Today marks the 115th birthday of Russian inventor Leon Theremin, inventor of the theremin, one of the eeriest and ookiest instruments created in this past century. Mr. Theremin celebrated quietly ...

December 1, 2008 After the close of WWII, Russian schoolchildren presented the U.S. ambassador with a “gesture of friendship” in the form of a two-foot wooden replica of the Seal of the United States.

Discover the fascinating world of the theremin, an enchanting electronic instrument played without touch, invented by Leon ...

You know that sound that makes the hair stand up on the back of you neck? That "watch out because the alien's huge, slimy tentacles are slithering closer and closer" sound? Lots of classic 1950s ...

Leon Theremin’s strange electronic musical instrument that leant its otherworldly sound to cheesy horror movie soundtracks and was emulated on The Beach Boys’ “Good Vibrations” is about to mark its ...

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"Theremin Hero," a video game in which amateur musicians play a toy version of the strange electronic instrument, akin to "Guitar Hero," may be an idea whose time will never come. Developed by a ...

Some stories from life far eclipse most of the ones imagined for movies. And one of the most bizarre of those true stories is recounted in Steven M. Martin’s whimsical and moving documentary, ...

Lew Stedman stands nearly still. He only moves his hands, ever so slightly, closer to or farther from two antennas protruding from a wooden box he stands behind. After each tremor of his hands, eerie ...