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April 18, 2025
Are traffic engineering decisions based on evidence-based research? Not as much as you might think. Plus, researchers captured the first confirmed video of a colossal squid swimming in its natural habitat. And, with brain-implanted devices, people with paralysis have been able to command computers to “move” virtual objects and speak for them.
16:54
A Love Story, Set in the Multiverse
In Nick Payne’s play “Constellations,” a beekeeper and cosmologist fall in and out of love across 50 parallel universes.
17:12
Medical Fraud Missing From Public Record
An investigation of the FDA claims the agency isn’t doing enough to expose instances of fraud and misconduct.
11:50
Are Decades-Long Megadroughts on the Horizon?
Climate change might be pushing the Southwest and Central Plains of the U.S. towards megadroughts.
1:36
Remembering ‘The Father of the Pill’
The chemist Carl Djerassi passed away on January 30, 2015, at the age of 91.
9:14
Catching Up on Sea Slug Science
The Hopkins’ rose sea slug has invaded Northern California, due to warming waters.
22:44
Fess Up: We’re Taking Your ‘Climate Confessions’
Do you have a predilection for beef? Forget to flick off the lights? Or maybe you’re a much-too-frequent flier? Call in to confess your climate sins.
12:01
Can the FCC Proposal Protect the Open Internet?
This week, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler announced a plan for “the strongest open Internet protections ever proposed by the FCC.”
2:19
How Budget Plans on Earth Might Stop Opportunity Rover on Mars
A preliminary NASA budget contains no funding for the Mars rover Opportunity in 2016.
10:10
Uncovering the Amazon’s Real ‘Lost Cities’
Archaeologist Michael Heckenberger’s discovery of “garden cities” in the Amazon suggests ancient civilizations once thrived there.
22:15
The SciFri Book Club Talks ‘The Lost City of Z’
The SciFri Book Club convenes to talk about David Grann’s non-fiction tale of Amazonian exploration, “The Lost City of Z.”