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How an Amazonian people convey their entire language by drumbeat
The Bora people can encode complex messages into drumbeats that mimic human speech, and even include a “ringtone” to announce the start of a message
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Tune in your head? Mind-reading tech can guess how it sounds
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Wasps drum with their stomachs to tell each other about food
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Virtuoso bowhead whales constantly make up new songs
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Astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell explores Bach’s cosmic music
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Very creative people have a special kind of brain activity
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Mute male crickets are still trying to serenade females
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The higher your testosterone levels, the more you love soft rock
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No sweat: Does listening to music make exercise easier?
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Music and art stop dementia from stealing everything we cherish
12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS: How will our deepest thoughts at the end of 2017 be altered by the intellectual climate of 2018?
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Your music tastes can be changed by using magnets on your brain
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In a Spotify world, why does anyone want to listen to cassettes?
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Songbird gets angry when its rivals are brilliant at singing
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Need a creativity boost? Try listening to happy background music
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