A look at the pioneering science fiction of Mark Twain?

It's a question that's kept many a physicist and beautician up at night (well, maybe not.)

What happens in your brain when you think about politics? We'll talk with a researcher using brain imaging techniques to map out voters' innermost feelings about the current crop of candidates.

Psychologist Diana Reiss discusses communication and cognition in dolphins in this audio recording. [11:54]

Time to bundle up and grab your binoculars - we'll check in on this year's Audubon Christmas Bird Count, a great example of citizen science.

How do great ideas come to be? What conditions help to foster creativity and spur advances in thought?

It's holiday news you can use - a holiday rebroadcast of our research into alcohol content and eggnog food safety.

Four journalists join Ira Flatow to discuss the top science stories of 2011.

New research finds that an adjustment to wind turbines could allow bats and wind power generation to better co-exist.

An audio lecture discussing a survey that questioned Americans on their beliefs about climate change. [23:40]

Two scientists discuss food safety and environmental concerns associated with transgenic salmon.

The band They Might Be Giants presents a new album of science-themed music.

Got a weakness for chocolate chip cookies? Kettle chips? Pizza? Ira talks with former FDA commissioner David Kessler about how tasty foods change your brain, and how the food industry designs the snacks you crave.

Ira Flatow and guests discuss the science of steak, like how grass affects the fat in a cut of beef.

Military leaders are fighting a battle of a different kind -- over rising energy use and logistics issues. We'll talk about efforts to increase efficiency and move to greener energy sources within the armed forces.

Researchers report that they've found a strain of bacteria that can swap arsenic for the element phosphorus in its metabolism -- even incorporating arsenic into its DNA.

In this special holiday rebroadcast, we travel to Milwaukee, Wisconsin to find out about the science behind lagers, ales, and porters. Raise a glass to the science of brewing!

It's the time of year when people think about snow. We'll tell you how you can grow your own snowflakes. Well, sort of.

Underwater digital tags show humpback whales use bubbles to trap schools of fish.

A geologist explains why this week's East Coast earthquake was felt by so many people.

Mechanical engineer David Hu filmed water striders gliding on food coloring and built his own robostrider.

Science historian Amir Aczel discusses new results that suggest the particle might not exist. [12 mins. 19]

Budget cuts may impair NOAA's ability to monitor severe weather, such as tornadoes and blizzards.

Unlike the stethoscope familiar to patients today, the original device was a simple tube.