Music can actually make certain food's taste better: Oxford University has conducted the 'Bittersweet Study' which suggests that sound can influence how something tastes, not too dissimilar from how appearance and smell does using neurology or something. For example, that low brass sounds induce bitterness, while high-pitched tones – such as that of a bright piano can make food seemingly sweeter.

Queen fans are more empathetic: Cambridge University recruited 4,000 participants to take part in a series of different tests, the results of which separated them into either 'empathisers' or 'systemisers'. An empathiser is responsive to other people's emotions, while a systemiser analyses rules and patterns in order to make their decisions. With quick test samples, they found that fans of Jeff Buckley, Queen and Norah Jones were highly likely to be empathisers, while fans of Metallica and Sex Pistols were 'systemisers'.

Metal fans are happier than anyone else: The psychology journal, Self and Identity, measured the overall happiness of Metal fans of the 80s against people of the time that listened to different genres.The study found that metalheads "were significantly happier in their youth, and better adjusted currently". The main factor they considered was that the "fans and musicians like felt a kinship in the metal community.

Festival go-ers walk around 15 miles per weekend: A study has found that the average punter burns around 9,000 calories, and walked nearly 15 miles, over a festival weekend. Unsurprisingly, Glastonbury pushes their attendees to their limits, with the average attendee walking 5.1 miles a day, and burning over 3,000 calories, it's probably cheaper than a gym membership too.

Singing can make you look younger: Doctors in the UK have found that musicians boast an increased lung capacity, improved posture, boosted mental alertness, and constantly exercised facial muscles which can help maintain youthful looks, don't get this confused with increased lifespan though.

Pop music is objectively less creative than it used to be: The Spanish National Research Council researched the dynamics of pop music this year: "We obtained numerical indicators that the diversity of transitions between note combinations – roughly speaking chords plus melodies – has consistently diminished in the last 50 years."

Music was a part of primitive societies: Back when we were all a lot hairier, we know, thanks to science, that our primate ancestors liked to kick out the jams as much as we do. Archaeologists have found flutes in a cave in Southern Germany. The flutes seemed to be carved out of animal bones and were dated between 42-43,000 years old.

Some music is more pleasurable than sex: A recent survey found that 40% of people feel that the music they bump to during sex is more likely to arouse them than their actual partners. Music and arousal have a strong connection in the brain because music can activate the same pleasure centres of the brain that also respond to sex. Another study found that 'Bohemian Rhapsody' is among the tracks that are considered better than sex.

Music can get you high: Not in the way that can get your eyes glazed and hankering for a fish finger sandwiches, the act of performing music live energetically can trigger a 'runner's high' that sends an endorphin rush straight to your brain simulating a feeling of euphoria.

There's a reason cats don't like human music: David Teie is the man behind the album that is, supposedly, proven "to enrich cats' lives". At time of writing the project has $189,000 of it's $20,000 goal. The basic science being, as humans the first 'music' we come into contact with is the steady beat of our mother's hearts when in the womb therefore we associate positive feeling with 'pulse'. Cats, being tautologically non-humans, develop this association much later in life through suckling.

Science can explain the artwork for Unknown Pleasures: The mysterious black and white mountain peaks, immediately recognisable and immortalised in tattoos and clothing, are known to be a monochrome visualisation of pulsar data depicting a dying star, beautifully tragic - we suppose it's the perfect artwork Joy Division.

Drummers are more intelligent than everyone: Researchers at Stockholm's Karolinska Institute found that drummers who kept a tighter rhythm scored better on a 60-question intelligence test. This is a reflection of better problem solving skills, which creates a positive impact on those around them, so quit it with those 'dumb drummer' jokes.

Playing Nirvana can help you get pregnant: Great news for trying mothers to be, terrible news if you're a guy - a study discovered that the eggs placed next to iPods playing Nirvana and Metallica had a 5 percent higher rate of fertilization during IVF.