Science Friday's Picks: The Best Science Books for Kids 2024
Dec 6, 2024 · The Iguanodon’s Horn by Sean Rubin “When the iguanodon was first discovered, people assumed it had a huge, rhino-like horn atop its nose. Though kids will flock to this book for the striking dino images—and giggle at some of the incorrect assumptions scientists have made about these prehistoric creatures—they’ll also learn an important lesson: Science is a never-ending process, and ...
The Art And Science Of Trash Talk - Science Friday
Feb 9, 2024 · Credit: Shutterstock and photo artwork by Emma Gometz As frivolous as it may sound, the use of trash talk has a long, hilarious history that dates back to the Bible and the Homeric poems. Fundamentally, this insult-slinging is the presentation of a challenge, and it’s found its way into sports, politics, and even cutthroat family board game nights.
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3 days ago · Science Friday now has two hosts: Meet Flora Lichtman! Plus, in his final advisory, Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy spotlights how alcohol increases the risk of developing certain cancers. And, scientists investigated how the shape of …
Sodium Replaces Lithium In A New Type Of Battery - Science Friday
Jul 26, 2024 · Professor Y. Shirley Meng of the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering. Image courtesy of Dr. Y. Shirley Meng. If nations are to meet their sustainable energy goals, experts argue that batteries will be a crucial part of the equation.
NASA Considers Cheaper, Faster Ways To Retrieve Mars Samples
3 days ago · NASA’s Perseverance Rover captured this image of its own tracks in the Jezero Crater on Mars in October 2024. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission is an ambitious project that aims to use the Perseverance rover to collect Martian rocks, sand, and even gulps of Martian air. Then, through a complicated handoff between different spacecraft, it would ferry those samples ...
The Science Behind Hurricane Milton
Oct 11, 2024 · An image of Hurricane Milton approaching Florida, as seen from NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite at 6:30 p.m. EDT on October 8, 2024. Credit: NOAA. On October 9, Hurricane Milton made landfall in Siesta Key, Florida, then barrelled across the state.
What Makes A Hula Hoop Stay Up? - sciencefriday.com
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What History Tells Us About How We Got To Today’s Climate Crisis
Dec 13, 2024 · The following is an excerpt from The Burning Earth: A History by Sunil Amrith. When you purchase products through the Bookshop.org link on this page, Science Friday earns a small commission which helps support our journalism. Once upon a time all history was environmental history. Life was governed ...
Experts Talk About 2024’s Coolest Science
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