Have you ever wanted to ask an astronaut about what it’s really like to live and work in space? Well, now’s your chance.

In a conversation from 2022, Dr. Carolyn Bertozzi discusses bioorthogonal chemistry, which could have applications in ...

This year’s Ig Nobel Prizes include awards for studying coin flipping, the movements of a dead trout, and more.

Lots of moments from “Gladiator II” are fiction. But some scientists think mock naval battles in the Colosseum totally ...

Tribes’ historic lands on the Gulf Coast are being lost to the sea. To slow it down, one tribe has turned to oyster shells.

In a conversation from 2018, Alan Alda discusses how being a science communicator makes him think differently about a ...

On the anniversary of Lucy’s discovery, paleoanthropologists reflect on what she means to science, and what she taught us ...

Here at Science Friday, we’re big fans of metaphors. They can make complicated scientific concepts easier to understand, for ...

Just in time for Thanksgiving, a potato researcher explains potato varieties, potato nutrition, and some tubular tuber facts.

Divers have recovered seeds of a long-lost rye variety from a 146-year-old shipwreck in Lake Huron. Scientists hope to bring ...

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Fifty-three days after Hurricane Helene, residents of Asheville can safely drink their tap water without boiling it. Why did it take so long?