Music creation has always been a delicate balance between inspiration and craft. While inspiration remains uniquely human, ...

Sound artists show beauty can still be found in a world full of technology, even the noise of IV machines and AI chatbots.

The orchestra consists of four main families of instruments: strings, woodwind, brass and percussion. There are plenty of ...

Bach never heard his harpsichord make sounds like this. Students in the History and Technology of Musical Instruments class taught by Matias Homar at Rochester Institute of Technology got the chance ...

The artist Scott Kildall is waving his hand over the contours of a Joshua tree, just inches from its spiky green, bayonet-like leaves. "If I get too close to it, it will prick me and draw blood," he ...

How can such a tiny fish make such loud noises? Scientists have long asked this question about the male Danionella cerebrum, which measures less than half an inch long, yet produces noises of more ...

Researchers conducted a global study of the factors that influence bird sounds, using more than 100,000 audio recordings from around the world. Birds make sounds to communicate, whether to find a ...