{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Building a landslide observatory, and the universality of music","description":"You may have seen the aftermath of a landslide, driving along a twisty mountain road\u2014a scattering of rocks and scree impinging on the pavement. And up until now, that\u2019s pretty much how scientists have tracked landslides\u2014roadside observations and spotty satellite images. Now, researchers are hoping to track landslides systematically by instrumenting an entire national park in Taiwan. The park is riddled with landslides\u2014so much so that visitors wear helmets. Host Sarah Crespi talks with one of those visitors\u2014freelance science journalist Katherine Kornei\u2014about what we can learn from landslides.   In a second rocking segment, Sarah also talks with Manvir Singh about the universality of music. His team asked the big questions in a Science paper out this week: Do all societies make music? What are the common elements that can be picked out from songs worldwide? Sarah and Manvir listen to songs and talk about what love ballads and lullabies have in common, regardless of their culture of origin.   This week\u2019s episode was edited by Podigy.   Ads on this week\u2019s show: Bayer; KiwiCo; McDonalds   Listen to previous podcasts.   About the Science Podcast   [Image: Martin Lewinson\/Flickr; Music: Jeffrey Cook]    ++ Authors: Sarah Crespi; Katherine Kornei ","author_name":"Science Magazine Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/www.sciencemag.org","html":"