Science

If you’ve been without health insurance during the pandemic, relief came this week with an executive order from President Biden to open the federal health insurance marketplace for three months.

Evolutionary biologist Erich Jarvis talks about the evolution of language, the importance of diversity among scientists and why he believes all Americans need basic scientific training.

Talk of Iowa's Charity Nebbe is joined by Massimo Marengo of Iowa State University to explain the best ways to view the upcoming alignment of Jupiter and Saturn on December 21.

The pandemic shut down most opportunities to socialize, but it opened up an opportunity for engineering students in Iowa.

On this edition of Talk of Iowa, host Charity Nebbe speaks with museum professionals from around the state, including the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library & Museum, the Museum of Danish America, the Science Center of Iowa and the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium, about how they see their futures.

Iowa Lakeside Laboratory researchers want to know if native plant species will come back to a unique wetland called a “fen” in Emmet County. This large fen was drained 70 years ago and used for agriculture.

Listen back to favorite conversations from our archives about science

Sitting on a deck at the home of a colleague in Ames, Harvard University biology professor Scott Edwards identifies robins by their call and says the…

This program originally aired on May 9, 2017. What is time? Why does it always seem to move forward? Why is the earth made of matter and not of…

Summer may be a little different this year, but it's still a wonderful time for learning and adventure. Welcome to Talk of Iowa Summer Camp! Every Tuesday…