Sound
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Arts
What Spatial Audio Can and Cannot Do for Classical Music
Immersive audio formats, while newer for pop, have been used by composers for decades. But not all works call for…
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World
A French Music Maker Lost His Voice. A Comedian Helped Get It Back.
The rap producer known as Pone, who has A.L.S., speaks through a computer that makes him sound robotic. He asked…
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Business
SZA Makes It Nine Weeks at No. 1, and Rihanna Returns to Top 10
“SOS” is now the longest-running No. 1 album by a woman since Adele’s “25” seven years ago.
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Arts
Laraaji Conjures a Baptism in Sound
The pioneer of ambient music, now 79, rediscovered some of his earliest recordings for a new four-disc set.
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Arts
How to Turn a Good Cry Into Good Cinema
Bringing a great crying scene to the big screen requires a combination of craft and empathy. This is how three…
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Politics
Dolphins Can Shout, but It’s Never Loud Enough
Researchers found that dolphins confronted with noise increase the volume and duration of their calls to one another but struggle…
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Arts
‘Babylon’: A Guide to the Characters and Their Real-Life Counterparts
The Damien Chazelle epic is set in 1920s Hollywood and draws on figures from that time, including “the ‘It’ Girl,”…
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Arts
Review: ‘The Magic Flute’ Directs Its Whimsy Toward the Younger Set
Julie Taymor’s version of Mozart’s opera, a fairy tale of puppets and plexiglass, achieves its finest form in the Met’s…
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Magazine
Judge John Hodgman on the Most Cheeky Onomatopoeia
A couple disagrees on the etymology of a fart.
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Politics
Curse Words Around the World Have Something in Common (We Swear)
These four sounds are missing from some of the seven words you can never say on television, and the pattern…