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Scientists have released the first results from the Huygens probe's journey to Saturn's moon Titan, along with amazing new images. They also played sounds recorded as Huygens dived towards the surface. Measurements suggest the area it landed on has the consistency of "creme brulee" and may have once been flooded.
2005-01-15
landing Moon photography Titan Saturn Huygens soundA high-pitched device used to disperse teenagers is being challenged by campaigners, who say it is not a fair way to treat young people. ... Their sound causes discomfort to young ears - but their frequency is above the normal hearing range of people over 25. ... What type of society uses a low-level sonic weapon on its children?
2008-02-12
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A micro-ear could soon help scientists eavesdrop on tiny events just like microscopes make them visible.
2010-02-26
hearing ear biology sound eavesdropping microorganism cellFor relief, sufferers need only wait for a call on their mobile phone. The sound is supposed to dislodge pollen if the user holds the handset up to their nose.
2010-03-28
Japan mobile phone sound health allergy hay fever pseudoscience superstition nose pollen therapy ringtoneBecoming a musician messes with your brain. But in a good way. The cognitive benefits that a musical training can produce are so diverse and impressive – improved visual, spatial, verbal, mathematical and motor skills, for instance – that you could be forgiven for thinking this is why all children should have one. But think twice before you make this the reason to enrol little Phoebe for violin lessons. If we start valuing music only for...
2010-06-04
brain music training map visualization sound noteScientists have simulated the sounds set to be made by sub-atomic particles such as the Higgs boson when they are produced at the Large Hadron Collider.
2010-06-22
God particle physics sound music LHC sonificationResearchers have revealed more detail about the evolutionary "arms race" between bats and moths. One study in the journal Current Biology has shown how a species of bat uses a quiet "stealth mode" of the clicks it uses to locate its prey. Another from a Royal Society journal showed that a moth can distinguish between clicks that mean it has been spotted, and clicks that mean a strike. This allows the moths to choose...
2010-08-19
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