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Could a whale swallow a human, 'Whalefall' style?

"Whalefall" is a race against time, and sperm whale digestion. We get into the gooey gut science and what it took to bring it to the big screen.
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Why do politicians talk like that?

A linguist weighs in on how "politician speak" has changed over the past century, and what it says about what we want from our leaders.
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Sargassum superblooms are choking coastlines around the Atlantic

A free-floating seaweed called sargassum is exploding in the Atlantic ocean, clogging up coastlines from West Africa to the Caribbean.
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Celebrating Ada Lovelace Day and the women who made the internet

For Ada Lovelace Day, our 2018 story about the women who made the internet, with the author of "Broad Band" and the founder of EchoNYC.
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Are attachment styles more than a social media trend?

Attachment styles have taken off as a way to understand relationships. But does the science behind it line up with popular interpretations?
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Covering the outer reaches of space to the tiniest microbes in our bodies, Science Friday is the trusted source for news about science, technology, and other cool stuff. Host Ira Flatow mixes it up by featuring people in the know and those who want to be. Science Friday frequently features listeners that call in with their most riveting science questions. In addition, Science Friday also produces award-winning videos. It's brain fun for curious people.

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Science Friday

Covering the outer reaches of space to the tiniest microbes in our bodies, Science Friday with Flora Lichtman and Ira Flatow is the source for entertaining and educational stories about science, technology, and other cool stuff.

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