Physics of Sound Harmonics and The Unified Theory Theoretical physicist Brian Greene, best known for his work on string theory, explains how music might have the answer we need to find a unified ...

Musical instruments and throats create different notes by making the air around them vibrate at particular frequencies (check out part one to find out how they do it). When you pluck the A string on a ...

Bridges... bridges, bridges, bridges. We talk a lot about bridges in Physics. Why? Because there is A LOT of practical physics that can be learned from the planning ...

Similar to the human larynx, a bird’s vocal organ – or syrinx – consists of folds of tissue in the passage that connects the lungs to the throat. As the bird expels air, these folds open and close to ...