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Cue the orchestra...: A 22-year-old is working with Berklee graduates to create songs as gifts

India, May 18 -- The first time Yajur Madan wrote a song for someone was in 2018. It was a gift for a friend on her birthday, and he spent six hours composing it, recording it and creating a video to ... Read More


Bark knights: Meet India's wildlife super-sniffer dogs

India, May 18 -- Quarmy was a week into her new job when she cracked her first case. She raced through the forests of the Kaziranga national park at night, leading her team to a cache of firearms sta... Read More


What was the world's first 'animal tag'? How did it prove birds don't hibernate?

India, May 3 -- In the 18th century, the seasonal disappearance and reappearance of birds was a phenomenon that stumped naturalists. What could be happening to them? The Greek philosopher Aristotle (... Read More


Do you accept these terms?

India, April 28 -- In late 2020, a sales executive in Arizona named Marisa Jo Mayes sparked a trend on TikTok, called #QuitTok. It began with a series of posts in which she explained why she was burnt... Read More


Do you accept these terms?: Check out new words to describe the changing workplace

India, April 27 -- In late 2020, a sales executive in Arizona named Marisa Jo Mayes sparked a trend on TikTok, called #QuitTok. It began with a series of posts in which she explained why she was burnt... Read More


For the record: The first ear, audible plants

India, April 14 -- E arly experiments with sound were, by default, linked to music. The Greek mathematician and philosopher Pythagoras discovered, in the 6th century BCE, that harmony could also be ... Read More


Sound check: Can we retune the urban world?

India, April 14 -- F or most of us, in the pandemic, birdsong seemed to grow louder. But studies conducted since are revealing that, in some places, the opposite was true. As traffic noises disappea... Read More


Math and music: A brief note on Pythagoras's theory of universal harmonies

India, April 12 -- Numbers can explain everything, even music, the Greek mathematician and philosopher Pythagoras believed. His 6th-century-BCE experiments of plucking stretched strings of different ... Read More


The quest for quiet: Can we retune the urban world?

India, April 12 -- For most of us, in the pandemic, birdsong seemed to grow louder. But studies conducted since are revealing that, in some places, the opposite was true. As traffic noises disappeare... Read More


Early ears, audible plants, and bizarre acoustic experiments through the years

India, April 12 -- Early experiments with sound were, by default, linked to music. The Greek mathematician and philosopher Pythagoras discovered, in the 6th century BCE, that harmony could also be a ... Read More