14 DAY TRIAL // Experiments carried out by Spanish researchers suggest that music can help increase IVF (in vitro fertilization) success rates.
The scientists say that fertilized eggs given the chance to “listen” to music while hanging about in a Petri dish are 5% more likely to be develop into an embryo.
This is probably due to the fact that music produces tiny vibrations that somehow benefit the egg, Daily Mail reports.
“Embryos produced using IVF sit on a dish, stewing in their own juices but those produced naturally are wafted down the fallopian tubes, rocking and rolling all their way to the uterus.
“This movement means that the embryo experiences a very dynamic environment, which may have some advantages, particularly in terms of getting rid of waste products. The vibrations caused by music may stimulate this effect,” researcher Dagan Wells explains.
By the looks of it, the eggs don't even care what music is played in their proximity, as long as the tunes send some good vibrations their way.
Thus, songs by Madonna, Michael Jackson, Metallica and Nirvana were all a hit amongst freshly-fertilized eggs and embryos in their first days of development.