In a new memoir, a climate scientist reflects on his journey from a rural village in India to the cutting edge of weather forecasting.

Betül Kaçar started out as a biochemist. But then she found her calling: investigating some of the hardest questions in evolutionary biology.

How the “Final Reckoning” crew used science to bring an underwater stunt to life. Plus, the psychology behind thrill-seeking.

Impossible,” agent Ethan Hunt takes a death-defying dive. Doctors tell us the science of saving real-life scuba divers.

JWST has detected the earliest galaxies in the universe, but some look “more mature” than expected. Is it time to rethink how ...

Read the MIT Technology Review analysis: “We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.” As Science Friday’s director and senior producer, Charles Bergquist channels ...

At the beginning of May, the National Institutes of Health, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, announced a plan to develop a universal vaccine platform. Think: a single shot for flu ...

Ever noticed how some people get to their 80s and 90s and continue to be healthy and active? They spend their days playing mahjong, driving to lunch, learning shuffle dancing, and practicing ...