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Amazing conversation about #beavers on #scifri #sciencefriday
https://pca.st/episode/53992245-330e-41a7-9372-79b628e307fc

Beavers could be humans' biggest ally, if we let them

Beavers are having a moment, thanks to the new Pixar movie “Hoppers.” Amid some body-swapping shenanigans, the film is about humans coexisting with wildlife—particularly oversized rodents capable of…

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Verdant Square Radio 3d ago

NOW PLAYING == Science Friday Daily 5/4/26: Searching for dark matter, deep in the Earth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYFj5s9f-xA

#news #arts #culture #history #education #NPR #storytelling #science #IraFlatow #FloraLichtman #ScienceFriday #LearnSomething #radio #vsn #progressive #left #publicradio #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist

Searching for dark matter, deep in the Earth

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cs Apr 15

New replication work shows social‑science results remain uneven, even as data sharing improves. What’s striking is the growing reliance on AI—both to produce research text and to evaluate it. Scholars are rightly asking how we trust tools that now shape the studies they assess. #Science #Replication #OpenScience #AI #ResearchIntegrity #ScienceFriday
🎧 https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/social-science-replication-crisis-score-study/

Why so many studies can’t be replicated

An analysis of thousands of social science studies found that half couldn't be replicated. What's behind this pattern, and can it be fixed?

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Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸Apr 10

I'm listening to Science Friday talking about how GLP-1 medications may affect addition.

One of the guests made the point that many people have used alcohol to not feel things that may be troubling their life, and that while GLP-1 may take away the desire to drink, it doesn't treat the underlying problems. Thus GLP-1s may need to be accompanied by something else to help them deal with the feelings they've been avoiding with alcohol.

#GLP1 #AlcoholAddiction #ScienceFriday

Infektionsforschung (HZI)Feb 10

„Superflu“ – Schlagwort oder echte Bedrohung? Im Podcast von #ScienceFriday ordnet Kinderinfektiologin Jennifer Duchon ein, warum die #Grippewelle so heftig ausfällt, welche Probleme beim aktuellen #Impfstoff bestehen & warum #Impfen wichtig bleibt. https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/flu-season-subclade-k/#segment-transcript

How A Mutation Made This Year’s Flu Season So Bad

A flu variant called subclade K emerged too late to be fully covered by this year's vaccine. But the flu shot can still help protect you.

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Infektionsforschung (HZI)Jan 6

Auch im 21. Jahrhundert ist die #Pest noch präsent: Im Podcast von #ScienceFriday wird erklärt, wie Yersinia pestis in Nagern noch immer grassiert & über Flöhe in seltenen Fällen Menschen infizieren kann. Mittels #Antibiotika lässt sich die Krankheit heutzutage jedoch gut bekämpfen. https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/bubonic-plague-spread/

Why Is Bubonic Plague Still With Us?

When cases of plague pop up in the US, it can feel straight up medieval. It's treatable, but how and why does it persist?

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This Is My Glasgow Nov 21

Given the current temperature in Glasgow, I figured it's worth posting this plaque I came across on Westbank Quadrant about the origins of Lord Kelvin's ground-breaking research into absolute zero while he was a professor at Glasgow University. None of it is remotely true, but it's an amusing tale nonetheless, and with the current cold snap, it feels quite plausible!

#glasgow #glasgowtoday #keepglasgowweird #lordkelvin #absolutezero #sciencefriday #glasgowhumour

Mark Crocker Nov 12

I really like #ScienceFriday, but their website https://www.sciencefriday.com/ is a rant inducing mess!

All I wanted to do was get a link to a podcast episode's page, preferably with a transcript with lots of anchor tags, to share with my brother, but no luck.

They make it so hard to find anything or get a download link, or link to a timestamp. So many podcast links just go to Apple. It is such a frustratingly useless web site. I don't want fancy tiles. I want information.