Music

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Paper Copy of 122 Year-Old Record Played Back!

In an awesome case of 1890s cutting-edge tech meeting modern technology, sound historian (yes…that’s a job) at Indiana University, Patrick Feaster, has done something amazingly nerdy and fantastic. While looking for an illustration of the w

Discovery / Music / Record

HIV Makes Beautiful Music

A graduate student attending the University of Georgia has created a 52-minute album featuring musically transcribed HIV afflicted DNA. On sale now at Amazon! [Amazon via reader Tess]

Disease / Music

The Ape That Taught The World To Sing

A new species of buffed-cheeked gibbon with a very distinctive call was identified by German researchers. Not only does this have implications on the heavily endangered gibbon in general, but the ape song could be the precursor to human mus

Music / Science

A Musical Tribute To The Fish That Walked

Is it Music Monday up in this piece or what? This little ditty comes from Weird Things reader Joatmon who worked with band The Indoorfins to sing about the Tiktaalik, a fish that walked on its fins. Read all about this awesome creature here

Bizarre / Music