Science in Art & Culture

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Do computers understand music genres? My Medium post looks at some attempts to interpret genre based on MIDI files, and why it doesn’t work perfectly.

Cat Zero weaves together the complicated, sometimes archaic, social hierarchies of researchers with the thrill of a new scientific discovery.

This is the text of a five-minute lightning talk presented at SpotOn London, about five things scientists can learn from musicians.

In Stranger Things, Dustin visits the local library to find out more about a creature he found, and brings some real science into this scifi show.

What makes scary music so scary? This weekend, I answered that question on Medium, but because today is Halloween, I’ll post an excerpt from it here.