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Cuts To NASA And A Fast-Track For Deep Sea Mining (Fri, May 9, 2025)
How Do Bacteria Talk To Each Other? (Thu, May 8, 2025)
Functional Fashion From An Artist And A Caterpillar (Wed, May 7, 2025)
Ancient Iguanas Floated 5,000 Miles Across The Pacific | A Pregnant Ichthyosaur Fossil (Tue, May 6, 2025)
Are There Things That We Know We Can’t Know? (Mon, May 5, 2025)
Two Steps Forward For Meat Alternatives (Fri, May 2, 2025)
How Death Metal Singers Make Their Extreme Vocalizations | Regional Allergies (Thu, May 1, 2025)
A New Book On The Horrifying, Creative World Of Insect Zombies (Wed, Apr 30, 2025)
Untangling The Mind-Body Connection In Chronic Pain (Tue, Apr 29, 2025)
A Precisely Pointed Laser Allows People To See New Color ‘Olo’ (Mon, Apr 28, 2025)
$8B Of Climate Tech Projects Canceled | In Louisiana, A Successful, Growing Wetland (Fri, Apr 25, 2025)
Investigating Cat Behavior Through Genetics (Thu, Apr 24, 2025)
Advances In Brain-Computer Interfaces For People With Paralysis (Wed, Apr 23, 2025)
A Blind Inventor’s Life Of Advocacy And Innovation (Tue, Apr 22, 2025)
The Lack Of Science In Road Design Is Deadly (Mon, Apr 21, 2025)
Possible Signature Of Life Detected On Exoplanet—Maybe | A Colossal Squid Video (Fri, Apr 18, 2025)
How ‘Science Interpreters’ Make Hidden Science Visible (Thu, Apr 17, 2025)
The Navajo Researcher Reviving A Desert Peach | A New Dino With Blade-Like Horns (Wed, Apr 16, 2025)
How Interjections Regulate Conversation | Saccharin For Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria (Tue, Apr 15, 2025)
Trump’s Nominee For NASA Administrator Meets Congress (Mon, Apr 14, 2025)
How Real Doctors Brought ‘The Pitt’ To Life (Fri, Apr 11, 2025)
What Will Replace The International Space Station? (Thu, Apr 10, 2025)
What Artificial General Intelligence Could Mean For Our Future (Wed, Apr 9, 2025)
Climate Change Has Made Allergy Season Worse. How Do We Cope? (Tue, Apr 8, 2025)
Microdosing Peanut Butter Could Alleviate Some Peanut Allergies (Mon, Apr 7, 2025)
The Department Of Health And Human Services Cuts 10,000 Jobs (Fri, Apr 4, 2025)
Forecasting Cuts Spark Worries About Hurricane Season | Soothing Babies With Music (Thu, Apr 3, 2025)
Massive Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctica, Revealing Wonders Below (Wed, Apr 2, 2025)
TikTok Is Shaping How We Think About ADHD (Tue, Apr 1, 2025)
Engineering Lessons One Year After The Baltimore Bridge Collapse (Mon, Mar 31, 2025)
23andMe Bankruptcy | A Coating That Can Slow A Golf Ball’s Roll (Fri, Mar 28, 2025)
AI Word Choice | When Dwarf Lemurs Hibernate, Their Chromosomes Do Something Odd (Thu, Mar 27, 2025)
Developing Faster, Simpler Tools To Treat Tuberculosis (Wed, Mar 26, 2025)
Author John Green On The Many Ways Tuberculosis Shaped Human Life (Tue, Mar 25, 2025)
DESI Data Strengthens Evidence Of Change In Dark Energy (Mon, Mar 24, 2025)
NASA Astronauts Return To Earth After Extended Stay On The ISS | Bottle "Pop" Physics (Fri, Mar 21, 2025)
The Evolving Science Of How Childhood Trauma Shapes Adults | Butterfly Memories (Thu, Mar 20, 2025)
How NIH Cuts Could Affect U.S. Biomedical Research (Wed, Mar 19, 2025)
Fungi Create Complex Supply Chains | A Rookie Robot Umpire Takes The Field (Tue, Mar 18, 2025)
10% Of NOAA Staff Laid Off | Frozen Funds Leave Farmers In Limbo (Mon, Mar 17, 2025)
Pi, Anyone? A Celebration Of Math And What’s New (Fri, Mar 14, 2025)
How Plants Powered Prehistoric Giants Millions Of Years Ago (Thu, Mar 13, 2025)
How Narwhals Use Their Tusks To Hunt And Play | This Week's ‘Blood Moon’ Lunar Eclipse (Wed, Mar 12, 2025)
Where Have All The Butterflies Gone? (Tue, Mar 11, 2025)
What Does Dismantling USAID Mean For Global Health? (Mon, Mar 10, 2025)
Protesters ‘Stand Up For Science’ At Rallies Nationwide | Blue Ghost Lunar Lander (Fri, Mar 7, 2025)
The Effort To Save Thousands Of Donor Kidneys | Ocean Liner Will Become An Artificial Reef (Thu, Mar 6, 2025)
Where Does Plastic And Other Trash Go After We Throw It Away? (Wed, Mar 5, 2025)
An Animal’s Size And Its Cancer Risk | Bastetodon, A 30 Million-Year-Old Apex Predator (Tue, Mar 4, 2025)
How Trump’s DEI Ban Will Affect Medical Research (Mon, Mar 3, 2025)
Conflicting Directives Sow Confusion For NIH Workers | The Mycobiome (Fri, Feb 28, 2025)
The Best Tail For Balance | Bindi Irwin Wants Kids To Become ‘Wildlife Warriors’ (Thu, Feb 27, 2025)
A Vaccine For Pancreatic Cancer Continues To Show Promise (Wed, Feb 26, 2025)(0 , )
Why Are Flu And Other Viral Infection Rates So High This Year? (Tue, Feb 25, 2025)
Making Sense Of Federal Cuts To Science—And What Comes Next (Mon, Feb 24, 2025)
Tomb Of Egyptian King Unearthed | Why The Internet Was Captivated By A Hideous Fish (Fri, Feb 21, 2025)
What Happens To Your Body When You’re Grieving (Thu, Feb 20, 2025)
Can Men and Women (Baboons) Really Just Be Friends? | The Best Bear Deterrent May Be Drones (Wed, Feb 19, 2025)
Adventures In Science At The Icy ‘Ends Of The Earth’ (Tue, Feb 18, 2025)
FDA Approves A New, Non-Opioid Painkiller | Deep, Multi-Layer Oceans On Uranus And Neptune? (Mon, Feb 17, 2025)
Most Powerful Neutrino Ever Is Detected In the Mediterranean | Nerdy Valentines (Fri, Feb 14, 2025)
‘Common Side Effects’ And An All-Healing Mushroom | The Unique Smell Of Snow (Thu, Feb 13, 2025)
Investigating Fraud At The Heart Of Alzheimer’s Research (Wed, Feb 12, 2025)
Managing Wildfires Using A Centuries-Old Indigenous Practice (Tue, Feb 11, 2025)
Can Vaping Help You Quit Cigarettes? What Are The Risks? (Mon, Feb 10, 2025)
How Lucy Runs On A Virtual Treadmill | Comparing DeepSeek’s AI To Other Models (Fri, Feb 7, 2025)
Scientists Create Glowing ‘RNA Lanterns’ With Bioluminescence (Thu, Feb 6, 2025)
What’s Next For Quantum Computing In 2025? (Wed, Feb 5, 2025)
Building Blocks Of Life Found On Asteroid Bennu (Tue, Feb 4, 2025)
The Toxic Aftermath Of An Urban Fire (Mon, Feb 3, 2025)
Strain Of Bird Flu Discovered In California | Understanding Bipolar Disorder Through The Genome (Fri, Jan 31, 2025)
The Science Of Thriving In Winter—By Embracing It (Thu, Jan 30, 2025)
The Factors That Make Bird Sounds So Diverse Across The World (Wed, Jan 29, 2025)
Can Paxlovid Relieve Long COVID Symptoms? For Some, Yes (Tue, Jan 28, 2025)
AI Is Coming Up With Brand New Molecules, Fueling Drug Discovery (Mon, Jan 27, 2025)
Trump Administration Cancels Meetings, Freezes Hiring At NIH | What Is A Meme Coin? (Fri, Jan 24, 2025)
Why Editors At Scientific Journals Are Resigning En Masse (Thu, Jan 23, 2025)
This January, See A ‘Planet Parade’ In The Night Sky (Wed, Jan 22, 2025)
‘Orbital’ Imagines The Inner Lives Of Astronauts On The ISS (Tue, Jan 21, 2025)
Fire Risk To Homes Where Cities And Wildlands Meet (Mon, Jan 20, 2025)
2 Private Lunar Landers | Cervical Cancer Deaths Plummet, Experts Credit HPV Vaccine (Fri, Jan 17, 2025)
‘Artificial General Intelligence’ Is Apparently Coming. What Is It? (Thu, Jan 16, 2025)
NASA Considers Cheaper Ways To Retrieve Mars Samples | How Does A Hula Hoop Stay Up? (Wed, Jan 15, 2025)
Surgeon General Highlights Link Between Alcohol And Cancer (Tue, Jan 14, 2025)
First U.S. Bird Flu Death Raises Concerns About Preparedness (Mon, Jan 13, 2025)
Meet Flora Lichtman | Los Angeles Wildfires Stoked By Santa Ana Winds (Fri, Jan 10, 2025)
What Lichen Tell Us About Ecology, Air Quality, And More (Thu, Jan 9, 2025)
Biologists Call For A Halt To ‘Mirror Life’ Research (Wed, Jan 8, 2025)
The Breakthrough Technologies To Watch In 2025 (Tue, Jan 7, 2025)
What Scientists Have Learned From 125 Years Of Bird Counts (Mon, Jan 6, 2025)
Scientists Predict Loss Of Deep Snow In Most Of U.S. (Fri, Jan 3, 2025)
Jane Goodall On Life Among Chimpanzees (Tue, Dec 31, 2024)
The Science That Captivated SciFri’s Reporters In 2024 (Mon, Dec 30, 2024)
Health, Astronomy, And Climate Experts On 2024’s Coolest Science (Fri, Dec 27, 2024)
Meet Leaders Of 3 Local Conservation Projects | Preserving ‘Space Junk’ Left On Mars (Thu, Dec 26, 2024)
The Top Dino Discoveries Of 2024 | Can Spiking Eggnog Kill Bacteria From Raw Eggs? (Wed, Dec 25, 2024)
Parker Solar Probe Will Make Closest-Ever Approach To Sun (Tue, Dec 24, 2024)
If ‘Interstellar’ Were Made Today, What Would Be Different? (Mon, Dec 23, 2024)
Farewell, Murder Hornet | What FAA Regulations Tell Us About Mysterious Drone Sightings (Fri, Dec 20, 2024)
How Blind Women In India Detect Early Breast Cancer | Web-Slinging Silk Becomes Real (Thu, Dec 19, 2024)
8.5 Hours Of Daily Sitting Linked To Higher BMI And Cholesterol (Wed, Dec 18, 2024)
The Accidental Discovery That Gave Us ‘Forever Chemicals’ | A Pregnancy Play Inspired By Mushroom Research (Tue, Dec 17, 2024)
How Empire and Environmental Destruction Go Hand-In-Hand (Mon, Dec 16, 2024)
The Universe Is Expanding Faster Than Expected | Are Food Recalls Actually On The Rise? (Fri, Dec 13, 2024)
You Share Your Gut Microbiome With Your Friends (Thu, Dec 12, 2024)
Marie Curie And The Women Scientists Who Became Her Legacy (Wed, Dec 11, 2024)
Protecting Against Poison Exposure This Holiday Season (Tue, 10, )( 2024 Dec, 21:00:00)
2024’s Best Science Books For Kids (Mon, Dec 9, 2024)
Supreme Court Case On Regulation Of Vapes | Predicting Lithium-Ion Battery Explosions (Fri, Dec 6, 2024)
A Theatrical Tribute To Unexpected Science (Thu, Dec 5, 2024)
'They Might Be Giants' Sings About Science (Wed, Dec 4, 2024)
What Was It Like To Witness The End Of The Dinosaurs? (Tue, Dec 3, 2024)
A Nobel Prize For Chemistry Work ‘Totally Separate From Biology’ (Mon, Dec 2, 2024)
Alan Alda Reflects On Life With Parkinson’s (Fri, Nov 29, 2024)
A Horn Of Potato Plenty | Adding Marbling To Fake Meat For An Extra-Realistic Bite (Thu, Nov 28, 2024)
A Nutritionist Clarifies Some Common Health Claims (Wed, Nov 27, 2024)
Restoring Drinking Water After Hurricane Helene | Oyster Shell Reefs And Sea Level Rise (Tue, Nov 26, 2024)
50 Years Of Science With Lucy, Our Famous Early Ancestor (Mon, Nov 25, 2024)
SpaceX’s Starship Completes In-Orbit Engine Test | Resuscitating Shipwrecked Rye Seeds (Fri, Nov 22, 2024)
Chef Jack Bishop Breaks Down ‘The Science of Good Cooking’ (Thu, Nov 21, 2024)
Bacteriophages Lurk In Your Bathroom, But Don’t Worry (Wed, Nov 20, 2024)
Managing Invasive Plants And Ticks Together | Clue Into The Evolution Of The Bird Brain (Tue, Nov 19, 2024)
The Gurgling, Growling History Of The Gut (Mon, Nov 18, 2024)
At COP29, The World’s Top Polluters Are No-Shows | Walking Pneumonia Is Spiking (Fri, Nov 15, 2024)
Oliver Sacks Searched The Brain For The Origins Of Music (Thu, Nov 14, 2024)
CAR-T Cell Therapy For Autoimmune Diseases | Measuring Early Life Adversity—In Marmots (Wed, Nov 13, 2024)
Your Arm Position Can Make Blood Pressure Readings Inaccurate (Tue, Nov 12, 2024)
Why Do We Keep Widening Highways If It Doesn’t Reduce Traffic? (Mon, Nov 11, 2024)
Ballot Measures Passed To Protect Abortion Rights | New Largest Prime Number (Fri, Nov 8, 2024)
Chickens Have Friendships And Reputations | Tourist Photos May Help Map Penguin Colonies (Thu, Nov 7, 2024)
The Clean Air Act Has Saved Millions Of Lives—But Gaps Remain (Wed, Nov 6, 2024)
How Does Long-Distance Running Affect Your Body? (Tue, Nov 5, 2024)
Gender-Affirming Care Is On The Line In This Election (Mon, Nov 4, 2024)
Maine Offshore Wind Auction Draws Few Bids | An Artist Combines Indigenous Textiles With Modern Tech (Fri, Nov 1, 2024)
After A Park Fire, Milkweed Bloomed | The ‘Creepy’ Procedure That Taps Into Young Blood (Thu, Oct 31, 2024)
How Insects Changed The World—And Human Cultures (Wed, Oct 30, 2024)
The Science Behind Third-Trimester Abortions (Tue, Oct 29, 2024)
How Aging Water Systems Are Pushing Sewage Into U.S. Homes (Mon, Oct 28, 2024)
Did Dinosaur Flight Evolve More Than Once? | Biodiversity’s Biggest Event Is Underway (Fri, Oct 25, 2024)
How Do Animals Understand Death? (Thu, Oct 24, 2024)
MRIs Show How The Brain Changes During Pregnancy (Wed, Oct 23, 2024)
How Metaphor Shapes Science | Intertwining The Lives Of Moths And Humans Through Music (Tue, Oct 22, 2024)
NASA’s Europa Clipper Heads To Jupiter’s Icy Moon Europa (Mon, Oct 21, 2024)
Pandas Return To Washington, D.C. | A Lesser-Known Grain Called Kernza (Fri, Oct 18, 2024)
How Health Misinformation Spreads | A Play About Ben Franklin And His Son (Thu, Oct 17, 2024)
Searching The Universe For Clues To The Ultra-Small (Wed, Oct 16, 2024)
What Makes ‘SuperAgers’ Stay Healthy For So Long? (Tue, Oct 15, 2024)
Asheville Was Never A ‘Climate Haven.’ Nowhere Is. (Mon, Oct 14, 2024)
The Science Behind Hurricane Milton | ‘Unsettling’ Warm Water In Lake Michigan (Fri, Oct 11, 2024)
How Campaigns Use Psychology To Get Out The Vote (Thu, Oct 10, 2024)