The words “Miles Byrd with a steal and a dunk” seem to ring through the arena at least once a game every time the Aztecs take ...

Sometimes, we wonder why or how we ended up here. Doubt can lead us to forget how we arrived at our current destination. We ...

But in the forests of central Mexico, a single note from an Aztec whistle didn’t always indicate celebration — it meant death. “Death whistles,” or Aztec skull whistles, were short, carved instruments ...

The Aztec death whistle sounds were also played to human listeners while their brains were being recorded. Brain regions belonging to the affective neural system responded strongly to the sound ...

ceremonies and everyday life. But in the forests of central Mexico, a single note from an Aztec whistle didn’t always indicate celebration — it meant death. “Death whistles,” or Aztec ...

Ranging from a threatening hiss to a blood-curdling scream, the sound of the Aztec death whistle is as creepy as the skull-like appearance of the instrument that produces it. Brain scans suggest the ...

Riley Samuel Merritt has been featured in six Santa Fe stage productions this year, a number that would make most actors blush. His boyish face has become so familiar to Santa Fe theater-goers that ...

Ranging from a threatening hiss to a blood-curdling scream, the sound of the Aztec death whistle is as creepy as the skull-like appearance of the instrument that produces it. Brain scans suggest ...

While most of Anchorage slept, more than 150 people gathered early Thursday at Our Lady of Guadalupe Cathedral to celebrate ...

Brain scans of modern listeners suggest that Aztec whistles sound like human screams, which may have prepared sacrifice victims for their journey to the underworld. Ritual Aztec whistles produced ...