Science Friday

A new mRNA flu vaccine promises a closer match to circulating flu strains. But dysfunction at federal health agencies is complicating rollout. 

The science and politics of the new mRNA flu vaccine

El Niño is driving a Kelvin wave up the West Coast, raising sea levels. What is it, and how does it work?  

What is the Kelvin wave on the West Coast?

This Cephalopod Week, we’re talking death spirals, cannibalism, and giant squid dissection. 

The punk rock life of cephalopods

In 2013, Frances Halzen spoke with Ira about the IceCube Neutrino Observatory. This week, Halzen won the Nobel Prize.

The Nobel winner searching for deep-space neutrinos in Antarctica

Why do some breakthroughs go dormant—and then wake up? Artist David Byrne writes about these sleeping beauties in his new book.

How important ideas get reawakened, with David Byrne

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