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{{Short description|American radio program}}
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{{Infobox radio show
| show_name          = Science Friday
| image              = Science Friday logo.svg
| imagesize          = 200px
| caption            = 
| other_names        = SciFri
| format             = [[talk radio|talk]]
| runtime            = approx. 110 min.
| country            = United States
| language           = [[English language|English]]
| home_station       = 
| syndicates         = [[WNYC Studios]]
| presenter          = [[Ira Flatow]]
| creator            = ScienceFriday, Inc.
| director           = Charles Bergquist
| executive_producer = Ira Flatow
| record_location    = [[New York City]]
| first_aired        = {{Start date|1991|10}}
| last_aired         = 
| audio_format       = [[Stereophonic]]
| opentheme          = 
| endtheme           = 
| website            = {{URL|http://www.sciencefriday.com}}
| podcast            = 
|executive director=Danielle Dana}}

'''''Science Friday''''' (known as '''''SciFri''''' for short) is a weekly call-in [[talk show]] that broadcasts each Friday on public radio stations, distributed by [[WNYC Studios]], and carried on over 500 public radio stations. ''SciFri'' is hosted by science journalist [[Ira Flatow]] and Flora Lichtman and is produced by the Science Friday Initiative. The program is divided into two one-hour programs, with each hour ending with a complete sign-off. The focus of each program is news and information on [[science]], [[nature]], [[medicine]], and [[technology]]. The show originated as the Friday episode of the daily call-in talk show ''[[Talk of the Nation]]'', but was spun off as a series in its own right when ''Talk of the Nation'' was canceled in June 2013.

The ''Science Friday'' radio program is produced by the Science Friday Initiative, a [[501(c)(3)]] organization. The Science Friday Initiative is an independently run organization with a governing Board of Directors and Executive Director. In addition to the radio program and podcasts, the organization creates educational and digital content, finds underwriting for the program, and hosts public science events.

''Science Friday'' is also available in a [[podcast]]ing format and is one of the most popular iTunes downloads, frequently in the top 15 downloads each week. ''SciFri'' podcasts are downloaded over 23 million times per year.

''SciFri'' has broadcast excerpts from the annual [[Ig Nobel Prize]] ceremony on the Friday after [[Thanksgiving]].<ref>[http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200711233 Science Friday Archives: The 2007 Ig Nobel Awards<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226061409/http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200711233 |date=2007-12-26 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.improbable.com/2015/11/27/ig-nobel-day-after-thanksgiving-broadcast-on-science-friday-3|title=Ig Nobel day-after-Thanksgiving broadcast on Science Friday|work=www.improbable.com|date=27 November 2015 |access-date=September 8, 2016}}</ref>