The Russian percussion group Etnobit A group of Siberian percussionists has discovered the coolest instrument in the world: the ice on the frozen Lake Baikal. … Read more
Here’s three-year-old Lyonya Shilovsky, a Russian drummer who leads an entire symphony orchestra through a rousing section of Jacques Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld, commonly … Read more
What is music? Why do we like it so much? Why do some people like noisecore and some like classical? These might feel like simple … Read more
Dan Brown’s best-selling book The Da Vinci Code captured the attention of historians, fiction readers, and movie goers. It also intrigued two individuals, a father, … Read more
Are you experiencing racing pulse and rapid breathing, dry mouth and tight throat, trembling hands, knees, lips, and voice, sweaty and cold hands, nausea and an uneasy feeling in your stomach, and vision changes? Are … Read more
Do you remember eating dinner with your family as a child and wanting to play with your vegetables as though they were something else, like … Read more
For more than a century, since he captured the spoken words “Mary had a little lamb” on a sheet of tinfoil, Thomas Edison has been … Read more
Birds on the Wires from Jarbas Agnelli on Vimeo. Considering birds could not be sitting in the space between the wires, it totally makes sense … Read more
It is amazing to see how, with a little effort, one can create beauty, even in a noisy place like a German train station. All … Read more
The theory behind the Melody Road is surprisingly simple: when driven, the road over causes a tactile vibration and audible rumbling transmitted through the wheels … Read more
What does a man do when he has an overnight layover at the airport? Well, instead of crying about it, passenger Richard Dunn decided to … Read more
Never underestimate the power of music. If anyone needs proof of how amazing music is, this is it! It can bring a senile man back … Read more
MIT researchers recently translated the ebullient spirit of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy into real bubbles. On a piano-like surface—which is boiling, we have to add– bubbles … Read more
Now that pets are treated more and more like actual human beings or particularly spoiled children, we cannot be surprised by the fact that the … Read more
