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Recent Episodes

Understanding the gynecological health crisis facing Black women

Black women face systemic issues accessing gynecological care. A physician-scientist outlines her vision to improve healthcare disparities.
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Data about your body is up for sale. Who's buying it?

Your personal biometric data—from your face, to your gait, to your weight—is constantly being collected and sold. Who’s buying it, and why?
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Sci-fi thriller combines aliens, robots, and Cherokee culture

The sci-fi thriller “Hole in the Sky” imagines an alien first-contact scenario set in the heart of Cherokee Nation.
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Beavers could be humans' biggest ally, if we let them

Beavers and humans tend to clash over landscape management. Pixar's “Hoppers” captures the struggle, and Oregon proves coexistence is possible.
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Searching for dark matter, deep in the Earth

The SuperCDMS-SNOLAB experiment, located deep in a nickel mine, aims to detect signs of dark matter particles passing through the Earth.
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Covering the outer reaches of space to the tiniest microbes in our bodies, Science Friday is the trusted source for news about science, technology, and other cool stuff. Host Ira Flatow mixes it up by featuring people in the know and those who want to be. Science Friday frequently features listeners that call in with their most riveting science questions. In addition, Science Friday also produces award-winning videos. It's brain fun for curious people.

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