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1st Computer-Generated Music Record from Alan Turing's Lab Restored

By Kacey Deamer published

The record disc captured three songs: "God Save the King," "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep" and Glenn Miller's famous swing melody "In the Mood."

Computing
Forest

This is What Climate Change Sounds Like, in D Minor

By Brian Kahn published

Yellow cedars are dying in Alaska and researchers have turned the data showing their demise into music.

Climate Change
Sharks with Diver

Da-Na, Da-Na ... Spooky Music Makes People More Afraid of Sharks

By Laura Geggel published

Sharks
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'The Hubble Cantata' Weds Live Music with VR Views of the Cosmos

By Mindy Weisberger published

A live event combining virtual reality and musical performance in Brooklyn will be — literally — out of this world.

Virtual Reality
Beyonce singing

Beyoncé Got It Right: Cheating's Emotional Fallout Gushes from 'Lemonade'

By Laura Geggel published

Human Behavior
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Jazz-Playing Robots Will Explore Human-Computer Relations

By Charles Q. Choi published

Jazz-playing computers and robots could soon yield clues about how to help people collaborate with machines, researchers say.

Robotics
A group of shishi-odori deer dancers — Japanese folk performing artists who sing, drum and perform acrobatic dancing.

Universal Rhythm: People Dance to Same Beat Across the Globe

By Katharine Gammon published

Human Behavior
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Does Music Give You Math Skills? It's a Tricky Equation

By Naomi Eide published

Will Mozart truly boost your mathematical mind?

Education
A lock of Mozart's hair.

Locks on the Block: Mozart & Beethoven's Hair on Sale

By Elizabeth Peterson published

How much would you spend on a few strands of a dead man's hair?

Arts & Entertainment
a woman listening to music through headphones.

Why That Bass Beat Moves Us

By Charles Q. Choi published

Bass notes lay down beats in music worldwide, and new research may reveal why that is — the ear responds better to rhythms set by deeper sounds, scientists say.

Neuroscience
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