Are the movements of wildfires as predictable as the weather? And does climate change cause bigger, hotter blazes?

Scientists have traced the roots of languages like English and Spanish back to present-day Turkey.

This year's flu season is off to a later start than any other year on record, according to the CDC.

Experts discuss electric car technology and the auto industry.

Why does looking a picture of a human embryo elicit strong feelings?

Tom Turpin and Kristin Schleiter discuss how an early spring can affect flower buds and bees.

Stony Brook University archaeologist Elizabeth Stone describes her recent trip to Iraq.

Could a comet or an asteroid be to blame for the fireball on Jupiter? Watch and listen about the impact of the object on Jupiter. [10:10]

How likely are voters to notice when a politician dodges a question? Not very, says one study.

Sinuses, too, are healthier when populated by a diverse colony of bugs.

Experts debate whether government regulations are an effective way to fight the obesity epidemic.

Feeling a little overwhelmed by all the presidential polls? A neuroscientist and statistician talk about how to make sense of the election -- and why not all votes are created equal.

What do Earth's radiation belts sound like? Wonder no more.

Will the next human pandemic start in an animal? Writer David Quammen talks about Ebola, HIV and other diseases that Spillover from animals to humans.

The work of Nikola Tesla is described, and the crowdfunding campaign led by Matthew Inman, who created The Oatmeal humor website. He succeeded in raising over one million dollars to buy Tesla's laboratory in New York, and turn it into a...

Why you have to overcome irritation in order to examine it.

New research shows that strenuous exercise can change your genes to boost energy metabolism. Listen as the researchers discuss these findings in Science Friday recording. [12 min, 5 secs]

Mars Science Laboratory project scientist John Grotzinger describes plans for the Curiosity rover, now in Gale Crater on Mars.

Neuroscientist Stuart Firestein discusses why ignorance is key to scientific discovery.

Reports from the National Research Council and the U.S. Geological Survey say that sea levels on both coasts of the United States are rising at an accelerating rate. Oceanographer Peter Howd talks about what's pushing up the oceans, and...

A smashup between two galaxy clusters left an unexpected amount of dark matter in its wake.

Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist Adam Riess discusses the mysterious force known as dark energy in this audio recording. Learn how he believes this dark energy is accelerating the expansion of the universe. [22:36]

For some scientists, a regular day at the office is training a guinea fowl to run on a treadmill.

A look at new partnerships that take drug development out of the clinic and into the real world.