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.

Sy Montgomery is the author of What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World’s Most Familiar Bird. She’s based in Hancock, New Hampshire. This website uses cookies to improve your experience ...

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Running a marathon is a major physical feat. One expert answers listener questions about how it impacts the body and mind. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate ...

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Dr. Heather Lynch is the Institute for Advanced Computational Science Endowed Professor of Ecology & Evolution at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York. This website uses cookies to improve ...

Dr. Logan Casey is director of policy research at the Movement Advancement Project. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, ...

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” ...

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 ...

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 ...