Biology

Guests: James Serpell, Bridgett VonHoldt, Elaine Ostrander Dogs are one of the most diverse mammal species on ear ...

It’s summer, and it’s hot. On this episode, we get stranded on an urban ‘heat island’ and learn what people are d ...

Blue, dark peach, bright red, orange — thermophilic organisms make the hot springs so colorful you’ll want to grab your selfie st ...

Guests: Matea Gold, Sam Kean SAM KEAN’s new book says we’re all inhaling history with each b ...

Sleep is the new skinny. Americans are obsessed with a good night’s rest — after decades of viewing sleep as a waste of time for ...

Human sleep behavior is different than that of many kinds of primates. That made researchers wonder, why did our branch of the family tre ...

Hear what a ‘kinder slaughter’ sounds like. As farmer Jon McConaughy wades through his flock of 400 sheep, lambs bleat, seemin ...

Cured meat is a big food trend in the U.S. right now, but the meat isn’t cooked with heat, so it takes a bit of work to keep the sa ...

Scientists are creating meat without killing animals. Some people sink their teeth into a piece of juicy, bloody steak and enjoy e ...

Guests: Sandra Postel, Abbie Gascho Landis The Trump administration is rolling back many environmental regulation ...

Guests: Matt Friedman, Brent Johnson, Peter Ungar The primary election for New Jersey governor is less than a mon ...

An artificial leaf created by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago captures greenhouse gas and puts it to work again. ...

Imagine 7,000 gallons of cow manure. It smells. Brett Reinford’s dairy farm in Central Pennsylvania has 700 cows, and that& ...

Guests: Robinson Meyer, Alec Luhn, Rukmini Callimachi  We have three stories for today’s edit ...

It’s no secret that there are fewer women than men in a lot of STEM fields. One group is trying to target that problem by inspiring ...