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Results of a study involving primates suggest that speech and music may have shaped the human brain's hearing circuits. In the eternal search for understanding what makes us human, scientists found ...

Ever heard of an elevator pitch? An elevator pitch is a persuasive and succinct sales pitch, named after the time it takes to ride an elevator from the bottom floor to the top. It’s a concise and ...

Among primates, humans are uniquely able to consciously control the pitch of their voices, making it possible to hit high notes in singing or stress a word in a sentence to convey meaning. Researchers ...

Our science guy Steve Spangler threw out the first pitch for the Colorado Rockies Thursday and he did it without any tricks. However, many of you had great recommendations for him on Facebook and ...