In 1996, Phish’s Trey Anastasio formed a free-form jazz ensemble that came and went without much fanfare. 30 years later, their only album opens a door to a world of improvisational music that goes ...

You’ve got a legitimate reason to flinch when you’re peeling off a roll of Scotch tape. That annoying screech is actually tiny cracks traveling at supersonic speeds. An international team of ...

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 ...

The world is full of sounds, and sound can affect us greatly. Some sounds are pleasant, like the laughter of a small child or a babbling brook in a peaceful forest. Other sounds are unpleasant, like ...

The physics behind shoe squeaks is surprisingly complex. Phil Roeder via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 2.0. As illustrated by the High School Musical song “Get’cha Head in the ...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt responded candidly when asked whether U.S. President Donald Trump‘s beliefs in aliens. ”A speech on aliens would be news to me. That sounds very exciting, ...

The screech of peeling sticky tape conceals a rapid train of tiny shockwaves, ultrafast imaging shows A new experiment has uncovered the mechanism responsible for the screeching sound made by peeling ...