Thank goodness! I thought I was going nuts. I have been changing my compact flourescent light bulbs over and over again wondering why they were burning out so quickly…

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SciFri Blog:Bad Light Bulbs

If you’re at all concerned about privacy in this day and age, take a look at this report

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SciFri Blog:My Personal Cyber-Spy

University of Minnesota physics professor James Kakalios discusses science behind the superheroes in Watchmen .

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SciFri Video:Science of ‘Watchmen’

There has been a lot of buzz in the last week about Michelle Obama’s garden on the White House lawn…

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SciFri Blog:Heroes and Leaders

Ira talks with Peter Seligmann, chairman of Conservation International, and with Philippe Cousteau Jr. about the connections between ocean policy, the environment, and the economy.

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SciFri Radio:Ocean Priorities

Brain-imaging studies indicate that a thinning of the right hemisphere of the brain may be linked to an increased risk of depression.

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SciFri Radio:Thinning Brain May Point to Depression

We’ll talk with one of the co-creators of the graphic novel ‘Watchmen’ and with a physicist who was a consultant to the ‘Watchmen’ movie.

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SciFri Radio:Watchmen

Earlier this month, Jane Lubchenco was confirmed as the administrator of NOAA. We’ll talk with her this hour.

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SciFri Radio:NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco

We’ll get the latest on the eruption of Alaska’s Mount Redoubt volcano.

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SciFri Radio:Mount Redoubt Eruption Update

A 40-mile stretch of Alaskan coastline is eroding at a rate of 45 feet per year. We’ll talk with a researcher studying the rapid crumbling of the strip of coastline.

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SciFri Radio:Rapid Alaskan Erosion