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What was the world's first 'animal tag'? How did it prove birds don't hibernate?

India, May 3 -- In the 18th century, the seasonal disappearance and reappearance of birds was a phenomenon that stumped naturalists. What could be happening to them? The Greek philosopher Aristotle (... Read More


Do you accept these terms?

India, April 28 -- In late 2020, a sales executive in Arizona named Marisa Jo Mayes sparked a trend on TikTok, called #QuitTok. It began with a series of posts in which she explained why she was burnt... Read More


Do you accept these terms?: Check out new words to describe the changing workplace

India, April 27 -- In late 2020, a sales executive in Arizona named Marisa Jo Mayes sparked a trend on TikTok, called #QuitTok. It began with a series of posts in which she explained why she was burnt... Read More


For the record: The first ear, audible plants

India, April 14 -- E arly experiments with sound were, by default, linked to music. The Greek mathematician and philosopher Pythagoras discovered, in the 6th century BCE, that harmony could also be ... Read More


Sound check: Can we retune the urban world?

India, April 14 -- F or most of us, in the pandemic, birdsong seemed to grow louder. But studies conducted since are revealing that, in some places, the opposite was true. As traffic noises disappea... Read More


Math and music: A brief note on Pythagoras's theory of universal harmonies

India, April 12 -- Numbers can explain everything, even music, the Greek mathematician and philosopher Pythagoras believed. His 6th-century-BCE experiments of plucking stretched strings of different ... Read More


The quest for quiet: Can we retune the urban world?

India, April 12 -- For most of us, in the pandemic, birdsong seemed to grow louder. But studies conducted since are revealing that, in some places, the opposite was true. As traffic noises disappeare... Read More


Early ears, audible plants, and bizarre acoustic experiments through the years

India, April 12 -- Early experiments with sound were, by default, linked to music. The Greek mathematician and philosopher Pythagoras discovered, in the 6th century BCE, that harmony could also be a ... Read More


What did the Big Bang sound like? Or Chicxulub? Tour the astonishing sonic landscapes of our world

India, April 12 -- Listening deeply is so important, in a time when more sounds are being destroyed than are being created, says Caspar Henderson. "As we live through what many scientists describe as... Read More


Window on the word: Why do accents form and why do they matter?

India, March 30 -- Language is very new to Antarctica. The first humans only landed here in the mid-1890s. The first burst of research stations occurred 70 years ago, in the 1950s. Each such station ... Read More