You might not be a firefly (or any other creature known for its bioluminescence), but you too do glow. Some of that glow is simply because you're warm. But at visible wavelengths, most of that glow comes from being alive. It's just really, *really* hard to…

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Nearly 6300 meters below the surface of the Caribbean Sea, researchers have observed a curious site: tiny creatures that look a bit like a cross between a Ha...

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In 2018, a nonprofit gave every adult in the Ahenyo village $500. Most families had lived in extreme poverty for generations, and this…

In 2002, a research team discovered one of the oldest human ancestors ever, called Sahelanthropus. For over twenty years, most people thought that all they found was a skull. But a few researchers, sworn to secrecy by their peers and the norms of the field…

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In his second lecture, Charles Taylor investigates the essential features that have to be present in any instrument, if a usable musical sound is to be produced.

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Tune in for live coverage as a new cargo ship from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) lifts off for the International Space Station.

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This riddle posed by Richard Feynman sounds silly, but the answer contains one of the most important discoveries in physics.

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In his first lecture, Charles Taylor explains why some sounds are musical and others are just noise.

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In his third lecture, Charles Taylor explores how flat plates and hollow bodies work in amplifying sounds.

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In his fourth lecture, Charles Taylor takes a look at the development and science behind wind instruments.

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In his final lecture, Charles Taylor explores electronic instruments and muses on whether they may one day replace traditional ones.

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Watch JAXA's new cargo ship arrive at the International Space Station after a three-day journey through space. The uncrewed spacecraft is carrying four and a half tons of food and supplies for the crew aboard the space station.

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Watch as Roscosmos cosmonauts conduct a spacewalk in support of the International Space Station.

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Live views from the International Space Station are streaming from an external camera mounted on the station's Harmony module.

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