In the Neues Museum in Berlin, Queen Nefertiti's head perches, almost weightlessly, on a swan-like neck. The painted stucco and limestone bust is 3,300 years old, but its plump red lips, high ...

Neuroscientists are closing in on a striking idea: some brain cells appear to be tuned specifically to music, firing in patterns that let us anticipate the next note before it arrives. Instead of ...