Forty years ago, we sent two spacecraft into space, each carrying a copy of the Golden Record – a perfect time capsule of Earth in 1977.
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MusicMusicians and Scientists
Scientists’ favourite music. What do they listen to while they work?
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenWhat music do scientists like? Desert Island Discs, Science Mixtape, and a Twitter thread show lots of variety in scientists’ favourite music.
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Creative & designMusicScience in Art & CultureScience on stageVisual arts
How has DNA inspired art?
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenToday is DNA Day, a day to celebrate DNA, genetics, and all the science and medical advances that come with it. In just a few decades, DNA has become so…
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A few weeks ago I wrote a blog post called “Why are so many scientists also musicians?” I closed that by saying “I think that the question of why there…
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Over the last ten years I’ve interviewed several people about their adventures in music and science, and I often asked them why they thought that music was a popular activity…
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HistoryMusicMusicians and ScientistsScience Everywhere
A strange time to visit the Herschel museum
by Eva Amsenby Eva AmsenThe day after the Brexit referendum I visited a museum dedicated to two German immigrants, and some of England’s most prolific astronomers. Siblings William and Caroline Herschel lived in Bath…