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It's small. It's striped. It's looking for love. Meet the lesser Pacific striped octopus. Full-time biologist—part-time cephalopod matchmaker, Richard Ross invites us into his secret home lab where he studies the mating rituals of these tiny cephalopods.

Produced by Christian Baker

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Additional footage courtesy of Richard Ross

Ira Flatow reads fan mail from Larkspur, Ca. He's in for a sweet surprise.

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What's the right way to hard-boil eggs?Just don't boil them! Jeff Potter, author of Cooking for Geeks, explains how steaming eggs, even massive ostrich eggs, makes them easier to peel.

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Shots of Sandra Bullock floating through the Internation Space Station in "Gravity," inspired astronaut Don Pettit to share some of his own ISS footage.

MC Frontalot, aka Damian Hess, makes a living rapping about data encryption, rare diseases, video games and the nerd life. When we stopped by his Brooklyn apartment, Frontalot described Nerdcore, his name for the genre, as "the inversion of the shame of geekery... into pride." Dr. Awkward, a California-based nerdcore rapper, says that people assume nerd rap is a joke: "But it's not really about the juxtaposition of those two worlds -- nerdiness and hip-hop -- it just happens to be nerds expressing themselves through hip-hop."

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Step Inside A Mad Scientist's Lab

The movie prop shop Jadis, in Santa Monica, California, is packed with ancient, long-forgotten technology: an Edison dictaphone, a typewriter-like counting machine and quack medical devices like the 'Hemodimagnometer.' But you might recognize some of these oddities--they've appeared in movies like The Mystery Men, The X-Files, and The Prestige.


Parke Meek, an industrial designer who worked with the likes of Frank Lloyd Wright and Charles and Ray Eames, opened Jadis as an antiques shop in 1976, with his partner Susan Lieberman. Later, Meek began to design props for the movie industry, like huge control panels dotted with switches and illuminated dials, sourcing his materials at swap meets and government auctions. "He'd say, 'Got anything heavy, expensive and useless for me today?'" Lieberman says.

Meek passed away in 2010 at the age of 86. But Lieberman still keeps the shop open for passersby on weekends--admission costs one dollar. She and Parke's nephew Thomas Meek gave Science Friday a tour of this cabinet of curiosities, recalling Parke's life and describing the perfect ingredients for a Hollywood mad scientist's lab.

Special thanks to: Susan Lieberman, Thomas Meek, Jadis
Audio: Christopher Intagliata
Video editing: Leese Katsnelson
Photography: Christopher Intagliata
Photos of Parke Meek: Lori Lieberman

Eight days after the full moon, scientists from the University of Hawaii’s Cnidarian Venom Lab comb Waikiki beach collecting deadly tourists to bring back to their lab. They'll use these box jellyfish specimens to study their venom and help generate a chemical blocker to mitigate the fatal effects of the jelly’s sting. . Killing more humans per year than sharks, the box jellyfish is one of the deadliest creatures on earth. Dr. Angel Yanagihara and her Cnidarian Venom Lab have shown that . the widely accepted treatment combo of urine and ice can make the sting worse.

Produced by Chelsea Fiske and Brandon Swanson
Music by Audio Network
Additional Images Provided by Dr. Angel Yanagihara, University of Hawaii,
Pond5, A/V Geeks, Thi-Huong Nguyen et al. (C.C. BY 4.0), Georgia K.
Atkin-Smith et al. (C.C. BY 4.0), M. Grundner et al. (C.C. BY 4.0)
Special Thanks to Raechel Kadler, Kiki Hurwitz, Christie Wilcox

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In the second episode of Science Friday and HHMI's series "Breakthrough: Portraits of Women in Science," three scientists share stories about India's first interplanetary mission—a mission to Mars. With limited time and budget to design and launch the satellite—called MOM (for Mars Orbiter Mission)—Seetha Somasundaram, Nandini Harinath, and Minal Rohit spent long hours in the clean room, followed by tense and exciting moments tracking the satellite as it entered Mars's orbit. Their efforts helped India become the first nation to successfully reach the Red Planet on its first attempt.

Produced in collaboration with the
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Produced by Emily V. Driscoll and Luke Groskin
Directed by Emily V. Driscoll
Filmed by Anshul Uniyal
Edited by Emily V. Driscoll
Animations by Jason Drakeford
Production Assistance by Manjunath Kelasgiri and Lokanatha Reddy
Lighting by Manjunath A G

Sound by Sathya Murthy for Felis Productions
Music by Audio Network
Color by Troy Cunningham / Running Man Post

Photographs by
AFP Photo/Manjunath Kiran, Associated Press
EPA b.v./Alamy, Malin Space Science Systems
NASA/JPL/USGS

Additional Video by DECU ISRO and SaiRocket

Project Advisors:
Laura A. Helft, Laura Bonetta, Dennis W.C. Liu and Sean B. Carroll -
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Special Thanks to
Deviprasad Karnik, Nandini Harinath, Minal Rohit, Seetha Somasundaram, Indian Space Research Organisation
Natalie Cash, Priti Gill, Abhishek Chinnappa, Shanta & Sankara Jalagani, Nirmala Somashekhara, Prajval Shastri, Zoe Timms,
Christian Skotte, Danielle Dana, Ariel Zych, and Jennfier Fenwick
Science Friday/HHMI © 2016

Cool high speed video reveals why flies are so hard to swat.

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Deep below the sea surface, giant squid fight off predatory sperm whales--stirring legendary tales of epic battles. Yet for all it's infamy, discovering how many of these enormous cephalopods are lurking in the ocean has remained impossible...until now. Using simple arithmetic, Elizabeth Shea, Curator of Mollusks at the Delaware Museum of Natural History, along with colleagues at the Smithsonian Institution try to solve the mystery – with unfathomable results!
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Intro Giant Squid Footage by Akinobu Kimura
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Clyde and Ingrid Roper, Don Hurlbert/Smithsonian Institution, Getty/Oxford Scientific, J.J. King (C.C. BY 3.0), Liz Shea, Mike Goren (C.C. BY 3.0), NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, Oceana Canada, Pond5, Shutterstock, Tsunemi Kubodera and Kyoichi Mori, Discovery / NHK
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Some say that beauty's only skin-deep. But one veterinary surgeon and his team look beneath the surface...literally. Scott Echols says that we don't actually know very much about the anatomy of animals because haven't had a way to properly visualize it. But now, with the help of a new imaging technology called BriteVu, researchers have access to a trove of data on animal anatomy.

After an animal has been euthanized, researchers inject a compound into its blood vessels that allows them to take a CT scan and create multiple 3-D images, which allow researchers to analyze the intricate anatomy that lies below the skin. They can see every blood vessel in the body, from capillaries to the arteries, and everything in between.

Produced by Luke Groskin
Filmed by Dusty Hulet
Music by Audio Network.com
CT Scans and Video provided by Scarlet Imaging, Anatomage, University of Utah,
and the staff & owners of Parrish Creek Veterinary Clinic, Centerville, Utah
Sketches by Ludwig Bojanus, Johannes Sobotta, Herbert Spencer Jennings,
V. Ghetie, Frank E Beddard
Special Thanks to Shane Richins and Robert Groskin.

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Viewing these New Zealand glow worms, you can be forgiven for thinking you're looking at a star-lit night sky. Using a small light organ at the end of their bodies, these tiny gnat larvae light up the surfaces of the caves and ravine walls they call home. Their glowing bodies attract their prey, other insects. They've also lured in biochemists Miriam Sharpe and Kurt Krause, who hope to discover the molecular basis for the glow worm's bioluminescence.
Produced by Chelsea Fiske, Luke Groskin, and Brandon Swanson
Narrated by Annie Nero
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Additional Footage / Thanks to the film Brilliant Darkness presented by the Zoological Lighting Institute, James Karl Fischer and Emily Driscoll

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Brian Haus watches as the still air stirs into over 150 mph winds. The flat turquoise water suddenly churns a series of endless crashing waves of white frothy foam. Thankfully, Haus does not have to actually weather these powerful storms. Instead, he gets a close view from a safe distance at the Surge Structure Atmosphere Interaction Facility (or SUSTAIN Laboratory, for short). With a flip of a switch and a large diesel generator, the lab can concoct hurricanes on command in a box—a very large box stretching 75 feet long and 6.5 feet high—mimicking some of the most intense hurricanes that have ever been observed. By brewing these contained storms, Haus and his team can study the complex interactions between the air and the surface of the sea under extreme conditions, and use the information to improve intensity forecasting.
Produced by Luke Groskin
Edited by Sarah Galloway
Music by Audio Network.com
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SUSTAIN LAB, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
University of Miami, POND 5, NASA GOES Project, NASA ISS,
Lt. Rob Mitchell/NOAA

For more than 30 years, Steve Erenberg has collected early scientific and medical objects and instruments. Packed with shelves and displays brimming with Victorian medical masks, surreal anatomical models, and futuristic test prostheses, Erenberg's store/museum in Peekskill, New York offers a whirlwind tour of long-forgotten devices. While some items were shams devised by quacks, others represent the best possible treatment for their time. Regardless of its actual function, each item in Erenberg's collection has a unique aesthetic value.

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Twice a year, the sunset lines up with New York City's street grid -- making for spectacular views. Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York, identified the cosmic event over a decade ago and coined it Manhattanhenge. In this video from 2009, we watched the sun from 42nd Street, along with about 50 other astronomical enthusiasts.

Music by SYNTHAR.
Production assistance from Laura Pelcher.
Shot and produced by Flora Lichtman.

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We expect that our clothing won't tear or fade after one wearing and its dyes won't bleed in the wash. But confidence in our clothing shouldn't be taken for granted. It owes much to an oft-overlooked field of study - textile quality assurance. Professor Sean Cormier of the Fashion Institute of Technology details the rigorous yet fun tests that ensure your clothing doesn't just match your aesthetic standards - but meets a universal criteria for durability, color-fastness, construction and safety.
Produced by Luke Groskin
Music by Audio Network
Additional Stills and Video Courtesy of Prelinger Archives Shutterstock

Although evolution is overwhelmingly accepted by scientific communities, it remains a taboo and often misunderstood subject for much of the rural American South. Dr. Amanda Glaze studies this deeply rooted cultural sentiment and its religious and societal influences in universities, schools and communities throughout the Southeastern United States. Using both quantitative and qualitative approaches, she strives to understand the lived experiences and perceptions of her fellow teachers and the community around her to better inform science teaching and teacher education nationwide. She also teaches evolution-based science courses for high school and college students in the hopes of shifting the next generation's views on the subject.
Produced by Luke Groskin
Music by Audio Network
Additional Stills by Shutterstock.com
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Dr. Amanda Glaze and her family
Robin Spoon
Becky NeSmith
The Gaddy Family
Jacksonville High School

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By shrinking an entire museum into a 6 foot tall modular design, MICRO hopes that these tiny exhibits can go in all sorts of public areas, like shopping malls, waiting rooms, airports, and parks where they can integrate science and learning into people's day-to-day lives.

Edited by Sarah Galloway

Music by Audio Network

Additional Footage Provided by People’s Television and Science Sandbox, an initiative of the Simons Foundation

Special Thanks to Charles Philipp, Ruby Murray, and Amanda Schochet

"Someone described my office as an eight-year-old's daydream," says Jill Tarter, astronomer and the inspiration for the character in Carl Sagan's "Contact." As the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute's first employee, Tarter has accumulated E.T.-themed office ornaments for the last thirty years -- including a bottle of wine only to be opened "only upon detection of Extraterrestrial signal."

In perhaps the cutest study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, psychologist Marcel Zentner and Tuomas Eerola found that babies will spontaneously boogie when they hear music and other rhythmic sounds. The findings suggest babies are not great dancers, but they smile more when they do hit the beat.

Originally published on ScienceFriday.com on March 19, 2010.