When you listen to music, many brain regions fire up to help you analyze the sound and make sense of the emotions you feel in ...

What could be in this mysterious package? Credit: Ira Flatow Back in 1998, comedian and author Steve Allen, first host of The Tonight Show, joined Ira on Science Friday to talk about the importance of ...

In his research, Bonshor found that combining a major key, 7th chords, a 137 BPM, a strong beat, four beats in every bar and a structure of verese-chorus-verse-chorus is the best way to compose a ...

After 150 years sitting silently in a museum, a strange specimen has now sung its song once more. Scientists have digitally recreated the sound of a long-lost species of insect, not seen since 1869, ...

I haven´t done a humor-related site in a while, so as I was writing the above review, it occurred to me that it was time for another one. The Science Songwriters Association (SSA) was formed in 1999 ...

It’s no surprise that many recent PhD graduates want to share their dissertations with the world. After all the sweat and tears they put into their research, who wouldn’t want to tell the world, or at ...

To cheer you up after a depressing year, I've compiled a list of the ten greatest scientific music videos from the past 10 years (Yes the decade ended in 2019, but 2020 didn't really count...) While ...

Every night to me is Halloween Like an ancient scene You know just what I mean! —King Diamond, “Halloween” Yes, we do indeed know what you mean, thanks, King! In that same spirit (ugh, sorry) of ...

Blotted Science, the band featuring guitarist Ron Jarzombek (Watchtower, Spastic Ink), bassist Alex Webster (Cannibal Corpse, Conquering Dystopia) and drummer Hannes Grossmann (Alkaloid, Hate Eternal, ...