For Roy Maimon, hitting the bar stage and working in the scientific laboratory have never been separate worlds. During his Ph.D., the new NYU Tandon biomedical engineering assistant professor would ...

For Annika Socolofsky, the realms of art and science aren’t mutually exclusive. Socolofsky, assistant professor of composition and faculty coach for CU Boulder SoundWorks, has solid footing in both ...

Scientists at the British Antarctic Survey use them to study space weather and its links to Earth’s climate. But for one ...

The same song can make one person cry and leave another smiling, and science can explain why. From the physics of a note to dopamine, memories and the strange comfort of sad music, here is how sound ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — On the stage, he goes by Roy G. Biv. He says the “G” stands for Gary. But in “everyday life,” Walker Smith is a self-proclaimed musical chemist. The Knoxville native has combined ...

Science and music may seem like completely different fields, but they have a lot in common. In April, a research team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the U.S. translated the ...

World Music Day 2026 highlights a surprising scientific finding: listening to a simple song may reduce stress levels by up to ...

The history of music goes back a long, long way, and a new discovery in France may be one of the most important discoveries linked to early music making. A conch shell that is now thought to be a horn ...