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Some people may think it’s nice to listen to music with their plants. But is there any truth to the idea that certain music boosts plant growth?
Scientists give caterpillars haircuts and put them in a room isolated from sound to figure out how they’re able to hear without ears.
Plants are more fascinating than you might imagine.
While 432Hz might sound soothing to some ears, it’s not a shortcut to cosmic alignment.
If the slightest sound wakes you, you might wish you slept more deeply. But several factors shape how much shut-eye you get.
Many aspects of animals that people find beautiful evolved to be attractive to the animals themselves. A new study hints at a common aspect of perception that dates back hundreds of millions of years.
Animals on land and sea use sound for different purposes – and alterations in their environment can change the effect it has
Taking inspiration from Leonardo da Vinci’s studies of friction, the ‘sneaker squeak’ question cuts to a deep problem in physics.
What has changed is not only how we listen, but what listening is for.
Some of the dances depicted in rock art are just about entertainment, not ritual.
Many people use pink, white or brown noise to concentrate or fall asleep faster.
Ultrasound is perhaps best known as an imaging technique to monitor pregnancy or disease. When these sound waves are highly concentrated, however, they can be used to treat a host of diseases.
A new tool aims to help scientists decode what underwater river sounds really mean.
By combining ultrasound with a concept called nonlinear acoustics, you can create sound that stays silent until it reaches a specific location.
It is as if the skateboard is an extended sensory appendage, to feel and hear the world at large.
The Kurukop echo amplifies a mythological story from the Nama Karoo region.
Students can play to their strengths in this anthropology course designed to teach them how to present research findings in ways other than a peer-reviewed paper.
I knew Steve Albini, who has died at just 61, as a kind, patient and accommodating engineer, committed to the truest possible representation of live sound.
Lots of factors can influence your music taste, from your age and where you’re from to the personality traits you have.
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Postdoctoral fellow, University of Tübingen
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Adjunct Research Fellow, Griffith University
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Professor of Media Studies, Penn State
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Emeritus Fellow in Plant Biochemistry, University of Westminster
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Professor, Sustainable Marine Futures, Environment Institute, Adelaide University
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Associate Dean and Associate Professor in Social Sciences, University of Canberra
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Reader of Applied Mathematics, Cardiff University
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Justice and Society, UniSA, Adelaide University
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Research Associate, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Digital Sound and Interactive Media, Arizona State University
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Associate professor, University of Wollongong
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Professor of Classics, University of Oxford
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Lecturer in Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Sheffield
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Professor of Autism Research, UCL
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Professor, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington