Science Friday

WNYC

Covering the outer reaches of space to the tiniest microbes in our bodies, Science Friday is the source for entertaining and educational stories about science, technology, and other cool stuff.

Episodes

FDA approves a well-known sunscreen ingredient—finally

Why do sports announcers talk like that?

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

When music transports you to a different place

A vast whale graveyard + Zombie sea cucumbers

Should we bring mountain lions back to the Northeast?

Blue Origin explosion hits NASA timeline + Artemis III crew

Why can I handle tequila but not rum?

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

How extreme athletes like Alex Honnold keep their cool

Parenting tips from the animal kingdom

Wait, is my washing machine playing Schubert?

A virus hunter in Nigeria has thoughts on the Ebola outbreak

How did Neanderthals deal with illness and injuries?

Looking for life in the clouds of Venus

Meet the drug developer taking on wildlife diseases

Can the shingles vaccine stave off dementia?

Inside the Nebraska quarantine facility responding to hantavirus

Surveying wildlife along Lewis and Clark's route, 220 years later

Pope Leo's encyclical on AI, and the Vatican science advisors