Cool Science Radio | August 20, 2026 By Lynn Ware Peek, Scott Greenberg Published August 20, 2026 at 10:56 AM MDT Listen • 49:40 Stuart Firestein, Professor of Neuroscience at Columbia University, explores why uncertainty is essential to science and how embracing what we don't know can foster creativity, innovation and a more informed understanding of the world.What happens when physics, physiology, and music collide? Opera turns the human body into an extraordinary acoustic instrument, and there’s a surprising amount of science behind the sound.