Astronomers have spotted clouds of vaporized sand on an exoplanet. And, weather radar data reveal insects in US skies—100 ...

Low-frequency noises that humans can feel, but not hear, may be behind the spooky feeling of old houses—and serve as a ...

We recently got a call from a SciFri listener in Florida who has autoimmune arthritis. He told us that over the years he’d taken 10 drugs, and each out eventually stopped working. He then tried to ...

A processing plant in Mississippi is leaking massive amounts of paraquat into the air. Its biological link to Parkinson's is ...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has announced that New York is on its way to scaling back its climate mandates. Back in 2019, the state introduced a series of policies that would cut its carbon ...

You may have seen your dog or cat vomit when something doesn’t agree with its tummy. Well, it turns out that ancient ...

Research shows yawning might help clear waste from our brains. Plus, breaking down a CDC report on how little sleep Americans ...

The cycle of El Niño and La Niña is a powerful shaper of weather trends worldwide. What could a "super" El Niño bring?

In “The Story of Birds,” the familiar creatures in our skies and backyards are reintroduced as the last surviving dinosaurs. The following is an excerpt from “The Story of Birds: A New History from ...

In “Why Do We Exist?” Hakeem Oluseyi explores how life may have emerged to move energy through matter—and why Earth is the perfect setting. The following is an excerpt from “Why Do We Exist?: The Nine ...