The state-of-the-art data sonification system translates pixels of celestial objects into sounds, thereby composing melodious classical symphonies.

Scientific studies claim that modern music has become simpler than ever before, both lyrically and musically. But are they measuring what really matters?

It began as a strange discovery buried in chaos theory — a mathematical pattern that seemed to predict real events before they happened. From climate shifts to stock market crashes, scientists now ...

Last year, onlookers observed a startling site on China’s Qiantang River: waves forming a grid-like pattern. Dubbed the “matrix tide,” this complex wave pattern was caused by the river’s famed tidal ...

LOS ANGELES — Tom Lehrer, the popular song satirist who lampooned marriage, politics, racism and the Cold War, then largely abandoned his music career to return to teaching math at Harvard and other ...