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Last update: 2026-01-21

Science Friday

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Entertaining & educational conversations about science, tech, + more. Hosted by Ira Flatow and Flora Lichtman. From WNYCStudios.

Reported Followers

199,033

7 days:1,881

14 days:4,028

30 days:7,374

Reported Followers by date

2026-01-20:199,033275

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Actual Followers

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Actual Followers by date

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Data is not available for the profiles with more than 100 000 followers or follows

Reported Following

126

7 days:0

14 days:0

30 days:0

Reported Follows by date

2026-01-20:1260

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Actual Following

125

7 days:0

14 days:0

30 days:0

Actual Follows by date

2026-01-20:1250

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Blocking others

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30 days:0

Blocks by date

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Liking others

1,642

7 days:4

14 days:6

30 days:8

Likes by date

2026-01-20:1,6420

2026-01-19:1,6420

2026-01-18:1,6420

2026-01-17:1,6420

2026-01-16:1,6424

2026-01-15:1,6380

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Own posts

2,604

7 days:24

14 days:52

30 days:102

Posts by date

2026-01-20:2,6043

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Likes earned

7 days:961

14 days:1,991

30 days:4,825

Likes by date

2026-01-20:138

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Reposts earned

7 days:151

14 days:370

30 days:853

Reposts by date

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Top 5 Most Liked Posts (14 days)

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🍄 In our #PictureOfTheWeek, author and mycophile Maria Pinto examines Lanmaoa mushrooms she found in Northeastern woodlands. She's part of a community of Black foragers who, through gathering edible mushrooms, are connecting with the land—and each other. Read more: buff.ly/a75nVfb

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A 27-mile section of border wall could deplete springs that sustain animals in one of the last open wildlife corridors between Arizona and Mexico. Read more: buff.ly/G80YpcK

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🛰️ As the head of NASA's mission to the Psyche asteroid, understanding the fundamentals of science is, well, fundamental to planetary scientist Lindy Elkins-Tanton: buff.ly/KGctcDn

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👁️ Greenland sharks are masters of longevity—and so are their eyeballs. Research into how they maintain eyesight for hundreds of years could help us treat aging human eyes. Plus, a listener question about the James Webb Space Telescope gets answered.

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☀️ Solar has gotten so cheap to build and install that it’s transforming many countries’ power grids. @billmckibben.bsky.social shares where solar adoption stands in the U.S.—and across the world right now.

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Top 5 Most Reposted Posts (14 days)

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A 27-mile section of border wall could deplete springs that sustain animals in one of the last open wildlife corridors between Arizona and Mexico. Read more: buff.ly/G80YpcK

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Check out this Best of 2025 SciFri episode. 🔊 A breakthrough showed that a lithium deficiency could cause dementia in mice. But, due to cuts to the NIH, the research team behind it lost funding.

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⚛️ The U.S. “has been investing in science for 80 years, and could tear a lot of that down with the stroke of one signature,” the CEO of @aaas.org told SciFri a year ago. Here’s what's happening with federal funding for science now.

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President Trump has moved to take control of Venezuela’s oil production, claiming that increasing output will lower gas prices. A petroleum engineer explains what it would actually take to extract and process the "heavy" type of oil found in Venezuela.

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☀️ Solar has gotten so cheap to build and install that it’s transforming many countries’ power grids. @billmckibben.bsky.social shares where solar adoption stands in the U.S.—and across the world right now.

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