Correspondent Joe Palca is retiring after 30 years covering science for NPR. We have an homage to his work - sometimes silly, sometimes serious, always scientific. Let's celebrate a journalist who ...

Joe Palca is a science correspondent for NPR. Since joining NPR in 1992, Palca has covered a range of science topics — everything from biomedical research to astronomy. He is currently focused on the ...

Early next year, a rocket is scheduled to lift off from Florida, heading for the moon. This rocket is to carry a spacecraft called Lunar Trailblazer, which is supposed to orbit the moon in search of ...

For 18 years, NPR’s science guy Joe Palca has covered everything from biomedical research to astronomy, human evolution to the physics of soccer balls. As if that’s not cool enough, he’s now working ...

: [POST-BROADCAST CLARIFICATION: This story, which includes excerpts from a story that aired in 1993, neglects to mention the significant contribution of scientist Rosalind Franklin, who produced the ...

A plume of ash spewing out of an Icelandic volcano has stranded air travelers across Europe for a third straight day. It's the worst disruption for the airline industry since the days after Sept. 11, ...

Let's celebrate a journalist who once tried to answer something that I'm pretty sure no one else thought to ask, at least in this way - why corned beef sandwiches - and the rest of the universe - ...