Playing on an instrument that is highly prone to losing its pitch, we string players must tune our violins, violas, cellos ...

The Keefer Bar, located in Vancouver’s Chinatown, has the appearance of a postwar back-alley Asian apothecary-cum-opium-den. Behind the bar are jars of medicinal herbs—astragalus, magnolia bark, a ...

Every GP has one, classical musicians rely on them to maintain the perfect key in concert halls and some believe they can transmit healing powers to cure all manner of ailments. Invented in the 1700s, ...

THE tuning-fork when its number of double vibrations, to and from in a second, or briefly its frequency, has been ascertained, is a most convenient instrument for measuring minute divisions of time.

In a curious inquiry, a reader sparks a cosmic conversation by questioning whether a tuning fork struck in the void of space could forever produce vibrations. Is that possible? Before we delve into ...

If you were hoping to toss out your Calgary speeding tickets after a CBC News investigation into whether police radar equipment in Canada is accurately calibrated — not so fast! The report found that ...