Nature

Whistle while you whinny: researchers identify two sounds straight from the horse’s mouth

The ability to make two distinct sounds at once is shared with human beat boxers and throat singers. The horse whinny, or neigh, has been a familiar sound at least since the animal was domesticated, ...
AZ Animals on MSN

The pangolin’s tongue: The strangest hunting weapon in the mammal world

Quick, imagine an animal tongue. What came into your mind? The flicking forked tongue of a snake? A cow licking a block of salt? Your dog’s slobbery tongue lolling out the side of its mouth on a hot ...
Classic FM

Restored 5,000-pipe organ finally sounds again at sell-out Anna Lapwood concert

One of Britain’s most important concert hall organs has returned to Bristol Beacon following a seven-year restoration by master builders Harrison & Harrison. The Grade II-listed Britton Organ, which ...
BBC

Teens taught to play historic organ after £1m revamp

Three young people from Bristol are now being taught how to play the unique instrument A concert venue has launched a new scholarship programme offering tuition on "one of the UK's most important ...
BBC

Teens taught to play historic organ after £1m revamp

A concert venue has launched a new scholarship programme offering tuition on "one of the UK's most important concert hall" organs. The 14-metre (45ft) Britton Organ, built in 1956, has been fully ...
The Guardian

One of UK’s largest concert instruments will sound again after being restored to glory

At 14 metres tall and with intricate maze of pipes, valves and keys, the Bristol Britton organ produces ‘colossal’ sound After falling silent eight years ago, one of the UK’s largest – and loudest – ...
WGRZ

How the 28th largest pipe organ in the world fills Buffalo with the sounds of the season

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Nestled across the street from Frank and Theresa's Anchor Bar is Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. The congregation has called Main Street home since that location was erected in 1905. On ...
NBC News

Dry mouth is criminally under-diagnosed, dentists say. Here’s how to know if you have it and treat symptoms

Do you wake up in the middle of the night and need to drink water? Or notice that your mouth constantly feels like it’s filled with cotton balls? You might have dry mouth (a.k.a. xerostomia), an oral ...
WGBH

Bach, the Hook organ and the sounds like ‘heaven’ at Mechanics Hall

Mechanics Hall in Worcester is home to the famed Hook Organ, also known as the Worcester Organ. And GBH’s All Things Considered host Arun Rath sat down with Mechanics Hall principal organist Peter ...
CBS News

Here's how the first concert organ in the U.S. ended up in a Boston suburb

When you drive past Methuen Memorial Music Hall in Methuen, Massachusetts, you might think it's an old city building. But it was built by a very wealthy local man just to house one spectacular ...
The New York Times

A New Organ Is Shaking the Pews at Trinity Church

Performances in N.Y.C. Trinity’s organ was severely damaged in the Sept. 11 attacks. At last, its replacement has been unveiled. Hear the sound of its 8,041 pipes. Trinity’s organ was severely damaged ...