The World’s First Earbud Headphones
Apple may have popularized the earbud, but these ear-mounted speakers have roots to the Roaring '20s.
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Music
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The Gibbon of the Opera
An ability long considered uniquely human—manipulating our vocal mechanism to make loud, beautiful sounds—turns out to have been mastered long ago by apes.
Memory Gone, the Melodies Linger On
Can’t get that tune out of your head, even though you have no recollection of its name? Scientists…
Sex Shapes How We Hear Music
Once a year, it seems, the worlds of gender studies, fashion and classical music collide at the Hollywood…
Start Highstepping When Politicians are Sidestepping
Marc Herman’s 101 post about flash mobs flamenco-ing in Spain’s ailing banks sounds like an echo, or perhaps…
Hate Rock 101
A sociologist explains why Sikh temple shooter Wade M. Page's white-power music scene is dying out, just as we're all discovering it.
Even Patients with Severe Dementia Respond to Music
French researchers report music therapy can improve the mood of people suffering from severe Alzheimer’s disease.
Should We Let Violinists’ Bad Behavior Slide?
Would you vote for a musician who was clearly better than her competitor, but also behaved immorally?
Stayin’ Alive, Stayin’ Alive—Seriously
A classic song from the disco era turns out to be, literally, a life-saver.
Write a String Quartet? There’s a Program for That
Reboot, Beethoven: One group of Canadian concert-goers enjoyed computer-generated works as much as those written by humans.