One of the world's largest illumination events to bring Albany to life during bicentennial commemorationsTens of thousands of visitors to attend ...

Kouxian, or ancient jaw harp, is the earliest string instrument that has been found in China. By placing kouxian between the lips and tapping it with the fingers, the instrument can produce sounds, ...

The two input gateways of communication, sight and sound, are quite well developed at birth. In fact, the auditory system becomes functional around 24 weeks in the womb, and the normal newborn can ...

As millions of Muslims begin observing Ramadan, NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to Aya Khalil and Nadine Presley, authors of two new children's books about this holy month.

Elizabeth Kilpatrick believes her life would have been a lot different if she hadn’t been exposed to music at a young age. “I grew up in a very rural area and did not have access to music classes in ...

Miao Yan, curator of the exhibitions, says the exhibitions have helped introduce the culture of kouxian to the world. "In addition to showing the ethnology, folklore and musicology related to jaw ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

Abstract: This study investigated methods to sustain driver arousal in driver-assist systems by considering habituation to repeated warning stimuli. Two experiments examined three approaches: using ...

This important study suggests that adolescent mice exhibit less accuracy than adult mice in a sound discrimination task when the sound frequencies are very similar. While the evidence supporting this ...