What is a science book that inspired a sense of wonder or made you more curious about the world?

Did you know that there are ten quintillion—or 10,000,000,000,000,000,000—individual insects on the planet? That means that ...

Why ask, "Why did the chicken cross the road?" when you can instead consider, "Why did the road cross the land?" ...

As highways have become almost ubiquitous in the US, motorists travel faster and farther—resulting in more traffic.

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Did you know that there are ten quintillion—or 10,000,000,000,000,000,000—individual insects on the planet? That means that for each and every one of us humans, there are 1.25 billion insects hopping, ...

Here at Science Friday, we’re big fans of metaphors. They can make complicated scientific concepts easier to understand, for both non-experts and scientists themselves. For example, “the big bang” ...

For decades, rodent experiments with parabiosis, which involves surgically joining circulatory systems, have shown that old animals can benefit from sharing blood with much younger animals. Credit: ...

Leading up to the November election, Science Friday is covering top science issues on the ballot. For voters, those top issues include abortion. Since the Dobbs ruling overturned Roe v. Wade in June ...

Jason Thompson shows three different types of the seeds that they use in various formats at the Bluejay Brewing in downtown. Credit: Sophie Proe, St. Louis Public Radio On a recent weekday afternoon, ...

Pregnancy is a hugely transformative experience, both in how it can change someone’s day-to-day life, and how it affects the body. There’s a key part of the body that’s been under-researched in ...

An illustrated depiction of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL On October 14, NASA launched Europa Clipper, its largest planetary mission spacecraft yet. It’s headed to Jupiter’s icy ...