The Devil’s Tone

from National Geographic The science behind why Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne’s music sounded ‘satanic’ The tritone has been blamed for chaos, banned by choirs, and embraced by metalheads. Here’s what the ‘devil’s interval’ really does to your...

The First Writers

from the Metro UK Humans could have been ‘writing’ 40,000 years earlier than anyone thought by Rory McKeown A mammoth figurine found in the Vogelherd Cave. It is around 40,000 years old and covered in sequences of crosses and dots which researchers believe may be the...

Not ’til you’re 18, son

from FORTUNE Peter Thiel and other tech billionaires are publicly shielding their children from the products that made them rich Despite building an increasingly screen-focused world, billionaire tech leaders are keeping their own children away from the tech they...

Willie Colón Gone

from Paste R.I.P. Willie Colón: Salsa legend dead at 75 “His music was not just heard; it was lived,” Fania Records shared in a statement.  By Matt Mitchell  Innovative composer, vibrant trombonist, bandleader, and salsa visionary Willie Colón has died. On social...

Gold Fever Pandemic Surging

from SF Gate The gold rush is back in California’s Inland Empire In San Bernardino County, gold and silver mining companies are pushing to expand By Erin Rode, Contributing LA Outdoors Editor Calico Ghost Town Regional Park certainly did not feel like a ghost...