This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Yesterday I asked: what is the best pop ...

What could be in this mysterious package? Credit: Ira Flatow Back in 1998, comedian and author Steve Allen, first host of The Tonight Show, joined Ira on Science Friday to talk about the importance of ...

Best known for singing about broken faces, sliced eyeballs and waves of mutilation, Pixies frontman Black Francis could also be quite poignant, whether he was describing the last moments in the life ...

Earlier this week, the VOICES conference featured two days of talks from science educators and communicators who use music to share ideas about science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). VOICES ...

John Linell and John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants join Ira in the studio in 2009 to perform some science songs. Fans of the band They Might Be Giants are likely to be familiar with the band’s ...

When did your interest in science first begin? I’ve always been fairly scientifically-minded; some of my earliest career aspirations included marine biologist and veterinarian. I truly fell in love ...