KASTHURI: Big relative brains. RAND: Big relative brains ... everyone’s brain, Einstein’s brain, Mozart’s brain, they all operate on 20 watts of energy. And these light bulbs in this room are probably ...

Scientists measure the variability in musical pieces. Music is widely known to evoke emotions, but how exactly do these ...

There seems to be something about classical music that appeals to starlings: Mozart ... Although brain size isn’t a measure of intelligence, we humans tend to expect a big-brained animal to ...

Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” has been listed as one of the most popular operas since it premiered in 1791. MSU's Opera will ...

Mozart fans have new music, thanks to a recent discovery. A 75-year-old poet gets a big surprise — and shares why he writes about kindness and joy. Plus, we learn why dolphins “smile” when ...

The MSU College of Music last performed The Magic Flute ten years ago as the first program staged in the renovated Fairchild ...

While the “Mozart Effect” — the notion that listening to Mozart could enhance a baby’s intelligence — has largely been discredited, classical music is now gaining renewed recognition for ...

Don Hertzfeldt's "ME" is available on Vimeo On-Demand.

Physicists at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS) have investigated to which extent a piece ...

Hamilton discusses how drop tunings, NYC, fine art, Led Zep, the Bee Gees, Glenn Branca, jazz and soul all played their part ...

The world has lost one of the most iconic music figures ever embedded in the annals of music history. Quincy Jones will ...

The neurosurgeon detailed how the stress or trauma experienced by one generation can affect the brain development of ... "There has been a big discussion about whether the stress effect can ...