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You may have used AI to write an email or find a new recipe. But for more than half a billion people worldwide, chatbots are also providing companionship. Is this alleviating the loneliness epidemic or fueling it? 🤖 sciencefriday.com/segments/ai-ch…

Here’s something we all love to hate: bedbugs. Now, research reveals they’ve been bothering humans far longer than beds have existed—and they even bugged our Neanderthal cousins. sciencefriday.com/segments/bedbu…

An extinct wombat…the size of a hippo? According to new research, you read that right. Plus, scientists have long thought that the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies were on a collision course. Is it actually true? 🌌 sciencefriday.com/segments/colla…

This National Safety Month, discover the troubling lack of science behind traffic engineering decisions. Listen here 🎧: buff.ly/S69nEe4

Grab your binoculars! Author and illustrator Rosemary Mosco guides us into the world of birding: buff.ly/WoQFCLC

One morning in 2014, 4-year-old Luca’s neck went limp like spaghetti. Soon, he was fully paralyzed with symptoms resembling polio. What’s the new disease that afflicted him, and what can we do about it as health agencies are defunded? buff.ly/jCUP2yq

As federal funding for science dissolves, science photographer and researcher Felice Frankel asks big questions: How do we engage the public with science and can we do better? sciencefriday.com/segments/scien…

What's going on right under (and in) our noses? Microbiologist Bonnie Bassler explores the wild, complex world of bacterial communication: buff.ly/zHOPcRj

Manu Prakash (Manu Prakash) hasn’t met an organism he didn’t like, so he’s planning to see every creature on Earth. How? Find out in Ep. 5 of “The Leap" with Hypothesis Fund. 🎧 Listen here: buff.ly/ZGtlvOO

On the world’s longest butterfly migration, painted ladies are traveling without a destination in mind. Meet the photographer who’s followed the species’s journey across 18 countries and many generations. buff.ly/UAqVVKI

I scream, you scream, we all scream at bedbugs: the pest that’s been bothering humanity for far longer than beds have existed. Plus, the ancient wasp that trapped prey in its butt flaps (you read that right). 🐝 sciencefriday.com/segments/bedbu…

Mark your calendar! In one week, YOU can venture to the bottom of the ocean. Join our ship-to-shore livestream on June 17 at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT and chat with a marine scientist. 🛳️ RSVP here: buff.ly/S22jO0Y

Hey, cephalo-fans! 🐙 It's official: #CephalopodWeek is swimming into *fall* this year. Raise your tentacles to a new season of octopuses, squid, and exciting SciFri stories and programs. We'll sea you soon, and in the meantime, dive into our archive of cephalo-content:

From a buffet for bison to a climate change mitigator, America’s tallgrass prairie is incredibly important—and rapidly disappearing. Explore its tumultuous history and the quest to save it. sciencefriday.com/segments/sea-o…

📚 SciFri Book Club says the conversation doesn’t have to stop when the podcast ends! Today, we asked members to reflect on Sea of Grass, a story about the ruin and redemption of America’s prairie. Join discussions like this by signing up for Book Club—all we need is your name

Infectious disease specialist Dr. Kevin Messacar weighs in on fighting "the new polio" in an era of defunded science. Read the full article here: buff.ly/jCUP2yq

A space station, an asteroid rendezvous, and rocks from the far side of the moon: China’s space program is doing a lot. Learn about its latest missions and where it might be going next. 🛰️ 🌒 sciencefriday.com/segments/china…

"You can spend a lifetime on a boat looking at stuff, and you're still looking at new stuff every single day." --Manu Prakash Hear more about Manu Prakash's quest to meet every organism on 🌎 on The Leap, by HF + Science Friday. 🎧 bit.ly/3ZVYUtW youtu.be/iG60FtvhmgU