
Giant Lemurs Are the First Mammals (besides Us) Found to Use Musical Rhythm
Indris’ dramatic family “songs” show repeatable timing patterns

Giant Lemurs Are the First Mammals (besides Us) Found to Use Musical Rhythm
Indris’ dramatic family “songs” show repeatable timing patterns

A Geology Musical Interlude for Your Enjoyment
It's Friday. We deserve to have some fun, right? Let's have some music!


Pop Culture Pulsar: Origin Story of Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures Album Cover [Video]
Sure, I was familiar with the graphic—and I’m not alone. Drop this image (right) on someone’s desk and chances are they’ll reflexively blurt, “Joy Division.” The band’s 1979 Unknown Pleasures album cover leaned entirely on a small mysterious data display, printed in white on black.

Drones Spy On Birds in Flight
Quadcopters appear to be a relatively benign tool to study the behavior and numbers of wetland birds. Christopher Intagliata reports

Genetic Memory: How We Know Things We Never Learned
I met my first savant 52 years ago and have been intrigued with that remarkable condition ever since. One of the most striking and consistent things in the many savants I have seen is that that they clearly know things they never learned.

Genetic Memory: How We Know Things We Never Learned
I met my first savant 52 years ago and have been intrigued with that remarkable condition ever since. One of the most striking and consistent things in the many savants I have seen is that that they clearly know things they never learned.

The Sound (And Taste) Of Music
It's said that a person can have good taste in music but what about the taste of music? What would it taste like? Experimental psychologist Charles Spence and researchers at the Crossmodal Research Laboratory at the University of Oxford may be able to provide some insight.

"Alive Inside" Shows How Music Can Break Through the Fog of Dementia
A documentary captures people with dementia reconnecting to emotions and lost memories through music

Kids on Screen-Time Diet Lost Weight and Got Better Grades
Over the long term, limiting screen time brings substantial benefits

Rhythm Is Heard Best in the Bass
Better detection by the brain could explain why low-pitched notes carry the beat across musical cultures

Creative Spark: Neuroscientist-Turned-Artist Shares His Process
Painter Greg Dunn describes how an aha moment kicked off his artistic career

Creative Communities Are Key to Innovation
More than an expression of individuality, creativity takes shape in a social context