A team of scientists from the University of Southern California (USC) are taking on a decades-old mystery concerning the human brain and how it processes utterances that aren’t linguistic in nature.

Researchers have discovered that orangutans possess vocal abilities similar to beatboxing, where they can produce two different sounds simultaneously. The study suggests that these vocal abilities in ...

Orangutans can make two separate sounds simultaneously, much like songbirds or human beatboxers, according to a new study. Orangutans can make two separate sounds simultaneously, much like songbirds ...

Our red-headed primate cousins, the orangutans, might be more similar to us vocally than we first thought. According to a paper published in the journal PNAS Nexus on June 27, orangutans have been ...

The science pros at TKOR demonstrate beatboxing after inhaling helium for laughs.

America has a new beatboxing champion, and he is from Maui. Wailuku-born Pono Akiona became the 2022 American Beatbox Champion in the solo category at the annual national competition held in Atlantic ...

Beatboxing is a musical art form in which performers use their vocal tract to create percussive sounds, and a team of researchers is using real-time MRI to study the production of beatboxing sounds.

Anyone who’s tried imitating the talent of a pro-beatboxer knows the art of vocal percussion is much harder than it seems. Producing all those trills and pops takes a lot of practice and a really ...

Orangutans can make two separate sounds simultaneously, much like songbirds or human beatboxers, according to a study led by the University of Warwick. Academics say the findings provide clues around ...