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Ear-resistible: why there are some songs we simply can't get out of our head

05 Apr 2023

A new study explains the kind of tunes we can’t seem to shake off.

Music and wellbeing

Does music improve overall health and wellbeing?

13 Apr 2022

The positive health effects of music suggest it’s time to get your ABBA on. 

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The new digital platform simplifying sound design for creatives

19 Jan 2022

A creative coding toolkit co-designed by a UNSW researcher supports the creation of intricate sound installations.

Taylor Swift at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, USA on March 14, 2019.

Do copyright laws really protect the work of artists?

17 Mar 2021

Copyright is much more than a creator's private property right or a mechanism through which corporations control cultural production and influence mass consumption choices, says cultural law expert.

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Music to my fears: stereotypes prejudice our musical tastes

19 Nov 2020

The way we feel about music is shaped not only by the music itself but by our mindset, a new study shows.

Two young students playing the recorder

Good music education is not the recorder

12 Oct 2020

Music education isn’t always that great. Just look to the recorder.

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Architecture and the senses: sound, music and more

09 Oct 2020

Our experience of the built environment is augmented by more than what we can see.

Piano players playing together during music school rehearsal

Why you should learn a musical instrument

28 Aug 2020

Learning music has many benefits, but not in the ways you might think.

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Music lifts our spirits in times of crisis

22 Apr 2020

UNSW Professor Emery Schubert discusses what sort of music we like to listen to in the midst of a crisis.

 

Joe Wolfe brick demo

Musical physicist seeks new knowledge

13 Mar 2020

Physics Professor Joe Wolfe is popular among students for dramatic lecture demonstrations. Out of class he researches the mechanics of the human voice and composes music.

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