Science Friday

When Kemi Doll was in medical school, she learned that Black women are twice as likely to ... more

Cameras and sensors are just about everywhere, recording your face, how you walk, where yo... more

Breaking news out of eastern Oklahoma! A hole in the sky has opened. Through it, an uniden... more

Beavers are having a moment, thanks to the new Pixar movie “Hoppers.” Amid some body-swapp... more

Deep in an active nickel mine near Sudbury, Ontario, researchers are installing and calibr... more

Hurricane season officially begins in June. And in the event of a big storm, local and sta... more

Animal neuroaudiologist Pete Scheifele joins us to answer some burning questions from SciF... more

The news we hear about plastic is often alarming: We have a spoon’s worth of plastics in o... more

In mid-April, President Trump issued an executive order to set aside funding and loosen th... more

Comparing a backyard sparrow to a fearsome velociraptor seems odd, but [modern birds] (htt... more

Our bodily systems are rife with mutations. In fact, your DNA is mutating right now. These... more

Data centers make controversial neighbors: They’re loud, they use a lot of water, and can ... more

The way ancient societies like the Greeks, Maya, and Khmer Empire built their cities can t... more

What did the universe look like before any stars turned on? Astronomers call that time the... more

To mark [Earth Day] (https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/how-do-you-describe-nature-two... more

What makes Earth special, and [why are we here at all] (https://www.sciencefriday.com/segm... more

Nearly all Americans have some type of PFAS, commonly known as “forever chemicals,” in the... more

A new imaging technique using a particle accelerator is giving researchers an unprecedente... more

In the 2010s, inventor [Simone Giertz] (https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/imagining-a... more

What are dolphins actually saying with their iconic, high-pitched whistles? Dolphin commun... more

“This was not easy, being 200,000+ miles away from home. Like before you launch, it feels ... more

If you’re a gardener, thinking about getting your soil in shape probably means thinking ab... more

How do we know what we know? That's where science comes in—it gives us a method for testin... more

Movies may be a largely visual medium, but sound plays a huge role in setting tone, creati... more

GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound are prescribed for weight loss, diabetes, a... more

Scientists recently published the first footage of a [sperm whale birth] (https://www.scie... more

Last year, Chinese carmaker BYD sold millions of electric vehicles, overtaking Tesla to be... more