With the new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building, the Institute’s multidisciplinary approach to music deepens. On a typical afternoon, MIT’s new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building hums with life.

Relish in the pleasant thrumming of galaxies and stars in deep space whose data has been "sonified" into orchestral music. Sound cannot travel through space, thanks to the lack of air to act as a ...

In space, no one can hear you scream. You may have heard this saying. It’s the tagline from the famous 1979 science fiction movie “Alien.” It’s a scary thought, but is it true? The simple answer is ...

We're used to getting word of what's going on in the Universe in the form of images. After all, that's what most telescopes currently in operation do, they look at things and snap pictures. Over the ...

In space, no one can hear you scream — here's why. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Our universe is filled with floating nebulae, ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

At the start of my career, I used to do acoustic testing in an anechoic chamber where sound is not reflected as it gets absorbed. But the quietness of these chambers always got me thinking of how ...

What if you could listen to music or a podcast without headphones or earbuds and without disturbing anyone around you? Or have a private conversation in public without other people hearing you? Newly ...