Hosts from NPR's science podcast Short Wave talk about an exoplanet with pink, salty clouds, the surprising social structure of ancient human relatives and the origins of laughter.

This week in science: A world record, a world first, and much more! We start with a scorpion you absolutely don't want to meet. Thankfully, you probably won't have to worry about running into this ...

Archaeologists have excavated a giant stone jar in Laos and found human remains belonging to around 37 people, deposited over 270 years. "The number of individuals also suggests the jars were owned by ...

This Week In Science: A sleep apnea pill has been fast-tracked for FDA approval; the earliest evidence of surgical anesthetic detected on tools from more than 600 years ago; strange spacetime ...

It's time now for our science news roundup from Short Wave, NPR's science podcast, And I'm joined in the studio by Regina Barber and Emily Kwong. Hi to both of you in person. EMILY KWONG, BYLINE: Hi.

A sleep apnea pill has been fast-tracked for FDA approval; the earliest evidence of surgical anesthetic detected on tools ...