Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: How Music Works
How do we perceive sounds as music or as noise? It all depends on the physics of sound. Aired Nov. 19, 2010 [19:21]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: A Grammy in Math
Joe talks with Kevin Short, a mathematician at the University of New Hampshire who shared in a Grammy award for work in restoring an historic recording of Woody Guthrie.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Oliver Sacks on Music and the Brain
Science Friday's Ira Flatow speaks with author and neurologist Oliver Sacks about music and the brain and Sacks' latest book Musicophilia. [2:32]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Science of Good Dancing
Evolutionary psychologist Nick Neave researched men's dancing skills and found that the highly-rated male dancers had some moves in common. Tracy Inman, co-director of The Ailey School, has trained thousands of dancers and responds to...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Tiny Dancers Show Rhythm's Roots
Psychologist Marcel Zentner and Tuomas Eerola found that babies will dance when they hear music and other rhythmic sounds. The findings suggest babies smile more when they hit the beat. [3:33]
Crash Course
Crash Course Physics #19: The Physics of Music
Music plays a big part in many of our lives. Whether you just like to listen or you enjoy playing an instrument, music is powerful. So what is music? How does it work? What are the physics of music? In this video episode of Crash Course...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: They Might Be Giants: Here Comes Science
The band They Might Be Giants presents a new album of science-themed music.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: In 2010, a Space Opera
For the past week, the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York has been home to an unusual sight -- performances of a Haydn opera about the moon.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Primate Music
There's research on whales singing and birds dancing, but what about monkeys and apes? In this segment, we'll look at the musical abilities of our fellow primates.
ArtsNow
Arts Now Learning: Recycle Rap
In this video, students read and recite a rap song about pollution and recycling. [2:12]