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 ...

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' ...

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 ...

The first chords of a favorite ’70s, ’80s, or ’90s song instantly evoke memories of youth, friends, or first loves. According to research published in Slate, brain imaging studies show that our ...

Music makes people move and groove, often in surprisingly involuntary ways. As it turns out, we even blink in time to the beat, researchers report in PLOS Biology. “Our eyes—which we usually think of ...

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 ...

Female Intelligence: Women and Espionage in the First World War (New York University Press, 2003): Music can be an enormous intellectual stimulant for me, but I find that the kind of music that I want ...