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Science Friday — 508 episodes
Under proposed rule, science funding must pass political review
AI + turfgrass science in the most high-tech World Cup yet
Sci-fi thriller combines aliens, robots, and Cherokee culture
Beavers could be humans' biggest ally, if we let them
Searching for dark matter, deep in the Earth
The decades-long movement to kill FEMA
What cats and dogs hear + A 'smell map' of the nose
How do you study microplastics in a plastic-filled lab?
Maine nearly became the first state to ban data centers
What urban design tells us about democracy
Listening for the cosmic ‘dark ages,’ from the lunar far side
How do you describe nature? Two poets help us
The lucky breaks that make our Earth home
How New Jersey tamped down PFAS in drinking water
How a particle accelerator illuminated 56 human organs
Simone Giertz’s journey from robot comedy to high-end design
When a dolphin whistles, what does it mean?
Inside the lives of astronauts’ families
Green stuff, brown stuff: Secrets to a great compost pile
Why so many studies can’t be replicated
How a sound designer gave an alien its voice (and 250 words)
Can GLP-1 drugs treat addiction?
What a sperm whale’s birth tells us about whale culture
Is the US backing out of the electric vehicle market?
Can algae help pull microplastics out of our water supply?
Artemis II test flight heads toward the moon
Should Pluto be a planet again?
How to poop better, according to a gastroenterologist
Harnessing the superpowers of silk
CERN finds a new particle + News alerts for the cosmos
Move over, vibe-coding. Vibe-proving is here for math
Is Punch the monkey really just like us?
Could bird flu still spark a pandemic?
The secret powers of flowers
Apple: trying to think different for 50 years
‘Project Hail Mary’ brings a new kind of alien to the big screen
Building a digital ant gallery, from the ground up
The heaviness and (not) hope of climate change
Could a ‘digital twin’ help you get better health care?
Who uses Farmers’ Almanacs? + Zebra finch home design
Slow Breaking News: A Giant Tortoise Revival
How Is AI Being Used In The Iran War?
Is There Science Behind The ‘Nervous System Reset’?
AI Music Is On The Charts. Where Does It Go From Here?
The Surprising Science Of Why Sneakers Squeak
Can ‘Suggestion-Box Science’ Make Public Health More Useful?
Fixing Society's Toughest Problems? ‘It’s On You’
3D Images Of Galaxies Will Rock You (Ft. Queen)
Slow Release Of Federal Science Funds Holds Up Research
The Evolution Of An Enzyme Engineer Who Changed Chemistry
The Art And Science Of Staving Off Cognitive Decline
Into the Woods, From Chestnut Genetics To Tiny Forests
EPA Rescinds The Legal Basis For Regulating Greenhouse Gases
How One Gene Affects Alzheimer’s Risk
Are My THC Gummies Going Away?
Why Aren’t There Biomarkers For Mental Illness?
Autism Rates Appear To Be Even Across Sexes. Diagnosis Is Not
AMA Joins Effort To Launch Independent Vaccine Review Panel
What A Snow Drought In The West Means For The Rest Of 2026
Jump, Spin, Glide: The Science Of Figure Skating
How Are State-Run Psilocybin Therapy Programs Going?
A Little Grime Can Boost Kids’ Health. But What Kind?
Mating, Marriage, And Monogamy In The Age Of Apps
What A Tea Party With A Bonobo Taught Us About Imagination
How Is Screen Time Affecting My Kid?
Who Wants To Smell An Ancient Embalmed Mummy?
Stressed About The World? Take A Cue From Cyanobacteria
The Largest US Particle Collider Stops Its Collisions
Olympic Ski Mountaineering, And Mountain Goat Climbing Feats
Why Worry About My Data If I Have Nothing To Hide?
Should Ultraprocessed Foods Be Off The Menu?
The Growing Experiment Of Putting Solar Panels On Farmland
We’re All Being Played By Metrics
The Middle + SciFri: How Can Trust In Science Be Restored?
Untangling The History Of Dog Domestication
A Science Historian Tackles Ghostwriting In Scientific Papers
How China Is Driving Down Electricity Costs With Renewables
Managing The Risks Of Spaceflight, 40 Years After Challenger
How A Mutation Made This Year’s Flu Season So Bad
Tracking The Toxic Fallout Of The LA Fires
Deepfakes Are Everywhere. What Can We Do?
Looking Beyond Statins For New Ways To Lower Cholesterol
States Expected To See More ‘Anti-Science’ Bills This Year
What’s Happening On The Slippery Surface Of Ice?
Teasing Apart The Causes And Early Signs Of Parkinson’s
What Greenland Sharks Are Teaching Us About Aging Eyes
Secrets Of Ancient Concrete, And... Data Centers In Space?
One Year Into Trump’s Term, Where Does Science Funding Stand?
Drilling Into The Details Of Venezuela’s Oil
‘The Kissing Bug’ And The Story Of A Neglected Disease
Are Raccoons On The Road To Domestication?
The Community Group Rethinking LA's Approach To Wildfires
What Should Astronauts Do First When They Reach Mars?
Can The Rise In Solar Power Balance Out Clean Energy Cuts?
Are Ultramarathoners Just Built Different?
Your Cells Are Always Building A Whole New You
A Look Back At 2025 In Science, From Federal Cuts To Space Junk
How Death Metal Singers Make Their Extreme Vocalizations
What The Sigma Is Algospeak?
Tangling With Entanglement And Other Big Ideas In Physics
The Science Of Thriving In Winter—By Embracing It
A Neurologist Investigates His Own Musical Hallucinations
‘Prehistoric Planet’ Defrosts Strange Animals Of The Ice Age
How Did Vaccine Policies Actually Change In 2025?
Why Astronomers Are Excited About Comet 3I/ATLAS’ Close Approach
‘Fire Amoeba’ Likes It Hot, And A Faraway Lava Planet
What’s The Reality Behind The Humanoid Robot Hype?
'Just' A Blue Jay? Don't Overlook These Magnificent Common Birds
Can We Just Throw Our Plastic Garbage Into A Volcano?
How Did Ancient Humans Use The Acoustics Of Spaces Like Caves?
What The Sounds Of Melting Glaciers Can Tell Us
How A Fringe Idea Led To Lifesaving Cancer Treatments
Why Is Bubonic Plague Still With Us?
Don’t Let Their Name Fool You—Sea Slugs Are Awesome
As Companies Build Data Centers For AI, Communities Push Back
A Toast To Bats That Pollinate Agave, And Tracking Monarchs
A Startling Plan To Save Spotted Owls—From Barred Owls
Can A Microbe Conservation Movement Take Off?
How To Tap Into The Hidden Histories Of Rocks
Fingernails And Indigestion At The 2025 Ig Nobel Prizes
Why Is Working Out Good For Your Mental Health?
Everything You Never Knew About Squash And Pumpkins
‘A Many-Headed Beast’: Telling The Story Of Cancer
African Grey Parrots Are Popular—And It’s Fueling Illegal Trade
Attention, Trivia Nerds! It’s A Food Science Fact Feast
Can Animal Super-Agers Teach Us Their Secrets?
How Alphafold Has Changed Biology Research, 5 Years On
How A Woodpecker Pecks Wood, And How Ants Crown A Queen
Memories Change. But Can We Change Them On Purpose?
Bearded Vulture Nests Hold Trove Of Centuries-Old Artifacts
Why The Bassist From Phish Is Funding Research Into ‘Flow State’
Even Nobel Prize Winners Deal With Imposter Syndrome
Study Finds COVID mRNA Vaccines Boost Cancer Treatment
Were Dinos On Their Way Out Before The Asteroid Hit? Maybe Not
Is There Such A Thing As Too Much Resolution On A TV?
Can A Billion-Dollar Barricade Keep Carp Out Of The Great Lakes?
Inside The Race To Save Wild Axolotls
Endometriosis Is Common. Why Is Getting Diagnosed So Hard?
Why Hasn’t Wave Energy Gotten Its Sea Legs Yet?
A Halloween Monster Mashup, And A Spooky Lakes Tour
What Happens To Your Digital Presence After You Die?
Why Morbid Curiosity Is So Common—And So Fun
Peanut Allergies In Kids Are Finally On The Decline
How Do Bacteria Talk To Each Other?
A Lab-Grown Salmon Taste Test And More Foodie Innovations
What Did It Feel Like To Be An Early Human?
TikTok Is Shaping How We Think About ADHD
Footage Shows How Narwhals Use Tusks To Hunt And Play
Have Astrophysicists Spotted Evidence For ‘Dark Stars’?
AI Was Supposed To Discover New Drugs. Where Are They?
How Math Helps Us Map The World
The Science Of Replacing Body Parts, From Hair To Hearts
It’s Not Just You—Bad Food Habits Are Hard To Shake
100 Years Later, Quantum Science Is Still Weird
An Off-The-Grid Nobel Win, And Antibiotics In Ancient Microbes
World Space Week And Promising Climate Tech Companies
The Story Behind The Largest Dam Removal In U.S. History
How Archaeologists Try To Smell, Hear, And Taste The Past
Moth Survival Strategies And A Rodent Thumbnail Mystery
As The CDC Falters, How Do We Fill Public Health Gaps?
Anthropologists Have A Bone To Pick With New Skull Finding
Remembering Primatologist Jane Goodall
What Do We Know About SSRI Antidepressant Withdrawal?
Asha de Vos’ Journey From Deck Hand To Marine Science Leader
Why Painters Are Obsessed With The Duck Stamp Art Contest
Can Better Equipment Eliminate Concussions In Sports?
Is Tylenol Use During Pregnancy Connected To Autism?
How AI Advances Are Improving Humanoid Robots
The High-Tech Lab Unlocking Secrets Of Coral Reproduction
The Humble Microbe Could Help Us Understand Life Itself
Raising A New Generation Of Bat Conservationists In West Africa
How Conservation Efforts Brought Rare Birds Back From The Brink
Teamwork Between Species Is The Key To Life Itself
If An Asteroid Were Headed For Earth, Would We Be Ready?
A Trailblazing Geneticist Reflects On Her Life And Work
What The Label Of ‘Genius’ Tells Us About Our Society
The Human Obsession With Aliens Goes Way, Way Back
A Delicious But Invasive Mushroom Could Affect Fungal Diversity
A Photographer Captures Nature In Mind-Boggling Detail
How Shoddy Science Is Driving A Supplement Boom
Octopuses Use Suckers To ‘Taste’ Harmful Microbes
After CDC Director Is Ousted, More Senior Officials Resign
Meet 3I/Atlas, An Object From Another Solar System
How Common Household Products Pollute Our Indoor Air
The Shape-Shifting Science Of Sand Dunes
Food Science Experts On Perfecting At-Home Ice Cream
An ER Doctor Reflects On Hurricane Katrina, 20 Years Later
An Archaeologist And A Tattoo Artist Decipher Ancient Ink
What Lies Beneath The Outer Layers Of A Star?
How Have Gray Wolves Fared 30 Years After Reintroduction?
Are Food Dyes Really Bad For You?
mRNA Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise
Can The Rise In Solar Power Balance Out Clean Energy Cuts?
Decoding Fireflies’ Smelly Signals And Blinking Butts
The Uncertain Science Behind What We Understand As ‘Truth’
How Agatha Christie Used Chemistry To Kill (In Books)
What Do mRNA Funding Cuts Mean For Future US Research?
Breast Milk Is Understudied. What Are Scientists Learning Now?
When Headaches Are Ruining Your Life, Where Can You Turn?
Remembering Apollo 13 Astronaut James Lovell
‘Underground Atlas’ Shows How Vulnerable Fungal Networks Are
Lithium May Have A Role In Causing—And Treating—Alzheimer’s
Are Cold Plunges Actually Good For You?
A Nagasaki Survivor And Physician Recounts His Life's Work
65 Genomes Expand Our Picture Of Human Genetics
How The Moon Transformed Life On Earth
EPA Seeks To Revoke Scientific Basis For Greenhouse Gas Rules
You Can Whistle While You Work—But How Does A Whistle Work?
A Reptile’s Baffling Backfin And The Math Of Dashing Dinos
NASA Employees Protest Cuts In Formal Dissent Letter
Where Are We On The Science Of Menopause?
EPA To Shut Down Scientific Research Arm
Parker Solar Probe Captures Closest-Ever Images Of The Sun
Climate Change Is Upending The Home Insurance Market
What The Sigma Is Algospeak?
How Millions Of Flies Can Help Stop The New World Screwworm
Why Is The Scopes Trial Still Relevant 100 Years Later?
Why Don’t We Have A Vaccine For Lyme Disease?
Is This PTSD Treatment Too Good To Be True?
Is It Time For A New Model Of The Universe?
How PFAS From A Military Base Has Sickened Nearby Residents
The Leap: And Then The Sub Went Silent
How These Spiders At The Bottom Of The Sea Run On Methane
As Disasters Escalate, What’s The Future Of FEMA?
Spaghetti Science And Mouth Taping Myths
The Goo In Your Home Could Help Science Address Climate Change
How Do GLP-1 Drugs Override Our Biology?
The Leap: Everything Else Is Boring
The Seafaring Life Of ‘Modern-Day Captain Nemo,’ Robert Ballard
Understanding Sunscreen Ingredients And Which Ones You Need
In ‘Jurassic World Rebirth,’ Paleontology Is Still The Star
What Does It Mean To Have A Chatbot Companion?
The Leap: Mars? It Was A Miracle We Got To Florida
After Her Grants Got Cut, This Researcher Is Suing The NIH
New Telescope Captures The Cosmos In Groundbreaking Detail
How Scientists Made The First Gene-Editing Treatment For A Baby
Ancient Bone Proteins May Offer Insight On Megafauna Extinction
The Leap: You Do Realize… That’s Impossible
What We’re Learning From The James Webb Space Telescope
How ‘Super Agers’ Stay Sharp And Active Longer Than Their Peers
A Dino’s Last Dinner And Eavesdropping Birds
What Are The Best Practices For Prostate Cancer Screening?
The Leap: Garbage In, Garbage Out
RFK Jr. Reshuffles CDC Vaccine Panel With Vaccine Skeptics
What’s Next For China’s Space Program?
The Ruin And Redemption Of The American Prairie
Bedbugs Have Been Bugging Us Since Before Beds
The Leap: A Scientist’s Quest To See Every Organism On Earth
Are We Prepared To Fight ‘The New Polio’?
How Science Communication Can Step Up Amid Federal Cuts
How Cannibalistic Tadpoles Could Curb Invasive Cane Toads
Turning The Binoculars On Birders
The Leap: Be Bold Or Just Don't Do It
What Huge Cuts To NSF Funding Mean For Science
What Happens When Air Traffic Control Systems Go Dark?
Could The NIH Plan For A ‘Universal Vaccine’ Really Work?
The Leap: This Is Going To Kill Your Career
The Science Of That Big Stunt From The New ‘Mission: Impossible’
Meet A Pioneer Of Modern Weather Prediction
Are Physical Buttons And Knobs Making A Comeback?
Scientists Identify Genes For Tomato And Eggplant Size
The Leap: The Volcano Whisperer
Lesser Prairie Chicken May Lose Endangered Species Status
Tracking The Hidden Dangers Of Fighting Fires
Identifying New Plants, And The Scientific Secrets Of Superfoods
Designing Hyperrealistic Body Parts, From Eyeballs To Placentas
The Leap: I Was Considered A Nobody
Cuts To NASA And A Fast-Track For Deep Sea Mining
How Do Bacteria Talk To Each Other?
Functional Fashion From An Artist And A Caterpillar
Ancient Iguanas Floated 5,000 Miles Across The Pacific | A Pregnant Ichthyosaur Fossil
Are There Things That We Know We Can’t Know?
Two Steps Forward For Meat Alternatives
How Death Metal Singers Make Their Extreme Vocalizations | Regional Allergies
A New Book On The Horrifying, Creative World Of Insect Zombies
Untangling The Mind-Body Connection In Chronic Pain
A Precisely Pointed Laser Allows People To See New Color ‘Olo’
$8B Of Climate Tech Projects Canceled | In Louisiana, A Successful, Growing Wetland
Investigating Cat Behavior Through Genetics
Advances In Brain-Computer Interfaces For People With Paralysis
A Blind Inventor’s Life Of Advocacy And Innovation
The Lack Of Science In Road Design Is Deadly
Possible Signature Of Life Detected On Exoplanet—Maybe | A Colossal Squid Video
How ‘Science Interpreters’ Make Hidden Science Visible
The Navajo Researcher Reviving A Desert Peach | A New Dino With Blade-Like Horns
How Interjections Regulate Conversation | Saccharin For Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria
Trump’s Nominee For NASA Administrator Meets Congress
How Real Doctors Brought ‘The Pitt’ To Life
What Will Replace The International Space Station?
What Artificial General Intelligence Could Mean For Our Future
Climate Change Has Made Allergy Season Worse. How Do We Cope?
Microdosing Peanut Butter Could Alleviate Some Peanut Allergies
The Department Of Health And Human Services Cuts 10,000 Jobs
Forecasting Cuts Spark Worries About Hurricane Season | Soothing Babies With Music
Massive Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctica, Revealing Wonders Below
TikTok Is Shaping How We Think About ADHD
Engineering Lessons One Year After The Baltimore Bridge Collapse
23andMe Bankruptcy | A Coating That Can Slow A Golf Ball’s Roll
AI Word Choice | When Dwarf Lemurs Hibernate, Their Chromosomes Do Something Odd
Developing Faster, Simpler Tools To Treat Tuberculosis
Author John Green On The Many Ways Tuberculosis Shaped Human Life
DESI Data Strengthens Evidence Of Change In Dark Energy
NASA Astronauts Return To Earth After Extended Stay On The ISS | Bottle "Pop" Physics
The Evolving Science Of How Childhood Trauma Shapes Adults | Butterfly Memories
How NIH Cuts Could Affect U.S. Biomedical Research
Fungi Create Complex Supply Chains | A Rookie Robot Umpire Takes The Field
10% Of NOAA Staff Laid Off | Frozen Funds Leave Farmers In Limbo
Pi, Anyone? A Celebration Of Math And What’s New
How Plants Powered Prehistoric Giants Millions Of Years Ago
How Narwhals Use Their Tusks To Hunt And Play | This Week's ‘Blood Moon’ Lunar Eclipse
Where Have All The Butterflies Gone?
What Does Dismantling USAID Mean For Global Health?
Protesters ‘Stand Up For Science’ At Rallies Nationwide | Blue Ghost Lunar Lander
The Effort To Save Thousands Of Donor Kidneys | Ocean Liner Will Become An Artificial Reef
Where Does Plastic And Other Trash Go After We Throw It Away?
An Animal’s Size And Its Cancer Risk | Bastetodon, A 30 Million-Year-Old Apex Predator
How Trump’s DEI Ban Will Affect Medical Research
Conflicting Directives Sow Confusion For NIH Workers | The Mycobiome
The Best Tail For Balance | Bindi Irwin Wants Kids To Become ‘Wildlife Warriors’
A Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise
Why Are Flu And Other Viral Infection Rates So High This Year?
Making Sense Of Federal Cuts To Science—And What Comes Next
Tomb Of Egyptian King Unearthed | Why The Internet Was Captivated By A Hideous Fish
What Happens To Your Body When You’re Grieving
Can Men and Women (Baboons) Really Just Be Friends? | The Best Bear Deterrent May Be Drones
Adventures In Science At The Icy ‘Ends Of The Earth’
FDA Approves A New, Non-Opioid Painkiller | Deep, Multi-Layer Oceans On Uranus And Neptune?
Most Powerful Neutrino Ever Is Detected In the Mediterranean | Nerdy Valentines
‘Common Side Effects’ And An All-Healing Mushroom | The Unique Smell Of Snow
Investigating Fraud At The Heart Of Alzheimer’s Research
Managing Wildfires Using A Centuries-Old Indigenous Practice
Can Vaping Help You Quit Cigarettes? What Are The Risks?
How Lucy Runs On A Virtual Treadmill | Comparing DeepSeek’s AI To Other Models
Scientists Create Glowing ‘RNA Lanterns’ With Bioluminescence
What’s Next For Quantum Computing In 2025?
Building Blocks Of Life Found On Asteroid Bennu
The Toxic Aftermath Of An Urban Fire
Strain Of Bird Flu Discovered In California | Understanding Bipolar Disorder Through The Genome
The Science Of Thriving In Winter—By Embracing It
The Factors That Make Bird Sounds So Diverse Across The World
Can Paxlovid Relieve Long COVID Symptoms? For Some, Yes
AI Is Coming Up With Brand New Molecules, Fueling Drug Discovery
Trump Administration Cancels Meetings, Freezes Hiring At NIH | What Is A Meme Coin?
Why Editors At Scientific Journals Are Resigning En Masse
This January, See A ‘Planet Parade’ In The Night Sky
‘Orbital’ Imagines The Inner Lives Of Astronauts On The ISS
Fire Risk To Homes Where Cities And Wildlands Meet
2 Private Lunar Landers | Cervical Cancer Deaths Plummet, Experts Credit HPV Vaccine
‘Artificial General Intelligence’ Is Apparently Coming. What Is It?
NASA Considers Cheaper Ways To Retrieve Mars Samples | How Does A Hula Hoop Stay Up?
Surgeon General Highlights Link Between Alcohol And Cancer
First U.S. Bird Flu Death Raises Concerns About Preparedness
Meet Flora Lichtman | Los Angeles Wildfires Stoked By Santa Ana Winds
What Lichen Tell Us About Ecology, Air Quality, And More
Biologists Call For A Halt To ‘Mirror Life’ Research
The Breakthrough Technologies To Watch In 2025
What Scientists Have Learned From 125 Years Of Bird Counts
Scientists Predict Loss Of Deep Snow In Most Of U.S.
Jane Goodall On Life Among Chimpanzees
The Science That Captivated SciFri’s Reporters In 2024
Health, Astronomy, And Climate Experts On 2024’s Coolest Science
Meet Leaders Of 3 Local Conservation Projects | Preserving ‘Space Junk’ Left On Mars
The Top Dino Discoveries Of 2024 | Can Spiking Eggnog Kill Bacteria From Raw Eggs?
Parker Solar Probe Will Make Closest-Ever Approach To Sun
If ‘Interstellar’ Were Made Today, What Would Be Different?
Farewell, Murder Hornet | What FAA Regulations Tell Us About Mysterious Drone Sightings
How Blind Women In India Detect Early Breast Cancer | Web-Slinging Silk Becomes Real
8.5 Hours Of Daily Sitting Linked To Higher BMI And Cholesterol
The Accidental Discovery That Gave Us ‘Forever Chemicals’ | A Pregnancy Play Inspired By Mushroom Research
How Empire and Environmental Destruction Go Hand-In-Hand
The Universe Is Expanding Faster Than Expected | Are Food Recalls Actually On The Rise?
You Share Your Gut Microbiome With Your Friends
Marie Curie And The Women Scientists Who Became Her Legacy
Protecting Against Poison Exposure This Holiday Season
2024’s Best Science Books For Kids
Supreme Court Case On Regulation Of Vapes | Predicting Lithium-Ion Battery Explosions
A Theatrical Tribute To Unexpected Science
'They Might Be Giants' Sings About Science
What Was It Like To Witness The End Of The Dinosaurs?
A Nobel Prize For Chemistry Work ‘Totally Separate From Biology’
Alan Alda Reflects On Life With Parkinson’s
A Horn Of Potato Plenty | Adding Marbling To Fake Meat For An Extra-Realistic Bite
A Nutritionist Clarifies Some Common Health Claims
Restoring Drinking Water After Hurricane Helene | Oyster Shell Reefs And Sea Level Rise
50 Years Of Science With Lucy, Our Famous Early Ancestor
SpaceX’s Starship Completes In-Orbit Engine Test | Resuscitating Shipwrecked Rye Seeds
Chef Jack Bishop Breaks Down ‘The Science of Good Cooking’
Bacteriophages Lurk In Your Bathroom, But Don’t Worry
Managing Invasive Plants And Ticks Together | Clue Into The Evolution Of The Bird Brain
The Gurgling, Growling History Of The Gut
At COP29, The World’s Top Polluters Are No-Shows | Walking Pneumonia Is Spiking
Oliver Sacks Searched The Brain For The Origins Of Music
CAR-T Cell Therapy For Autoimmune Diseases | Measuring Early Life Adversity—In Marmots
Your Arm Position Can Make Blood Pressure Readings Inaccurate
Why Do We Keep Widening Highways If It Doesn’t Reduce Traffic?
Ballot Measures Passed To Protect Abortion Rights | New Largest Prime Number
Chickens Have Friendships And Reputations | Tourist Photos May Help Map Penguin Colonies
The Clean Air Act Has Saved Millions Of Lives—But Gaps Remain
How Does Long-Distance Running Affect Your Body?
Gender-Affirming Care Is On The Line In This Election
Maine Offshore Wind Auction Draws Few Bids | An Artist Combines Indigenous Textiles With Modern Tech
After A Park Fire, Milkweed Bloomed | The ‘Creepy’ Procedure That Taps Into Young Blood
How Insects Changed The World—And Human Cultures
The Science Behind Third-Trimester Abortions
How Aging Water Systems Are Pushing Sewage Into U.S. Homes
Did Dinosaur Flight Evolve More Than Once? | Biodiversity’s Biggest Event Is Underway
How Do Animals Understand Death?
MRIs Show How The Brain Changes During Pregnancy
How Metaphor Shapes Science | Intertwining The Lives Of Moths And Humans Through Music
NASA’s Europa Clipper Heads To Jupiter’s Icy Moon Europa
Pandas Return To Washington, D.C. | A Lesser-Known Grain Called Kernza
How Health Misinformation Spreads | A Play About Ben Franklin And His Son
Searching The Universe For Clues To The Ultra-Small
What Makes ‘SuperAgers’ Stay Healthy For So Long?
Asheville Was Never A ‘Climate Haven.’ Nowhere Is.
The Science Behind Hurricane Milton | ‘Unsettling’ Warm Water In Lake Michigan
How Campaigns Use Psychology To Get Out The Vote
How Gut Microbes Are Linked To Stress Resilience
How Magnetic Brain Stimulation Helps Relieve Depression
How The Origin Of Life On Earth Can Help Find Life In Space
Hurricane Helene's Effect On The Global Tech Industry | A Stretchy Band-Aid For The Heart
Herbicides Approved For Public Land | Hidden Physics In Van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’
Improving Hospitals’ Support For Teens In Mental Health Crises
Greenhouse Gases From Anesthesia | Fighting Militarization In The Mariana Islands
Empowering Older Adults To Step Up For The Climate
Microsoft Makes Deal To Restart Three Mile Island | Fish That Use Their Legs To Taste
Former NIH Director Reflects On Public Mistrust In Science
How Are AI Chatbots Changing Scientific Publishing?
These Artists Serve Up Environmental Crises Through Food
Surgeon General Takes On Parental Stress And Mental Health
Earth May Once Have Had A Ring Like Saturn | An AI For Sand
Physicists Create Heaviest Antimatter Nucleus | Bird Species May Team Up For Migration
Your Questions About The Updated COVID Vaccines, Answered
To Confront Climate Change, Imagine Getting It Right
What Research Shows About Smartphone Bans In Schools
First Citizen Spacewalk | First Successful Whole-Eye Transplant, Over A Year Later
‘Time Capsule’ Rocks And Earth’s Mantle | Genetically Engineering Stronger Wood
To This Neuroscientist, Cows Are Like Puppies
Fishing For—And Saving—Sharks | Scientists Identify ‘ManhattAnt’ Spreading Across NYC
Using DNA To Boost Digital Data Storage And Processing
An Asteroid Impact, Spotted In Advance | Extreme Heat Is Making Learning More Difficult
Dino-Killing Asteroid Was Rich In Carbon | The Dogs Sniffing Out Spotted Lanternflies
Why Eels Are So Mysterious—And In Demand
Webb Telescope Data Point To Six ‘Rogue Worlds’
Could ‘Season Creep’ Affect Human Behavior?
Mosquito-Borne Diseases Are Spreading | ‘Slingshot’ And A Space Mission Gone Wrong
The History Of Teeth, From Ancient Fish To Humans
Errors On Death Certificates May Be Skewing Mortality Data
Astronaut Cady Coleman On ‘Sharing Space’
Protecting Sequoias From Wildfire Gets Tricky | Ancient Cave Art And Human Creativity
Plastic In Human Brains | Local Anesthetics Recommended For IUD Insertion
Don’t Just Walk In The Woods—Touch, Smell, and Taste Them, Too
Are Space Elevators Really A Possibility?
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
Indigenous Nations Are Fighting To Take Back Their Data