Science Friday Audio Podcast

Can your eyes and ears affect your taste buds?

Think caffeine dehydrates you? Or that you can't get too much water on a hot day? Douglas Casa, of the Korey Stringer Institute, sets the record straight.

When a controversial paper comes out, skeptical scientists can attempt to replicate the study. But how many scientists have the time--and money--to police bad science?

Researchers say heat waves are 20 times more likely today than in the 1960s, due to global warming.

After years on the slow track, America’s high-speed rail may finally be building momentum.

A silky solution to the age old question of how to keep drugs viable without refrigeration.

Researchers hone in on where cancer cells live for answers about drug resistance.

Silent Spring revisited: Ira Flatow and Flora Lichtman host the first SciFri Book Club meeting.

Why scientists have come to blows -- literally -- over who gets the glory for a discovery.

Mayo myth-busters, a ketchup jar that never jams, and a salute to the pickle.

Hour One: A look at the science of sunscreen: how it intercepts the sun's rays, whether it blocks vitamin D production, and what SPF really means.

Hour One: Physicists have finally discovered the elusive Higgs boson--or at least something a lot like it.

Do the laws of physics apply to superheroes? Sort of, says James Kakalios.

Floors that generate electricity from footsteps. A GPS that outsmarts traffic jams. Innovations like these could be the next big thing--and we have student inventors to thank.

A look at the man who helped create the modern world--and was promptly forgotten by it.