Science Friday

Swiss researchers created a wireless device that enabled paralyzed monkeys to walk again. Plus, how might climate change policy fare under President Trump?

Filmmaker Werner Herzog talks about his new documentary “Into the Inferno,” about the devastating power of volcanoes. Plus, how believing in the possibility of change can help you come to terms with this long and polarizing election season.

Scientists are using electrodes to tap into the brains of jumping spiders to study their ability to plan and carry out complex behaviors. Plus, the results of a Phase III clinical drug trial could reveal whether beta amyloid is at the root of Alzheimers disease.

The CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system is a less perfect fix for gene editing than news reports make it out to be. Plus, hormonal male birth control can work. But why isnt it commercially available?

Did you know that St Louis was almost oceanfront property? We look at how geologists decipher the subsurface scars of the midcontinent rift. Plus, the Science Club is back! Your mission? Break it down.

Would grocery shopping be more fun if it were turned into a game? How about mowing the lawn? One game developer tells us how he turns ordinary life into play. Plus, more on  the internet hack last week. Could your internet devices threaten your security?

A flesh-eating parasite, previously eradicated on U.S. soil, has decimated endangered Key deer. Can the screwworm be re-eradicated in time to save them? Plus, we remember the African American women mathematicians and engineers whose calculations got us into space.

With rumblings about possible U.S. retaliation for alleged Russian-backed hacks, we ask about the rules and norms that govern international cyber conflicts. Plus, meet the educators who have turned Science Friday media into innovative classroom resources.

As tech companies battle to develop the best digital assistant, we ask how they measure up, and why we so often fail to connect. Plus, researchers used gene editing to develop a dairy cow that has no horns. And what happens when direct-to-consumer lab tests take physicians out of the equation?

How Congress, lawsuits, and other challenges are shaping scientific debate over climate science, fetal tissue research, and more. Plus, reservoirs are both sources of renewable energy and one of the worlds biggest producers of greenhouse gases.