Radio host Ira Flatow has a message: Science is sexy.
He said science no longer contained to classrooms and laboratory. Science has officially gone mainstream, he said. Flatow, the host of NPR’s "Science Friday," will deliver that message on Thursday night in a keynote address at the Wisconsin Science Festival.
Flatow pointed to two of the most popular shows on television at the moment: “The Big Bang Theory” and “Breaking Bad.”
“You have cable and you have standard network television programs with science themes in them,” Flatow said. “People are putting science in the media. When shows that have to make money …...
