Nell Greenfieldboyce is a NPR science correspondent. With reporting focused on general science, NASA, and the intersection between technology and society, Greenfieldboyce has been on the science ...

SciFri producer Rasha Aridi talks with science journalist Kamala Thiagarajan, who reported on Discovering Hands' program in India for NPR's global health blog, Goats and Soda. Accidental ...

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Each year, scientists add thousands of new plant and animal species to the scientific record. We learn about three that were added to the list.

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H-1B visas, the kind many foreign scientists need to work in the U.S. became harder to get in the first Trump Administration. That's likely to happen again.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Regina Barber and Jessica Yung of Short Wave about carnivorous squirrels, the history of life on Earth, and new insights into the relationship between people and dogs.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with NPR science correspondent Jonathan Lambert about the decision, as well as other conservation ...

Let's say you've lost something important, like your passport two days before you have to travel. You've retraced your steps, checked every shelf and drawer and still nothing. What do you do? Life Kit ...

The FDA has classified its recall of eggs sold under Costco's Kirkland brand as a Class I recall, a designation reserved for ...

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