Space shuttle Atlantis lands for the final time at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Image credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls.
Friday, December 30th, 2011
Hour One- 2pm ET
Year in Review: Science Stories of 2011
Four journalists join Ira Flatow to discuss the top science stories of 2011. 
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Hour Two-3pm ET
NASA Probes Set To Orbit The Moon Over New Year’s
As NASA’s twin probes near the moon, the mission’s chief scientist talks about its objective. (more)
Exploring Science At The End Of The Earth
Two researchers and a photojournalist discuss how research is done on Antarctica’s extreme terrain. (more)
Making Resolutions That Stick In 2012
A psychologist says willpower may be the key to keeping your new year’s resolutions. (more)
SciFri Blogs
Probing Erebus Volcano, Antarctica with Inrfrasound and Seismic Posted December 28, 2011 by Another year, another Antarctic field season for the volcanologists. This year, our field correspondant Tehnuka...
It Don’t Bug Me Posted December 23, 2011 by Kids these days are crazy about “vintage.” “Vintage” 8 tracks, “vintage” t-shirts, “vintage” mayonnaise –...
The Coast is Clear — For Climate Change Mayhem Posted December 5, 2011 by . Early November brought Alaska its worst storm in decades. It was described as “historic,”...
Science and the Arts
The Art of Medicine: Over 2,000 Years of Images and Imagination by Julie Anderson, Emm Barnes, and Emma Shackleton. (University of Chicago Press, 2012.) Coffee table book alert. Actually I probably wouldn’t put The Art of Medicine on my coffee … Continue reading
As a published author and successful painter, James Prosek has more tools than most artists for communicating what he sees in nature. But he’s dissatisfied. Mostly with Linnaeus and his eponymous system for naming the natural world. (Remember? Kingdom, Phylum, … Continue reading
Visit the Sci-Arts HomepageNoteworthy: Two Scientists Walk Into a Bar
Need a laugh? Get some good science jokes (and a bunch of groaners, too) in our chat with three science comedians.
Newsbriefs
Darwin’s Fox: The Rarest In South America
Darwin’s fox can’t find enough temperate rainforest on Chile’s southern coast.
Lake Tanganyika Heating Up, Warmest In 1,500 Years
Lake Tanganyika in east Africa is getting warmer, say geologists from Brown University.
Clues To Biofuel Production In A Gribble’s Gut?
A hungry marine crustacean excels at turning wood into energy.
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