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 ...

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 ...

SEATTLE -- A University of Washington professor is part of a federally funded project to push science through songs. When Dr. Greg Crowther isn't working to save the world from malaria, he's rhymin' ...

Laurie Anderson performed a pair of songs off her trailblazing 1982 album Big Science for the latest installment of NPR’s Tiny Desk (Home) Concerts. For the 20-minute set from New York’s Canal Street ...

WORCESTER — Tensions have been rising nationwide over cuts to Federal funding to the National Institutes of Health and other government agencies that fund scientific research. For many who are opposed ...

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 ...