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.
1281 episodes transcribedAround 25 years ago, Ardem Patapoutian set out to investigate the fundamental biology behind our sense of touch. Through a long process of gene elimin...
Over the last five years, billions of people have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine. New research has found an unanticipated resul...
One of the biggest debates in the dinosaur world is what was happening right before they went extinct. Were they already declining, or would they have...
As Black Friday approaches, you’re probably being inundated with ads for bigger, better televisions. But just how good is good enough? Are there limit...
Decades ago, non-native carp were brought onto fish farms on the Mississippi River to control algae and parasites. They escaped, thrived, and eventual...
Axolotls are one of the most charismatic and beloved amphibians out there. But did you know that there’s only one place in the whole world where you c...
Endometriosis is a painful disease that occurs when endometrium-like tissue grows outside of the uterus. It’s extremely common—if you have a uterus, y...
We've figured out how to harness renewable energy from many natural systems, like solar, wind, and geothermal power. But what about the ocean’s waves?...
For Halloween, we bring you an ode to three quintessentially creepy creatures: bats, arachnids, and snakes. First, bat researcher Elena Tena joins Hos...
There’s an established playbook for getting one’s affairs in order before death—create a will, name legal guardians, and so on. But there’s also a new...
At first blush, the plots of many horror movies don’t seem particularly appealing. Take “The Shining”: A murderous psychopath tries to kill his family...
For decades, peanut allergies were on the rise in the US. But a study released on October 20 found that peanut allergies in babies and young children...
Bacteria have been around for billions of years. Could they have come up with complex behaviors that we just don’t understand yet? Could they have the...
After years of development, lab-grown fish is taste-test ready for the public. Four restaurants in the US are serving up cultivated salmon made by the...
Do science documentaries need a refresh? What if the goal wasn’t just teaching you something, but making you feel something? A new series from the BBC...
TikTok and other social media sites are full of mental health content—often short, grabby, first-person videos detailing symptoms for conditions like...
We’re taking a polar plunge into the science of sea unicorns, also known as narwhals!Narwhals are mysterious arctic whales with long, twirly tusks pro...
Astrophysicists may have spotted evidence for “dark stars,” an unusual type of star that could possibly have existed in the earliest days of the unive...
AI is everywhere these days, and though there’s debate about how useful it is, one area where experts think it could be game-changing is scientific re...
It’s easy to take maps for granted. After all, most of us have a pretty good map in our pockets at all times, ready to show us how to get anywhere on...
