Science Friday

2724 - How yawning might help clear dirty fluid from the brain

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.

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2724 - How yawning might help clear dirty fluid from the brain

Fri, 15 May 2026
2723 - The new frontier of cancer research is in space

Thu, 14 May 2026
2722 - Who's composing music for my washing machine?

Wed, 13 May 2026
2721 - How El Niño shapes the world’s weather trends

Tue, 12 May 2026
2720 - Planning your photo ops for a trip around the moon

Mon, 11 May 2026
2719 - Understanding the gynecological health crisis facing Black women

Fri, 8 May 2026
2718 - Data about your body is up for sale. Who's buying it?

Thu, 7 May 2026
2717 - Sci-fi thriller combines aliens, robots, and Cherokee culture

Wed, 6 May 2026
2716 - Beavers could be humans' biggest ally, if we let them

Tue, 5 May 2026
2715 - Searching for dark matter, deep in the Earth

Mon, 4 May 2026
2714 - The decades-long movement to kill FEMA

Sat, 2 May 2026
2713 - What cats and dogs hear + A 'smell map' of the nose

Fri, 1 May 2026
2712 - How do you study microplastics in a plastic-filled lab?

Thu, 30 Apr 2026
2711 - What is ibogaine, and why is it in the news?

Wed, 29 Apr 2026
2710 - The long history of birds, from velociraptors to pigeons

Tue, 28 Apr 2026
2709 - Your DNA is constantly mutating, and that’s a good thing

Mon, 27 Apr 2026
2708 - Maine nearly became the first state to ban data centers

Sat, 25 Apr 2026
2707 - What urban design tells us about democracy

Fri, 24 Apr 2026
2706 - Listening for the cosmic ‘dark ages,’ from the lunar far side

Thu, 23 Apr 2026
2705 - How do you describe nature? Two poets help us

Wed, 22 Apr 2026
2704 - The lucky breaks that make our Earth home

Tue, 21 Apr 2026
2703 - How New Jersey tamped down PFAS in drinking water

Mon, 20 Apr 2026
2702 - How a particle accelerator illuminated 56 human organs

Fri, 17 Apr 2026
2701 - Simone Giertz’s journey from robot comedy to high-end design

Thu, 16 Apr 2026
2700 - When a dolphin whistles, what does it mean?

Wed, 15 Apr 2026
2699 - Inside the lives of astronauts’ families

Tue, 14 Apr 2026
2698 - Green stuff, brown stuff: Secrets to a great compost pile

Mon, 13 Apr 2026
2697 - Why so many studies can’t be replicated

Sat, 11 Apr 2026
2696 - How a sound designer gave an alien its voice (and 250 words)

Fri, 10 Apr 2026
2695 - Can GLP-1 drugs treat addiction?

Thu, 9 Apr 2026
2694 - What a sperm whale’s birth tells us about whale culture

Wed, 8 Apr 2026
2693 - Is the US backing out of the electric vehicle market?

Tue, 7 Apr 2026
2692 - Can algae help pull microplastics out of our water supply?

Mon, 6 Apr 2026
2691 - Artemis II test flight heads toward the moon

Fri, 3 Apr 2026
2690 - Should Pluto be a planet again?

Thu, 2 Apr 2026
2689 - How to poop better, according to a gastroenterologist

Wed, 1 Apr 2026
2688 - Harnessing the superpowers of silk

Tue, 31 Mar 2026
2687 - CERN finds a new particle + News alerts for the cosmos

Mon, 30 Mar 2026
2686 - Move over, vibe-coding. Vibe-proving is here for math

Fri, 27 Mar 2026
2685 - Is Punch the monkey really just like us?

Thu, 26 Mar 2026
2684 - Could bird flu still spark a pandemic?

Wed, 25 Mar 2026
2683 - The secret powers of flowers

Tue, 24 Mar 2026
2682 - Apple: trying to think different for 50 years

Mon, 23 Mar 2026
2681 - ‘Project Hail Mary’ brings a new kind of alien to the big screen

Fri, 20 Mar 2026
2680 - Building a digital ant gallery, from the ground up

Thu, 19 Mar 2026
2679 - The heaviness and (not) hope of climate change

Wed, 18 Mar 2026
2678 - Could a ‘digital twin’ help you get better health care?

Tue, 17 Mar 2026
2677 - Who uses Farmers’ Almanacs? + Zebra finch home design

Mon, 16 Mar 2026
2676 - Slow Breaking News: A Giant Tortoise Revival

Fri, 13 Mar 2026
2675 - How Is AI Being Used In The Iran War?

Thu, 12 Mar 2026

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