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Science Friday
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About Science Friday
Science Friday is a podcast with 1,385 episodes in the PodLexicon database, each accompanied by a full searchable transcript and AI-generated summary. PodLexicon indexes every episode of Science Friday and turns each one into a searchable AI summary — find the episode that covers a topic, track how that topic evolved over time, or compare what different guests said about it.
Topics Covered on Science Friday
Lewis and Clark Route Wildlife Survey Wildlife Recovery Through Conservation Policy Ongoing Habitat Loss and Industrial Pressure Prairie Dogs as a Conservation Concern Human Presence as a Direct Disturbance to Wildlife Big Data Methods for Ecology Historical Evolution of Normal Body Temperature Contextual Interpretation of Vaccine Trial Results
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Recent Episodes
Could we live in a dinosaur world? — August 22, 2026Do microplastics in the body affect pregnancy? — August 21, 2026Making a case for physicists to join climate research — August 20, 2026Creating 'world models' for robots + An AI math shakeup — August 19, 2026What can moments of lucidity teach us about Alzheimer’s? — August 18, 2026Colorado’s snow drought deals a major blow to recreation — August 17, 2026How do you find a ‘lost’ species? — August 14, 2026What we get wrong about vaccine hesitancy — August 13, 2026Why this lab studies the speed of bug pee and other curiosities — August 12, 2026Some primates undergo even more extreme childbirth than humans — August 11, 2026Deb Haaland is a politician, and proud of it — August 10, 2026Sitting all day is terrible for us. Moving a little can help — August 07, 2026A Nagasaki survivor and physician recounts his life's work — August 06, 2026What do people eat? Plant and animal DNA in sewage provide clues — August 05, 20263D images of galaxies will rock you (ft. Queen) — August 04, 2026The evolution of an enzyme engineer who changed chemistry — August 03, 2026Why is brain cancer so hard to treat? — July 31, 2026How can astronaut food be better? — July 30, 2026The reality of living with extreme heat in India — July 29, 2026Tracking shark populations, one shark at a time — July 28, 2026The Black women codebreakers of the Cold War — July 27, 2026Asha de Vos’ journey from deck hand to marine science leader — July 24, 2026Why worry about my data If I have nothing to hide? — July 23, 2026Peering through dust clouds to the center of the galaxy — July 22, 2026Why a paper about relocating coastal communities hit a nerve — July 21, 2026How do you piece together what life was like in Pompeii? — July 20, 2026A space telescope launch + Alvin submersible check-up — July 17, 2026Hold the lettuce: Updates on the 'explosive' cyclospora outbreak — July 17, 2026How does a tick bite cause a red meat allergy? — July 16, 2026What will our reaction be when we discover aliens? — July 15, 2026Beautiful botflies, luscious leeches, and the wonder of parasites — July 14, 2026China's booming biotech, from a brain implant to drug discovery — July 13, 2026Reconnecting with the night sky and reining in light pollution — July 10, 2026Amid shifting politics, can we build stable global health systems? — July 09, 2026How does the gut-brain connection work? — July 08, 2026Investigating ‘flow state’ with the bassist from Phish — July 07, 2026How the US patent system keeps drug prices high — July 06, 2026What was science like in America 250 years ago? — July 03, 2026An artificial cell eats, grows, and reproduces. Is it alive? — July 02, 2026Growing lunar potatoes + Dealing with razor-sharp moon dust — July 01, 2026Even Nobel Prize winners deal with imposter syndrome — June 30, 2026Squirrel poop drops Ice Age clues + The neuroscience of laughter — June 29, 2026Promising new treatments for pancreatic cancer and ALS — June 26, 2026That chlorine smell at the pool? It’s pee — June 25, 2026Under proposed rule, science funding must pass political review — June 24, 2026Can you learn to love the scorpion? — June 23, 2026FDA approves a well-known sunscreen ingredient—finally — June 22, 2026Why do sports announcers talk like that? — June 19, 2026Swords, cannibalism, poison: inside the world of killer microbes — June 18, 2026When music transports you to a different place — June 17, 2026
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