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Science Friday

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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.

Science Friday

Underwater archeology reveals clues about Ice Age humans

Climate change is increasing hurricane risk for Hawaiʻi

Bringing hard electronics into soft and squishy bodies

What is lymphatic drainage, anyway?

Hot flashes, hormone therapy, and the science of perimenopause

Telling the tale of human origins, one fossil tooth at a time

Did the fire at the Library of Alexandria set humanity back?

Black bears are moving into the neighborhood. How do we coexist?

Is a shorter course of antibiotics OK? + Genetic risk of fibromyalgia

Why cannabis’s health effects are so hard to study

Did scientists just find a dark matter particle? Maybe

Why physics and philosophy need each other

Recall rodeo: A food safety update + Why cars are catching fire

Is there science behind the ‘nervous system reset’?

For Jennifer Chayes, math is a 'native tongue'

What an mRNA melanoma vaccine may mean for cancer treatment

Why it's so hard to tell the age of a fungus

The power of the stories we tell about the ocean

What should astronauts do first when they reach Mars?

AI is everywhere in healthcare now. Doctors are conflicted

How much worse was that storm because of climate change?

How GPS shaped our world

The ancient Roman doctrine guiding modern environmental fights

What are the mysterious ‘little red dots’ in images of space?

Could we live in a dinosaur world?

Do microplastics in the body affect pregnancy?

Making a case for physicists to join climate research

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

What can moments of lucidity teach us about Alzheimer’s?

Colorado’s snow drought deals a major blow to recreation

How do you find a ‘lost’ species?

What we get wrong about vaccine hesitancy

Why this lab studies the speed of bug pee and other curiosities

Some primates undergo even more extreme childbirth than humans

Deb Haaland is a politician, and proud of it

Sitting all day is terrible for us. Moving a little can help

A Nagasaki survivor and physician recounts his life's work

What do people eat? Plant and animal DNA in sewage provide clues

3D images of galaxies will rock you (ft. Queen)

The evolution of an enzyme engineer who changed chemistry

Why is brain cancer so hard to treat?

How can astronaut food be better?

The reality of living with extreme heat in India

Tracking shark populations, one shark at a time

The Black women codebreakers of the Cold War

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

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

Peering through dust clouds to the center of the galaxy

Why a paper about relocating coastal communities hit a nerve

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

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

A space telescope launch + Alvin submersible check-up

How does a tick bite cause a red meat allergy?

What will our reaction be when we discover aliens?

Beautiful botflies, luscious leeches, and the wonder of parasites

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

Reconnecting with the night sky and reining in light pollution

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

How does the gut-brain connection work?

Investigating ‘flow state’ with the bassist from Phish

How the US patent system keeps drug prices high

What was science like in America 250 years ago?

An artificial cell eats, grows, and reproduces. Is it alive?

Growing lunar potatoes + Dealing with razor-sharp moon dust

Even Nobel Prize winners deal with imposter syndrome

Squirrel poop drops Ice Age clues + The neuroscience of laughter

Promising new treatments for pancreatic cancer and ALS

That chlorine smell at the pool? It’s pee

Under proposed rule, science funding must pass political review

Can you learn to love the scorpion?

FDA approves a well-known sunscreen ingredient—finally

Why do sports announcers talk like that?

Swords, cannibalism, poison: inside the world of killer microbes

When music transports you to a different place

A vast whale graveyard + Zombie sea cucumbers

Should we bring mountain lions back to the Northeast?

Blue Origin explosion hits NASA timeline + Artemis III crew

Why can I handle tequila but not rum?

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