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Research shows listening to different musical genres leaves lasting impact on brain

Arts, Culture & Media

A Northwestern University scientist wanted to see how the brains of people changed when they grew up listening equally to two distinctly different cultures of music, like rock and tango. So he commissioned a study, and found that, indeed, ‘bimusical’ experience leaves a lasting impact.

Google’s gatekeepers

Environment
The World

Meet Google’s ‘secretary of state’

Conflict & Justice
The World

How Google is controlling free speech around the world

Conflict & Justice
The World

Edward Wong on the state of Chengdu; regional analysis from Global Insight

Global Politics
The World

Peru’s Pena

Arts, Culture & Media

Guitarist and producer Cory Wong recently went on a musical journey. He went in search of Afro-Peruvian rhythms. And found them, not surprisingly, in Peru. The musicians he recorded there are heard on a new CD, �Pena.’ Cory Wong gives us a sample.