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 ...

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 ...

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' ...

Do you want to be happy? Most of us would probably answer “yes” to that question, and many would turn to music to make it happen. There’s just something about music that can change our mood pretty ...

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 ...