The cyclospora outbreak causing diarrhea for thousands has been linked to shredded lettuce. What's making it so hard to ...

Science Friday featured 35 books on the program this year. Here’s a recap of some of this year’s most exciting science titles. Every year, Science Friday interviews authors about their new ...

“It’s on You” chronicles how corporations and behavioral economists pushed for huge, systemic problems to be fixed by personal choices. The following is an excerpt from It’s on You: How Corporations ...

In “The Story of Birds,” the familiar creatures in our skies and backyards are reintroduced as the last surviving dinosaurs. The following is an excerpt from “The Story of Birds: A New History from ...

In "Hidden Creatures," a young entomologist discovers the miraculous world of parasites when cocoons sprout from a ...

For two decades, a perplexing illness has been spreading: After a lone-star tick bite, people find themselves with a severe allergic reaction to red meat. The CDC estimates up to 450,000 people in the ...

Sure, botflies are gross, but they also know just how to hitch a ride on a camel sneeze. An entomologist celebrates the world ...

One of the most irresistible questions in sci-fi stories about aliens is what our reaction will be when we learn of their existence. Horror? Bewilderment? Relief? Euphoria? It’s a scenario we love to ...

In “The Wild Dark,” a young Craig Childs finds himself alone in a dark wilderness. As the Milky Way comes into focus, fear turns to wonder. The following is an excerpt from “The Wild Dark: Finding the ...

Two experts at the forefront of untangling the gut-brain connection explain its role in IBS, Parkinson’s, and depression. Plus, writer Craig Childs biked from the brightest sky to the darkest in our ...