In 1996, Phish’s Trey Anastasio formed a free-form jazz ensemble that came and went without much fanfare. 30 years later, their only album opens a door to a world of improvisational music that goes ...

Experiments have uncovered the physical mechanism responsible for the screeching sound that adhesive tape makes when peeled from a roll 1. Many of us will be familiar with the unpleasant squeal of ...

When we hear certain sounds, our brains often pair them with specific shapes. For example, most people will associate a sharp-sounding word with a jagged, pointed shape, while a soft, rolling word is ...

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The world is full of sounds, and sound can affect us greatly. Some sounds are pleasant, like the laughter of a small child or a babbling brook in a peaceful forest. Other sounds are unpleasant, like ...

The physics behind shoe squeaks is surprisingly complex. Phil Roeder via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 2.0. As illustrated by the High School Musical song “Get’cha Head in the ...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt responded candidly when asked whether U.S. President Donald Trump‘s beliefs in aliens. ”A speech on aliens would be news to me. That sounds very exciting, ...