I feel a song coming on …
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Only male crickets have wing structures that produce sound, but females are very good at following the signal.
Sarah Nance at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, 2019.
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Sarah Nance uses geologic data and a variety of artistic media to help people think about their place in the landscapes they use and occupy.
Something people today have in common with civilizations past: a love of music.
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For thousands of years, music has been an essential part of the human experience.
Olivia Rodrigo performs at the Glastonbury Festival in June 2022.
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Through stitches, duets and green screens, Olivia Rodrigo showcases the postmodern appeal of today’s popular music
About 62% of Sierra Leonean women aged 15-49 have experienced physical or sexual violence.
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Theatre is able to create a space for discussion about how and why women experience physical and emotional violence.
Prisoners are forced to play music as they lead a fellow prisoner to his execution at the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria.
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Music is supposed to transcend the mundane and horrific. Yet it has also served as an accompaniment to torture and punishment.
Daily life on a ship could be monotonous and dreary, so songs were sung to lighten the mood.
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Crews sang the songs to ease the fears, anxieties and loneliness of daily life on merchant ships.
When Frank Conrad broadcast the results of the 1920 presidential election, he had no idea that politics would be forever transformed.
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For centuries, people largely read politicians’ words. But with the advent of radio, the ability of politicians to engage and entertain became crucial components of their candidacies.
Helping boys through their voice change can keep the joy of singing alive.
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Many boys stop singing at adolescence – but with the right support, they can continue to sing through their voice change and emerge as lifetime singers.
Even when singing does take place, voices are muffled.
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A choral conductor and scholar of sacred music explains what’s missing from church worship with singing banned due to the pandemic – and why live choir rehearsals are still a ways off
If the range of a song is good for you, you’re much more likely to enjoy and find ease in singing it.
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Penn State researchers who call themselves the ‘Happy Birthday Club’ suggest that we shouldn’t make judgments about our singing abilities based on familiar tunes that happen to be really hard.
Funky pigeon.
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Can animals find the beat in music and dance along?
Could music one day be something we experience through augmented reality, responding to the way we move through the world? Sound supplemented with colours and shapes?
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Today, we're hearing about a researcher who records birdsong, how tech changes music and why song might help address Indigenous language loss.
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Most people have strong opinions on what makes a song good or bad. But is anyone actually right?
Singing increases breathing control and lung capacity, can improve your health, and release the happy hormone.
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Almost anyone can be taught how to sing.
Singing helps us remember information.
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Because of the way our brains work, we can remember songs and rhymes much more easily than just words or letters. The ABC song teaches kids the basics of the English language.
Data from what we download and listen to can now be mined to create and promote future songs.
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Does musical taste even matter anymore? Or does a data-driven feedback loop – where what you enjoy in the past shapes what you hear today – influence what you’ll like in the future?
Time for a jolly singalong.
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People found out about crime and punishment in that most spectacular era of public executions, the Renaissance, through melody.
Male lyrebirds perform choreographed dances to match the song they are singing when trying to attract a mate. Not only do…