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Friday, February 5th, 2010

Hour One- 2pm ET

Science and the Budget

This week, President Obama unveiled his proposed budget for 2011. We'll talk about how the proposed budget might affect science. audio available (more)

Hour Two-3pm ET

'Manufacturing Depression'

Millions of Americans take antidepressant medications. But how did that come to be, and does such widespread use of antidepressants serve a real medical need? audio available (more)

Gene Doping in Sports

With the Winter Olympics just a week away, we'll talk about a new potential threat to fair competition -- gene doping. audio available (more)

Science Friday Archives:

SciFri Blogs

Ira Flatow

iPad Crystal Ball -- For all who think they can predict the future of the iPad, recall this prophesy about another Apple product: “The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing device called a ‘mouse’... (more)

Carl Flatow

A Great Beginning -- PKO now joins the Rev. in the history books. We had a great turnout, not only in numbers, but in the level of engagement... (more)

Jocelyn Ford

Google: An Inside Job? --  I'm fairly confident we don't yet really know what happened to Google... (more)

Noteworthy: Science Face to Face

Ira recently spoke with Nobel-winning neurobiologist Eric Kandel at the New School in New York City. See the archived webcast. (details)

Newsbriefs

Gluing Broken Bones
A tiny sea worm may hold the key to knitting bones without screws.

Dirty Money
Carrying cocaine contaminated currency? Not me!

Candlelit Dangers
Hopeless romantics may be serving up more than lobster at those candle lit dinners.

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