Syntrillium Software is e-mailing existing users with specials and information about its new Cool Edit Pro 2.0. The software now handles 128 tracks and has a new mixer window. Features include ...

The West African instrument dùndún is also known as “talking drum” because players can match the pitch and rhythm of speech patterns on it. A new study reveals just how closely dùndún players match ...

Different chimp troops drum with "distinct" rhythms, reveals new research. The primates use regular spacing between beats, according to the study. The "exciting" findings suggest that the ability to ...

New research from a team of cognitive scientists and evolutionary biologists finds that chimpanzees drum rhythmically, using regular spacing between drum hits. Their results show that eastern and ...

Bored at work? How about drumming away on this drum mousepad, simultaneously passing the time and annoying your office mates. Why is this cool? Because it’s a drum set in your mousepad, that’s why.

Living organisms aren't the only things that evolve over time. Cultural practices change, too, and in recent years social scientists have taken a keen interest in understanding this cultural evolution ...