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Brain fun for curious people.

    The Legacy Of Primatologist Frans de Waal

    The Legacy Of Primatologist Frans de Waal

    In a conversation from 2019, Dr. Frans de Waal tells the story of a female chimp who didn’t produce enough milk to feed her young. The prominent primatologist, who died this month, helped humans understand the emotional lives of our closest living animal relatives.

    • 18 min
    The ‘Asteroid Hunter’ Leading The OSIRIS-REx Mission

    The ‘Asteroid Hunter’ Leading The OSIRIS-REx Mission

    In a new memoir, planetary scientist Dr. Dante Lauretta takes readers behind the scenes of a mission to secure a sample from the asteroid Bennu.

    • 18 min
    Swimming Sea Lions Teach Engineers About Fluid Dynamics

    Swimming Sea Lions Teach Engineers About Fluid Dynamics

    Understanding how sea lions move through water could help engineers design better underwater vehicles.

    • 17 min
    Botanical Rescue Centers Take In Illegally Trafficked Plants

    Botanical Rescue Centers Take In Illegally Trafficked Plants

    The U.S. Botanic Garden is one of 62 locations across the United States that rescue endangered species poached in the wild.

    • 17 min
    2023 Was Hottest Year On Record | The NASA Satellite Studying Plankton

    2023 Was Hottest Year On Record | The NASA Satellite Studying Plankton

    The World Meteorological Organization’s report confirms last year had the highest temperatures on record and predicts an even hotter 2024. Also, NASA’s new PACE satellite will study how these tiny creatures could affect Earth’s climate, and how aerosols influence air quality.

    • 24 min
    A Strange-Looking Fish, Frozen In Time

    A Strange-Looking Fish, Frozen In Time

    A group of fish called gar, dubbed “living fossils,” may have the slowest rate of evolution of any jawed vertebrate.

    • 17 min

Customer Reviews

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5.1K Ratings

Noonette58 ,

Still enjoying

I preferred the longer format but I understand the reasoning…it is not the only long podcast I listen to that went to shorter segments because it seemed more likely audiences would listen. I enjoy the variety of topics and views. I see a lot of negativity but if I am
Not interested in a topic I just skip it myself. The people interviewed that I listen to always seems knowledgeable and I always learn something.

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My favorite science podcast.

Science Friday has been a staple for me for years. As a podcast, I never miss it.

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Agenda Over Science

Science Friday used to be an interesting listen of science discovery, with information that could occasionally challenge beliefs. Now a large proportion of topics and segments are unbalanced expositions of scientific studies designed simply to confirm an agenda. The good news is the segmented episode set up that many complain about actually serves to sift through some of this for the few gems of scientific discovery that aren’t obfuscated by their social agenda.

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