Science Friday Audio Podcast

A generator that makes electricity from wave power is being prepared for installation off the Oregon coast.

Nickolay Hristov uses a long-range laser scanner and portable thermal cameras to see bats in new ways.

Science doesn’t have to be serious -- you can always learn from it.

Scientists sequenced the genome of a Denisovan -- a distant cousin to modern humans and Neanderthals.

Experts say some 8000 bridges are in dire need of repair -- but at what cost?

Researchers use time-lapse photography and a prosthetic plant to understand why cucumber tendrils twist.

Will the Apple/Samsung patent ruling affect the phones and tablets consumers can buy?

Forensic anthropologist and writer Kathy Reichs talks about her new novel "Bones Are Forever" and her ongoing work on the TV crime-fighting series "Bones."

Astronomers have found multiple planets orbiting a double star system.

A goodbye to Neil Armstrong: Pilot, pioneer, and the first person to walk on the Moon.

The rover is on its way to Glenelg, an area where scientists hope to drill into bedrock.

Are the movements of wildfires as predictable as the weather? And does climate change cause bigger, hotter blazes?

Scientists have traced the roots of languages like English and Spanish back to present-day Turkey.

'Carbon Nation' bills itself as a 'climate change solutions movie, that doesn’t even care if you believe in climate change.'

Neuroscientist David Eagleman exposes our unconscious minds in his latest book Incognito.