Nature: Icelandic singer Björk’s album Biophilia, which is released in two weeks, features songs about DNA, crystals, viruses, and electricity—each accompanied by an iPad app. Björk tells Nature‘s Andrew Mitchinson that the lessons are designed for children: “I felt that the years between five and eight, when a child’s brain is soaking up languages and learning to read and write, are the perfect time to absorb musical theory.” As part of her musical science tour, she’ll be holding workshops at science museums around the globe, including in San Francisco.
The finding that the Saturnian moon may host layers of icy slush instead of a global ocean could change how planetary scientists think about other icy moons as well.
Modeling the shapes of tree branches, neurons, and blood vessels is a thorny problem, but researchers have just discovered that much of the math has already been done.
January 29, 2026 12:52 PM
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