Abstract. In the Olympic sport of speed climbing, athletes compete to reach the top of a 15 m wall as quickly as possible. Since the standardization of the

Analysis of over 2.5 million music listeners in three countries reveals how larger cities foster greater cultural diversity not only through demographic variety but also by enhancing individual cultur...

We live in an exciting time where the abundance of digital media and advanced computational tools, such as machine learning, enables the study of music and culture on an unprecedented scale.

This article explores whether the lyrics of songs influence their success in a national song contest. We constructed emotional arcs from over 6.763 song lyrics and examined their impact on contest per...

Whale vocalizations follow efficiency rules seen in human language, revealing striking similarities in communication systems.