Friday 1 July 2022

Perceptions of happy and sad music may not be universal across cultures, new research finds

Researchers repeated the musical experiment with a group of musicians and a secondary group of non-musicians in Sydney, Australia. They then compared the emotional perceptions and preferences for major or minor harmonies and chords across all the study's participants.

Note to self – Australian Spy Chief Discusses Geopolitical Threats in First-Ever TV Interview

Information is power, and the head of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service has for the first time appeared on national television to explain how his secretive organization operates, in a bid to publicly explain its workings as it celebrates its 70th anniversary.

Australian Spy Chief Discusses Geopolitical Threats in First-Ever TV Interview
https://www.voanews.com/a/australian-spy-chief-discusses-geopolitical-threats-in-first-ever-tv-interview/6639500.html