“Dogs have circuitry in their brains that are parallel to what humans have for language,” says Sophie Barton, a PhD student with the Harvard Canine Brains Project.

New research from Northeastern suggests taking a look in airplane bathrooms could identify pathogens faster than before.

The two expected to on the International Space Station for just a week or so. That was last June.

This total eclipse will make the moon appear red, giving it its name, 'Blood Worm Moon.'

One woman with endometriosis was told by her doctor that it was a "white woman's disease."

Mario Livio, the distinguished former astrophysicist at Hubble Space Telescope (until 2015) and best-selling science author, discusses his latest book, co-authored with Nobel Laureate Jack Szostak, 'Is Earth Exceptional'? One of the most fascinating questions is whether there is life -and especially intelligent life- beyond our planet.

This book provides the best information about the requirements for life and how scientists search for life in the cosmos. Dr. Livio explains the challenge of identifying life elsewhere when we have only the example of life’s emergence on Earth. Importantly, the book combines the unique expertise of astrophysics (Mario Livio) and geochemistry (Jack Szostak) in a very timely consideration of the possibility of life elsewhere.

Join us at the GBH Studios at the Boston Public Library for a nerdy night of NOVA science trivia! Get ready for creative categories and exciting prizes as we test your knowledge of the natural world, space, the history of science, and more!

The MIT Technology Review released its annual report on what technologies are likely to have the biggest impact on the way we live and work in the future.

A new study on mice shows that luck in early life can determine success as an adult, especially when competition is high.

Snowflakes. These intricate, whimsical crystals are a staple of magical wintry scenes, but how big can they really get? Well, according to the Guinness World Record keepers, the "largest snowflake" ever recorded was a whopping 15 inches in diameter. It was spotted near Missoula, Montana in 1887. But Kenneth Libbrecht, a physicist at Caltech, has long been skeptical of that record. So he set out to find what makes a snowflake a snowflake and whether that 1887 record is scientifically possible. You can read more about what he discovered here. (encore) Want to share the snowflakes you've spotted this winter? Email us a photo at shortwave@npr.org.