When orchestras summon a storm
What do atmospheric scientists do for fun? They bring their work home with them. At least, they do if they’re Paul Williams and Karen Aplin, whose paper, to be published in November in the Royal Meteorological Society’s journal Weather, analyses depictions of everything from storms to sunshine in works of classical music. Williams specializes in…
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Tiffany O'Callaghan - New Scientist
Turning tunnels into musical instruments
The damp, dingy tunnels below Waterloo station in London are hardly your typical concert hall. But last weekend, as part of the Mindful exhibition, artist Oliver Beer brought a choir down to create ethereal music by turning the space into a giant musical instrument. To make the space resound, the singers needed to tap into…
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Sandrine Ceurstemont - New Scientist
