The good news is 2026 is right around the corner, and this list has a bunch of suggestions that'll help you (and hopefully me) get it together this year. From a lazy Susan for inside your fridge and a ...

The only thing more frustrating than someone trying to patronize you is when someone tries to talk down to you about a ...

In ancient China, people laid xiantao (a lute-like ancient Chinese musical instrument) with strings to generate music. After a long evolution, the instrument developed into what we call sanxian (three ...

Supposing you’re at a shoe shop and you have free rein to select the slinkiest, most stratospherically-heeled jobs on the rack, but what you actually need is a good pair of hiking trainers… Oh, and ...

This AI-powered transcription tool promises to convert any audio file into sheet music, tab or MIDI. But can it really match the skills of a professional?

Share your traditions, weigh in on a seasonal debate, write a story, reflect on the year behind you, or prepare for the one ahead. By Natalie Proulx and Katherine Schulten The Times Upshot reporter ...

The gong, also called a "ringer", is a traditional Chinese metal instrument that produces loud and long sounds. Having no fixed pitch, there are many shapes and types of gongs that deliver varying ...

<midi-player> and <midi-visualizer> HTML elements powered by @magenta/music (Magenta.js), fully stylable and scriptable. Works in Jupyter notebooks, Colab, and Weights & Biases thanks to the ...