Science Friday Audio Podcast

In A Man of Misconceptions, John Glassie writes of the priest-scientist Athanasius Kircher.

Nearly half of U.S. adults will make year-end resolutions to change for the better in the coming year.

Astronomer Steven Vogt discusses a new discovery of a potentially habitable exoplanet.

Thousands of citizen scientists are taking part in the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count.

Stem cell implants slowed the onset of symptoms -- and scientists say human trials aren't far behind.

Two archaeologists weigh in on what the ancient Maya actually said about 2012. Spoiler: not much.

The book club reviews Dava Sobel’s 2005 homage to the solar system.

Photographer Colin Legg makes time-lapse movies of celestial scenes.

The hagfish or "slime eel" shoots out slime containing silk-like fibers of remarkable strength.

Calling all scientists! How do you explain the concept of time to an 11-year-old?

Rick Bates, of Penn State University, shares handy tips for how to care for your Christmas tree.

What does intelligence really mean? Can we build a machine that thinks as humans do?

Ten days is all it takes your brain to right a world that looks upside down.

Teleporting data.. time travel.. quantum computers. Sci-fi or science reality? 'Quantum mechanic' Seth Lloyd joins us to talk about the mysteries of the quantum world.

Edwin Land, the inventor behind Polaroid, is the subject of a new book by Christopher Bonanos.