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.

What exactly is … everything? What is space-time? At one extreme, you’ve got the weird rules of quantum physics that deal with subatomic particles. At the other extreme, you’ve got the vast expanses ...

For years, Asheville, North Carolina, has been billed as a “climate haven,” a place safe from the touch of climate change-exacerbated disasters. But last month, Hurricane Helene called that label into ...

An image of Hurricane Milton approaching Florida, as seen from NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite at 6:30 p.m. EDT on October 8, 2024. Credit: NOAA On October 9, Hurricane Milton made landfall in Siesta Key, ...

Connect with other readers! We created the SciFri Book Club online community as a space for us to chat all-things science reading together, and continue discussions sparked on our radio program and ...

The State of Science is a collaboration with public radio reporters and local media, featuring local science stories of national significance. This is great news for the nearly-extinct monarch ...

The existence of sea serpents and Bigfoot might never be proved. But a cryptozoologist explains why understanding their appeal is still important. While you dressed up as a witch or zombie this ...

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 ...

On September 24, meet us for our Climate Week NYC event with marine biologist, nonprofit co-founder, and author Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. In a new book, Dr. Uché Blackstock reflects on her experiences ...

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 ...