Jan 3, 2025 · Credit: Image collage made with Shutterstock, Canva, and Business Wire. Each year, the journalists at the MIT Technology Review publish a list of 10 breakthrough technologies: these are things poised to hit a tipping point, and potentially change the way the world works.. Unsurprisingly, artificial intelligence remains a big breakthrough.

When a fire burns in an urban area, it unleashes a slurry of chemicals. Scientists are trying to untangle the chemistry at play. Plus, early analysis of asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission shows the residue of an icy brine and a soup of amino acids.

Jun 14, 2024 · A common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) releasing ink. Credit: Shutterstock The most wonderful time of the year has arrived: Cephalopod Week, Science Friday’s annual tradition of spotlighting all things octopus, squid, and cuttlefish.

Nov 3, 2023 · Credit: Shutterstock with added elements. Over 99% of a human cell is made up of just five elements: carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and phosphorus. That same elemental mix exists, with minor variations, in every other living thing on Earth.

Oct 4, 2024 · With the presidential election a month away, researchers explain the psychology behind holding, changing, and acting on political opinions. Plus, researchers developed a 3D-printable material, inspired by worms, that can act as a Band-Aid for damaged heart and cartilage tissue. And, a recent study concluded that people who are highly resilient to stress have specific biological signatures in ...

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Oct 18, 2024 · New research sheds light on changes in the brain's gray and white matter during pregnancy. Plus, philosopher Susana Monsó unpacks the latest research into how animals like possums, chimps, and ants interpret death. And, a pair of musicians wrote a concept album inspired by moths—and found that humans have more in …

Science Diction. From the people who make Science Friday, we bring you Science Diction, a bite-sized podcast about words—and the science stories behind them.Hosted by SciFri producer and self-proclaimed word nerd Johanna Mayer, each episode of Science Diction digs into the origin of a single word or phrase, and, with the help of historians, etymologists, and scientists, reveals a …

Dec 16, 2024 · Plan A Watch Party! Mission insignia for International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 72. Credit: NASA The NASA In-Flight Education Downlink program connects K-12 students with astronauts aboard the ISS for live question-and-answer sessions about living and working in space. Learners, working with Science Friday educators and families, will create questions for the Expedition 72 crew and ...

November 29, 2024. For our 33rd anniversary, we’re broadcasting some of our listeners’ favorite SciFri stories. And, this year’s Ig Nobel Prizes include awards for studying coin flipping, the movements of a dead trout, and more.