Dec. 6, 2024 — A team of scientists has created a new shape-changing polymer that could transform how future soft materials are ...
Dec. 5, 2024 — Spotted lanternflies -- invasive insects that first landed in the United States a decade ago -- are emerging earlier and staying active later each ...
December 10, 2024 • If you crossed WALL-E with a floor lamp, it might look a little like the PhytoPatholoBot. These robots aren't roving through space or decorating a living room — they're ...
What Was It Like To Witness The End Of The Dinosaurs? December 3, 2024 • As part of Science Friday's 33rd anniversary show, we're revisiting our listeners' favorite stories, including this one ...
AI companies want to give machines human-level intelligence, or AGI. The safest and best results will come when academic and industry scientists collaborate to guide its development.
A new study found mountain lions in the L.A. area are shifting to a later schedule to avoid people, a hopeful coexistence strategy that may have downsides.
That might have been considered science fiction 20 years ago, but scientists now warn that the film's terrifying plot could be coming true. In an open letter to Nordic policymakers, 44 of the ...
Materials science is an interdisciplinary field concerned with the understanding and application of the properties of matter. Materials scientists study the connections between the underlying ...
That was only one of the many major scientific discoveries in 2024. Micrograph by Dennis Kunkel Microscopy/Science Photo Library It’s easy to reflect on 2024 as a tumultuous year, but there is ...