On Today's Podcast
Why Astronomers Are Excited About Comet 3I/ATLAS’ Close Approach
Comet 3I/Atlas is just the third known object to visit us from outside our solar system. So yes... we'll be talking about aliens.
Listen NowDecember 19, 2025
A newly identified amoeba can survive at the temperature of a medium-well steak. Plus, a distant lava planet shows signs of an atmosphere. And, this Christmas Bird Count, we salute the fabulous, underappreciated, common species. Here’s to you, house sparrow.
12:13
Fact Check My Feed: Can Coronavirus Reactivate In Patients After Recovery?
Virologist Angela Rasmussen clears up details on reactivation of the coronavirus in recovered patients and a study looking at runners and bikers droplet clouds.
11:19
Earth Day Goes Digital
Even celebrating from home, the 50th anniversary of Earth Day can be a call to action.
16:17
Uncovering Antarctica’s Ancient Rainforest
Scientists found 90 million-year-old evidence that Antarctica wasn’t always a snow-covered continent.
33:54
You Aren’t Alone In Grieving The Climate Crisis
Acknowledging that climate change is an emotional burden can help us move from anxiety, and turn grief to action.
5:33
Show Off Your Backyard Birds And Bugs
Get involved in Citizen Science Month and take on the City Nature Challenge.
Science Friday Remote Learning Kit
Teachers, Science Friday has updated some of our classic education resources so you can assign them directly to students from your Google Drive.
You’re Invited: Citizen Science Parties!
It’s Citizen Science Month, and Science Friday is an official partner to help you become a part of the community! Join us for our livestream series.
12:07
Big Data’s Latest On Tracking The Spread of COVID-19
Are you following stay-at-home orders? In some countries, the government will use cell phone data to make sure.
7:16
These Flowers Bounce Back
Some flowers can straighten themselves out after being squished.
8:55
How Dogs Are Helping Scientists Build A Smell Detector For Cancer
Researchers are using dogs’ heightened sense of smell to build a device to sniff out the chemicals produced by cancer cells.
11:31
The Luxury Ostrich Eggs Of The Bronze And Iron Age Upper Class
Buried with an ornate ostrich egg? Scientists decipher these status symbols of Bronze and Iron Age aristocrats.
27:05
Enjoying Spring From Quarantine
Scientists talk about how to glory in the birds, bees, and other joys of spring safely.
6:56
Citizen Science: Help Document Your Changing Planet
ISeeChange wants your observations of spring to help shape big-picture climate science.
17:12
Routine Healthcare Is Falling Through The COVID-19 Cracks
The COVID-19 crisis is restricting patients’ access to regular care.
Science Diction: Quarantine
Quarantine is on all our minds lately. But the word goes all the way back to the time of the Black Death.
16:45
Methane, It’s What’s For Dinner… In The Deep Ocean
Scientists discover two newly-described species of tube worms living on the seafloor that use bacteria to draw nutrition from methane.
6:55
Pandemic Survivors May Be Key To First COVID-19 Treatment
What you need to know about the CDC’s new face mask guidelines and an experimental COVID-19 treatment launching in New York.
4:42
Tribes Face COVID-19 With Limited Test Kits, Remote Staff, Lost Revenue
Michigan’s tribal governments are running into their own problems with COVID-19.
16:42
Scientists Discover Potential Signs Of Life On Mercury
Mercury, it turns out, may have both water and basic chemical building blocks of life.
16:55
Cooped Up At Home? Try These Citizen Science Projects
Explore the universe, your town’s water quality, or the nature in your backyard—while staying home.