by Simone Vitale | Oct 31, 2026 | Philosophy of Sound, Science of Sound
In March 2025, an international team led by researchers in Italy reported evidence of a supersolid state in a system that combines light and matter. The catchy phrase used in headlines to report it was “frozen light,” but what was it exactly? The...
by Simone Vitale | Sep 23, 2026 | Philosophy of Sound
Throughout human history, sound has occupied a significant place in spiritual and religious traditions. Sacred texts contain numerous passages in which sound appears as much more than a means of communication or musical expression. The spoken word creates. A voice...
by Simone Vitale | Feb 23, 2026 | Philosophy of Sound
The discussion around tuning music to 432 Hz continues to evoke strong responses. For some, it represents a return to natural harmony. By others, it is dismissed as pseudoscience wrapped in attractive language. Between these positions lies a more useful question: what...
by Simone Vitale | Nov 26, 2025 | Philosophy of Sound
There’s a famous illustration by Camille Flammarion showing a traveller kneeling at the edge of the world, lifting the sky like a curtain to glimpse the vast cosmos beyond. It’s often seen as a metaphor for the human impulse to go beyond what’s known, to question...
by Simone Vitale | Sep 29, 2025 | Philosophy of Sound, Science of Sound
If you send a loud enough tone into a liquid, tiny gas bubbles can implode so violently that they flash with light. This is called sonoluminescence. In its cleanest laboratory form, a single micron-scale bubble sits in a standing acoustic wave and emits a...
by Simone Vitale | Aug 25, 2025 | Philosophy of Sound
Mostly, we think of sound healing as something we create, an intentional experience shaped by voice and instruments. A moment set apart from the noise of the world, a carefully curated bath of vibration and stillness. But what about the sounds of daily life, where we...
