Science Friday
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Pope Leo's encyclical on AI, and the Vatican science advisors
May 27, 202618 min
Bizarre exoplanet clouds + Counting insects with weather radar
May 26, 202620 min
A trailblazing geneticist reflects on her life and work
May 25, 202647 min
Is that spooky old house full of ghosts, or just infrasound?
May 22, 202617 min
How do clinical trials work, and who can participate?
May 21, 202621 min
Use of herbicide linked to Parkinson's is on the rise in the US
May 20, 202612 min
Why does fashion repeat in 20-year cycles? Math has the answer
May 19, 202615 min
Earth's ancient hydrogen, and fossilized vomit
May 18, 202617 min
How yawning might help clear dirty fluid from the brain
May 15, 202618 min
The new frontier of cancer research is in space
May 14, 202617 min
Who's composing music for my washing machine?
May 13, 202617 min
How El Niño shapes the world’s weather trends
May 12, 202612 min
Planning your photo ops for a trip around the moon
May 11, 202618 min
Understanding the gynecological health crisis facing Black women
May 8, 202617 min
Data about your body is up for sale. Who's buying it?
May 7, 202611 min
Sci-fi thriller combines aliens, robots, and Cherokee culture
May 6, 202617 min
Beavers could be humans' biggest ally, if we let them
May 5, 202620 min
Searching for dark matter, deep in the Earth
May 4, 202614 min
The decades-long movement to kill FEMA
May 2, 202612 min
What cats and dogs hear + A 'smell map' of the nose
May 1, 202617 min
How do you study microplastics in a plastic-filled lab?
Apr 30, 202610 min
What is ibogaine, and why is it in the news?
Apr 29, 202619 min
The long history of birds, from velociraptors to pigeons
Apr 28, 202621 min
Your DNA is constantly mutating, and that’s a good thing
Apr 27, 202617 min
Maine nearly became the first state to ban data centers
Apr 25, 202612 min
What urban design tells us about democracy
Apr 24, 202617 min
Listening for the cosmic ‘dark ages,’ from the lunar far side
Apr 23, 202612 min
How do you describe nature? Two poets help us
Apr 22, 202623 min
The lucky breaks that make our Earth home
Apr 21, 202617 min
How New Jersey tamped down PFAS in drinking water
Apr 20, 202612 min
How a particle accelerator illuminated 56 human organs
Apr 17, 202617 min
Simone Giertz’s journey from robot comedy to high-end design
Apr 16, 202618 min
When a dolphin whistles, what does it mean?
Apr 15, 202614 min
Inside the lives of astronauts’ families
Apr 14, 202618 min
Green stuff, brown stuff: Secrets to a great compost pile
Apr 13, 202617 min
Why so many studies can’t be replicated
Apr 11, 202618 min
How a sound designer gave an alien its voice (and 250 words)
Apr 10, 202618 min
Can GLP-1 drugs treat addiction?
Apr 9, 202619 min
What a sperm whale’s birth tells us about whale culture
Apr 8, 202612 min
Is the US backing out of the electric vehicle market?
Apr 7, 202613 min
Can algae help pull microplastics out of our water supply?
Apr 6, 202613 min
Artemis II test flight heads toward the moon
Apr 3, 202618 min
Should Pluto be a planet again?
Apr 2, 202619 min
How to poop better, according to a gastroenterologist
Apr 1, 202628 min
Harnessing the superpowers of silk
Mar 31, 202618 min
CERN finds a new particle + News alerts for the cosmos
Mar 30, 202612 min
Move over, vibe-coding. Vibe-proving is here for math
Mar 27, 202618 min
Is Punch the monkey really just like us?
Mar 26, 202612 min
Could bird flu still spark a pandemic?
Mar 25, 202618 min
The secret powers of flowers
Mar 24, 202616 min