SciFri Radio: Flora and Fauna
SciFri Radio: Video Pick: Designing A Green Roof
A rooftop farm in Brooklyn, NY does more than produce food.
SciFri Radio: Exploring The Wild Life Of Our Bodies
Biologist Rob Dunn explains how the organisms that share our world have shaped us.
SciFri Radio: Time To Stop Picking on Weeds and Non-Natives?
Many weeds and non-native species are actually beneficial to humans--and the environment.
SciFri Radio: Growing A Revolution: America’s Founding Gardeners
The first presidents tended uniquely American plots in an era when gardens reflected one’s politics.
SciFri Radio: Video Pick: Blowing Bubble Nets
Underwater digital tags show humpback whales use bubbles to trap schools of fish.
SciFri Radio: Sleep-Deprived Rats Take "Brain Naps"
Individual neurons can "fall asleep" in awake rats.
SciFri Radio: Google Gives Mojave Solar Project A Boost
Writer Alexis Madrigal discusses the project's technology, and how to hook it into the grid.
SciFri Radio: Richard Leakey Reflects On Human Past--And Future
Leakey talks about the origins of Homo sapiens, and their uncertain future.
SciFri Radio: Video Pick: The Toiling Ant
Leaf-cutter ants rely on their razor sharp mandibles to snip leaves to pieces. What happens when the ants can't cut it?
SciFri Radio: Christmas Bird Count 2010
Time to bundle up and grab your binoculars - we'll check in on this year's Audubon Christmas Bird Count, a great example of citizen science.
SciFri Videos: Flora and Fauna
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Video: Milking a Spider
Ever wondered how to milk a spider? In this video, Dr. Greta Binford, a researcher at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon, extracts venom...
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Video: Macaque Research
On April 13, 2007, Ira spoke with the playwright of and science advisor for the play "Serendib," which tells the story of scientists studying...
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Video: Attack of the Ladybugs
Genzyme Center is "Platinum"-certified building by the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System: this is...
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Video: Gardening in Alaska
How do plants grow in the land of the midnight sun? Science Friday visited a greenhouse in Denali National Park to find out what it takes to...
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Video: Squirrels, Snakes and Heated Tails
When California ground squirrels (Spermophilus beecheyi) are confronted by snakes, they puff up their tails and wave them around, in a display...
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Video: Diablo Hawk Biologist
Take a trip to the Galapagos Islands with a puppet named "Diablo" to see how biologists catch and study hawks in the field. The researchers can...
SciFri Newsbriefs: Flora and Fauna
Newsbrief: Anglers Beware: Fish Capable of Logical Reasoning
Fish and kindergarteners can logically infer.
Newsbrief: After A Fight, Rooks Go To Their Mates For A Beak Rub
After a fight, the opponents fly to their mates for consolation.
Newsbrief: Snakes Steal From Toads and Eat Them Too
A snake steals toxins from the toads it eats.
Newsbrief: Ocean in a Bottle
Researchers figured out how the ocean smells like the ocean.
Newsbrief: Material Girls
Young female chimps were spotted making spears for hunting.
Newsbrief: Feeling Feverish? Sit Still
Viruses evolve differently depending on how free their hosts are to move and mingle.
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