Ira Flatow

Host and executive producer of Science Friday

Ira Flatow appears in the following:

Agricultural Bees, China’s Energy Future, Frankenstein In Class

Friday, February 02, 2018

China’s leaders are pursuing carbon-free alternatives to coal to solve the country’s growing energy needs and suffocating pollution. Plus: Bees, Frankenstein, and more.

Politicizing Science? Some Take Aim at Earth Day March

Friday, April 21, 2017

Some within the scientific community says that this weekend's March for Science politicizes a field that should not be political at all.

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The Golden Record Remastered: A Cosmic Mixtape

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Watch our celebration of The Golden Record's 40th anniversary with Studio 360's Kurt Andersen, writer Maria Popova, Science Friday's Ira Flatow and WQXR's Terrance McKnight. 

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Science Friday's Ira Flatow on Extreme Weather One Year After Sandy

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

While the science behind climate change may still be controversial in some circles, it's come increasingly difficult to deny that the planet is growing warmer. And though scientists a...

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Candid and Controversial Conversations on Science and Nature

Monday, December 17, 2007

Ira Flatow, host of the NPR program "Science Friday," talks about some of the most exciting and controversial currents in modern science…from nanotechnology, to the surprising number of scientists who don’t believe in evolution. Flatow’s new book is Present at the Future.

Present at the Future is available for purchase ...

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Learning to Cope

Monday, December 17, 2007

John Elder Robison wasn't diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome until he was in his 40s. He describes growing up without being able to recognize social cues or facial expressions and how he learned to navigate the world anyway. Also, pianist and conductor Leon Fleisher. NPR science correspondent Ira Flatow. Plus: the ...

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