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May. 17, 2013
Insects May Be the Taste of the Next Generation, Report Says
food, nutrition, agriculture, eating bugs, entomophagy, eating insects, insects as food, Peter Menzel, man eating bugs, UN food and agriculture organization
May. 17, 2013
Desktop Diaries: Daniel Kahneman
desktop diary, desktop diaries, Daniel Kahneman, nobel prize, psychology, decision-making, desktop diaries
May. 10, 2013
Microexpressions: More Than Meets the Eye
david matsumoto, san francisco state university, micro expressions
May. 10, 2013
The Myth of Multitasking
multitasking, digital life, distractions, twitter, facebook, alerts, texts, texting, habits, clifford nass
Apr. 05, 2013
Tracking a Rise in ADHD Diagnosis
diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, pediatrics, neurology, ritalin, adderall, ADD, hyperactive, children, kids
Apr. 05, 2013
‘Drunk Tank Pink’ Finds Clues to Behavior
psychology, behavior, marketing, color, influence, decision-making, human behavior
Apr. 05, 2013
Searching for the Roots of 'Right' and 'Wrong'
empathy, morality, bonobo, apes, primates, primatology, anthropology
Mar. 29, 2013
Gripping Science Tales Need Not Be Science Fiction
science and storytelling, asuorigins, asu origins, lawrence krauss, brian greene, ian mcewen, ian mc ewen, plot, characters
Mar. 22, 2013
For Babies, It’s Better to Like What I Like
moral behavior, hatred, prejudice, differences, infant psychology, child psychology, human behavior, likes
Mar. 22, 2013
Grand Central: An Engine of Scientific Innovation
trains, grand central terminal, grant central station, transportation, history, engineering
Mar. 15, 2013
‘Bones’ Inspires a New Generation of Crime Fighters
bones, forensic science, Kathy Reichs, anthropology, forensic anthropology, skeleton, corpse, mystery fiction, detective fiction, Brendan Reichs, Tempe Brennan, Code: A Virals Novel, Tory Brennan
Mar. 15, 2013
And the Award for Best Picture Goes To...
photo contest, scifri photo contest, scifri winter nature photo contest, Clay Bolt, photo tips
Feb. 22, 2013
The SciFri Book Club Visits “Gorillas in the Mist”
Dian Fossey, fieldwork, gorillas, primates, chimpanzees, jane goodall, poaching, primatology
Feb. 15, 2013
A New View of Newton in "Isaac’s Eye"
play, rivalry, scientists, Isaac Newton, Robert Hooke, history, theater, theatre
Feb. 08, 2013
Tracking Privacy and Ownership in an Online World
privacy, social media, location services, personal data, dna, genetics, medical information, ownership
Feb. 01, 2013
Preserving Science News in an Online World
communicating science, science news, online communities, discussion, social media, science online
Jan. 25, 2013
Canine Conundrum: How Dog Became Man's Best Friend
dog, canine, genetics, evolution, domestic animals, friend, wolf, wolves, dogs
Jan. 25, 2013
The Book Club Catches 'The Andromeda Strain'
andromeda strain, book club, michael crichton, science fiction, astrobiology, space virus
Jan. 18, 2013
How Do You Fend Off the Flu?
flu, influenza, infection, pandemic, epidemic, sneezing, coughing, purell, disinfection, human contact, etiquette, manners
Jan. 18, 2013
Dementia Takes the Stage in 'The Other Place'
play, theatre, dementia, mental health, mental illness, theater
Jan. 18, 2013
Edward Tufte Wants You to See Better
edward tufte, data visualization, infographics, information, visualizing data, graphic representation
Jan. 11, 2013
Getting a Handle on Why Fingers Wrinkle
bath, bathing, fingers, wrinkled fingers, prune hands, shriveled, grip, evolution
Jan. 04, 2013
Science Looked Good in 2012
Catfish eating pigeons, water travelling uphill, a blue whale barrel roll,science cinema highlights, 2012 video year in review
Dec. 28, 2012
'Consider the Fork' Chronicles Evolution of Eating
food, eating, evolution, utensil. knife, fork, spoon, kitchen tools
Dec. 28, 2012
Book Challenges Kids With Science-Based Mysteries
science, math, stem, science education, mysteries, solve, puzzles, brain-teasers
Dec. 28, 2012
The Renaissance Man Who Got It All Wrong
science history, Athanasius Kircher, newton, plague, disease
Dec. 28, 2012
Making Resolutions That Stick
resolutions, promises, improvement, improve, psychology, psychologist
Dec. 21, 2012
Debunking Doomsday and Exploring Maya Science
mayan, archaeology, astronomy, 2012, apocolypse, end of the world, baktun
Dec. 21, 2012
The SciFri Book Club Tours 'The Planets'
planets, nasa, astronomy, planetary science, dava sobel
Dec. 14, 2012
Alan Alda’s Challenge to Scientists: What Is Time?
Alan Alda, The Flame Challenge, science communication, kid-friendly, explanation for a flame, time, video, stem, learning, education
Dec. 14, 2012
Is It Possible to Create a Mind?
mind, brain, knowledge, intelligence, artificial intelligence, ray kurzweil, singularity, nanotechnology, computers
Dec. 14, 2012
A View from the Flip Side
brain, vision, psychology, sight, upside down, marc abrahams
Dec. 14, 2012
‘Instant’ Looks at Polaroid’s Land
polaroid, camera, photography, invention, instant photography, instagram, art
Dec. 07, 2012
No Joke -- Why Even Tragedy Gets a Laugh
humor, laughter, brain, funny, psychology, neuroscience, stand-up comedy
Dec. 07, 2012
'Escape Fire' Exposes Flaws of American Healthcare
health care, army, military, pain management
Nov. 30, 2012
Photographer James Balog on Climate Change and 'Chasing Ice'
documentary, Chasing Ice, photographer James Balog, glaciers, climate change. film, global warming, melting
Nov. 30, 2012
SciFri Book Club Has 'The Right Stuff'
the right stuff, tom wolfe, test pilots, space flight, chuck yeager, sound barrier, astronauts, mercury, nasa
Nov. 23, 2012
Ig Nobel Prizes Celebrate Somewhat Suspect Science
ig nobel prizes, ignobel prizes, ignoble prizes, improbable research, marc abrahams, humor
Nov. 16, 2012
Are We Getting Dumber? Maybe, New Research Suggests
intelligence, genetics, evolution, gene mutation, emotion
Nov. 09, 2012
Oliver Sacks: Hallucinations
oliver sacks, brain, hallucinations, drugs, visions, neuroscience
Nov. 09, 2012
Climate Change Takes Flight in New Novel
kingsolver, climate change, flight behavior, novel, fiction
Nov. 02, 2012
Past is Present in 'An Enemy of the People'
theater, play, whistle-blowers, Henrik Ibsen
Oct. 26, 2012
Scared to Death... Literally
cardiology, fright, fear, scared to death, frightened to death, heart attack, adrenaline, fight or flight
Oct. 26, 2012
Medusa's Gaze and Vampire's Bite
monsters, vampires, zombies, Halloween, bats, literature, fiction, spooky science
Oct. 26, 2012
In Twitter We Trust: Can Social Media Sway Voters?
twitter, facebook, social media, elections, voting, psychology, persuasion, memes, social networks
Oct. 26, 2012
The SciFri Book Club Falls For Mr. Feynman
physics, physicist, richard feynman, nanotechnology, lockpicks, lawrence krauss, space shuttle challenger, bongos, tuva
Oct. 19, 2012
Making Sense of Presidential Polls
election, polling, polls, data, 538, obama, romney, presidential election, statistics
Oct. 19, 2012
How One Guy Raised $1.3 Million for a Tesla Museum
nikola tesla, thomas edison, the oatmeal, crowdfunding, wardenclyffe, crowdsourced donations, tesla museum, goddamn tesla museum
Sep. 21, 2012
Can Government Bans Tackle Obesity?
food, obesity, nutrition, soda, sweetened drinks, new york city, department of health,
Sep. 21, 2012
The SciFri Book Club Visits ‘Flatland’
math, geometry, scifri book club, lines, flatland, flat land, edwin abbott, shapes, dimensions
Sep. 14, 2012
Detecting the 'Artful Dodge'
election, polling, voting, psychology, social networking, social networks, facebook, persuasion, dodging the question, politics, debating, debates, election campaign
Sep. 07, 2012
Seeing Through the Smoke -- The Secrets in a Cigarette
smoking, quitting smoking, tobacco, cigarettes, cigarette additives, how to quit smoking, cigarette ingredients, nicotine vaccine, addiction
Sep. 07, 2012
The Importance of Strange Science
improbable research, Ig Nobels, shrew, Marc Abrahams
Aug. 31, 2012
Meet Your Ancient Relatives -- The Denisovans
fossil, dna, neanderthal, neandertal, denisovan, hominid, hominin, human origins, anthropology
Aug. 31, 2012
Meet the Brains Behind 'Bones'
bones, forensic anthropology, forensic science, crime, detectives, murder mystery, television show
Aug. 24, 2012
Mapping the Birthplace of Modern Languages
language, linguistics, evolutionary biology, language evolution
Aug. 24, 2012
'Carbon Nation' Tackles Climate Change, By Ignoring It
energy, environment, global warming, climate change, energy efficiency, energy conservation
Aug. 24, 2012
David Eagleman Gets Inside Our Heads
incognito, neurology, neuroscience, perception, brain, consciousness
Aug. 17, 2012
Arbiter of 'Interestingness' Navigates the 'Net
brainpicker, brainpickings, memes, internet culture, blogs, curation, curator's code, web, world wide web
Aug. 10, 2012
Catching Up with Tom Swift a Century Later
books, science fiction, tom swift, child inventor, boy inventor, history
Aug. 10, 2012
SciFri Book Club Talks ‘Monkey Mind’
anxiety, anxious, nervous, neurotic, psychology, psychological
Aug. 03, 2012
Making Movies That Zoom into Foreign Worlds
cinemicroscopy, microscope, microorganisms, microbiology
Jul. 13, 2012
The Nuts and Bolts of High-Speed Rail
high-speed rail, transportation, California, engineering, civil engineering, railroad, trains, high-speed trains
Jul. 06, 2012
SciFri Book Club Talks Silent Spring
science friday book club, scifri book club, silent spring, rachel carson, ddt, pesticides, love canal, toxic chemicals, superfund site
Jun. 29, 2012
Alan Turing at 100
alan turing, computers, computing, mathematics, numbers, code, math, cryptography
Jun. 29, 2012
Spider-Man Gets a Physics Lesson
spider-man, spiderman, peter parker, radioactive spider, superhero, superheroes, physics
Jun. 22, 2012
Field Trip! Can You Stomach It?
museum, medical history, philadelphia, medical devices, medical oddities, history, tourism, tourists, Mütter Museum
Jun. 22, 2012
What Your Brain Looks Like When You Lose Self-Control
brain, neuroscience, control, desire, impulse, fmri, mri, human behavior, dieting
Jun. 15, 2012
Putting a Friendly Face on Statistics
statistics, data, psychology, understanding data, interpreting data
Jun. 15, 2012
Neanderthals: The Oldest Cave Painters?
cave art, archeology, anthropology, neanderthals, neandertals, spain, altamira cave, Altamira, El Castillo, Tito Bustillo, Uranium-series dating
Jun. 01, 2012
Remembering a Son in Immortal Bird
health care, doctors, medicine, tragedy, children, memoir, cardiac medicine, heart, organ transplant
May. 25, 2012
Humans, The World's 'Superomnivores'
food, taste, flavor, eating, culture, cultural heritage
May. 25, 2012
Breaking Out Of A Web Of Fear
fear, phobias, tarantulas, spiders, heights, flying, public speaking, psychology, scared
May. 11, 2012
Why Race Could Color the Vote Against Obama
election, race, psychology, prejudice, racial attitudes
May. 11, 2012
'The Garbage-Men' Rock a Trashy Sound
garbage, recycling, materials, musical instruments, music, diy
Apr. 27, 2012
A New Stage Play Tackles Athletes and Concussions
neurology, science and the arts, theater, concussion, athletes, brain, head trauma
Apr. 13, 2012
Engineering for Success by Building on Failure
engineering, bridges, invention, failure, Titanic, Challenger, Columbia, design, civil engineering
Apr. 13, 2012
Marc Abrahams Makes Science Improbably Funny
humor, evolution, improbable research, ig nobel
Apr. 13, 2012
Searching for Nature’s Time Machines in Relics
entomology, art, photography, evolution, genes
Apr. 06, 2012
New York City’s Mayor is a Geek at Heart
new york city, science policy, mayor, applied science, nycedc
Apr. 06, 2012
How Homo sapiens Became Masters of the Planet
paleontology, human origins, paleoanthropology, anthropology
Mar. 30, 2012
Art, Mind And Brain Intersect In Kandel's Vienna
kandel, brain, memory, art, vienna, learning
Feb. 10, 2012
Why Vinyl Sounds Better Than CD, Or Not
music, sound, audio, engineering, data, compression, vinyl
Jan. 27, 2012
Can Science Be Done Without Secrecy?
research, data, scientific process, scientific publishing, publication, peer review
Jan. 27, 2012
Ancient Skull Holds Clues to Dog Domestication
dog, canid, canine, animal domestication, anthropology
Jan. 06, 2012
One Scholar’s Take On The Power of The Placebo
placebo, sugar pill, medicine, psychology
Dec. 16, 2011
Treating Stress, Speech Disorders With Music
music, brain, medicine, psychology, neurology, sacks
Dec. 09, 2011
Rats Show Empathy, By Freeing Trapped Companions
rat, empathy, brain, friend, social behavior
Nov. 25, 2011
A Tale Of Two Addicts: Freud, Halsted And Cocaine
freud, cocaine, markel, history, psychology, brain, drug addiction
Nov. 18, 2011
Strangers Can Spot Genetic Disposition For Empathy
empathy, brain, genetics, oxytocin, caring
Nov. 11, 2011
Cure Winter Blues With Light Therapy--Or The Beach
seasonal affective disorder, sad, lightboxes, light therapy, depression
Sep. 30, 2011
David Attenborough Flies With The Pterosaurs
attenborough flying monsterd 3d movie pterosaurs nature
Sep. 09, 2011
Examining Ancient Fossils for Clues to Human Origins
hominid, homo, fossil, berger, anthropology, paleoanthropology
Sep. 09, 2011
The Psychology of 9-11, Ten Years Later
disaster, ptsd, psychology, grief, trauma, terrorism
Aug. 26, 2011
A Look Back At 9/11 In ‘I Heard The Sirens Scream’
911, 9-11, 9/11, september 11, anthrax, terrorism
Aug. 19, 2011
Technology Aids Free Speech--And Its Suppression
communication, freedom of speech, censorship
Aug. 12, 2011
The Future Of Computer-Generated Sound Effects
sound acoustics technology film music video games
Jul. 29, 2011
Teaching A Chimp To Speak In ‘Project Nim’
chimp, language, brain, development, ethics
Jul. 15, 2011
Can Google Plus Compete With Facebook And Twitter?
google, social media, social networking, facebook, twitter, myspace
Jul. 08, 2011
Archaic Texan Rock Art Reveals Prehistoric Culture
cave art drawing rock art texas indian paleoglyphs cave painting
Jul. 01, 2011
Growing A Revolution: America’s Founding Gardeners
history president gardening botany jefferson
Jun. 24, 2011
Author Of ‘Robopocalypse’ On The Future Of Robotics
fiction robot terminator sarah connor
Jun. 17, 2011
James Gleick On The History Of Information
information data history philosophy understanding
May. 06, 2011
Synth Music Pioneer Thomas Dolby Back With New EP
dolby, music, performance, art, blinded
Apr. 15, 2011
Richard Leakey Reflects On Human Past--And Future
anthropology, human origins, turkana boy, fossil, hominid
Mar. 25, 2011
Hunting For Traces Of America's First Inhabitants
anthropology, archaeology, human origins, life, tools, ancestors
Jan. 28, 2011
Digital Sampling and Remix Culture: Creativity or Criminality?
sampling, music, beats, copyright, remix, digital culture, dj
Nov. 05, 2010
'Photograph 51' Play
play, theater, arts, dna, genetics, double helix, franklin, watson, crick
Oct. 29, 2010
An Answer to the Chupacabra Legend?
legend, halloween, monster, chupacabra, goatsucker
Sep. 24, 2010
Video Pick of the Week: Composite Sketch
art, forensics, composite sketch, crime scene, witness, police
Sep. 03, 2010
Mental Exercise and Dementia
mental health aging alzheimers dementia cognitive decline
Aug. 13, 2010
Study Suggests Earlier Meat Eating In Hominids
anthropology human evolution tools food
May. 07, 2010
Neanderthal Genome
dna, genome, ancestry, proteome, neanderthals, neandertal, genetics, evolution
Mar. 26, 2010
A New Human Relative, From a DNA Sample?
anthropology, palontology, bone, genetics, dna
Nov. 27, 2009
They Might Be Giants: Here Comes Science
perfchat, tmbg, giants, performance chat, music, art
Nov. 13, 2009
Two Personalities, One Brain?
mpd, multiple personalitiy disorder, dissociative identity disorder
Nov. 13, 2009
Science Through Graphic Novels
graphic novels, comic books, comics, russel, philosophy, biology, genetics
Sep. 25, 2009
They Might Be Giants: Here Comes Science
perfchat, tmbg, giants, performance chat, music, art
Jul. 03, 2009
Some Projects to Try on Your Summer Vacation (Or Perhaps Not)
diy, experiemnts, chemistry, physics, risk, dangerous
Jul. 03, 2009
A Conversation with Ocean Explorer Bob Ballard
ballard, ocean, titanic, undersea, water
Jun. 19, 2009
Same-Sex Behavior in the Animal Kingdom
same sex, homosexuality, sexual behavior, animals
Jun. 05, 2009
Tickling Gorillas and the Evolution of Laughter
laughter, tickling, evolution, primates
Feb. 13, 2009
Buying Experiences, Not Things, May Increase Happiness
psychology, brain, givt, presents
Nov. 14, 2008
Music and Cardiovascular Health
vascualr system, heart health, blood flow, music, endorphins
Aug. 22, 2008
How Undecided Are 'Undecided Voters?'
polling, decisionmaking, unconscious thought, bias, race
Aug. 22, 2008
Inventing the Movies: Edison to the iPod
movie, film, hollywood, invention, technology
Jun. 20, 2008
'Frequency Hopping' Stage Play
play, theater, theatre, lamarr, invention, patents, radio
Mar. 14, 2008
A New Species, or Just Small Humans?
flores, pygmy, dwarf, human evolution, hominid, skeleton, fossils, anthropology
Feb. 22, 2008
Mapping Human Genetic Diversity
genetics, human evolution, migration, genome, diversity
Jul. 06, 2007
Live Earth Concerts Kick Off Worldwide
climate change, concerts, al gore, global warming
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