Science Friday Video Podcast show

Science Friday Video Podcast

Summary: Science Friday, as heard on PRI, is a weekly discussion of the latest news in science, technology, health, and the environment hosted by Ira Flatow. Ira interviews scientists, authors, and policymakers, and listeners can call in and ask questions as well. Hear it each week on PRI stations nationwide -- or online!

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Podcasts:

 SciFri: Plunge Into the Science of BASE Jumping | File Type: video/mpeg | Duration: 00:04:43

The physics and brain science of BASE jumping.

 SciFri: Step Into an Optical Illusion | File Type: video/mpeg | Duration: 00:05:16

In Demon Hill, the rules of gravity don't apply as you expect them to.

 SciFri: This Beetle Puts the 'Extreme' in Extremity | File Type: video/mpeg | Duration: 00:03:20

For rhinoceros beetles, size matters.

 SciFri: Wild California Condors Made Here | File Type: video/mpeg | Duration: 00:04:02

A visit to the largest California condor breeding center in the U.S.

 SciFri: Printing Solar Panels in the Backyard | File Type: video/mpeg | Duration: 00:04:13

Inventors are building a machine that prints micro solar panels.

 SciFri: Mushroom Madness | File Type: video/mpeg | Duration: 00:04:18

Mushrooms and the people who love them.

 SciFri: Super Crisp Brains | File Type: video/mpeg | Duration: 00:01:17

A new microscope technique produces extra-sharp images of large swaths of the brain.

 SciFri: Science of Good Dancing | File Type: video/mpeg | Duration: Unknown
 SciFri: Poop and Paddle | File Type: video/mpeg | Duration: Unknown
 SciFri: Building for Mars... Sometimes Painful, Always Glorious | File Type: video/mpeg | Duration: 00:04:14

Tour a New York City robotics lab that helped build parts for Curiosity.

 SciFri: Microscopic Movie Stars | File Type: video/mpeg | Duration: 00:06:27

How photographers capture the micro-world in moving pictures.

 SciFri: Getting a Leg Up: High Jump Explained | File Type: video/mpeg | Duration: 00:04:46

Jesus Dapena studies how humans reach great heights, biomechanically. The world record for the high jump -- the event in which a person propels him- or herself over a horizontal bar -- is just over eight feet.

 SciFri: Manhattanhenge: Watch a Star Align | File Type: video/mpeg | Duration: Unknown
 SciFri: Manhattanhenge: Watch a Star Align | File Type: video/mpeg | Duration: Unknown
 SciFri: Smart Milk Jug, Invented by Sixth Graders | File Type: video/mpeg | Duration: 00:02:46

Young inventors dream up, and design, a milk pitcher that detects spoilage.

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