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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 955: Amazing facts about music, the brain, and the body

September 9, 2022September 9, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Biology, Body, Brain, Evolutionary Biology, Music, Neurology

The most powerful and strangest lump of organic material in the known universe sits inside your skull. The human brain

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Music News 

Fun with music and official scientific nomenclature (you’ll see what I mean).

October 28, 2019October 27, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Biology, Nomenclature

[This extremely nerdy piece was my column for GlobalNews.ca over the weekend. I regret nothing. – AC] The rule in

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Music News 

Some newly-discovered spiders have been named after some metal musicians

October 21, 2019October 20, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Agra, Biology, Bruce Dickinson, Def Leppard, Iron Maiden, Klaus Meine, Metal, Rick Allen, Scorpions, Spiders

Outside of certain Latin-based nomenclature requirements, the rule in science is that if you discover it, you name it. Christina

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

Yes, the Brains of Artists ARE Different

December 21, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Artists, Biology, Creativity, neurobiology

After having done thousands of interviews, I can tell you that artists are wired differently from you and me. The

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Music News 

Joe Strummer Now Has a Namesake Snail

December 15, 2014December 14, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Biology, Clash, Joe Strummer, Sea snail

The scientific rule is this: you discover it, you get to name it. As long as some basic tenets of

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Recommended Reading 

New Book on Sex, Drugs and Rock’n’Roll Entitled “Sex, Drugs and Rock’n’Roll”

September 24, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Biology, Medical Mysteries of Music, Neurology, Zoe Cornier

I’m fascinated by how our brains work as we listen to music. Canadian biologist Zoe Cormier (the daughter of Toronto

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