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• New Show: Universe of Art

  Hey Science Diction listeners! We’re back to tell you about a brand new show from Science Friday. Universe Of Art is a podcast about artists who use science to take their creations to the next level. Hosted by SciFri producer and...

  7 aug 2023 138 sec.

• Saying Goodbye To Science Diction

  Dear Science Diction listeners, It is with sadness that we announce the finale of the Science Diction podcast. Starting with a simple newsletter and a passionate audience, the Science Diction podcast grew to serve up episodes on...

  5 apr 2022 206 sec.

• American Chestnut: Resurrecting A Forest Giant

  We have a favor to ask! We want to know more about what you like, what you don’t, and who you are—it’ll help us make better episodes of Science Diction. Please, take our brief survey. Thank you! At the turn  of the 20th century, the...

  21 dec 2021 1324 sec.

• Vocal Fry: Why I’m Not Getting A Voice Coach

  For decades, vocal fry lived a relatively quiet existence. It was known to linguists, speech pathologists and voice coaches, but everyday people didn’t pay much attention to it. But then in 2011, people started noticing it everywhere....

  7 dec 2021 978 sec.

• Juggernaut: Indian Temple Or Unstoppable Force?

  In 2014, a grad student in Kolkata named Ujaan Ghosh came across an old book by a Scottish missionary. And as Ghosh paged through the book, he noticed the missionary kept using a word over and over: Juggernaut. But the missionary wasn’t...

  23 nov 2021 1133 sec.

• Jargon: We Love To Hate It

  Head on over to plainlanguage.gov, and you’ll find a helpful table, dedicated to simplifying and demystifying military jargon. On one side of the table, there’s the jargon term, and on the other, its plain language equivalent....

  2 nov 2021 1249 sec.

• Algebra: From Broken Bones To Twitter Feuds

  When high schooler Gracie Cunningham posted a TikTok asking where algebra came from, she probably didn’t expect to become a viral sensation. There were the usual Twitter trolls, but some unexpected voices also began piping up, causing a...

  19 okt 2021 865 sec.

• Hurricane

  CORRECTION: In this episode, we say that there were only two names left on the 2021 list of Atlantic hurricane names until we resume use of the Greek alphabet letters. In March 2021, the World Meteorological Association decided to end...

  28 sep 2021 1386 sec.

• Knock On Wood And Tsunami

  Journalists Kevin McLean and Shalina Chatlani join us for a round of Diction Dash, where Johanna tries - and usually fails - to guess the true meaning or origin of a word.    If you’re curious about a word, get in touch! Give us a call,...

  14 sep 2021 882 sec.

• The Rise Of The Myers-Briggs, Chapter 3: What Is It Good For?

  When Isabel Briggs Myers imagined that her homegrown personality test would change the world, she couldn’t have pictured this. Today, millions take the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator each year. Countless organizations use it, from General...

  31 aug 2021 1411 sec.

• The Rise Of The Myers-Briggs, Chapter 2: Isabel

  At first, it seemed like Isabel Briggs Myers would have nothing to do with personality typology. That was her mother Katharine’s passion project, not hers. But when Isabel enters a tumultuous marriage, she discovers that her mother’s...

  24 aug 2021 1249 sec.

• The Rise Of The Myers-Briggs, Chapter 1: Katharine

  If you’re one of the 2 million people who take the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator every year, perhaps you thought Myers and Briggs are the two psychologists who designed the test. In reality, a mother-daughter team created the test...

  17 aug 2021 1235 sec.