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What are NFTs?

Definition

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs)

From crypto art to smart contracts, here’s everything you need to know about non-fungible tokens

Don’t Miss: Capitalism vs environmentalism at London’s Science Museum

Humans

Don’t Miss: Capitalism vs environmentalism at London’s Science Museum

Culture

Listen to the oldest known conch shell horn from 18,000 years ago

Humans

Listen to the oldest known conch shell horn from 18,000 years ago

News

Piano playing

Technology

AI can grade your skill at piano by watching you play

News

A young chimpanzee swinging from a tree

Environment

Origins of human music linked to our ancestors’ daredevil behaviour

News

Got To Keep On (2019), installation by The Chemical Brothers and Smith & Lyall 03

Video

Electronic: a trip through the history of music

Video

Robert Henke show, CBM 8032 AV

Video

How an artist made a concert from five 40-year-old Commodore computers

Video

MIDI 2.0: The code that will define the future of sound has arrived

Technology

MIDI 2.0: The code that will define the future of sound has arrived

Features

Man listening to music

Mind

We process a song's lyric and melody on different sides of the brain

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Don't miss: A singing bridge, a lost people and brilliant minds

Humans

Don't miss: A singing bridge, a lost people and brilliant minds

This week, watch architecture make music, remember the Yanomami and measure your superiority to machines

Culture

Video

How to be superhuman: The science behind extraordinary abilities

Video

Technology

Listen to a bendy audio speaker made from liquid heavy metal

News

Humans

Humans across cultures may share the same universal musical grammar

News

Technology

Drill music with positive lyrics is more popular than negative songs

News