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New findings on how the human heart adapts to expressive music features, like loudness or tempo, could lay the foundations for targeted music-based "exercises" to support heart health. Led by King's ...

Music makes people move and groove, often in surprisingly involuntary ways. As it turns out, we even blink in time to the beat, researchers report in PLOS Biology. “Our eyes—which we usually think of ...

Sync music” has become the soundtrack to our lives — whether we realize it or not. Kara Talve (left) and Anze Rozman, who are married to each other, collaborating on a composition at Bleeding Fingers ...

AI-generated songs are breaking onto the charts, and music labels are pivoting from lawsuits to partnerships with AI startups. What comes next?

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For most of human existence, listening was closely tied to moments that carried meaning, emotion, or survival.

Phil is in prep for surgery. As the anesthetic is about to be administered, the anesthetist says, "Oh, and by the way, during the procedure the surgical team will be listening to the hard rock classic ...

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It’s sometimes said you ought to look backward before you can look forward. This week, we’re showing how one very specific moment in American history has had knock-on effects for scientific ...

Music lessons are sometimes sold as a sort of cognitive training. Put a child in front of a piano, the story goes, and they’ll get smarter. Mainstream news headlines have helped fuel the belief, ...