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Future Humans Can Mine Black Holes for Energy by Feeding Them, Experiment Suggests
A famed physicist dreamed decades ago that future humans, or aliens, could generate energy from black holes. Now, physicists have experimentally shown that it could one day be possible.
Exploring the Actual Science Behind Why Music Makes Us Feel Good
From the calming frequencies, to dopamine released when we hear our favourite tracks, can music really heal us? Or is that bullshit?
Mathematician Proposes Blocking Tsunamis with Sound Waves
Whether or not we could ever engineer such a thing is uncertain.
How to 3D Print Your Own Tractor Beam
It uses high pitched sound waves to trap and pull tiny objects toward it.
Burning Man’s Largest Audio Visualizer? A 1,000' Light Tunnel
The 'Sonic Runway' visualizes sound waves across 32 steel gates rigged with LED light strips.
Waltz with 5,000 Glowing Plexiglass Blades
Piano music splinters into a hypnotic, glassy dance in Fabien Oefner's latest work, 'Field of Sound.'
The Crushing Din of Vibrating Buildings
Since 2006, Nicolas Maigret has been blasting iconic European architecture with high-powered subwoofers. The results are overwhelming.
Watch Fire, Sand, and Electricity Become Mesmerizing Music Visualizers
Nigel Stanford's 'Cymatics: Science Vs. Music' is like the physics dance party we always wanted.
These Computers Talk With Smoke Rings And Lasers
"Binairy Talk" is a smoke signal communication revival—but with a healthy addition of lasers and binary code.
Sound Artist Turns Noise Into Spectral Spectrums
Sound studies majors and composers will lose their mind over Zach Dunham's experiments.