Erica Jones’s mother gave her two pieces of advice when she was a girl. The first was to play tennis. It was a more social sport, she told her. The second was to play the piano. Erica ignored both.

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On the lower level of the Phoenix Art Museum, under the one light in an otherwise darkened room, sit an electric keyboard in a wooden housing, a small padded bench and 16 wooden chairs arranged in ...

This story is a collaboration with Popular Mechanics. Founding Father Benjamin Franklin is responsible for many inventions that we’ve now come to rely on. From bifocal glasses to the lightning rod to ...

Raindrops form inside clouds when tiny particles of water collide and stick together, forming larger droplets that eventually fall to Earth. This process is hard to model accurately, with current ...

The Trump administration seemed on the verge of shutting down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau earlier this year after trying to fire its staff, terminating its office lease, ending nearly all ...

It has long been understood that musical training brings many positive effects, cognitively and emotionally. Much of the previous research, however, has focused on children. And in fact, when we tend ...

Learning a musical instrument later in life may help keep the brain younger for longer. In a four-year study, older adults who continued practicing maintained their memory performance and showed less ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Benjamin Franklin invented the ...

In the late 2000s, “mobile-first” emerged as a design discipline. The argument was a single sentence: don’t design for the big screen and squeeze it down. Start with the small screen, the harder ...

Scientists in Germany have demonstrated a startling new form of surveillance: identifying people using nothing more than ordinary WiFi signals. By analyzing how radio waves bounce around a room, ...

UC San Diego researchers report substantial decreases in depression symptoms by tailoring behavioral interventions based on data participants collect about their own moods and daily habits. Study ...