Science Friday - BIORHYTHM style (plus a hidden easter egg)

That's right, BIORHYTHM has begun.

It was a scorcher last night as 900 hot outfits and dozens of cool tunes met warm weather on Pearse street.  Cathy Davey helped kick off the fun last night at our Members+ preview-- and you can listen to her playing "Little Red" below.

Listen!

Besides music, BIORHYTHM officially opens to the public at noon today, and is chock-full of awesome events over the next three months.

And a special secret for the blog readers, there's an 'easter egg' hidden in the Bob Moog's Glasses installation (here's a hint: hit both buttons).  If you want to have more Theramin fun, come along to the Bob Moog's Glasses workshop on Saturday July 3rd at 2pm to "experiment with mixed reality environments and develop an understanding of how the human body is impacted by medical conditions and even the weather."

BOO!

And in the spirit of sound, we'll be using Audioboo to capture the sounds of Biorhythm.  Check out our first few at http://audioboo.fm/Sciencegallery, or subscribe to the RSS feed.

The sad song science of serendipity

It couldn't be better timed for BIORHYTHM-- a scientists in the US claims to have discovered why minor keys sound so sad.  It's because the minor third is linked to the tones humans make when they are expressing sadness.  Wow.  The Guardian has the full details.

In other news, just be glad you're not a mollusk

Because then you wouldn't really be into music or BIORHYTHM! You see, mollusks dig silence.  Apparently zero mollusks appear to be able to communicate with sound even though it would appear to have several potential benefits.