Researchers fed a working dairy’s cows red algae. It had a stunning impact.

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In First Real-World Experiment, Red Seaweed Cuts Methane In Cows By More Than Half

NASA asks the Apollo 11 crew to keep their eyes open for two unlikely companions on their mission to the moon...

The Woman, the Rabbit, and the Moon

Research mixing math and music finds what gives jazz that funky feeling.

Timing Differences Put The Pep To Jazz’s Step

One Crisis After Another: Designing Cities For Resiliency

Colorectal Cancer Rates Are Rising In Young People

The World According To Sound: A Sonic History Of Astronomy

A Black Physician’s Analysis Of The Legacy Of Racism In Medicine

Understanding And Curbing Generative AI’s Energy Consumption

How Do You Know If A Feathered Dinosaur Could Fly?

Sacre Bleu! Some French Cheeses At Risk Of Extinction

A Year After Chemical Spill, Ohio Community Is Still Recovering

Climate Scientist Michael Mann Wins Defamation Case

Odysseus Lander Is On Its Way To The Moon

Science Friday alum and host of The Adaptors podcast, Flora Lichtman, returns to the show this week to talk #climateconfessions. This is your chance to get your fears that you're not doing enough to address climate change off your chest. To get things started, Science Friday staff shared some of the habits that cause us climate guilt. 

Science Friday's Climate Confessions

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Are you the type of person who instagrams glamour shots of food? Instead of sharing your snaps with followers, why not send them to a dietician to get some eating advice? A new class of food-coaching apps like “Rise” and “Noom Coach” connects you to pros and peers who offer tips on healthy eating, based on descriptions and photos of what you eat. Lauren Goode, managing editor of reviews at Re/code, gives us her take on the apps.

Apps That Judge What's on Your Plate

Your Nerdy Valentines

Meet Flora Lichtman

Your Butterfly Memories

Caller Question: Seasonal Allergies

Ryan Rykaczewski describes one of the most massive migrations on the planet, driven by the sun. Image by Tintinnidguy (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons 

#ExplainTheSun  - The Largest Migration on The Planet

EPA Moves To Accelerate Superfund Cleanup Amid Cuts

How PFAS From A Military Base Has Sickened Nearby Residents

Adam Aleksic Responds To Callers' Words

Once, there was the ordinary incandescent light bulb. It shone brightly, but wasted much of the energy put into it as heat. Then came the compact fluorescent. And as costs have dropped, consumers have increasingly been switching to light-emitting diode (LED) technology for many lighting applications, in an ongoing search for a more efficient bulb. Now, in work published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, researchers report that nanophotonic devices may be able to breathe new life into old incandescent technology. Marin Soljačić and Ognjen Ilic, two authors of the study, explain how they’ve been able to “recycle” some of the incandescent bulb’s wasted heat and re-emit it as visible light, boosting efficiency.

For the Lowly Incandescent Bulb, a Ray of Hope

Hominin fossils dating to 300,000 years ago have been found at a site in Morocco.

Fossil Finds Could Mean A Wider ‘Cradle Of Humanity’

A new study maps out the path for 139 countries to switch entirely to renewable energy sources by 2050.

Running The Numbers On A Transition To Renewable Energy

Wilfred Buck Tells The Story Of Star Woman

Ways Of Knowing, Written In The Stars

Indigenous peoples have been observing the world for thousands of years. Why are they still underrepresented in science?

Widening The Lens On A More Inclusive Science

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