Rather than compete against each other, sperm may actually cooperate to swim upstream.  Plus, what does it take to design an autonomous rover for the deep sea? 

Can mere mortals learn real physics, without all the analogies? Spoiler: There’s going to be math. Plus, a new theory suggests that Saturn’s rings may have come from a missing moon.

The chief engineer for the Space Launch System gives an update on the Artemis mission and the challenges of returning to the moon.  Plus, AI in improving mammograms.

What we do and don’t know about how antidepressants affect the brain. Plus, the latest advances in pharmaceutical treatments for depression. 

Reducing fossil fuel production may reduce the global supply of sulfuric acid, used to make fertilizers and mine rare metals. Plus, how goats are helping parks remove invasive plants.

Remembering the inventive scientist who listened for signals from distant planets, and developed a way to calculate the probability of discovering extraterrestrial life.

Why New Jersey’s Lenape Nation is still seeking reprieve from sludge left by Ford. Plus, how Jordan Peele’s new film used inspiration from the oceans to make its new creature.

The White House announced a new policy to make federally-funded science more accessible. Plus, why you should thank your local wasp. And the tricky question of when life begins.

Meet the autistic scientists shaping the future of autism research. Plus, a study finds friars in medieval Cambridge may have had more intestinal parasites than common residents.