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Online dates, solar farms and zebra stripes

Online dates, solar farms and zebra stripes

Our favorites of the week

By | Posted February 10, 2012

The Art of Spider Seduction

The Art of Spider Seduction

Experimental artist Eleanor Morgan has a thing for arachnids

By | Posted November 4, 2010

Shredding On A Tricked Out Electric Violin

This evening at the Union Square subway station a large crowd gathered around a violinist rocking his heart out.

By | Posted June 16, 2010

Echoes from the Future of Opera

Echoes from the Future of Opera

A mashup of music and technology at the MIT Media Lab

By | Posted March 12, 2010

What Do The Planets Sound Like?

What Do The Planets Sound Like?

Astronomer Greg Laughlin and composer Philip Glass try to hear the “music of the spheres” at the Rubin Museum’s latest Brainwave event

By | Posted February 22, 2010

They Got the Beat

They Got the Beat

Rhythm in animals reveals evolution of human music

By | Posted February 5, 2010

Mosquito Mating Music

Mosquito Mating Music

Scientists listen to the mating songs of disease-carrying mosquitoes in hopes that they’ll use what they learn to control wild populations.

By | Posted March 18, 2009

Wailing with Whales

By | Posted December 16, 2008

Tapping the Brain’s Electric Music

Tapping the Brain’s Electric Music

At a meeting of Brooklyn’s Secret Science Club, neuroscientist and composer Dave Sulzer explains how our brains compose music — even when we’re completely unaware of it.

By | Posted March 26, 2008

Is it true that an astronaut brought an iPod to space? What other weird stuff has made that trip?

Is it true that an astronaut brought an iPod to space? What other weird stuff has made that trip?

- Asks JB from Denver, CO

By | Posted March 24, 2008

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