firm Greon says it is getting out of the business of stem cell research.
SciFri 111811 Hour 1: Moon and Climate, Solar Update, Oxytocin, Balloon Video
November 18, 2011 1:12 pm Podcasts CommentsWhy a moon may not be necessary for life, a battle over solar panel taxes, detecting a genetic difference through observing empathy, and a look at balloon engineering for a major parade.
SciFri 111111 Hour 2: Informal Science Education, Meet the Mythbusters
November 13, 2011 9:11 pm Podcasts CommentsHow much science do kids learn outside the classroom? Then, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman talk mythbusting.
SciFri 111111 Hour 1: Seasonal Affective Disorder, Walter Isaacson re Steve Jobs, Woodpecker Video
November 11, 2011 1:12 pm Podcasts CommentsTreatments for the winter blues, Walter Isaacson discusses his biography of the Apple leader, and a hunt for an elusive bird.
