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IRA FLATOW
Host Ira Flatow is a veteran NPR science correspondent and award-winning TV journalist.
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LAST WEEK'S VIDEO
Yet Another Reason to Spike That Eggnog
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LAST WEEK'S SHOW
What Obamacare Means for Patients -- And Their Docs
Perhaps Another Reason to Spike That Eggnog?
Photographer James Balog on Climate Change and 'Chasing Ice'
SciFri Book Club Has 'The Right Stuff'
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Not Quite a Religious Experience
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"The last three guys who walked on the Moon.. it was a waste of money."
-- Brigadier General Chuck Yeager
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Ellas, ellos y humor en la ciencia
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No Joke -- Why Even Tragedy Gets a Laugh
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Blue Whale Barrel Roll Caught on Camera
Yet Another Reason to Spike That Eggnog
Unlocking a Lake’s Bacterial Secrets, Beneath 20 Meters of Ice
Curiosity 2.0? NASA Announces New Mars Rover Plans
Ask an Astronaut: Don Pettit and Jeff Hoffman on Spaceflight
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From the Vault
Candy Corn In Space
Astronauts are allowed to bring special “crew preference” items when they go up in space. NASA astronaut Don Pettit chose candy corn for his five and a half month stint aboard the International Space Station. But these candy corn were more than a snack, Pettit used them for experimentation.
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PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Disappearing Glaciers
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