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An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or any other sort of vocal music; all of the music is produced by musical instruments. This term is used when referring to popular music rather than to other musical genres such as European classical music. In commercial music, instrumental tracks are sometimes renditions of a corresponding release that features vocals, but may also be compositions originally conceived without vocals. An instrumental version of a song which otherwise features vocals is also known as a -1 (pronounced minus one).

Instrumentals that have reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 include

Since the release of "Sandstorm", no instrumental has reached the top of the Billboard chart.

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Hawaiian hot spot has deep roots

Hawaiian hot spot has deep roots

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hawaii may be paradise for vacationers, but for geologists it has long been a puzzle. Plate tectonic theory readily explains the existence of volcanoes at boundaries where plates split apart ...


Stellar family portrait takes imaging technique to new extremes

Stellar family portrait takes imaging technique to new extremes

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Noted for harbouring Eta Carinae -- one of the wildest and most massive stars in our galaxy -- the impressive Carina Nebula also houses a handful of massive clusters of young stars. The youngest of these stellar ...


iPhones are musical instruments in new course and ensemble (w/ Video)

iPhones are musical instruments in new course and ensemble (w/ Video)

Technology / Hi Tech

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- iPhones are being used as musical instruments in a new course at the University of Michigan.


WISE Snug in Its Nose Cone

WISE Snug in Its Nose Cone; Launch Set for Dec. 9

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer has been wrapped in the outer nose cone, or "fairing," that will protect it during its scheduled Dec. 9 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.





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Nanosphere's Disposable Cartridge

Gene Testing In the Doctors Office

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A portable instrument manufactured by Nanosphere Inc. and recently approved by the FDA, can detect genetic variations in blood that alter the effectiveness of some drugs.


NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites see Nida fading, and 97W getting organized

NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites see Nida fading, and 97W getting organized

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created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites flew over Tropical Depression Nida and System 97W in the Western Pacific Ocean and noticed that one is fading while the other is powering up.


Nida getting knocked by winds, and 97W piquing interest

Nida getting knocked by winds, and 97W piquing interest

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created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nida is now a tropical storm, and is being knocked around by wind shear in the Western Pacific. Satellite imagery has confirmed Nida's center of circulation is exposed and the storm is losing its circular ...


NASA captures Typhoon Nida's clouds from 2 angles

NASA captures Typhoon Nida's clouds from 2 angles

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created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA satellites capture amazing views of tropical cyclones, and the Aqua and CloudSat satellites captured a top-down look at temperatures in Typhoon Nida's clouds, and an image of what they look like from ...


NRL Sensor Observes First Light

NRL Sensor Observes First Light

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created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Special Sensor Ultraviolet Limb Imager (SSULI) developed by NRL's Spacecraft Engineering Department and Space Science Division, launched October 18, 2009 on the U.S. Air Force Defense Meteorological Satellite ...


Kangaroos may hold skin cancer cure: study

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Kangaroos may provide the key to a potential treatment to prevent skin cancer, Australian scientists said Monday.


Recalls, food worries spark booming business in food safety

Recalls, food worries spark booming business in food safety

Chemistry / Other

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Recalls of ground beef, peanut butter, and other foods have done more than raise public awareness and concern about food safety. They also are quietly fueling a boom in the market for food testing equipment ...


Space technology optimises windmill efficiency

Space technology optimises windmill efficiency

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created 8 hours ago | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A French start-up company from ESA's Business Incubation Centre in the Netherlands has developed a small instrument to measure wind speed and direction from the ground up to heights of 200 ...


Team using Subaru Telescope makes major discovery

Team using Subaru Telescope makes major discovery

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (21) | comments 2

An international team of scientists that includes an astronomer from Princeton University has made the first direct observation of a planet-like object orbiting a star similar to the sun.


Case Western Reserve researchers' new pathway discovery published as 'Paper of the Week'

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Case Western Reserve University researchers, from the School of Medicine's Department of Nutrition, discovered two new metabolic pathways by which products of lipid peroxidation and some drugs of abuse, known as 4-hydroxyacids, ...



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