This new six-part podcast follows the lives of people with severe depression who volunteered for deep brain stimulation.

Subscribe to this podcast. Plus, to stay updated on all things science, sign up for Science Friday's newsletters. January 27, 2025 • A recent study in the journal Nature unveiled new proteins ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

The formation, movement and melting of icebergs offer insights into some of the most extreme areas of the cryosphere, like Antarctica and Greenland.

By Mongabay.com With deforestation and declining biodiversity linked to emerging infectious diseases, one would think the world should look to science for answers. But Dr. Neil Vora, a former epidemic ...

Ignorance is the disease, and curiosity is the cure! Welcome to This Is Science with Jess Phoenix, a Union of Concerned Scientists production. In this podcast, Jess brings her experience as a ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of Short Wave about the fluid dynamics of crowds, an early fossil of a modern bird and new data on how people's moods change through the day.

We discuss a big week for commercial spaceflight, a red dye ban and a scary spider species in this news roundup. Linguists think that the words that we use to express pain might tell us something ...

(THE CONVERSATION) As research into psychedelics and their medical uses makes a comeback, scientists are having to deal with the legacy – both scientific and social – of a 40-year nearly total freeze ...