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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/science-friday/articles/should-pluto-be-a-planet-again
Should Pluto be a planet again? | Science Friday | WNYC Studios
In 2006, a vote by the International Astronomical Union determined that Pluto was no longer a planet. The decision sparked a heated public debate, and many...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/science-friday/articles/is-punch-the-monkey-really-just-like-us
Is Punch the monkey really just like us? | Science Friday | WNYC Studios
When Punch the monkey was abandoned by his mother, zookeepers gave him a surrogate and unexpected source of comfort: a stuffed animal. Videos of Punch...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/science-friday/articles/artemis-ii-test-flight-heads-toward-the-moon
Artemis II test flight heads toward the moon | Science Friday | WNYC Studios
On Wednesday, NASA’s Artemis II mission launched, kicking off on a roughly 10-day trip that will carry four astronauts around the moon and back to Earth. The...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/science-friday/articles/how-to-poop-better-according-to-a-gastroenterologist
How to poop better, according to a gastroenterologist | Science Friday | WNYC Studios
For many of us, what happens in the bathroom stays in the bathroom: According to a recent survey, 1 in 3 Americans are too embarrassed to talk about their poop...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/science-friday/articles/can-algae-help-pull-microplastics-out-of-our-water-supply
Can algae help pull microplastics out of our water supply? | Science Friday | WNYC Studios
Microplastics and nanoplastics have been found just about everywhere: in our soil, our bodies, and our water. Recent research involving bioengineered algae has...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/science-friday/articles/could-bird-flu-still-spark-a-pandemic
Could bird flu still spark a pandemic? | Science Friday | WNYC Studios
Bird flu has flown off the national news radar, with only scattered, local reports of dead birds in parks and poultry farms. Is it simply no longer a concern,...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/science-friday/articles/cern-finds-a-new-particle--news-alerts-for-the-cosmos
CERN finds a new particle + News alerts for the cosmos | Science Friday | WNYC Studios
Researchers at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland have announced that they discovered a new subatomic particle. Roughly four times more massive than a...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/science-friday/articles/move-over-vibecoding-vibeproving-is-here-for-math
Move over, vibe-coding. Vibe-proving is here for math | Science Friday | WNYC Studios
When ChatGPT first came onto the scene, it wowed users with its writing abilities, but drew laughs for generating images of seven-fingered hands and struggling...
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https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/science-friday/articles/harnessing-the-superpowers-of-silk
Harnessing the superpowers of silk | Science Friday | WNYC Studios
A listener recently called in asking how they might get a pair of functioning web shooters so they could operate as a local Spider-Man. While web shooters...
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