What is silence, exactly? In quiet moments, does the brain register silence the same way it hears, say, music? Or does it demarcate silence as the gaps between noises? Psychologists and philosophers ...

Do we have a bat signal for Paul Simon? In a new paper, a team of philosophers and psychologists at Johns Hopkins University claims to have finally settled an ancient debate: whether you can actually ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. The Cyril remix of Disturbed's “The Sound Of Silence”—itself a ...

A movie trailer advertised on Facebook a new movie coming out in November about Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Bonhoeffer was a German pastor and theologian who was killed by Hitler toward the end of WWII. His ...

Disturbed’s “The Sound of Silence” remix climbs to No. 2 on the Dance Digital Song Sales chart, nearly reclaiming the top spot behind Lady Gaga. MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - MAY 14: David Draiman and Dan ...

Susan Philipsz “Study for Strings” (2012) (all photographs by the author for Hyperallergic) The Museum of Modern Art’s first foray into a group exhibition of sound art, Soundings: A Contemporary Score ...