All Episodes

1373: Do microplastics in the body affect pregnancy?

1372: Making a case for physicists to join climate research

1371: Creating 'world models' for robots + An AI math shakeup

1353: Asha de Vos’ journey from deck hand to marine science leader

1352: Why worry about my data If I have nothing to hide?

1351: Peering through dust clouds to the center of the galaxy

1350: Why a paper about relocating coastal communities hit a nerve

1349: How do you piece together what life was like in Pompeii?

1348: Hold the lettuce: Updates on the 'explosive' cyclospora outbreak

1347: A space telescope launch + Alvin submersible check-up

1346: How does a tick bite cause a red meat allergy?

1345: What will our reaction be when we discover aliens?

1344: Beautiful botflies, luscious leeches, and the wonder of parasites

1343: China's booming biotech, from a brain implant to drug discovery

1342: Reconnecting with the night sky and reining in light pollution

1341: Amid shifting politics, can we build stable global health systems?

1340: How does the gut-brain connection work?

1330: Under proposed rule, science funding must pass political review

1320: AI + turfgrass science in the most high-tech World Cup yet

1294: Sci-fi thriller combines aliens, robots, and Cherokee culture

1293: Beavers could be humans' biggest ally, if we let them

1292: Searching for dark matter, deep in the Earth

1291: The decades-long movement to kill FEMA

1290: What cats and dogs hear + A 'smell map' of the nose

1289: How do you study microplastics in a plastic-filled lab?

1286: Maine nearly became the first state to ban data centers

1285: What urban design tells us about democracy

1284: Listening for the cosmic ‘dark ages,’ from the lunar far side

1284: How do you describe nature? Two poets help us

1283: The lucky breaks that make our Earth home

1282: How New Jersey tamped down PFAS in drinking water

How a particle accelerator illuminated 56 human organs

1281: Simone Giertz’s journey from robot comedy to high-end design

1280: When a dolphin whistles, what does it mean?

1279: Inside the lives of astronauts’ families

1278: Green stuff, brown stuff: Secrets to a great compost pile

1275: Why so many studies can’t be replicated

1274: How a sound designer gave an alien its voice (and 250 words)

1277: Can GLP-1 drugs treat addiction?

1276: What a sperm whale’s birth tells us about whale culture

1273: Is the US backing out of the electric vehicle market?

1272: Can algae help pull microplastics out of our water supply?

1271: Artemis II test flight heads toward the moon

1270: Should Pluto be a planet again?

1269: How to poop better, according to a gastroenterologist

1268: Harnessing the superpowers of silk

1267: CERN finds a new particle + News alerts for the cosmos

1266: Move over, vibe-coding. Vibe-proving is here for math

1265: Is Punch the monkey really just like us?

1264: Could bird flu still spark a pandemic?

1263: The secret powers of flowers

1262: Apple: trying to think different for 50 years

1261: ‘Project Hail Mary’ brings a new kind of alien to the big screen

1260: Building a digital ant gallery, from the ground up

1259: The heaviness and (not) hope of climate change

1258: Could a ‘digital twin’ help you get better health care?

1257: Who uses Farmers’ Almanacs? + Zebra finch home design

1255: Slow Breaking News: A Giant Tortoise Revival

1256: How Is AI Being Used In The Iran War?

1253: Is There Science Behind The ‘Nervous System Reset’?

1252: AI Music Is On The Charts. Where Does It Go From Here?

1251: The Surprising Science Of Why Sneakers Squeak

Can ‘Suggestion-Box Science’ Make Public Health More Useful?

1250: Fixing Society's Toughest Problems? ‘It’s On You’

1249: 3D Images Of Galaxies Will Rock You (Ft. Queen)

1248: Slow Release Of Federal Science Funds Holds Up Research

1247: The Evolution Of An Enzyme Engineer Who Changed Chemistry

1246: The Art And Science Of Staving Off Cognitive Decline

1245: Into the Woods, From Chestnut Genetics To Tiny Forests

1244: EPA Repeals The Legal Basis For Regulating Greenhouse Gases

1243: How One Gene Affects Alzheimer’s Risk

1242: Are My THC Gummies Going Away?

1241: Why Aren’t There Biomarkers For Mental Illness?

1240: Autism Rates Appear To Be Even Across Sexes. Diagnosis Is Not

1239: AMA Joins Effort To Launch Independent Vaccine Review Panel

1238: What A Snow Drought In The West Means For The Rest Of 2026

1237: Jump, Spin, Glide: The Science Of Figure Skating

1236: How Are State-Run Psilocybin Therapy Programs Going?

1235: A Little Grime Can Boost Kids’ Health. But What Kind?

Mating, Marriage, And Monogamy In The Age Of Apps

1233: What A Tea Party With A Bonobo Taught Us About Imagination

1232: How Is Screen Time Affecting My Kid?

1231: Who Wants To Smell An Ancient Embalmed Mummy?

1230: Stressed About The World? Take A Cue From Cyanobacteria

1229: The Largest US Particle Collider Stops Its Collisions

1228: Olympic Ski Mountaineering, And Mountain Goat Climbing Feats

1227: Why Worry About My Data If I Have Nothing To Hide?

1226: Should Ultraprocessed Foods Be Off The Menu?

1225: The Growing Experiment Of Putting Solar Panels On Farmland

1224: We’re All Being Played By Metrics

The Middle + SciFri: How Can Trust In Science Be Restored?

1222: Untangling The History Of Dog Domestication

1221: Are These Unprecedented Times for Science, Really?

1220: How China Is Driving Down Electricity Costs With Renewables

1219: Managing The Risks Of Spaceflight, 40 Years After Challenger

1218: How A Mutation Made This Year’s Flu Season So Bad

1217: Tracking The Toxic Fallout Of The LA Fires

1216: Deepfakes Are Everywhere. What Can We Do?

1215: Looking Beyond Statins For New Ways To Lower Cholesterol

1214: States Expected To See More ‘Anti-Science’ Bills This Year

1213: What’s Happening On The Slippery Surface Of Ice?

1212: Teasing Apart The Causes And Early Signs Of Parkinson’s

1211: What Greenland Sharks Are Teaching Us About Aging Eyes

1210: Secrets Of Ancient Concrete, And... Data Centers In Space?

1209: One Year Into Trump’s Term, Where Does Science Funding Stand?

1208: Drilling Into The Details Of Venezuela’s Oil

1207: ‘The Kissing Bug’ And The Story Of A Neglected Disease

1206: Are Raccoons On The Road To Domestication?

1205: The Community Group Rethinking LA's Approach To Wildfires

1204: What Should Astronauts Do First When They Reach Mars?

1203: Can The Rise In Solar Power Balance Out Clean Energy Cuts?

1202: Are Ultramarathoners Just Built Different?

1201: Your Cells Are Always Building A Whole New You

1200: A Look Back At 2025 In Science, From Federal Cuts To Space Junk

1199: How Death Metal Singers Make Their Extreme Vocalizations

1198: What The Sigma Is Algospeak?

1195: Tangling With Entanglement And Other Big Ideas In Physics

1197: The Science Of Thriving In Winter—By Embracing It

1196: A Neurologist Investigates His Own Musical Hallucinations

1194: ‘Prehistoric Planet’ Defrosts Strange Animals Of The Ice Age

1193: How Did Vaccine Policies Actually Change In 2025?

1192: Why Astronomers Are Excited About Comet 3I/Atlas’ Close Approach

1191: ‘Fire Amoeba’ Likes It Hot, And A Faraway Lava Planet

1190: What’s The Reality Behind The Humanoid Robot Hype?

1189: 'Just' A Blue Jay? Don't Overlook These Magnificent Common Birds

1188: Can We Just Throw Our Plastic Garbage Into A Volcano?

1187: How Did Ancient Humans Use The Acoustics Of Spaces Like Caves?

1186: What The Sounds Of Melting Glaciers Can Tell Us

1185: How A Fringe Idea Led To Lifesaving Cancer Treatments

1184: Why Is Bubonic Plague Still With Us?

1183: Don’t Let Their Name Fool You—Sea Slugs Are Awesome

1182: As Companies Build Data Centers For AI, Communities Push Back

1181: A Toast To Bats That Pollinate Agave, And Tracking Monarchs

1180: A Startling Plan To Save Spotted Owls—From Barred Owls

1179: Can A Microbe Conservation Movement Take Off?

1178: How To Tap Into The Hidden Histories Of Rocks

1174: Fingernails And Indigestion At The 2025 Ig Nobel Prizes

1177: Why Is Working Out Good For Your Mental Health?

1176: Everything You Never Knew About Squash And Pumpkins

1173: ‘A Multi-Headed Beast’: Telling The Story Of Cancer

1172: African Grey Parrots Are Popular—And It’s Fueling Illegal Trade

1171: Attention, Trivia Nerds! It’s A Food Science Fact Feast

1170: Can Animal Super-Agers Teach Us Their Secrets?

1169: How Alphafold Has Changed Biology Research, 5 Years On

1168: How A Woodpecker Pecks Wood, And How Ants Crown A Queen

1167: Memories Change. But Can We Change Them On Purpose?

1166: Bearded Vulture Nests Hold Trove Of Centuries-Old Artifacts

1165: Why The Bassist From Phish Is Funding Research Into ‘Flow State’

1164: Even Nobel Prize Winners Deal With Imposter Syndrome

1163: Study Finds COVID mRNA Vaccines Boost Cancer Treatment

1162: Were Dinos On Their Way Out Before The Asteroid Hit? Maybe Not

1161: Is There Such A Thing As Too Much Resolution On A TV?

1160: Can A Billion-Dollar Barricade Keep Carp Out Of The Great Lakes?

1159: Inside The Race To Save Wild Axolotls

1158: Endometriosis Is Common. Why Is Getting Diagnosed So Hard?

1157: Why Hasn’t Wave Energy Gotten Its Sea Legs Yet?

1156: A Halloween Monster Mashup, And A Spooky Lakes Tour

1155: What Happens To Your Digital Presence After You Die?

1154: Why Morbid Curiosity Is So Common—And So Fun

1153: Peanut Allergies In Kids Are Finally On The Decline

1152: How Do Bacteria Talk To Each Other?

1151: A Lab-Grown Salmon Taste Test And More Foodie Innovations

1150: What Did It Feel Like To Be An Early Human?

1149: TikTok Is Shaping How We Think About ADHD

1148: Footage Shows How Narwhals Use Tusks To Hunt And Play

1147: Have Astrophysicists Spotted Evidence For ‘Dark Stars’?

1146: AI Was Supposed To Discover New Drugs. Where Are They?

1145: How Math Helps Us Map The World

1144: The Science Of Replacing Body Parts, From Hair To Hearts

1143: It’s Not Just You—Bad Food Habits Are Hard to Shake

1100: 100 Years Later, Quantum Science Is Still Weird

1142: An Off-The-Grid Nobel Win, And Antibiotics In Ancient Microbes

1141: World Space Week And Promising Climate Tech Companies

1140: The Story Behind The Largest Dam Removal In U.S. History

1139: How Archaeologists Try To Smell, Hear, And Taste The Past

1138: Moth Survival Strategies And A Rodent Thumbnail Mystery

1136: As The CDC Falters, How Do We Fill Public Health Gaps?

1135: Anthropologists Have A Bone To Pick With New Skull Finding

1137: Remembering Primatologist Jane Goodall

1134: What Do We Know About SSRI Antidepressant Withdrawal?

1133: Asha de Vos’ Journey From Deck Hand To Marine Science Leader

1132: Why Painters Are Obsessed With The Duck Stamp Art Contest

1131: Can Better Equipment Eliminate Concussions In Sports?

1130: Is Tylenol Use During Pregnancy Connected To Autism?

1129: How AI Advances Are Improving Humanoid Robots

1128: The High-Tech Lab Unlocking Secrets Of Coral Reproduction

1127: The Humble Microbe Could Help Us Understand Life Itself

1126: Raising A New Generation Of Bat Conservationists In West Africa

1125: How Conservation Efforts Brought Rare Birds Back From The Brink

1124: Teamwork Between Species Is The Key To Life Itself

1123: If An Asteroid Were Headed For Earth, Would We Be Ready?

1122: A Trailblazing Geneticist Reflects On Her Life And Work

1121: What The Label Of ‘Genius’ Tells Us About Our Society

1120: The Human Obsession With Aliens Goes Way, Way Back

1119: A Delicious But Invasive Mushroom Could Affect Fungal Diversity

1118: A Photographer Captures Nature In Mind-Boggling Detail

1115: How Shoddy Science Is Driving A Supplement Boom

1117: Octopuses Use Suckers To ‘Taste’ Harmful Microbes

1116: After CDC Director Is Ousted, More Senior Officials Resign

1114: Meet 3I/Atlas, An Object From Another Solar System

1113: How Common Household Products Pollute Our Indoor Air

1112: The Shape-Shifting Science Of Sand Dunes

1111: Food Science Experts On Perfecting At-Home Ice Cream

1110: An ER Doctor Reflects On Hurricane Katrina, 20 Years Later

1109: An Archaeologist And A Tattoo Artist Decipher Ancient Ink

1108: What Lies Beneath The Outer Layers Of A Star?

1107: How Have Gray Wolves Fared 30 Years After Reintroduction?

1106: Are Food Dyes Really Bad For You?

1105: mRNA Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise

1104: Can The Rise In Solar Power Balance Out Clean Energy Cuts?

1103: Decoding Fireflies’ Smelly Signals And Blinking Butts

1102: The Uncertain Science Behind What We Understand As ‘Truth’

1096: How Agatha Christie Used Chemistry To Kill (In Books)

1101: What Do mRNA Funding Cuts Mean For Future US Research?

1098: Breast Milk Is Understudied. What Are Scientists Learning Now?

1097: When Headaches Are Ruining Your Life, Where Can You Turn?

1099: Remembering Apollo 13 Astronaut James Lovell

1095: ‘Underground Atlas’ Shows How Vulnerable Fungal Networks Are

1094: Lithium May Have A Role In Causing—And Treating—Alzheimer’s

1092: Are Cold Plunges Actually Good For You?

1093: A Nagasaki Survivor And Physician Recounts His Life's Work

1091: 65 Genomes Expand Our Picture Of Human Genetics

1090: How The Moon Transformed Life On Earth

1089: EPA Seeks To Revoke Scientific Basis For Greenhouse Gas Rules

1079: You Can Whistle While You Work—But How Does A Whistle Work?

1087: A Reptile’s Baffling Backfin And The Math Of Dashing Dinos

1088: NASA Employees Protest Cuts In Formal Dissent Letter

1086: Where Are We On The Science Of Menopause?

1085: EPA To Shut Down Scientific Research Arm

1084: Parker Solar Probe Captures Closest-Ever Images Of The Sun

1083: Climate Change Is Upending The Home Insurance Market

1082: What The Sigma Is Algospeak?

1081: How Millions Of Flies Can Help Stop The New World Screwworm

1077: Why Is The Scopes Trial Still Relevant 100 Years Later?

1076: Why Don’t We Have A Vaccine For Lyme Disease?

1080: Is This PTSD Treatment Too Good To Be True?

1078: Is It Time For A New Model Of The Universe?

1073: How PFAS From A Military Base Has Sickened Nearby Residents

1047: The Leap: And Then The Sub Went Silent

1072: How These Spiders At The Bottom Of The Sea Eat Methane

1071: As Disasters Escalate, What’s The Future Of FEMA?

1070: Spaghetti Science And Mouth Taping Myths

1069: The Goo In Your Home Could Help Science Address Climate Change

1068: How Do GLP-1 Drugs Override Our Biology?

1046: The Leap: Everything Else Is Boring

1067: The Seafaring Life Of ‘Modern-Day Captain Nemo,’ Robert Ballard

1066: Understanding Sunscreen Ingredients And Which Ones You Need

1065: In ‘Jurassic World Rebirth,’ Paleontology Is Still The Star

1064: What Does It Mean To Have A Chatbot Companion?

1045: The Leap: Mars? It Was A Miracle We Got To Florida

1063: After Her Grants Got Cut, This Researcher Is Suing The NIH

1062: New Telescope Captures The Cosmos In Groundbreaking Detail

1061: How Scientists Made The First Gene-Editing Treatment For A Baby

1060: Ancient Bone Proteins May Offer Insight On Megafauna Extinction

1044: The Leap: You Do Realize… That’s Impossible

1059: What We’re Learning From The James Webb Space Telescope

1058: How ‘Super Agers’ Stay Sharp And Active Longer Than Their Peers

1057: A Dino’s Last Dinner And Eavesdropping Birds

1056: What Are The Best Practices For Prostate Cancer Screening?

1043: The Leap: Garbage In, Garbage Out

1055: RFK Jr. Reshuffles CDC Vaccine Panel With Vaccine Skeptics

1054: What’s Next For China’s Space Program?

1053: The Ruin And Redemption Of The American Prairie

1052: Bedbugs Have Been Bugging Us Since Before Beds

1042: The Leap: A Scientist’s Quest To See Every Organism On Earth

1051: Are We Prepared To Fight ‘The New Polio’?

1050: How Science Communication Can Step Up Amid Federal Cuts

1049: How Cannibalistic Tadpoles Could Curb Invasive Cane Toads

1048: Turning The Binoculars On Birders

1041: The Leap: Be Bold Or Just Don't Do It

1040: What Huge Cuts To NSF Funding Mean For Science

1039: What Happens When Air Traffic Control Systems Go Dark?

1038: Could The NIH Plan For A ‘Universal Vaccine’ Really Work?

1037: The Leap: This Is Going To Kill Your Career

1036: The Science Of That Big Stunt From The New ‘Mission: Impossible’

1035: Meet A Pioneer Of Modern Weather Prediction

1034: Are Physical Buttons And Knobs Making A Comeback?

1033: Scientists Identify Genes For Tomato And Eggplant Size

1032: The Leap: The Volcano Whisperer

1031: Lesser Prairie Chicken May Lose Endangered Species Status

1030: Tracking The Hidden Dangers Of Fighting Fires

1029: Identifying New Plants, And The Scientific Secrets Of Superfoods

1028: Designing Hyperrealistic Body Parts, From Eyeballs To Placentas

1026: The Leap: I Was Considered A Nobody

1027: Cuts To NASA And A Fast-Track For Deep Sea Mining

1025: How Do Bacteria Talk To Each Other?

1024: Functional Fashion From An Artist And A Caterpillar

1023: Ancient Iguanas Floated 5,000 Miles Across The Pacific | A Pregnant Icthyosaur Fossil

1022: Are There Things That We Know We Can’t Know?

1021: Two Steps Forward For Meat Alternatives

1020: How Death Metal Singers Make Their Extreme Vocalizations | Regional Allergies

1019: A New Book On The Horrifying, Creative World Of Insect Zombies

1018: Untangling The Mind-Body Connection In Chronic Pain

1017: A Precisely Pointed Laser Allows People To See New Color ‘Olo’

1016: $8 Billion Of Climate Tech Projects Were Canceled In 3 Months | A Chance To Study A Successful, Growing Wetland

1015: Investigating Cat Behavior Through Genetics

1014: Advances In Brain-Computer Interfaces For People With Paralysis

1013: A Blind Inventor’s Life Of Advocacy And Innovation

1012: The Lack Of Science In Road Design Is Deadly

1011: Possible Signature Of Life Detected On Exoplanet—Maybe | A Colossal Squid Video

1010: How ‘Science Interpreters’ Make Hidden Science Visible

1009: The Navajo Researcher Reviving A Desert Peach | A New Dino With Blade-Like Horns

1008: How Interjections Regulate Conversation | Saccharin For Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria

1007: Trump’s Nominee For NASA Administrator Meets Congress

1006: How Real Doctors Brought ‘The Pitt’ To Life

1005: What Will Replace The International Space Station?

1004: What Artificial General Intelligence Could Mean For Our Future

1003: Climate Change Has Made Allergy Season Worse. How Do We Cope?

1002: Microdosing Peanut Butter Could Alleviate Some Peanut Allergies

1001: The Department Of Health And Human Services Cuts 10,000 Jobs

1000: Forecasting Cuts Spark Worries About Hurricane Season | Soothing Babies With Music

999: Massive Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctica, Revealing Wonders Below

998: TikTok Is Shaping How We Think About ADHD

997: Engineering Lessons One Year After The Baltimore Bridge Collapse

996: 23andMe Bankruptcy | A Coating That Can Slow A Golf Ball’s Roll

995: AI Word Choice | When Dwarf Lemurs Hibernate, Their Chromosomes Do Something Odd

994: Developing Faster, Simpler Tools To Treat Tuberculosis

993: Author John Green On The Many Ways Tuberculosis Shaped Human Life

992: DESI Data Strengthens Evidence Of Change In Dark Energy

991: NASA Astronauts Return To Earth After Extended Stay On The ISS | Bottle "Pop" Physics

990: The Evolving Science Of How Childhood Trauma Shapes Adults | Butterfly Memories

989: How NIH Cuts Could Affect U.S. Biomedical Research

988: Fungi Create Complex Supply Chains | A Rookie Robot Umpire Takes The Field

987: 10% Of NOAA Staff Laid Off | Frozen Funds Leave Farmers In Limbo

986: Pi, Anyone? A Celebration Of Math And What’s New

985: How Plants Powered Prehistoric Giants Millions Of Years Ago

984: How Narwhals Use Their Tusks To Hunt And Play | This Week's ‘Blood Moon’ Lunar Eclipse

983: Where Have All The Butterflies Gone?

982: What Does Dismantling USAID Mean For Global Health?

981: Protesters ‘Stand Up For Science’ At Rallies Nationwide | Blue Ghost Lunar Lander

980: The Effort To Save Thousands Of Donor Kidneys | Ocean Liner Will Become An Artificial Reef

979: Where Does Plastic And Other Trash Go After We Throw It Away?

978: An Animal’s Size And Its Cancer Risk | Bastetodon, A 30 Million-Year-Old Apex Predator

977: How Trump’s DEI Ban Will Affect Medical Research

976: Conflicting Directives Sow Confusion For NIH Workers | The Mycobiome

975: The Best Tail For Balance | Bindi Irwin Wants Kids To Become ‘Wildlife Warriors’

974: A Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise

973: Why Are Flu And Other Viral Infection Rates So High This Year?

972: Making Sense Of Federal Cuts To Science—And What Comes Next

971: Tomb Of Egyptian King Unearthed | Why The Internet Was Captivated By A Hideous Fish

970: What Happens To Your Body When You’re Grieving

969: Can Men and Women (Baboons) Really Just Be Friends? | The Best Bear Deterrent May Be Drones

968: Adventures In Science At The Icy ‘Ends Of The Earth’

967: FDA Approves A New, Non-Opioid Painkiller | Deep, Multi-Layer Oceans On Uranus And Neptune?

966: Most Powerful Neutrino Ever Is Detected In the Mediterranean | Nerdy Valentines

965: ‘Common Side Effects’ And An All-Healing Mushroom | The Unique Smell Of Snow

964: Investigating Fraud At The Heart Of Alzheimer’s Research

963: Managing Wildfires Using A Centuries-Old Indigenous Practice

962: Can Vaping Help You Quit Cigarettes? What Are The Risks?

961: How Lucy Runs On A Virtual Treadmill | Comparing DeepSeek’s AI To Other Models

960: Scientists Create Glowing ‘RNA Lanterns’ With Bioluminescence

959: What’s Next For Quantum Computing In 2025?

958: Building Blocks Of Life Found On Asteroid Bennu

957: The Toxic Aftermath Of An Urban Fire

956: Strain Of Bird Flu Discovered In California | Understanding Bipolar Disorder Through The Genome

955: The Science Of Thriving In Winter—By Embracing It

954: The Factors That Make Bird Sounds So Diverse Across The World

953: Can Paxlovid Relieve Long COVID Symptoms? For Some, Yes

952: AI Is Coming Up With Brand New Molecules, Fueling Drug Discovery

952: Trump Administration Cancels Meetings, Freezes Hiring At NIH | What Is A Meme Coin?

951: Why Editors At Scientific Journals Are Resigning En Masse

950: This January, See A ‘Planet Parade’ In The Night Sky

949: ‘Orbital’ Imagines The Inner Lives Of Astronauts On The ISS

948: Fire Risk To Homes Where Cities And Wildlands Meet

947: 2 Private Lunar Landers | Cervical Cancer Deaths Plummet, Experts Credit HPV Vaccine

946: ‘Artificial General Intelligence’ Is Apparently Coming. What Is It?

943: NASA Considers Cheaper Ways To Retrieve Mars Samples | How Does A Hula Hoop Stay Up?

944: Surgeon General Highlights Link Between Alcohol And Cancer

945: First U.S. Bird Flu Death Raises Concerns About Preparedness

942: Meet Flora Lichtman | Los Angeles Wildfires Stoked By Santa Ana Winds

941: What Lichen Tell Us About Ecology, Air Quality, And More

940: Biologists Call For A Halt To ‘Mirror Life’ Research

939: The Breakthrough Technologies To Watch In 2025

938: What Scientists Have Learned From 125 Years Of Bird Counts

937: Scientists Predict Loss Of Deep Snow In Most Of U.S.

936: Jane Goodall On Life Among Chimpanzees

935: The Science That Captivated SciFri’s Reporters In 2024

934: Health, Astronomy, And Climate Experts On 2024’s Coolest Science

933: Meet Leaders Of 3 Local Conservation Projects | Preserving ‘Space Junk’ Left On Mars

932: The Top Dino Discoveries Of 2024 | Can Spiking Eggnog Kill Bacteria From Raw Eggs?

931: Parker Solar Probe Will Make Closest-Ever Approach To Sun

930: If ‘Interstellar’ Were Made Today, What Would Be Different?

929: Farewell, Murder Hornet | What FAA Regulations Tell Us About Mysterious Drone Sightings

928: How Blind Women In India Detect Early Breast Cancer | Web-Slinging Silk Becomes Real

927: 8.5 Hours Of Daily Sitting Linked To Higher BMI And Cholesterol

926: The Accidental Discovery That Gave Us ‘Forever Chemicals’ | A Pregnancy Play Inspired By Mushroom Research

925: How Empire and Environmental Destruction Go Hand-In-Hand

924: The Universe Is Expanding Faster Than Expected | Are Food Recalls Actually On The Rise?

923: You Share Your Gut Microbiome With Your Friends

922: Marie Curie And The Women Scientists Who Became Her Legacy

921: Protecting Against Poison Exposure This Holiday Season

920: 2024’s Best Science Books For Kids

919: Supreme Court Case On Regulation Of Vapes | Predicting Lithium-Ion Battery Explosions

918: A Theatrical Tribute To Unexpected Science

917: 'They Might Be Giants' Sings About Science

916: What Was It Like To Witness The End Of The Dinosaurs?

915: A Nobel Prize For Chemistry Work ‘Totally Separate From Biology’

914: Alan Alda Reflects On Life With Parkinson’s

913: A Horn Of Potato Plenty | Adding Marbling To Fake Meat For An Extra-Realistic Bite

912: A Nutritionist Clarifies Some Common Health Claims

911: Restoring Drinking Water After Hurricane Helene | Oyster Shell Reefs And Sea Level Rise

910: 50 Years Of Science With Lucy, Our Famous Early Ancestor

909: SpaceX’s Starship Completes In-Orbit Engine Test | Resuscitating Shipwrecked Rye Seeds

908: Chef Jack Bishop Breaks Down ‘The Science of Good Cooking’

907: Bacteriophages Lurk In Your Bathroom, But Don’t Worry

906: Managing Invasive Plants And Ticks Together | Clue Into The Evolution Of The Bird Brain

905: The Gurgling, Growling History Of The Gut

904: At COP29, The World’s Top Polluters Are No-Shows | Walking Pneumonia Is Spiking

903: Oliver Sacks Searched The Brain For The Origins Of Music

902: CAR-T Cell Therapy For Autoimmune Diseases | Measuring Early Life Adversity—In Marmots

901: Your Arm Position Can Make Blood Pressure Readings Inaccurate

900: Why Do We Keep Widening Highways If It Doesn’t Reduce Traffic?

899: Ballot Measures Passed To Protect Abortion Rights | New Largest Prime Number

898: Chickens Have Friendships And Reputations | Tourist Photos May Help Map Penguin Colonies

897: The Clean Air Act Has Saved Millions Of Lives—But Gaps Remain

895: How Does Long-Distance Running Affect Your Body?

896: Gender-Affirming Care Is On The Line In This Election

894: Maine Offshore Wind Auction Draws Few Bids | An Artist Combines Indigenous Textiles With Modern Tech

893: After A Park Fire, Milkweed Bloomed | The ‘Creepy’ Procedure That Taps Into Young Blood

892: How Insects Changed The World—And Human Cultures

891: The Science Behind Third-Trimester Abortions

890: How Aging Water Systems Are Pushing Sewage Into U.S. Homes

889: Did Dinosaur Flight Evolve More Than Once? | Biodiversity’s Biggest Event Is Underway

888: How Do Animals Understand Death?

887: MRIs Show How The Brain Changes During Pregnancy

886: How Metaphor Shapes Science | Intertwining The Lives Of Moths And Humans Through Music

885: NASA’s Europa Clipper Heads To Jupiter’s Icy Moon Europa

884: Pandas Return To Washington, D.C. | A Lesser-Known Grain Called Kernza

883: How Health Misinformation Spreads | A Play About Ben Franklin And His Son

882: Searching The Universe For Clues To The Ultra-Small

881: What Makes ‘SuperAgers’ Stay Healthy For So Long?

880: Asheville Was Never A ‘Climate Haven.’ Nowhere Is.

879: The Science Behind Hurricane Milton | ‘Unsettling’ Warm Water In Lake Michigan

878: How Campaigns Use Psychology To Get Out The Vote

877: How Gut Microbes Are Linked To Stress Resilience

876: How Magnetic Brain Stimulation Helps Relieve Depression

875: How The Origin Of Life On Earth Can Help Find Life In Space

874: Hurricane Helene's Effect On The Global Tech Industry | A Stretchy Band-Aid For The Heart

873: Herbicides Approved For Public Land | Hidden Physics In Van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’

872: Improving Hospitals’ Support For Teens In Mental Health Crises

871: Greenhouse Gases From Anesthesia | Fighting Militarization In The Mariana Islands

870: Empowering Older Adults To Step Up For The Climate

869: Microsoft Makes Deal To Restart Three Mile Island | Fish That Use Their Legs To Taste

868: Former NIH Director Reflects On Public Mistrust In Science

867: How Are AI Chatbots Changing Scientific Publishing?

866: These Artists Serve Up Environmental Crises Through Food

865: Surgeon General Takes On Parental Stress And Mental Health

864: Earth May Once Have Had A Ring Like Saturn | An AI For Sand

863: Physicists Create Heaviest Antimatter Nucleus | Bird Species May Team Up For Migration

862: Your Questions About The Updated COVID Vaccines, Answered

861: To Confront Climate Change, Imagine Getting It Right

860: What Research Shows About Smartphone Bans In Schools

859: First Citizen Spacewalk | First Successful Whole-Eye Transplant, Over A Year Later

858: ‘Time Capsule’ Rocks And Earth’s Mantle | Genetically Engineering Stronger Wood

857: To This Neuroscientist, Cows Are Like Puppies

856: Fishing For—And Saving—Sharks | Scientists Identify ‘ManhattAnt’ Spreading Across NYC

855: Using DNA To Boost Digital Data Storage And Processing

854: An Asteroid Impact, Spotted In Advance | Extreme Heat Is Making Learning More Difficult

853: Dino-Killing Asteroid Was Rich In Carbon | The Dogs Sniffing Out Spotted Lanternflies

852: Why Eels Are So Mysterious—And In Demand

851: Webb Telescope Data Point To Six ‘Rogue Worlds’

850: Could ‘Season Creep’ Affect Human Behavior?

849: Mosquito-Borne Diseases Are Spreading | ‘Slingshot’ And A Space Mission Gone Wrong

848: The History Of Teeth, From Ancient Fish To Humans

847: Errors On Death Certificates May Be Skewing Mortality Data

846: Astronaut Cady Coleman On ‘Sharing Space’

845: Protecting Sequoias From Wildfire Gets Tricky | Ancient Cave Art And Human Creativity

844: Plastic In Human Brains | Local Anesthetics Recommended For IUD Insertion

843: Don’t Just Walk In The Woods—Touch, Smell, and Taste Them, Too

842: Are Space Elevators Really A Possibility?

841: Could Light And Sound Therapy Treat Alzheimer’s?

Dr. Fauci On A Life Of Medical Research And Public Service

Evidence For Liquid Water On Mars | Making Campsite Booking Fairer

Dinosaurs’ Secrets Might Be In Their Fossilized Poop

The Promise Of Perovskite Solar Panels

An Expert Vegetable Breeder On Innovating Crops For The Future

What The Private Sale Of Fossils Means For Paleontology

Starliner Leaves Astronauts Stuck | Could We Get Weather Forecasts Years In Advance?

Why Does COVID-19 Spike In Summer?

Deep-Sea ‘Nodules’ May Produce Oxygen | A Bird’s Physics Trick For High-Altitude Flying

PLATO’s Mission To Discover Exoplanets Like Earth

Why Cancer Death Rates Have Decreased Over The Last 30 Years

Hawaiʻi Wildfire Survivors Join Health Study | Wind Turbine Blade Sinks Off Massachusetts Coast

The Science And History Of Refrigeration

Sodium Replaces Lithium In A New Type Of Battery

Inside The Race To Save Honeybees From Parasitic Mites

What A Rodent Brain Shows Us About Love | If Colorado Was Flattened, How Big Would It Be?

Curiosity Rover Discovers Pure Sulfur On Mars | A Science Hero, Lost and Found

What Are The Risks Of Drinking Raw Milk?

A Space Suit To Turn Pee Into Water | A Bitcoin Mine Causing A Health Crisis In Texas

How A Shark Scientist Forged Her Own Path

FDA Panel Rejects MDMA Therapy For PTSD

A Small Meteor Blazes Over New York City | Tornado Science From ‘Twisters’

Why Are There So Many Drug Shortages In The U.S.?

What The Small Intestine Can Tell Us About Gut Health

Helping Queen Conchs Mate In The Florida Keys

How Congestion Pricing Can Impact Human Health

Galaxies ‘Dance’ In Stunning New JWST Image | Why Some Cats Scratch Furniture

Your Pain Tolerance May Have Been Passed Down From Neanderthals

How Can Iowa’s Agriculture Adapt To Climate Threats?

How Do They Actually Store The Declaration Of Independence?

How Politics And Diplomacy Shape Panda Conservation

The Best Science Books For Summer 2024

Avoiding Grilling and Barbecue Pitfalls

From Microbes To Mammoths: How Life Transformed The Planet

Study Shows Which Kids Are Getting Periods Younger Than Others

What To Do When Your Hypothesis Is Wrong? Publish!

The Sample From The Far Side Of The Moon | Will The Seine Be Clean Enough For The Olympics?

The Octopus Overlooked By Science | Squid With ‘Giant’ Eggs Could Be New Species

House Stalls On Bill To Compensate Victims Of Nuclear Testing

Crowdsourced Data Identifies 126 ‘Lost’ Bird Species

20 Years Later, How Are City Climate Plans Actually Going?

It’s Hot. But How Hot? | Canine Cancer Vaccine Shows Promising Results

Mannequins Help Teach People How To Spot Ticks | Protecting A Flickering Symbol Of Summer Nights

‘The Singularity Is Nearer,’ Says Futurist Ray Kurzweil

Why Do Cephalopods Make Ink?

Meet The Emotions Behind Teenage Angst In ‘Inside Out 2’

Elephants Seem To Use Names For Each Other | Kids Discover Rare T. Rex Fossil

How Sound Rules Life Underwater

Metal-Absorbing Plants Could Make Mining Greener | A Tiny Fern's Gigantic Genome

How Psychological Warfare Moved From Battlefields To Politics

Step Aside, DNA. It’s RNA’s Time To Shine.

A Week Of Milestones For Spaceflight | Mexico Has Elected A Scientist President

The Organ That Gives Birds Their Voices | Common Loons Are Pop Music Icons

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