People are born liking the taste of sweet and disliking the taste of bitter. These traits are thought to be protective in ...
According to a new study, they whistle. Researchers slid a small camera through horses' noses to film what happened inside while they whinnied and made another common horse sound, the softer, subtler ...
At a park near Canberra, Australia, a series of small white pyramid-shaped boxes are part of a new experiment: Can “frog ...
Another gene that can influence food preferences is the gene that makes cilantro taste soapy. Those born with a version of this olfactory gene – up to 20% of the U.S. population – are sensitive to ...
Maybe the only thing that is known for sure about the Dallas Cowboys career of Markquese Bell is that he is a pretty good football player. But what remains unknown is whether he has a place in the ...
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Years back, I learned about the lesser-known sonambient work of Italian-American designer Harry Bertoia. Bertoia, celebrated for his now-iconic wire mesh seating, created a series of sound sculptures ...
The title itself is a window into the humor and humanity that Seibel infuses throughout this collection of 32 short stories ...
Published last week in the medical journal Sleep, the study found that the presence of pink noise at night reduced REM sleep — the stage when most vivid dreams occur and memory, emotional regulation, ...
The Woodstock Experience Returns to Bell Theater! Half a million people came to a small dairy farm in upstate New York. They came to be a part of what would become an historic event. They came to be a ...
With Wilbury Theatre Group presenting this Rhode Island premiere, Small Mouth Sounds follows six strangers in a silent retreat in the woods and what could go wrong when you combine some very different ...
"A total mess” is the stark summary of TCI’s illegal immigration plight by one high-ranking British Parliamentarian. Leslie Griffiths told the House of Lords the Islands were facing a "really ...
Wilbury Theatre Group is bringing the Rhode Island premiere of "Small Mouth Sounds" by Drama Desk Award winner Bess Wohl to Providence. The production is scheduled to run from Jan. 29 to Feb. 15 at ...