SciFri Radio: Scientific Method

SciFri Radio: Can Science Be Done Without Secrecy?
Physicist Michael Nielsen discusses his book Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science.

SciFri Radio: If Science Takes A Wrong Turn, Who Rights It?
Ira Flatow and guests discuss recent cases of scientific fraud that have led to study retractions.

SciFri Radio: Citizen Science Projects for the New Year
No lab? No Ph.D.? No problem. Sign on for some citizen science.

SciFri Radio: Steven Johnson and 'Where Good Ideas Come From"
How do great ideas come to be? What conditions help to foster creativity and spur advances in thought?

SciFri Radio: 2010 Ig Nobel Prizes
It's time for our annual broadcast of highlights from the Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, recognizing the strange, silly, and stupid in the world of...

SciFri Radio: Science in the Gulf
Are researchers being shut out of gathering valuable data in the wake of the Gulf oil disaster?

SciFri Radio: Research Misconduct
How well does science police itself? We'll talk what researchers do when they encounter misdeeds.

SciFri Radio: Tornadoes
The average warning time for a tornado is about 15 minutes. But is that enough time to get your family out of harm's way? In this segment, a look...

SciFri Radio: Michael Specter's 'Denialism'
We'll talk with author Michael Specter about his book 'Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and...

SciFri Radio: Jupiter Impact
Earlier this week, an amateur astronomer in Australia spotted signs of a massive impact on the planet Jupiter. We'll talk with him about his find,...

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SciFri Videos: Scientific Method

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...

Video: The Body Farm
In 1992, Ira investigated how forensic anthropologists solve crimes using bugs. Plus, take a tour of "The Body Farm." Beware: it is as gruesome as...

Video: Map of a Different Color
Mark Newman, professor of physics at the University of Michigan, has a new spin on an old map. He created a program to make cartograms--maps in...

Video: Bird Banders
David Bonter, of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and vice president of the Braddock Bay Bird Observatory, took us to Braddock Bay to learn how to...

Video: Bird In Hand To Save Those In The Bush
Braddock Bay, on the southern shore of Lake Ontario, is a prime pit stop for migrating birds. In a converted hot dog stand near the Bay,...

Video: Young Inventors Soup Up A Wheelchair
In the basement of Staten Island Technical High School, a group of students meets regularly to build and invent. They are members of "Team...

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