It's no secret that humans love music—but what about it makes your brains and hearts tick? Turns out, there's a scientific ...

The Philadelphia Science Festival hosted a unique jazz concert held in the Bossone Research Center’s Mitchell Auditorium. This event allowed the audience to experience the science behind the music via ...

Music is one of the most expressive forms of art in existence. The landmark My Bloody Valentine album, Loveless, for instance, sounds genetically engineered to approximate what heartache feels like.

In his research, Bonshor found that combining a major key, 7th chords, a 137 BPM, a strong beat, four beats in every bar and ...

Humans have been making music since the beginning of time, enjoying its ability to facilitate interpersonal connection and relieve stress. More recently, science has helped us start to understand it — ...

Science and music have a reputation for going hand in hand. But for Crick postdoc and professional musician John J. Williamson, the synergy goes much deeper than their basis in patterns. Depending on ...

Black holes are the most massive gravitational engines in the universe, yet what most of us probably know about them could fit into a thimble. A new collaboration of music, art, and science by the ...

Whether or not we realize it on a conscious level, music is a universal language. It’s as old as time, it communicates what words alone cannot, and it speaks to each and every one of us in a deeply ...

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 ...