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A 1920s imagining of the 18th-century luthier Antonio Stradivari examining an instrument.
science

The World's Best Violins Sing Like Humans

Some are baritones, some are tenors.
Cara Giaimo May 21, 2018
Listen up.
astronomy

The Milky Way Sounds Like a Wacky Jazz Ensemble

An astronomer translated the sounds of galactic gases into a piece of music.
Jessica Leigh Hester May 16, 2018
The exhibit.
North Adams, Massachusetts

Gunnar Schonbeck Exhibit

More than 200 unconventional musical instruments that anyone can play.
Tulsa, Oklahoma

The Church Studio

Songwriter Leon Russell transformed this church into a recording studio used by many legendary musicians.
Allen Ginsberg chants in London. Although his reading displays many of the technical attributes of "Poet Voice," it generally doesn't come across that way to listeners.
sounds

An Algorithmic Investigation of the Highfalutin 'Poet Voice'

New research suggests that the affected reading style consists of a particular set of attributes.
Cara Giaimo May 1, 2018
The "Zymo-Xyl," built in 1963.
Seattle, Washington

Harry Partch's Musical Instruments

A collection of odd-shaped and quirky sounding instruments handmade by a midcentury inventor-composer.
Rhubarb isn't just colorful and tart, it can also be noisy.
sounds

Listen to the Sick Beats of Rhubarb Growing in the Dark

Snap, crackle, produce.
Eric Grundhauser April 10, 2018
Shell pulpit.
New Orleans, Louisiana

Scallop Shell Pulpit

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.
The eruption of Bogoslof, in a satellite image. The ash plume rose 40,000 feet above sea level.
volcanoes

Prepare Yourself for the Sound of Volcanic Thunder!

The first-ever recording of the phenomenon sounds a little like a typewriter.
Jessica Leigh Hester March 16, 2018
Thrust SSC.
Coventry, England

Thrust SSC and Thrust 2

One of these two land speed record-breaking vehicles went so fast it shattered the sound barrier.
The song of a sacred bird echoes up the stairs if you clap your hands.
Chichen Itza, Mexico

Chichen Itza Chirp

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.
The Colossi of Memnon, battered by time and accidental Roman damage.
Luxor, Egypt

Colossi of Memnon

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.
Alex serenades a Coke can.
sounds

Alex the Honking Bird May Be the First Interspecies YouTube Celebrity

The distinctively voiced cockatiel has earned both human and avian fans.
Cara Giaimo March 2, 2018
The pipes on the bunker.
Vlissingen, Netherlands

Vlissingen Wind Organ

A set of 27 bamboo tubes creates an eerie soundscape that changes with the wind.
The North Atlantic right whale has predictable movement patterns, and sometimes swims close to shore, which can help researchers study it.
sounds

How Whale Calls Change Over Time

They start out babbling, and get a lot more eloquent. Sound familiar?
Jessica Leigh Hester February 27, 2018
Jincheng, Taiwan

Jhaishan Tunnel

The wartime boat shelter now doubles as an underground concert hall where musicians play on rafts along the waterway.
sounds

Irv Teibel's 'Environments' Is Now an App

1970s nature recordings, for the 2018 human on the go.
Cara Giaimo February 13, 2018
Konversation by Erwin Stache.
Neerpelt, Belgium

Klankenbos Sound Forest

Artwork tucked within the trees greets visitors with surreal sonic experiences.