After a year of near-daily headlines about changes to vaccine policy, what has actually changed? And what do we need to know?

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Humanoid robots are all over social media, doing everything from dancing to serving drinks. But are they really going to show ...

A newly identified amoeba can survive at the temperature of a medium-well steak. Plus, a distant lava planet shows signs of ...

This Christmas Bird Count, we salute the fabulous, underappreciated, common species. Here's to you, house sparrow.

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From fish to Phish, Science Friday has had a big year. Our staff chose their favorite stories and projects from 2025.

Over the past century, most cancer research has focused on the tumor itself. Rakesh Jain focused on the tumor's environment ...

When cases of plague pop up in the US, it can feel straight up medieval. It's treatable, but how and why does it persist?

Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi is an astrophysicist and author of the upcoming book, Why Do We Exist? The Nine Realms of the Universe That Make You Possible, and host of the video podcast “Particles of Thought.” ...