People with musical anhedonia, a rare inability to enjoy music, are teaching scientists how the brain processes songs. In February, a pop-up science column, Annals of Inquiry, is appearing in place of ...

I need your help. I want to do my own Extremely Scientific Survey of the saddest songs you’ve ever heard. Bonus points if they make you cry. Why do we enjoy songs that make us cry? It seems like the ...

At the height of her career, Mariah Carey took a risk by releasing a holiday song. Given what we know about the singer who has dubbed herself "Queen of Christmas," and the ubiquity of the seasonal hit ...