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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


Bigger. Better? Our online lives in numbers

India, March 24 -- The average user spends about 40% of their waking hours on the internet, according to DataReportal.com. Every minute, 6.3 million searches are conducted worldwide on Google, and 6,9... Read More


In the hear and now

India, March 17 -- Could podcasts be changing how we listen, speak, think? Studies indicate that the answer is yes to all three. People react almost as much, when listening to a recording of two peop... Read More


Who's hoarding all that space?

India, March 17 -- We really are making ourselves at home in space, with junk, rovers, plans for construction. and now, advertisements. Last month, the 13-ft-tall, six-legged Odysseus lander became t... Read More