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

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

Science Friday

18:22Aug 12, 2026
Some primates undergo even more extreme childbirth than humans artwork

Some primates undergo even more extreme childbirth than humans

Science Friday

11:49Aug 11, 2026
Deb Haaland is a politician, and proud of it artwork

Deb Haaland is a politician, and proud of it

Science Friday

17:21Aug 10, 2026
Sitting all day is terrible for us. Moving a little can help artwork

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

Science Friday

18:59Aug 7, 2026
A Nagasaki survivor and physician recounts his life's work artwork

A Nagasaki survivor and physician recounts his life's work

Science Friday

18:18Aug 6, 2026
What do people eat? Plant and animal DNA in sewage provide clues artwork

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

Science Friday

12:32Aug 5, 2026
3D images of galaxies will rock you (ft. Queen) artwork

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

Science Friday

22:37Aug 4, 2026
The evolution of an enzyme engineer who changed chemistry artwork

The evolution of an enzyme engineer who changed chemistry

Science Friday

30:07Aug 3, 2026
Why is brain cancer so hard to treat? artwork

Why is brain cancer so hard to treat?

Science Friday

17:41Jul 31, 2026
How can astronaut food be better? artwork

How can astronaut food be better?

Science Friday

17:48Jul 30, 2026
The reality of living with extreme heat in India artwork

The reality of living with extreme heat in India

Science Friday

14:51Jul 29, 2026
Tracking shark populations, one shark at a time artwork

Tracking shark populations, one shark at a time

Science Friday

18:07Jul 28, 2026
The Black women codebreakers of the Cold War artwork

The Black women codebreakers of the Cold War

Science Friday

12:42Jul 27, 2026
Asha de Vos’ journey from deck hand to marine science leader artwork

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

Science Friday

18:09Jul 24, 2026
Why worry about my data If I have nothing to hide? artwork

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

Science Friday

16:10Jul 23, 2026
Peering through dust clouds to the center of the galaxy artwork

Peering through dust clouds to the center of the galaxy

Science Friday

30:10Jul 22, 2026
Why a paper about relocating coastal communities hit a nerve artwork

Why a paper about relocating coastal communities hit a nerve

Science Friday

12:17Jul 21, 2026
How do you piece together what life was like in Pompeii? artwork

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

Science Friday

22:13Jul 20, 2026
Hold the lettuce: Updates on the 'explosive' cyclospora outbreak artwork

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

Science Friday

12:21Jul 17, 2026
A space telescope launch + Alvin submersible check-up artwork

A space telescope launch + Alvin submersible check-up

Science Friday

17:54Jul 17, 2026
How does a tick bite cause a red meat allergy? artwork

How does a tick bite cause a red meat allergy?

Science Friday

17:58Jul 16, 2026
What will our reaction be when we discover aliens? artwork

What will our reaction be when we discover aliens?

Science Friday

18:04Jul 15, 2026
Beautiful botflies, luscious leeches, and the wonder of parasites artwork

Beautiful botflies, luscious leeches, and the wonder of parasites

Science Friday

19:49Jul 14, 2026
China's booming biotech, from a brain implant to drug discovery artwork

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

Science Friday

18:25Jul 13, 2026
Reconnecting with the night sky and reining in light pollution artwork

Reconnecting with the night sky and reining in light pollution

Science Friday

17:54Jul 10, 2026
Amid shifting politics, can we build stable global health systems? artwork

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

Science Friday

18:06Jul 9, 2026
How does the gut-brain connection work? artwork

How does the gut-brain connection work?

Science Friday

36:46Jul 8, 2026
Investigating ‘flow state’ with the bassist from Phish artwork

Investigating ‘flow state’ with the bassist from Phish

Science Friday

18:16Jul 7, 2026
How the US patent system keeps drug prices high artwork

How the US patent system keeps drug prices high

Science Friday

12:22Jul 6, 2026
What was science like in America 250 years ago? artwork

What was science like in America 250 years ago?

Science Friday

29:57Jul 3, 2026
An artificial cell eats, grows, and reproduces. Is it alive? artwork

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

Science Friday

18:01Jul 2, 2026
Growing lunar potatoes + Dealing with razor-sharp moon dust artwork

Growing lunar potatoes + Dealing with razor-sharp moon dust

Science Friday

17:40Jul 1, 2026
Even Nobel Prize winners deal with imposter syndrome artwork

Even Nobel Prize winners deal with imposter syndrome

Science Friday

36:02Jun 30, 2026
Squirrel poop drops Ice Age clues + The neuroscience of laughter artwork

Squirrel poop drops Ice Age clues + The neuroscience of laughter

Science Friday

17:46Jun 29, 2026
Promising new treatments for pancreatic cancer and ALS artwork

Promising new treatments for pancreatic cancer and ALS

Science Friday

18:52Jun 26, 2026
That chlorine smell at the pool? It’s pee artwork

That chlorine smell at the pool? It’s pee

Science Friday

12:24Jun 25, 2026
Under proposed rule, science funding must pass political review artwork

Under proposed rule, science funding must pass political review

Science Friday

12:56Jun 24, 2026
Can you learn to love the scorpion? artwork

Can you learn to love the scorpion?

Science Friday

18:00Jun 23, 2026
FDA approves a well-known sunscreen ingredient—finally artwork

FDA approves a well-known sunscreen ingredient—finally

Science Friday

12:25Jun 22, 2026
Why do sports announcers talk like that? artwork

Why do sports announcers talk like that?

Science Friday

13:14Jun 19, 2026
Swords, cannibalism, poison: inside the world of killer microbes artwork

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

Science Friday

21:14Jun 18, 2026
When music transports you to a different place artwork

When music transports you to a different place

Science Friday

18:39Jun 17, 2026
A vast whale graveyard + Zombie sea cucumbers artwork

A vast whale graveyard + Zombie sea cucumbers

Science Friday

18:03Jun 16, 2026
Should we bring mountain lions back to the Northeast? artwork

Should we bring mountain lions back to the Northeast?

Science Friday

12:39Jun 15, 2026
Blue Origin explosion hits NASA timeline + Artemis III crew artwork

Blue Origin explosion hits NASA timeline + Artemis III crew

Science Friday

12:19Jun 12, 2026
Why can I handle tequila but not rum? artwork

Why can I handle tequila but not rum?

Science Friday

21:00Jun 11, 2026
AI + turfgrass science in the most high-tech World Cup yet artwork

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

Science Friday

19:56Jun 10, 2026
How extreme athletes like Alex Honnold keep their cool artwork

How extreme athletes like Alex Honnold keep their cool

Science Friday

22:49Jun 9, 2026
Parenting tips from the animal kingdom artwork

Parenting tips from the animal kingdom

Science Friday

21:08Jun 8, 2026
Wait, is my washing machine playing Schubert? artwork

Wait, is my washing machine playing Schubert?

Science Friday

6:04Jun 6, 2026