What do Homer’s “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey,” Hindu scripture, the Bible, Norse mythology and nearly all ancient literature all have in common? According to a recent episode of public radio’s ...

WNYC’s Radiolab has garnered plenty of acclaim since its first shows went on the air back in 2002, and now thousands of fans (including myself) tend to champ at the bit in anticipation of hearing Jad ...

Produced by New York’s WNYC, “Radiolab” blends science and storytelling with co-hosts Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich delve into philosophy, history and culture. Program draws a million listeners on ...

Science has never been cooler. We’re living in a time when “I fucking love science” is maybe the most popular thing on Facebook and Neil deGrasse Tyson is a universally accepted badass. So the ...

More than 3,000 irises dilated as the concert hall’s lights flipped off. The time had arrived to speculate about the orchestral webs of cells in the eye and the days before vision existed. “In the ...

Socrates once said, “I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.” As for me, I know I’m intelligent, because I know what Socrates said. But are either of those good metrics for ...

The two guys who headline public radio’s long-running show on “science, wonder and discovery” can’t wait for their first national tour. Declares Jad Abumrad, the hipster and technical whiz: “We’re ...

OAKLAND — Giant puppets, wild music, improv comedy and tried-and-true banter come together for a special two evenings in Oakland when Radiolab Live comes to downtown’s Paramount Theater. Radiolab, the ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Not five minutes after I sit down with Jad Abumrad for chorizo eggs and a cappuccino ...

Robert Krulwich, half of WNYC's Radiolab radio program and podcast is retiring. After co-hosting the public radio show with Jad Abumrad — who created it two years before Krulwich joined — for 15 years ...