Science Friday

with Ira Flatow

The source for entertaining stories about science, technology, and other cool stuff.

  • Is Punch the monkey really just like us?

    Mar 26, 2026
    When Punch the monkey was abandoned by his mother, zookeepers gave him a surrogate and unexpected source of comfort: a stuffed animal. Videos of Punch snuggling the stuffie went viral...
  • Could bird flu still spark a pandemic?

    Mar 25, 2026
    Bird flu has flown off the national news radar, with only scattered, local reports of dead birds in parks and poultry farms. Is it simply no longer a concern, or have cuts to federal ...
  • The secret powers of flowers

    Mar 24, 2026
    Flowers peeking up through the soil are a welcome sight after a long cold winter—and are one of the first markers of spring. Biologist David George Haskell argues that flowers aren’t ...
  • Apple: trying to think different for 50 years

    Mar 23, 2026
    The Apple Computer Company was founded on April 1, 1976, and in the 50 years since, the company has evolved from a handful of Silicon Valley misfits to a global technology and media p...
  • Building a digital ant gallery, from the ground up

    Mar 19, 2026
    A project called Antscan has generated high resolution images of thousands of ants, representing over 700 species. To make it happen, researchers brought preserved ants from collectio...
  • The heaviness and (not) hope of climate change

    Mar 18, 2026
    For decades, renowned environmental writer Elizabeth Kolbert has taken readers to remote corners of the planet to understand how all life is connected—and how our planet is changing. ...

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