Science Friday Audio Podcast

In Me, Myself, and Why, science writer Jennifer Ouellette probes the science of self.

Scientists mapped out the plan for a potential “photon-photon collider” that could convert light into matter.

What does the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality plan mean for consumers?

Biographer Walter Isaacson explains why the future belongs to those who can merge the arts and the sciences.

We're running out of antibiotics, and drug companies have little incentive to develop new ones. Can we save the ones we already have?

ZeroCash, Litecoin, and SolarCoin are digital currency alternatives to Bitcoin.

Late Friday night, Earth will sail through debris left by the comet 209P/LINEAR. Scientists are calling the shower the Camelopardalids.

Scientists confirmed a West Antarctic ice sheet the size of the Dakotas is melting.

World health experts will meet to discuss whether or not to destroy the last live samples of smallpox virus.

Prisoners, Lovers, & Spies tells the story of invisible writing, from lemon juice to microdots.

A “brain stethoscope” turns seizure patients’ brainwaves into music.

Graphene is stronger than steel and more conductive than copper—a look at the applications and limitations of this ‘wonder’ material.

The robotic deep-sea submersible Nereus was destroyed while diving over six miles beneath the surface in the Kermadec Trench.

The blood of young mice seems to rejuvenate older mice, both strengthening their muscles and improving their ability to learn and remember.

SciFri’s scientist-film critics weigh in on the science behind the Hollywood techno-thriller Transcendence.