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Dancing

Medical Mysteries of Music 

Neuroscientists discover how music makes us want to dance.

January 2, 2021January 2, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Dancing

Music and our brains have a complex and fascinating relationship that scientists are always investigating. This latest bit of neuroscience

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Cool! 

People keep setting this guy’s dance to different songs

September 13, 2020September 13, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Dancing, Meme

I don’t know who this guy is, but he’s pretty popular as a meme. People keep setting his dance to

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WTF? 

Watch this congregation go dance-crazy because…well, I don’t know why.

February 21, 2020February 21, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Church, Dancing

Growing up Catholic, we never had services like this. Even on Easter. (Via Larry)

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Cool! 

The most incredible dance move you’ll see this week.

October 15, 2019October 14, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Dancing

I have no words. Otter attempts the infamous 2160° zoomie and pulls it off flawlessly. 14/10. pic.twitter.com/LVKMCieKVH — In Otter

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Cool! 

This headbanging cockatoo has 14 different dance moves. Science is intrigued.

July 9, 2019July 8, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Dancing

Meet Snowball, the headbanging and dancing cockatoo. Scientists have been studying him in an effort to understand why music makes

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WTF? 

For absolutely no reason, here’s a supercut of Christopher Walken dancing.

June 30, 2019June 30, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Christopher Walken, Dancing

Just the thing you need for a long weekend, right? (Via Tom)

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Tech 

AI program makes it look like you can dance

August 28, 2018August 27, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Dancing

It’s not that I can’t dance–I do have a decent sense of rhythm–it’s that I won’t because I think I

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Music History 

500 years ago this summer, there was a plague of dancing. Yes, dancing. People died, too.

August 7, 2018August 6, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Dancing, St. Vitus Dance, Strasbourg

Back in the summer of 1518–500 years ago this month–the French city of Strasbourg went crazy. According to reports, hundreds

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Medical Mysteries of Music Music News 

Random Music News for Saturday, February 3, 2018

February 3, 2018February 3, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Africa, Bon Jovi, Dancing, Hologram, Liam Gallagher, Reunion, Roy Orbison, Slayer, Smart Speakers, Sony, Spice Girls, Stone Temple Pilots, Streaming, The Smiths, Toto, Warner

Do Toronto newspapers have the absolute worst comics sections in all of North America? It’s embarrassing, really. Now let’s look

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WTF? 

Country Hip Hop Dancing. Wait–What?

November 24, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Country, Dancing, Hip-hop

Who thought that this was a good idea? People paid money to have this produced and–well, you’ll see. (Blame Tom

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

Going to Concerts and Dancing is Good for You. Science Says So.

November 6, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Concerts, Dancing, Music, Well-being

Can going to a concert and dancing be good for you? Yes, according to science. New psychological research at the

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