Humans across cultures may share the same universal musical grammar
21 November 2019
Music appears to be made from the same simple building blocks of pitches and chords around the world, upending the prevailing view that universals don’t exist
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Exclusive: Humans placed in suspended animation for the first time
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At least one person has been placed in a form of suspended animation during a trial that aims to help people survive traumatic injuries like a gunshot or stab wound
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Game theory helps calculate the probabilities of an outcome in adversarial situations, and we use several games as models – but now there’s one that can cover many situations
