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Liam Viney, The Conversation
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The Beatles’ ‘Sgt Pepper’s’ at 50: Was it the greatest thing you ever heard or just another album?
Six experts write about how the iconic album has stood the test of time – and opinions differ widely.
Liam Viney, The Conversation, Adam Behr, The Conversation, Catherine Strong, The Conversation, Christine Feldman-Barrett, The Conversation, James Arvanitakis, The Conversation & Stuart Medley, The Conversation
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Good vibrations: The role of music in Einstein’s thinking
Einstein, an accomplished violinist, claimed that, had he not pursued science, he would have been a musician. That's worth reflecting on, in the wake of last week's discovery of gravitational waves.
Liam Viney, The Conversation
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What music sounded like in 2015
The hard numbers of sales, downloads, streams, and billboard charts seem to do all the work for us. But do these measures tell us anything meaningful about music's nature and value in 2015?
Liam Viney, The Conversation
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Karnataka forms SIT to probe ‘obscene videos’ case allegedly involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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Jamming with your toddler: How music trumps reading for childhood development
New research shows shared music-making with toddlers may have benefits above and beyond those of reading.
Liam Viney, The Conversation
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Star Wars: A guide to what the sounds of the new trailer reveal
For all the speculative commentary as to what the new Star Wars trailer reveals plot-wise, its true 'force' is surely located in the various sounds that infuse this perfectly constructed teaser.
Liam Viney, The Conversation
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What might Pluto sound like? Our musical love affair with the cosmos
From Twinkle Twinkle to Space Odyssey and beyond, humans have always turned to music to help deal with the profoundly confronting enormity of the cosmos. Is that a match made in the heavens?
Liam Viney, The Conversation
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat