The effects of climate change impact law making, industry and community life, affecting people around the world. One educator is bringing those voices to the stage in the one woman show, “The Climate Monologues.” Joining me now is that one woman, Sharon Abreu, Executive Director of Irthlingz Arts-Based Environmental Education.

Have you ever tried to administer medicine to a baby? To help parents with this daunting job, a doctor in St. Louis, Missouri, has adapted the pacifier to invent a simple, medical device for babies. She also launched her innovative product and company through St. Louis’ growing startup community.

Today, cell phones, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth signals can be a risky two way street, offering hackers and malicious intruders’ pathways to invade our digital lives. Up next, cyber security experts explain why they think we need to be more diligent about protecting ourselves from digital invaders.

Is there life on Mars? To find the answer, scientists are studying the planet’s climate history. According to new findings using data from NASA's Mars reconnaissance orbiter, lakes and snowmelt- fed streams on Mars formed much later than previously thought possible. Sharon Wilson Purdy, geologist at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum tells us about these findings.

While runways and award shows continue to inspire what we wear, innovation around how we buy clothes seems to be running fashionable late. But now many startups are responding with creative and common sense approaches to purchasing and the consumer experience. Brian Hecht, our serial entrepreneur, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss tech startups and the trends in the fashion industry.

Like many spice junkies, Dr. Marco Tizzano once believed he could develop a tolerance to the burning, painful sensations generated by eating chilies. But as a chef and researcher in chemosensory sensations, he now knows better. Dr. Tizzano explains how capsaicin creates a chemical cascade inside your body, and why emotions might make chili lovers think they can handle the heat.

One middle school in Dade city, Florida, is putting on a county STEM fair for 6th graders based on the PBS math series, Cyberchase. The students demonstrate their skills in writing computer code, examining the effects of various conductors on circuits, and using drones and rockets all in an effort to expand their knowledge of science, technology, engineering and math.

An all-female group of engineering students from New York’s Rochester Institute of Technology set out to design and build a hybrid racecar. The result of their efforts is an 82 horsepower, 700-pound electric hybrid racecar named “Hot Wheelz”. Now the women are putting their work to the test as Hot Wheelz hits the track for its first-ever international competition.

Augmented reality shows users a view of the real world supplemented with sound, music, graphics, or data. Now the same technology that brings Pokémon GO to life is helping scientists prepare for space exploration. Here to explain is Matthew Clausen, creative director in the operations lab at NASA’s jet propulsion laboratory.

Hundreds of American White Pelicans are disappearing from eastern Oregon and reappearing in Washington’s Puget Sound. Now, two citizen scientists are taking it upon themselves to track these changing flight patterns.

Health care professionals at the University of Florida Health Cancer Center in Orlando are implementing proton therapy as a new way to combat cancer. Compared to traditional radiation treatments proton therapy is far more precise in focusing radiation which is critical in treating brain and spine cancer.

At the Luker lab in Detroit, Michigan, scientists are trying to answer a very tough question: what is breast cancer? Since each person's cancer is unique, Dr. Luker has developed a software to visualize the interaction of healthy cells and cancerous cells in each individual patient.

Should fingerprinting be mandatory? Many states think so. While some consider DNA collection a preventative measure against terrorism, others claim it violates privacy. Bailey McCann editor and publisher of the online tech publication CivSource has covered the industry for 15 years and joins Hari Sreenivasan now to discuss new technologies and trends.

From cell phones to espresso machines, smart devices are ubiquitous in modern day living. And tech companies are racing to offer the slickest, most efficient digital assistants for everything, from managing your calendar to monitoring traffic. Richard waters of the financial times explores some of the many artificial intelligence companions on the market. Are they really working?

Every year Florida becomes home to more than 60,000 loggerhead sea turtle nests. In 2016, the number of sea turtle nests was unexpectedly high. And scientist at mote marine laboratory in Sarasota set out to learn why.

A new tool for film composers uses artificial intelligence to create and customize unique, royalty-free soundtracks.

goTenna is a new device allows you to communicate by creating a smart, people-powered network, anywhere…even when you don’t have service.

For generations dairy farmers and cattle breeders have sought ways to breed a hornless cow. Up next, Science Friday looks at how geneticists at the university of California Davis are partnering with biotech researchers to edit genes and breed cattle without horns.

The world around us was a very different place when dinosaurs roamed the earth. Many familiar plants and animals didn’t exist and land masses had not yet formed the continents we know today. Now, an attraction in New Jersey is helping visitors picture their backyards with the dinosaurs that used to inhabit them.

A growing body of research highlights the numerous cognitive benefits of playing video games. Now, researchers at the American Pain Society are saying that video games can even help alleviate pain. As a result an increasing number of organizations are getting video games in to the hands of patients undergoing medical treatments.