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sound

15 posts
HHealth
Four-day OCD treatment offers new hope in New Zealand - No Such Thing as Normal
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Four-day OCD treatment offers new hope in New Zealand – No Such Thing as Normal

  • April 3, 2026
The hug came moments after Isabella had completed an intensive treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder, the Bergen 4-day…
WWildlife
Ayumu the chimpanzee spontaneously produced long, multicomponent instrumental displays by drumming, dragging, and throwing self-detached objects. Transition and rhythm analyses revealed non-random sequencing partially resembling pant-hoot structure, predominantly isochronous timing, and a more stable tempo when using tools than with the body. Accompanying play-face and silent bared teeth expressions suggest high arousal and positive affect, supporting the idea that affective vocal expression can be externalized through instrumental sound. Image credit: Hattori et al., doi: 10.1111/nyas.70239.
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Chimpanzee’s Drum Solo Offers Clues to Origins of Music

  • April 1, 2026
Researchers who analyzed dozens of spontaneous performances by a captive male chimpanzee named Ayumu say the animal’s steady…
SScience
Reconstruction of a Triassic coelacanth schematically showing the otophysic connection linking the ossified lung to the inner ear and enabling underwater hearing. Image credit: A. Beneteau & L. Cavin, MHNG.
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Triassic Coelacanths May Have Heard the Ocean with Their Lungs

  • March 30, 2026
An analysis of two 240-million-year-old coelacanth fossils suggests a bizarre sensory adaptation: an ossified lung that transmitted sound…
EEntertainment
Split Enz tour 2026: Neil Finn on recapturing the band’s classic sound
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Split Enz tour 2026: Neil Finn on recapturing the band’s classic sound

  • March 28, 2026
Finn felt the familiar alchemy last month when Split Enz came back together and played their first gig…
SScience
Detail of the color pattern of the bill in adult specimens of the Chiloe steamerduck (A) and the Magellanic steamerduck (B). Image credit: Bernabé López-Lanús & Mariano Costa.
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New Species of Steamer Duck Discovered in Chile

  • March 26, 2026
In the cold, wave-battered channels off southern Chile, scientists have identified what they say is a new species…
SScience
Morrell et al. observed a new type of time crystal -- one whose particles levitate on a cushion of sound while interacting with each other by exchanging sound waves. Image credit: David Song / NYU.
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Physicists Create Levitating Form of Time Crystal

  • March 24, 2026
A team of scientists at New York University has created a version of the exotic phase of matter…
AArts and design
Designing the Sensory City: Architecture, Light Pollution, and Urban Noise
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Designing the Sensory City: Architecture, Light Pollution, and Urban Noise

  • March 13, 2026
SEOULLO Skygarden / MVRDV. Photo © Ossip van Duivenbode Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or https://www.archdaily.com/1039436/designing-the-sensory-city-architecture-light-pollution-and-urban-noise…
SSports
At least two killed in northeastern US ice rink shooting
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At least two killed in northeastern US ice rink shooting

  • February 17, 2026
In 2025, there were more than 400 mass shootings in the United States, according to the Gun Violence…
EEconomy
Advisers had been encouraging the US President to sound more empathetic towards struggling Americans
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Advisers had been encouraging the US President to sound more empathetic towards struggling Americans

  • February 15, 2026
Since the northern autumn, advisers sensitive to the persistent pinch of higher prices have urged Trump to modulate…
PPhysics
Pew! Pew! YouTuber Builds Sound Laser That Works as 'Invisible Speaker'
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Pew! Pew! YouTuber Builds Sound Laser That Works as ‘Invisible Speaker’

  • January 14, 2026
Here’s a shower thought: if light and sound both travel as waves, can you make something that works…
BBusiness
Turners boss Grant Baker on buying Dorchester, the 42 Below deal and his love of Ferraris
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Turners boss Grant Baker on buying Dorchester, the 42 Below deal and his love of Ferraris

  • January 3, 2026
In November the company reported a record first-half net profit of $21.9 million, achieved despite subdued consumer sentiment.…
EEconomy
$18m and almost a decade to future-proof Milford Sound. What’s come of it?
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$18m and almost a decade to future-proof Milford Sound. What’s come of it?

  • December 31, 2025
About $18 million later and several reports culminating in the MOP’s business case in mid-2024, what’s there to…
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