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Covering the outer reaches of space to the tiniest microbes in our bodies, Science Friday is the source for entertaining and educational stories about science, technology, and other cool stuff.
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Sitting all day is terrible for us. Moving a little can help
Science Friday · 18m

A Nagasaki survivor and physician recounts his life's work
Science Friday · 18m

What do people eat? Plant and animal DNA in sewage provide clues
Science Friday · 12m

3D images of galaxies will rock you (ft. Queen)
Science Friday · 22m

The evolution of an enzyme engineer who changed chemistry
Science Friday · 30m

Why is brain cancer so hard to treat?
Science Friday · 17m

How can astronaut food be better?
Science Friday · 17m

The reality of living with extreme heat in India
Science Friday · 14m

Tracking shark populations, one shark at a time
Science Friday · 18m

The Black women codebreakers of the Cold War
Science Friday · 12m

Asha de Vos’ journey from deck hand to marine science leader
Science Friday · 18m

Why worry about my data If I have nothing to hide?
Science Friday · 16m

Peering through dust clouds to the center of the galaxy
Science Friday · 30m

Why a paper about relocating coastal communities hit a nerve
Science Friday · 12m

How do you piece together what life was like in Pompeii?
Science Friday · 22m

Hold the lettuce: Updates on the 'explosive' cyclospora outbreak
Science Friday · 12m

A space telescope launch + Alvin submersible check-up
Science Friday · 17m

How does a tick bite cause a red meat allergy?
Science Friday · 17m

What will our reaction be when we discover aliens?
Science Friday · 18m

Beautiful botflies, luscious leeches, and the wonder of parasites
Science Friday · 19m

China's booming biotech, from a brain implant to drug discovery
Science Friday · 18m

Reconnecting with the night sky and reining in light pollution
Science Friday · 17m

Amid shifting politics, can we build stable global health systems?
Science Friday · 18m

How does the gut-brain connection work?
Science Friday · 36m

Investigating ‘flow state’ with the bassist from Phish
Science Friday · 18m

How the US patent system keeps drug prices high
Science Friday · 12m

What was science like in America 250 years ago?
Science Friday · 29m

An artificial cell eats, grows, and reproduces. Is it alive?
Science Friday · 18m

Growing lunar potatoes + Dealing with razor-sharp moon dust
Science Friday · 17m

Even Nobel Prize winners deal with imposter syndrome
Science Friday · 36m

Squirrel poop drops Ice Age clues + The neuroscience of laughter
Science Friday · 17m

Promising new treatments for pancreatic cancer and ALS
Science Friday · 18m

That chlorine smell at the pool? It’s pee
Science Friday · 12m

Under proposed rule, science funding must pass political review
Science Friday · 12m

Can you learn to love the scorpion?
Science Friday · 18m

FDA approves a well-known sunscreen ingredient—finally
Science Friday · 12m

Why do sports announcers talk like that?
Science Friday · 13m

Swords, cannibalism, poison: inside the world of killer microbes
Science Friday · 21m

When music transports you to a different place
Science Friday · 18m

A vast whale graveyard + Zombie sea cucumbers
Science Friday · 18m

Should we bring mountain lions back to the Northeast?
Science Friday · 12m

Blue Origin explosion hits NASA timeline + Artemis III crew
Science Friday · 12m

Why can I handle tequila but not rum?
Science Friday · 21m

AI + turfgrass science in the most high-tech World Cup yet
Science Friday · 19m

How extreme athletes like Alex Honnold keep their cool
Science Friday · 22m

Parenting tips from the animal kingdom
Science Friday · 21m

Wait, is my washing machine playing Schubert?
Science Friday · 6m

A virus hunter in Nigeria has thoughts on the Ebola outbreak
Science Friday · 20m

How did Neanderthals deal with illness and injuries?
Science Friday · 18m

Looking for life in the clouds of Venus
Science Friday · 27m

Meet the drug developer taking on wildlife diseases
Science Friday · 12m

Can the shingles vaccine stave off dementia?
Science Friday · 17m

Inside the Nebraska quarantine facility responding to hantavirus
Science Friday · 12m

Surveying wildlife along Lewis and Clark's route, 220 years later
Science Friday · 17m

Pope Leo's encyclical on AI, and the Vatican science advisors
Science Friday · 18m

Bizarre exoplanet clouds + Counting insects with weather radar
Science Friday · 20m

A trailblazing geneticist reflects on her life and work
Science Friday · 47m

Is that spooky old house full of ghosts, or just infrasound?
Science Friday · 17m

How do clinical trials work, and who can participate?
Science Friday · 21m

Use of herbicide linked to Parkinson's is on the rise in the US
Science Friday · 12m

Why does fashion repeat in 20-year cycles? Math has the answer
Science Friday · 15m

Earth's ancient hydrogen, and fossilized vomit
Science Friday · 17m

How yawning might help clear dirty fluid from the brain
Science Friday · 18m

The new frontier of cancer research is in space
Science Friday · 17m

Who's composing music for my washing machine?
Science Friday · 17m

How El Niño shapes the world’s weather trends
Science Friday · 12m

Planning your photo ops for a trip around the moon
Science Friday · 18m

Understanding the gynecological health crisis facing Black women
Science Friday · 17m

Data about your body is up for sale. Who's buying it?
Science Friday · 11m

Sci-fi thriller combines aliens, robots, and Cherokee culture
Science Friday · 17m

Beavers could be humans' biggest ally, if we let them
Science Friday · 20m

Searching for dark matter, deep in the Earth
Science Friday · 14m

The decades-long movement to kill FEMA
Science Friday · 12m

What cats and dogs hear + A 'smell map' of the nose
Science Friday · 17m

How do you study microplastics in a plastic-filled lab?
Science Friday · 10m

What is ibogaine, and why is it in the news?
Science Friday · 19m

The long history of birds, from velociraptors to pigeons
Science Friday · 21m

Your DNA is constantly mutating, and that’s a good thing
Science Friday · 17m

Maine nearly became the first state to ban data centers
Science Friday · 12m

What urban design tells us about democracy
Science Friday · 17m

Listening for the cosmic ‘dark ages,’ from the lunar far side
Science Friday · 12m

How do you describe nature? Two poets help us
Science Friday · 23m

The lucky breaks that make our Earth home
Science Friday · 17m

How New Jersey tamped down PFAS in drinking water
Science Friday · 12m

How a particle accelerator illuminated 56 human organs
Science Friday · 17m

Simone Giertz’s journey from robot comedy to high-end design
Science Friday · 18m

When a dolphin whistles, what does it mean?
Science Friday · 14m

Inside the lives of astronauts’ families
Science Friday · 18m

Green stuff, brown stuff: Secrets to a great compost pile
Science Friday · 17m

Why so many studies can’t be replicated
Science Friday · 18m

How a sound designer gave an alien its voice (and 250 words)
Science Friday · 18m

Can GLP-1 drugs treat addiction?
Science Friday · 19m

What a sperm whale’s birth tells us about whale culture
Science Friday · 12m

Is the US backing out of the electric vehicle market?
Science Friday · 13m

Can algae help pull microplastics out of our water supply?
Science Friday · 13m

Artemis II test flight heads toward the moon
Science Friday · 18m

Should Pluto be a planet again?
Science Friday · 19m

How to poop better, according to a gastroenterologist
Science Friday · 28m

Harnessing the superpowers of silk
Science Friday · 18m

CERN finds a new particle + News alerts for the cosmos
Science Friday · 12m

Move over, vibe-coding. Vibe-proving is here for math
Science Friday · 18m

Is Punch the monkey really just like us?
Science Friday · 12m

Could bird flu still spark a pandemic?
Science Friday · 18m

The secret powers of flowers
Science Friday · 16m

Apple: trying to think different for 50 years
Science Friday · 17m

‘Project Hail Mary’ brings a new kind of alien to the big screen
Science Friday · 24m

Building a digital ant gallery, from the ground up
Science Friday · 12m

The heaviness and (not) hope of climate change
Science Friday · 18m

Could a ‘digital twin’ help you get better health care?
Science Friday · 17m

Who uses Farmers’ Almanacs? + Zebra finch home design
Science Friday · 18m

Slow Breaking News: A Giant Tortoise Revival
Science Friday · 12m

How Is AI Being Used In The Iran War?
Science Friday · 14m

Is There Science Behind The ‘Nervous System Reset’?
Science Friday · 17m

AI Music Is On The Charts. Where Does It Go From Here?
Science Friday · 21m

The Surprising Science Of Why Sneakers Squeak
Science Friday · 14m

Can ‘Suggestion-Box Science’ Make Public Health More Useful?
Science Friday · 17m

Fixing Society's Toughest Problems? ‘It’s On You’
Science Friday · 18m

3D Images Of Galaxies Will Rock You (Ft. Queen)
Science Friday · 22m

Slow Release Of Federal Science Funds Holds Up Research
Science Friday · 12m

The Evolution Of An Enzyme Engineer Who Changed Chemistry
Science Friday · 29m

The Art And Science Of Staving Off Cognitive Decline
Science Friday · 17m

Into the Woods, From Chestnut Genetics To Tiny Forests
Science Friday · 18m

EPA Rescinds The Legal Basis For Regulating Greenhouse Gases
Science Friday · 12m

How One Gene Affects Alzheimer’s Risk
Science Friday · 12m

Are My THC Gummies Going Away?
Science Friday · 18m

Why Aren’t There Biomarkers For Mental Illness?
Science Friday · 12m

Autism Rates Appear To Be Even Across Sexes. Diagnosis Is Not
Science Friday · 18m

AMA Joins Effort To Launch Independent Vaccine Review Panel
Science Friday · 12m

What A Snow Drought In The West Means For The Rest Of 2026
Science Friday · 17m

Jump, Spin, Glide: The Science Of Figure Skating
Science Friday · 17m

How Are State-Run Psilocybin Therapy Programs Going?
Science Friday · 19m

A Little Grime Can Boost Kids’ Health. But What Kind?
Science Friday · 17m

Mating, Marriage, And Monogamy In The Age Of Apps
Science Friday · 17m

What A Tea Party With A Bonobo Taught Us About Imagination
Science Friday · 12m

How Is Screen Time Affecting My Kid?
Science Friday · 23m

Who Wants To Smell An Ancient Embalmed Mummy?
Science Friday · 19m

Stressed About The World? Take A Cue From Cyanobacteria
Science Friday · 17m

The Largest US Particle Collider Stops Its Collisions
Science Friday · 12m

Olympic Ski Mountaineering, And Mountain Goat Climbing Feats
Science Friday · 18m

Why Worry About My Data If I Have Nothing To Hide?
Science Friday · 16m

Should Ultraprocessed Foods Be Off The Menu?
Science Friday · 29m

The Growing Experiment Of Putting Solar Panels On Farmland
Science Friday · 22m

We’re All Being Played By Metrics
Science Friday · 29m

The Middle + SciFri: How Can Trust In Science Be Restored?
Science Friday · 20m

Untangling The History Of Dog Domestication
Science Friday · 17m

A Science Historian Tackles Ghostwriting In Scientific Papers
Science Friday · 20m

How China Is Driving Down Electricity Costs With Renewables
Science Friday · 12m

Managing The Risks Of Spaceflight, 40 Years After Challenger
Science Friday · 18m

How A Mutation Made This Year’s Flu Season So Bad
Science Friday · 12m

Tracking The Toxic Fallout Of The LA Fires
Science Friday · 17m

Deepfakes Are Everywhere. What Can We Do?
Science Friday · 22m

Looking Beyond Statins For New Ways To Lower Cholesterol
Science Friday · 29m

States Expected To See More ‘Anti-Science’ Bills This Year
Science Friday · 16m

What’s Happening On The Slippery Surface Of Ice?
Science Friday · 12m

Teasing Apart The Causes And Early Signs Of Parkinson’s
Science Friday · 18m

What Greenland Sharks Are Teaching Us About Aging Eyes
Science Friday · 17m

Secrets Of Ancient Concrete, And... Data Centers In Space?
Science Friday · 18m

One Year Into Trump’s Term, Where Does Science Funding Stand?
Science Friday · 18m

Drilling Into The Details Of Venezuela’s Oil
Science Friday · 12m

‘The Kissing Bug’ And The Story Of A Neglected Disease
Science Friday · 18m

Are Raccoons On The Road To Domestication?
Science Friday · 18m

The Community Group Rethinking LA's Approach To Wildfires
Science Friday · 14m

What Should Astronauts Do First When They Reach Mars?
Science Friday · 17m

Can The Rise In Solar Power Balance Out Clean Energy Cuts?
Science Friday · 17m

Are Ultramarathoners Just Built Different?
Science Friday · 17m

Your Cells Are Always Building A Whole New You
Science Friday · 18m

A Look Back At 2025 In Science, From Federal Cuts To Space Junk
Science Friday · 15m

How Death Metal Singers Make Their Extreme Vocalizations
Science Friday · 13m

What The Sigma Is Algospeak?
Science Friday · 18m

Tangling With Entanglement And Other Big Ideas In Physics
Science Friday · 35m

The Science Of Thriving In Winter—By Embracing It
Science Friday · 17m

A Neurologist Investigates His Own Musical Hallucinations
Science Friday · 10m

‘Prehistoric Planet’ Defrosts Strange Animals Of The Ice Age
Science Friday · 17m

How Did Vaccine Policies Actually Change In 2025?
Science Friday · 12m

Why Astronomers Are Excited About Comet 3I/ATLAS’ Close Approach
Science Friday · 18m

‘Fire Amoeba’ Likes It Hot, And A Faraway Lava Planet
Science Friday · 18m

What’s The Reality Behind The Humanoid Robot Hype?
Science Friday · 12m

'Just' A Blue Jay? Don't Overlook These Magnificent Common Birds
Science Friday · 17m

Can We Just Throw Our Plastic Garbage Into A Volcano?
Science Friday · 17m

How Did Ancient Humans Use The Acoustics Of Spaces Like Caves?
Science Friday · 18m

What The Sounds Of Melting Glaciers Can Tell Us
Science Friday · 18m

How A Fringe Idea Led To Lifesaving Cancer Treatments
Science Friday · 30m

Why Is Bubonic Plague Still With Us?
Science Friday · 12m

Don’t Let Their Name Fool You—Sea Slugs Are Awesome
Science Friday · 23m

As Companies Build Data Centers For AI, Communities Push Back
Science Friday · 11m

A Toast To Bats That Pollinate Agave, And Tracking Monarchs
Science Friday · 18m

A Startling Plan To Save Spotted Owls—From Barred Owls
Science Friday · 16m

Can A Microbe Conservation Movement Take Off?
Science Friday · 12m

How To Tap Into The Hidden Histories Of Rocks
Science Friday · 19m

Fingernails And Indigestion At The 2025 Ig Nobel Prizes
Science Friday · 47m

Why Is Working Out Good For Your Mental Health?
Science Friday · 17m

Everything You Never Knew About Squash And Pumpkins
Science Friday · 12m

Where Does Plastic And Other Trash Go After We Throw It Away?
Science Friday · 18m

‘A Many-Headed Beast’: Telling The Story Of Cancer
Science Friday · 18m

African Grey Parrots Are Popular—And It’s Fueling Illegal Trade
Science Friday · 13m

Attention, Trivia Nerds! It’s A Food Science Fact Feast
Science Friday · 12m

Can Animal Super-Agers Teach Us Their Secrets?
Science Friday · 18m

How Alphafold Has Changed Biology Research, 5 Years On
Science Friday · 18m

How A Woodpecker Pecks Wood, And How Ants Crown A Queen
Science Friday · 18m

Memories Change. But Can We Change Them On Purpose?
Science Friday · 18m

Bearded Vulture Nests Hold Trove Of Centuries-Old Artifacts
Science Friday · 12m

Why The Bassist From Phish Is Funding Research Into ‘Flow State’
Science Friday · 18m

Even Nobel Prize Winners Deal With Imposter Syndrome
Science Friday · 35m

Study Finds COVID mRNA Vaccines Boost Cancer Treatment
Science Friday · 13m

Were Dinos On Their Way Out Before The Asteroid Hit? Maybe Not
Science Friday · 18m

Is There Such A Thing As Too Much Resolution On A TV?
Science Friday · 18m

Can A Billion-Dollar Barricade Keep Carp Out Of The Great Lakes?
Science Friday · 19m

Inside The Race To Save Wild Axolotls
Science Friday · 12m

Endometriosis Is Common. Why Is Getting Diagnosed So Hard?
Science Friday · 18m

Why Hasn’t Wave Energy Gotten Its Sea Legs Yet?
Science Friday · 18m

A Halloween Monster Mashup, And A Spooky Lakes Tour
Science Friday · 30m

What Happens To Your Digital Presence After You Die?
Science Friday · 18m

Why Morbid Curiosity Is So Common—And So Fun
Science Friday · 17m

Peanut Allergies In Kids Are Finally On The Decline
Science Friday · 12m

How Do Bacteria Talk To Each Other?
Science Friday · 23m

A Lab-Grown Salmon Taste Test And More Foodie Innovations
Science Friday · 30m

What Did It Feel Like To Be An Early Human?
Science Friday · 18m

TikTok Is Shaping How We Think About ADHD
Science Friday · 18m

Footage Shows How Narwhals Use Tusks To Hunt And Play
Science Friday · 12m

Have Astrophysicists Spotted Evidence For ‘Dark Stars’?
Science Friday · 13m

AI Was Supposed To Discover New Drugs. Where Are They?
Science Friday · 17m

How Math Helps Us Map The World
Science Friday · 18m

The Science Of Replacing Body Parts, From Hair To Hearts
Science Friday · 18m

It’s Not Just You—Bad Food Habits Are Hard To Shake
Science Friday · 18m

100 Years Later, Quantum Science Is Still Weird
Science Friday · 18m

An Off-The-Grid Nobel Win, And Antibiotics In Ancient Microbes
Science Friday · 18m

World Space Week And Promising Climate Tech Companies
Science Friday · 25m

The Story Behind The Largest Dam Removal In U.S. History
Science Friday · 20m

How Archaeologists Try To Smell, Hear, And Taste The Past
Science Friday · 18m

Moth Survival Strategies And A Rodent Thumbnail Mystery
Science Friday · 18m

As The CDC Falters, How Do We Fill Public Health Gaps?
Science Friday · 12m

Anthropologists Have A Bone To Pick With New Skull Finding
Science Friday · 12m

Remembering Primatologist Jane Goodall
Science Friday · 17m

What Do We Know About SSRI Antidepressant Withdrawal?
Science Friday · 18m

Asha de Vos’ Journey From Deck Hand To Marine Science Leader
Science Friday · 18m

Why Painters Are Obsessed With The Duck Stamp Art Contest
Science Friday · 19m

Can Better Equipment Eliminate Concussions In Sports?
Science Friday · 18m

Is Tylenol Use During Pregnancy Connected To Autism?
Science Friday · 12m

How AI Advances Are Improving Humanoid Robots
Science Friday · 18m

The High-Tech Lab Unlocking Secrets Of Coral Reproduction
Science Friday · 18m

The Humble Microbe Could Help Us Understand Life Itself
Science Friday · 12m

Raising A New Generation Of Bat Conservationists In West Africa
Science Friday · 18m

How Conservation Efforts Brought Rare Birds Back From The Brink
Science Friday · 18m

Teamwork Between Species Is The Key To Life Itself
Science Friday · 18m

If An Asteroid Were Headed For Earth, Would We Be Ready?
Science Friday · 18m

A Trailblazing Geneticist Reflects On Her Life And Work
Science Friday · 48m

What The Label Of ‘Genius’ Tells Us About Our Society
Science Friday · 18m

The Human Obsession With Aliens Goes Way, Way Back
Science Friday · 25m

A Delicious But Invasive Mushroom Could Affect Fungal Diversity
Science Friday · 19m

A Photographer Captures Nature In Mind-Boggling Detail
Science Friday · 18m

How Shoddy Science Is Driving A Supplement Boom
Science Friday · 19m

Octopuses Use Suckers To ‘Taste’ Harmful Microbes
Science Friday · 19m

After CDC Director Is Ousted, More Senior Officials Resign
Science Friday · 13m

Meet 3I/Atlas, An Object From Another Solar System
Science Friday · 18m

How Common Household Products Pollute Our Indoor Air
Science Friday · 13m

The Shape-Shifting Science Of Sand Dunes
Science Friday · 17m

Food Science Experts On Perfecting At-Home Ice Cream
Science Friday · 18m

An ER Doctor Reflects On Hurricane Katrina, 20 Years Later
Science Friday · 25m

An Archaeologist And A Tattoo Artist Decipher Ancient Ink
Science Friday · 18m

What Lies Beneath The Outer Layers Of A Star?
Science Friday · 12m

How Have Gray Wolves Fared 30 Years After Reintroduction?
Science Friday · 12m

Are Food Dyes Really Bad For You?
Science Friday · 18m

mRNA Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise
Science Friday · 18m

Can The Rise In Solar Power Balance Out Clean Energy Cuts?
Science Friday · 18m

Decoding Fireflies’ Smelly Signals And Blinking Butts
Science Friday · 17m

The Uncertain Science Behind What We Understand As ‘Truth’
Science Friday · 18m

How Agatha Christie Used Chemistry To Kill (In Books)
Science Friday · 17m

What Do mRNA Funding Cuts Mean For Future US Research?
Science Friday · 19m

Breast Milk Is Understudied. What Are Scientists Learning Now?
Science Friday · 18m

When Headaches Are Ruining Your Life, Where Can You Turn?
Science Friday · 18m

Remembering Apollo 13 Astronaut James Lovell
Science Friday · 28m

‘Underground Atlas’ Shows How Vulnerable Fungal Networks Are
Science Friday · 18m

Lithium May Have A Role In Causing—And Treating—Alzheimer’s
Science Friday · 26m

Are Cold Plunges Actually Good For You?
Science Friday · 18m

A Nagasaki Survivor And Physician Recounts His Life's Work
Science Friday · 18m

65 Genomes Expand Our Picture Of Human Genetics
Science Friday · 18m

How The Moon Transformed Life On Earth
Science Friday · 14m

EPA Seeks To Revoke Scientific Basis For Greenhouse Gas Rules
Science Friday · 24m

You Can Whistle While You Work—But How Does A Whistle Work?
Science Friday · 17m

A Reptile’s Baffling Backfin And The Math Of Dashing Dinos
Science Friday · 18m

NASA Employees Protest Cuts In Formal Dissent Letter
Science Friday · 13m

Where Are We On The Science Of Menopause?
Science Friday · 18m

EPA To Shut Down Scientific Research Arm
Science Friday · 12m

Parker Solar Probe Captures Closest-Ever Images Of The Sun
Science Friday · 18m

Climate Change Is Upending The Home Insurance Market
Science Friday · 18m

What The Sigma Is Algospeak?
Science Friday · 18m

How Millions Of Flies Can Help Stop The New World Screwworm
Science Friday · 12m

Why Is The Scopes Trial Still Relevant 100 Years Later?
Science Friday · 18m

Why Don’t We Have A Vaccine For Lyme Disease?
Science Friday · 18m

Is This PTSD Treatment Too Good To Be True?
Science Friday · 12m

Is It Time For A New Model Of The Universe?
Science Friday · 28m

How PFAS From A Military Base Has Sickened Nearby Residents
Science Friday · 12m

The Leap: And Then The Sub Went Silent
Science Friday · 28m

How These Spiders At The Bottom Of The Sea Run On Methane
Science Friday · 7m

As Disasters Escalate, What’s The Future Of FEMA?
Science Friday · 19m

Spaghetti Science And Mouth Taping Myths
Science Friday · 18m

The Goo In Your Home Could Help Science Address Climate Change
Science Friday · 17m

How Do GLP-1 Drugs Override Our Biology?
Science Friday · 18m

The Leap: Everything Else Is Boring
Science Friday · 25m

The Seafaring Life Of ‘Modern-Day Captain Nemo,’ Robert Ballard
Science Friday · 30m
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