Science Friday Audio Podcast

Gamers and scientists join forces to develop “serious games” to improve health.

Plant physiologist Abby van den Berg traces how maple sap flows through trees and onto your plate.

Evolutionary biologist Neil Shubin takes us through the evolutionary story of how the human body evolved from our fish and reptilian ancestors.

NASA suspended a majority of its communications with Russia in response to the conflict in Crimea.

What's wrong with modern physics—and could alternative theories explain our observations of the universe?

Clearing and staining gobies, stingrays, and sharks has revealed to scientist Adam Summers critical data, as well as the beauty of each fish’s unique form.

Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, may have an underground ocean the size of Lake Superior.

An anthropologist, a psychologist, and a crime writer ask: Are humans hard-wired for violence?

Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Build a machine that can make art.

The bugs meet the bots in the world of swarm robotics.

Texas and California dominate the U.S. in wind power generation—but Iowa isn't far behind.

Toyota plans to release a hydrogen fuel cell car in California by 2015.

Dwarf planet 2012 VP-113 takes approximately 4,000 years to orbit the sun once.

From designer yeast genomes to batteries made from bacteria, an update on synthetic biology.

Movie theaters and scientists pair up to present a National Evening of Science on Screen.