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Science Friday

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

Reported Followers

224,214

7 days:1,510

14 days:2,794

30 days:21,402

Reported Followers by date

2026-05-09:224,214235

2026-05-08:223,979257

2026-05-07:223,722219

2026-05-06:223,503224

2026-05-05:223,279205

2026-05-04:223,074186

2026-05-03:222,888184

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

128

7 days:1

14 days:1

30 days:2

Reported Follows by date

2026-05-09:1280

2026-05-08:1280

2026-05-07:1281

2026-05-06:1270

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2026-05-04:1270

2026-05-03:1270

Actual Following

127

7 days:1

14 days:1

30 days:2

Actual Follows by date

2026-05-09:1270

2026-05-08:1270

2026-05-07:1271

2026-05-06:1260

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Blocking others

41

7 days:0

14 days:0

30 days:0

Blocks by date

2026-05-09:410

2026-05-08:410

2026-05-07:410

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2026-05-04:410

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Liking others

8

7 days:3

14 days:6

30 days:1,634

Likes by date

2026-05-09:80

2026-05-08:80

2026-05-07:81

2026-05-06:70

2026-05-05:70

2026-05-04:72

2026-05-03:50

Own posts

2,809

7 days:18

14 days:29

30 days:183

Posts by date

2026-05-09:2,8091

2026-05-08:2,8081

2026-05-07:2,8076

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Likes earned

7 days:423

14 days:659

30 days:2,621

Likes by date

2026-05-09:43

2026-05-08:117

2026-05-07:99

2026-05-06:52

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Reposts earned

7 days:74

14 days:129

30 days:475

Reposts by date

2026-05-09:9

2026-05-08:25

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Top 5 Most Liked Posts (14 days)

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Happy 100th birthday to Sir David Attenborough! 🎂 In 2020, Ira sat down with him to discuss his book and documentary "A Life on Our Planet." Revisit that convo below and join us in celebrating the man who has spent his life reminding us how extraordinary our planet truly is: https://bit.ly/4u9QEUf

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Dr. Laela Sayigh has been compiling a database of whistles from a pod of dolphins in Sarasota, Florida, the longest-studied group of cetaceans in the world. And since dolphins don’t have to open their mouths to make sounds, figuring out which dolphins are “talking” is harder than you think!

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Is a penguin the size of a gorilla still adorable or terrifying? 🐧 Steve Brusatte joined Science Friday to talk about demon ducks, terror birds, and colossus penguins. Hear the full convo today on your public radio station from 2-4pm ET. Or listen to our podcast right now! https://bit.ly/4ekd6VQ

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Our #PictureOfTheWeek features a demon duck and a terror bird, both mentioned in Steve Brusatte's "The Story of Birds." Illustration by Cordula Marks Venters. Montage of extraordinary extinct birds: pelagornithid (top), terror bird (bottom left), gastornithid (middle), demon duck (bottom right).

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Heard of the cardiac blues? After a heart attack or heart surgery, deep sadness and anxiety can linger for months and researchers wonder if it could reveal something about our heart-mind connection. Read our newest article to hear what heart patients wish they knew about it: https://bit.ly/3PwSKym

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Top 5 Most Reposted Posts (14 days)

1.

Happy 100th birthday to Sir David Attenborough! 🎂 In 2020, Ira sat down with him to discuss his book and documentary "A Life on Our Planet." Revisit that convo below and join us in celebrating the man who has spent his life reminding us how extraordinary our planet truly is: https://bit.ly/4u9QEUf

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2.

Dr. Laela Sayigh has been compiling a database of whistles from a pod of dolphins in Sarasota, Florida, the longest-studied group of cetaceans in the world. And since dolphins don’t have to open their mouths to make sounds, figuring out which dolphins are “talking” is harder than you think!

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3.

Is a penguin the size of a gorilla still adorable or terrifying? 🐧 Steve Brusatte joined Science Friday to talk about demon ducks, terror birds, and colossus penguins. Hear the full convo today on your public radio station from 2-4pm ET. Or listen to our podcast right now! https://bit.ly/4ekd6VQ

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4.

Our #PictureOfTheWeek features a demon duck and a terror bird, both mentioned in Steve Brusatte's "The Story of Birds." Illustration by Cordula Marks Venters. Montage of extraordinary extinct birds: pelagornithid (top), terror bird (bottom left), gastornithid (middle), demon duck (bottom right).

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How do we know which ancient societies were democracies? A new study is using architecture to find out. In our #PictureOfTheWeek, anthropologist Jacob Holland-Lulewicz photographs a 2,000-year-old trash pit on the Eastern Mongolian Steppe. Images Credit: Jacob Holland-Lulewicz

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