It Took A Musician’s Ear To Decode The Complex Song In Whale Calls

It Took A Musician’s Ear To Decode The Complex Song In Whale Calls

By Bill McQuay

Male humpback whales create ‘songs’ together, scientists say. Katy Payne was the first to hear the shifts in pitch and pattern in the collective calls as complex music — haunting, evolving tunes.

» E-Mail This

…read more

Via: http://www.npr.org/2015/08/06/427851306/it-took-a-musicians-ear-to-decode-the-complex-song-in-whale-calls?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=us

About author

You might also like

National 0 Comments

Former Corinthian Students: Saddled With Debt, Hoping For Relief

By Kirk Carapezza Former Corinthian students could soon be off the hook for their student loans, but that won’t help them in finding a better career. » E-Mail This …read

National 0 Comments

Chicago To Replace Famed Ferris Wheel With Taller One

NPR’s Rachel Martin talks with Alexander Eisenschmidt, an assistant professor of architecture at University of Illinois at Chicago, about the new Chicago Ferris Wheel. » E-Mail This …read more Via:

National 0 Comments

S.C. House Debates Removing Confederate Flag From Capitol Grounds

By Bill Chappell The idea of removing the Confederate battle flag from a prominent place in front of South Carolina’s Statehouse gets a crucial test Wednesday. » E-Mail This …read