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    <title>NPR: Science Friday Podcast</title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Science Friday, as heard on NPR, is a weekly discussion of the latest news in science, technology, health, and the environment hosted by Ira Flatow.  Ira interviews scientists, authors, and policymakers, and listeners can call in and ask questions as well. Hear it each week on NPR stations nationwide -- or online here!]]></description>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Science Friday, as heard on NPR, is a weekly discussion of the latest news in science, technology, health, and the environment hosted by Ira Flatow.  Ira interviews scientists, authors, and policymakers, and listeners can call in and ask questions as well. Hear it each week on NPR stations nationwide -- or online here!]]></itunes:summary>
    <itunes:subtitle>Science Friday, as heard on NPR, is a weekly discussion of the latest news in science, technology, h</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>'Invention Of Air' Explains Discovery Of Oxygen</title>
      <description><![CDATA[How are the discovery of oxygen, the founding of the Unitarian Church and ecosystem science linked? Author Steven Johnson tells the story of scientist and theologian Joseph Priestley, a protege of Benjamin Franklin and friend of Thomas Jefferson, in <em>The Invention of Air</em>.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:04:56 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[How are the discovery of oxygen, the founding of the Unitarian Church and ecosystem science linked? Author Steven Johnson tells the story of scientist and theologian Joseph Priestley, a protege of Benjamin Franklin and friend of Thomas Jefferson, in The Invention of Air.]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>NPR,National Public Radio,Science Friday,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:duration>26:44</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Mystified? Solve It With Science</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Whodunit? Was it Dr. Jones, in the lab, with the beaker? Eric and Natalie Yoder may have the answer. They are authors of <em>One Minute Mysteries: 65 Short Mysteries You Solve With Science</em>, a new book that uses mysteries and problem solving to get kids energized about science.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:04:52 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98947087&amp;ft=2&amp;f=510221</link>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Whodunit? Was it Dr. Jones, in the lab, with the beaker? Eric and Natalie Yoder may have the answer. They are authors of One Minute Mysteries: 65 Short Mysteries You Solve With Science, a new book that uses mysteries and problem solving to get kids energized about science.]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>NPR,National Public Radio,Science Friday,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:duration>20:00</itunes:duration>
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      <title>'Tis The Season For Cold And Flu</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Both bring wintertime suffering, but how different is the common cold from influenza, scientifically speaking? Ira Flatow talks with cold and flu experts about how these viruses are transmitted, how best to dodge them, and why hand sanitizer may not be of much help.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:04:47 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98947083&amp;ft=2&amp;f=510221</link>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Both bring wintertime suffering, but how different is the common cold from influenza, scientifically speaking? Ira Flatow talks with cold and flu experts about how these viruses are transmitted, how best to dodge them, and why hand sanitizer may not be of much help.]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>NPR,National Public Radio,Science Friday,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:duration>26:11</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Controlling Mosquitoes With Bacteria</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Biologists identified bacteria that shorten the lifespan of disease-carrying mosquitoes. Shorter lives mean less time for the mosquitoes to incubate and transmit diseases like dengue and malaria. Biologist Andrew Read of The Pennsylvania State University explains the findings.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:04:44 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98947080&amp;ft=2&amp;f=510221</link>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Biologists identified bacteria that shorten the lifespan of disease-carrying mosquitoes. Shorter lives mean less time for the mosquitoes to incubate and transmit diseases like dengue and malaria. Biologist Andrew Read of The Pennsylvania State University explains the findings.]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>NPR,National Public Radio,Science Friday,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:duration>14:07</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Looking Forward To A Year of Science</title>
      <description><![CDATA[2009 marks 150 years since the publication of Darwin's <em>On The Origin of Species</em>, and the 400th anniversary of Galileo's first use of a telescope to study the skies. M. Lee Allison is an organizer of a "Year of Science 2009," a celebration of scientific methods and discoveries.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:04:42 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98947075&amp;ft=2&amp;f=510221</link>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[2009 marks 150 years since the publication of Darwin's On The Origin of Species, and the 400th anniversary of Galileo's first use of a telescope to study the skies. M. Lee Allison is an organizer of a "Year of Science 2009," a celebration of scientific methods and discoveries.]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>NPR,National Public Radio,Science Friday,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:duration>6:23</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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      <title>Birdsongs From The Arctic To The Southern Swamps</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The pop-up book <em>Birdscapes</em> catalogues the calls of birds from all over the world, from Yellow-billed Loons on remote Arctic lakes to King Rails in southern swamps. Author Miyoko Chu of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology tells the stories behind how these bird songs were collected.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:03:50 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98738146&amp;ft=2&amp;f=510221</link>
      <guid>http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/510221/98746691/npr_98746691.mp3</guid>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The pop-up book Birdscapes catalogues the calls of birds from all over the world, from Yellow-billed Loons on remote Arctic lakes to King Rails in southern swamps. Author Miyoko Chu of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology tells the stories behind how these bird songs were collected.]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>NPR,National Public Radio,Science Friday,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:duration>17:50</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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      <title>Shade-Grown Coffee Not Just For The Birds</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Shade-grown coffee is sometimes called "bird friendly coffee," but a new paper in the journal <em>Current Biology</em> suggests that the plantations also help maintain the genetic diversity of native tree species. Study author Shalene Jha discusses the research and its implications.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:03:45 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98738141&amp;ft=2&amp;f=510221</link>
      <guid>http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/510221/98746665/npr_98746665.mp3</guid>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Shade-grown coffee is sometimes called "bird friendly coffee," but a new paper in the journal Current Biology suggests that the plantations also help maintain the genetic diversity of native tree species. Study author Shalene Jha discusses the research and its implications.]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>NPR,National Public Radio,Science Friday,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:duration>17:49</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Audubon's Annual Christmas Bird Count</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Get out those binoculars and notepads. For the 109th year, birders throughout the Americas are navigating tropical forests and crunching through snowy meadows to tally up birds. Count director Geoff LeBaron and Cornell ornithologist John Fitzpatrick discuss the annual event.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:03:43 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98738138&amp;ft=2&amp;f=510221</link>
      <guid>http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/510221/98746651/npr_98746651.mp3</guid>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Get out those binoculars and notepads. For the 109th year, birders throughout the Americas are navigating tropical forests and crunching through snowy meadows to tally up birds. Count director Geoff LeBaron and Cornell ornithologist John Fitzpatrick discuss the annual event.]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>NPR,National Public Radio,Science Friday,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:duration>12:29</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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      <title>Tweets From Frolleagues And Other 2008 Lingo</title>
      <description><![CDATA[The language of our lives is changing faster than you can download an iPhone app. <em>Wired</em> magazine's "Jargon Watch" columnist (and conceptual artist) Jonathan Keats runs down the top tech jargon terms of 2008.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:03:38 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98738133&amp;ft=2&amp;f=510221</link>
      <guid>http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/510221/98746626/npr_98746626.mp3</guid>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[The language of our lives is changing faster than you can download an iPhone app. Wired magazine's "Jargon Watch" columnist (and conceptual artist) Jonathan Keats runs down the top tech jargon terms of 2008.]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>NPR,National Public Radio,Science Friday,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:duration>17:50</itunes:duration>
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      <title>How To Make New Year's Resolutions Stick</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Are you vowing to stop smoking or start exercising on Jan. 1, 2009? Nearly half of U.S. adults will make resolutions to change in the New Year. Clinical psychologist John Norcross explains how to increase your odds for success.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:03:35 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98738130&amp;ft=2&amp;f=510221</link>
      <guid>http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/510221/98746623/npr_98746623.mp3</guid>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Are you vowing to stop smoking or start exercising on Jan. 1, 2009? Nearly half of U.S. adults will make resolutions to change in the New Year. Clinical psychologist John Norcross explains how to increase your odds for success.]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>NPR,National Public Radio,Science Friday,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:duration>17:50</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Making Christmas Merry And ... Safe</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Are mistletoe and poinsettia <em>really</em> holiday hazards? Poison expert Edward Krenzelok explains how to avoid accidental poisonings this season, and keep the holidays toxin-free.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:03:31 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98738125&amp;ft=2&amp;f=510221</link>
      <guid>http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/510221/98746620/npr_98746620.mp3</guid>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Are mistletoe and poinsettia really holiday hazards? Poison expert Edward Krenzelok explains how to avoid accidental poisonings this season, and keep the holidays toxin-free.]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>NPR,National Public Radio,Science Friday,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:duration>12:29</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Citation Kings: Hottest Scientific Papers of 2008</title>
      <description><![CDATA[What do graphene and autophagy have in common? They were two of the hottest topics in scientific literature this year. David Pendlebury, citation analyst with Thomson-Reuters, looks at the most-cited scientific papers of 2008, and explains why the research was so noteworthy.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:04:11 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98499902&amp;ft=2&amp;f=510221</link>
      <guid>http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/510221/98540319/npr_98540319.mp3</guid>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[What do graphene and autophagy have in common? They were two of the hottest topics in scientific literature this year. David Pendlebury, citation analyst with Thomson-Reuters, looks at the most-cited scientific papers of 2008, and explains why the research was so noteworthy.]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>NPR,National Public Radio,Science Friday,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:duration>11:51</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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      <title>Tim O'Reilly On The Future Of Social Media</title>
      <description><![CDATA[From Flickr to Facebook, Twitter to MySpace, social media sites help people follow the news and, in some cases, become part of the story. Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, looks back at the role of social media in 2008 and gives predictions for the future.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:04:04 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98499899&amp;ft=2&amp;f=510221</link>
      <guid>http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/510221/98540310/npr_98540310.mp3</guid>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[From Flickr to Facebook, Twitter to MySpace, social media sites help people follow the news and, in some cases, become part of the story. Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, looks back at the role of social media in 2008 and gives predictions for the future.]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>NPR,National Public Radio,Science Friday,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:duration>23:48</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Study Shines Light On Existence of Dark Energy</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Astronomers using the Chandra X-Ray Observatory have corroborated the presence of dark energy &mdash; a mysterious force pushing the universe outward. William Forman, an astrophysicist with the project, says the findings help explain how the universe evolved &mdash; and how it may end.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:03:59 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98499894&amp;ft=2&amp;f=510221</link>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Astronomers using the Chandra X-Ray Observatory have corroborated the presence of dark energy &mdash; a mysterious force pushing the universe outward. William Forman, an astrophysicist with the project, says the findings help explain how the universe evolved &mdash; and how it may end.]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>NPR,National Public Radio,Science Friday,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:duration>12:29</itunes:duration>
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      <title>More Evidence That Eggnog Goes Better With Booze</title>
      <description><![CDATA[It's a question that many people have on their minds this season: Does spiking the homemade eggnog safeguard it against salmonella? Eggnog expert and microbiologist Vince Fischetti of The Rockefeller University in New York runs some tests to find out.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:03:56 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98499891&amp;ft=2&amp;f=510221</link>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[It's a question that many people have on their minds this season: Does spiking the homemade eggnog safeguard it against salmonella? Eggnog expert and microbiologist Vince Fischetti of The Rockefeller University in New York runs some tests to find out.]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>NPR,National Public Radio,Science Friday,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:duration>4:00</itunes:duration>
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      <title>The Biggest Science Stories of 2008</title>
      <description><![CDATA[What were the most important scientific discoveries this year? From the discovery of ice in Martian soil, to the creation of the first synthetic genome, to learning of new exoplanets, Ira Flatow and guests discuss the science stories that captured the headlines and why.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:03:46 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98499888&amp;ft=2&amp;f=510221</link>
      <guid>http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-podcasts/podcast/510221/98540299/npr_98540299.mp3</guid>
      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[What were the most important scientific discoveries this year? From the discovery of ice in Martian soil, to the creation of the first synthetic genome, to learning of new exoplanets, Ira Flatow and guests discuss the science stories that captured the headlines and why.]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>NPR,National Public Radio,Science Friday,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:duration>44:09</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Understanding The Science Of Shopping</title>
      <description><![CDATA[What makes a shopper spend at one store and not others? Paco Underhill, founder and CEO of Envirosell and author of <em>Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping</em>, explains how he sizes up a shop for its selling potential. Also: why spending may not slow even in a slumping economy.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:11:14 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98184836&amp;ft=2&amp;f=510221</link>
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      <itunes:summary><![CDATA[What makes a shopper spend at one store and not others? Paco Underhill, founder and CEO of Envirosell and author of Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping, explains how he sizes up a shop for its selling potential. Also: why spending may not slow even in a slumping economy.]]></itunes:summary>
      <itunes:keywords>NPR,National Public Radio,Science Friday,Morning Edition,All Things Considered,Fresh Air</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:duration>29:42</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Finding A Formula For Movie and Music Preferences</title>
      <description><![CDATA[There may be a way of accounting for taste, after all. Tim Westergren, founder of Internet radio service Pandora, and Reed Hastings, founder and CEO of Netflix, explain how their companies are trying to develop algorithms that predict whether someone will like a song or film.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:11:10 -0500</pubDate>
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