This is your brain on….Binaural Beats
If you play 2 sound waves that are very close in frequency (but not quite exactly the same), you’ll get a phenomenon that causes beat frequencies between the 2 sound […]
Category: Weird
Forget the harmonica, carry a Pocket Trumpet
When most people think of portable music, they think harmonica, mouth harp, kazoo or something of that ilk. What if you play the trumpet, you’re about to go on vacation […]
Numbers stations: encoded spy messages
Static. Faint voices. Seven slow, monotonous tones. A pause. Suddenly, you hear music–one of those wind-up songs played by a child’s toy. The melody repeats three times. A pause. Suddenly, […]
Furby Gurdy circuit bend
Over 800 years ago, an instrument started to appear in the Middle East and in Western Europe called a hurdy gurdy. The hurdy gurdy was operated with a crank, and […]
Strange and mysterious sounds from the earth
If you listen closely, you’ll find that the earth is full of sounds. Some are things that you hear every day, some are truly remarkable and some sounds hail from […]
