Time now for our science news roundup from Short Wave, NPR's science podcast. And I am joined here in the studio by the show's two hosts, Regina Barber and Emily Kwong. So good to see both your faces.

Locating them took real physical effort. Scientists working in cave discover creatures straight out of mythology — here's ...

Sea urchins have a body that is entirely made up of “head”—with a surprisingly complex central nervous system that functions, in essence, like an “all-body brain.” This is the conclusion of an ...

You probably don’t associate the Frost Museum of Science with late-night partying. But its newest exhibit, “Creatures of Light: Nature’s Bioluminescence,” will have guests lingering in a dark, ...

It took nearly 25 years for biologists to discover that a swimming and glowing organism in the ocean’s midnight zone was actually a sea slug. By William J. Broad Bruce Robison, a marine biologist, has ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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Researchers have discovered an ancient moth-like sea predator in a treasure trove of museum fossils in Canada. The half-a-billion-year-old creature, Mosura fentoni, reveals that Cambrian arthropods ...

There’s an all-new reason to visit Fernbank Museum! This summer, head to Fernbank after work, after school and after hours to enjoy the new summer series, “Fernbank... but Later.” Fernbank is ...

Our region has plenty of myths and mysteries. I recently sent some Mothman and Flatwoods Monster – West Virginia’s own cryptid and very own alien visitor – stickers to one of the little boys in my ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - You've heard of having a heart of stone, but this old guy takes it literally. Scientists said on Monday they have found a fossil of a shrimp-like creature that lived 520 million ...

NPR's podcast Short Wave brings the stories of a newly identified deep sea creature, the benefits of exercise for healing our nervous system and science-backed tips for holiday eating. Time now for ...