Scroll down for a transcription of this episode. Why do some songs send chills down your spine or give you goosebumps? We explore the science of how music induces awe — and how that affects our ...

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New research shows that listeners perceive repeated environmental sounds as music. Water dripping. A shovel scraping across rock. These sounds don't seem very musical. Yet new research at the ...

Sad music can provide enjoyment, comfort or pain to different people, according to new research looking at the effects of melancholy songs on the emotions. Researchers at Durham University, UK and the ...

Have you ever noticed how a particular song can bring back a flood of memories? Maybe it’s the tune that was playing during your first dance or the anthem of a memorable road trip. People often think ...

Otherworldly audio The planets around TRAPPIST-1 have orbital ratios that can be mapped to musical intervals. (Image sources: NASA/JPL-Caltech; Shutterstock/ Kobee) CP Snow’s classic The Two Cultures ...

Victor Wooten, a famous bassist, approaches music as a language Michael Jackson was on to something when he sang that “A-B-C” is “simple as ‘Do Re Mi.’” Music helps kids remember basic facts such as ...

In the frozen vastness of Antarctica, a giant, spider­like antenna eavesdrops on radio waves pulsing around Earth via our planet’s magnetic field. Triggered by solar winds and lightning, these waves ...