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This sea shanty recording is an aural representation of extreme storm data

Scientists have transformed data captured during the most energetic series of extreme storms on record into a musical piece, “Song of the Sea,” demonstrating the effects of climate change. The 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) is currently underway in Glasgow, Scotland, and researchers at the University of Plymouth in England have […]

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MIT scientists study spider web structure by translating it into music

Now you can walk through a virtual spider web, using VR headset and controllers to interact with a web sonification model. A spider weaving its intricate web is a bit like a person composing a song, at least in the eyes of MIT materials engineer Markus Buehler, whose research involves translating web structure into musical […]