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It is easier to chat at parties if you don't know the music playing

Background music is less distracting at parties if you are unfamiliar with the songs being played, according to brain activity data

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Cyborg pianist: Transforming classical music with AI and brain data

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Zubin Kanga performs 'Cyborg pianist' and Kings Place, London

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How AI brought John Lennon back to life for the last Beatles song

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An orchestra charity concert in Munich, Germany

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Classical music synchronises the audience's heartbeats and sweating

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How Matthew Herbert used a horse skeleton to create his latest album

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Kagami review: Mixed-reality gig brings dead headliner back to life

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Which countries will do well at Eurovision 2023 – according to science

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Wild Wet World and Torus review: Transmuting obscure worlds into music

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Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven by Joseph Karl Stieler

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Ludwig von Beethoven’s DNA reveals he probably died of liver damage

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Don’t Miss: Innervate, an EP reflecting on epilepsy by Liza Bec

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Don’t Miss: Innervate, an EP reflecting on epilepsy by Liza Bec

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Male and female gibbons sing duets in time with each other

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Double exposure Image of Liza Bec, a composer living with music-triggered epilepsy

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Liza Bec: The composer living with music-triggered epilepsy

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Dancing Rat

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Rats bop to the beat of Lady Gaga, Queeen and Mozart, just like humans

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Low-frequency sounds make you dance more

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All about that bass: Low-frequency sounds make you dance more

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