Two SciFri producers discuss the year’s most intriguing stories, from new weight-loss drugs to PFAS chemicals to the ...

Ira is joined on stage by researchers from three different fields to reflect on all that 2024 brought us in the world of ...

The science advisor for “Interstellar” discusses the film’s impact, and how new information about gravitational waves could ...

Mammogram results. Credit: Shutterstock Practical lessons at a tactile medical examiner training. Discovering Hands is training blind and low vision women to leverage their sense of touch to conduct ...

December is, traditionally, a time to reflect on the events of the past year—including dinosaur discoveries. In 2024, researchers learned more about T. rex and the spiky tails of stegosaurs as well as ...

Sitting is a big part of modern life. Many people work at a desk all day, have long commutes, or at least enjoy some time relaxing on the couch at the end of the day. But sitting has gained a ...

It feels like there’s been an onslaught of food recalls this year. The Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Agriculture have issued recalls for items like cucumbers and carrots, deli ...

Over the past 60 years or so of space exploration, humans have left some things behind: bits of satellites, moon buggies, Mars rovers, even human excrement. It’s all part of the countless bits of ...

A new book called The Burning Earth: A History takes on a massive question: How did we get here? “Here” being this point in environmental history and decades deep into the climate crisis. Over the ...

A liquid stream of silk solution solidifies to a fiber, and adheres to and lifts a glass laboratory beaker. Credit: Marco Lo Presti, Tufts University We’re all familiar with Spider-Man—the red-suited ...