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June 17, 2025
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May 4, 2025 — A next-generation technology developed in 2023, conversational swarm intelligence (CSI), combines the principles of ASI with the power of large language ...
Apr. 16, 2025 — The simple act of looking at a piece of visual art can boost your wellbeing, a new research study has found, and this benefit can be gained in a hospital setting as well as an art ...
Apr. 2, 2025 — Does our ability to enjoy music have a biological basis? A genetic twin study shows that music enjoyment is partly heritable. Scientists uncovered genetic factors that influence the degree of music enjoyment, which were partly distinct from genes ...
Jan. 8, 2025 — Until now, contraception has been the method of choice for zoos to avoid surplus animals. Researchers are now calling for a paradigm shift: zoos could preserve their breeding populations, raise awareness of conservation challenges and improve animal ...
Dec. 18, 2024 — A fragment of 'lost' music found in the pages of Scotland's first full-length printed book is providing clues to what music sounded like five centuries ago. Scholars have been investigating the origins of the musical score -- which contains only 55 ...
Nov. 8, 2024 — Encouraging quietness during zoo trips can help visitors better appreciate their inhabitants and lead to more fulfilling, respectful and informative experiences, a new paper ...
Nov. 5, 2024 — Physicists have investigated to which extent a piece of music can evoke expectations about its progression. They were able to determine differences in how far compositions of different composers can be anticipated. In total, the scientists ...
Oct. 30, 2024 — Military musicians returning from the Napoleonic wars established Britain's first brass bands earlier than previously thought, new research reveals. The study undermines the idea that brass bands ...
Oct. 10, 2024 — Researchers developed a rating system to evaluate the plausibility of climate model simulations in the IPCC's latest report, and show that models that lead to potentially catastrophic warming are to be taken ...
June 24, 2024 — Do you have trouble recognizing faces, or do you never forget a face? The better you are at facial recognition, the more supportive relationships you are likely to have, regardless of your personality ...
May 29, 2024 — One-sided relationships with YouTubers are more emotionally fulfilling than talking to casual friends, a new study ...
Apr. 19, 2024 — A geo-environmental scientist from Japan has composed a string quartet using sonified climate data. The 6-minute-long composition -- entitled 'String Quartet No. 1 'Polar Energy Budget'-- is based on over 30 years of satellite-collected climate data ...
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Feb. 16, 2025 — It's been a long-held belief that absolute pitch -- the ability to identify musical notes without reference -- is a rare gift reserved for a select ...
Oct. 4, 2024 — Magic tricks make the impossible seem possible. Magicians have long captivated audiences with visual tricks, such as pulling a bunny from a hat or sawing someone in half, but tricks that rely on ...
Apr. 11, 2024 — Are we missing the forest for the trees? More than timber grows in forests -- including products worth many tens of billions of dollars. Because ...
Jan. 30, 2024 — A new study has shown that music evokes similar emotions and bodily sensations around the ...
Jan. 26, 2024 — New research shows that people can be spurred to look beyond close relationships in favor of philanthropy by having them reflect on their legacy. The ...
Dec. 3, 2023 — A new study provides compelling evidence that music preferences can serve as a window into an individual's moral values. It has uncovered an ...
Nov. 24, 2023 — From social media to the workplace, non-stereotypical apologies can help repair trust, according to new ...
Nov. 16, 2023 — A team of researchers looked back at a model that predicted nuclear power would expand dramatically in order to assess the efficacy of energy policies implemented ...
Sep. 8, 2023 — Music can take on many forms in cultures across the globe, but researchers have found in a new study that some themes are universally recognizable by ...
July 7, 2023 — A new study shows that intentionally integrating art with data visualizations can help non-expert audiences more meaningfully engage with climate ...
Earlier Headlines
Mar. 25, 2025 — Researchers explored how the characteristics of communication networks in groups (i.e., density and centralization) affected the development of shared social identity and, as a result, group ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — Researchers have found teaching artistic observation to neurology residents contributed to the development of well-rounded physicians with the capacity to be both skilled clinicians and compassionate ...
Nov. 6, 2024 — New research reveals that the music and soundscapes used in toy commercials are reinforcing rigid gender norms, shaping the way children perceive masculinity and femininity. The study uncovers how ...
Aug. 6, 2024 — A new study aimed to address the questions of whether art exhibitions can make us more empathic or even change our attitudes and behaviors? The researchers were able to show that, indeed, looking ...
Jan. 13, 2024 — A recent study explored a new way to ease the transition with an art therapy intervention to address the health needs of overweight, postmenopausal ...
Dec. 4, 2023 — The sound a disc makes while soaring through the air is full of information about how fast the disc is flying and how quickly it spins. This inspired Kyle S. Dalton of Penn State University to ...
Oct. 23, 2023 — A new study sheds light on the vital role of communication and expertise within organizations, revealing their impact on group performance. Researchers examined how individuals become part of ...
Sep. 18, 2023 — Diversity fuels prosperity in cities, but where do people from diverse backgrounds meet? A study now indicates that locations offering a range of rare shops and services may hold the ...
June 29, 2023 — Studying how genes influence human behavior is an enormously complicated undertaking. Socio-genomicists are harnessing massive banks of genetic data and complex data science analysis techniques to ...
Mar. 23, 2023 — A group of natural history museums has mapped the total collections from 73 of the world's largest natural history museums in 28 countries. This is the first step of an ambitious effort to ...
Mar. 23, 2023 — New research has found that constraints in the way our brains work can shape the way people interact when creating music, influencing its ...
Mar. 16, 2023 — The western chimpanzees of Guinea are threatened by mining activities. Using a novel genetic approach, researchers have collected information on population size and community structure of the ...
Mar. 13, 2023 — Pharmaceutical companies are increasingly partnering with real patients, or patient influencers, who share their experiences and advice on social media. A new study offers a first glimpse at why and ...
Nov. 30, 2022 — Large terrestrial mammals are vulnerable to the acoustic sounds of drones, technological systems which are increasingly used to study the wildlife in open habitats such as the savanna and marshes, ...
Nov. 2, 2022 — Engaging infants with a song provides a ready-made means for supporting social development and interaction, according to a new ...
Oct. 27, 2022 — Actors may suppress their core sense of self when acting, as they immerse themselves in a new role, according to a new ...
Oct. 27, 2022 — Music and arts classes are often first on the chopping block when schools face tight budgets and pressure to achieve high scores on standardized tests. But it's precisely those classes that can ...
Oct. 25, 2022 — A new study played song and movie clips both recent and from their adolescence for subjects and asked if they had memories associated with them. Results showed people had more memories associated ...
Sep. 23, 2022 — Climate change and habitat destruction may have already caused the loss of more than one-tenth of the world's terrestrial genetic diversity, according to new research. This means that it may ...
July 15, 2022 — Just like coughing, sneezing, talking and singing, playing wind instruments -- particularly those in the brass section -- can spread respiratory particles that may carry the COVID-19 virus, ...
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