Rhythm plays an important role in how we perceive and connect with the world around us, even playing a role in our social lives and health. My husband reads to me every night before we go to sleep. We ...

A rhythm is a pattern of long and short sounds. Rhythm is all around us in the cackle of kookaburras, the breaking of ocean waves, and the patterns of our own speech. This is the first in a series of ...

Your heart has been doing its job faithfully for years, beating steadily in the background while you go about your daily life. Then suddenly, you become acutely aware of every beat as it seems to ...

Do you hear a regular beat da-DUM, da-DUM? This rhythm is very common in poetry and it even has a name: it’s called iambic. Poets often choose to write in this rhythm. Rhythm can help to strengthen ...

Rhythm is most commonly associated with music but it infuses much of our daily lives without us noticing (Credit: Alamy) Rhythm plays an important role in how we perceive and connect with the world ...