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Caxirola sound creation tool replaces the vuvuzela
Scientists are checking the audio creation tool to promote the 2014 World Cup football matches in Brazil, to see if it is too uncomfortable to affect human ears.
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Learn the speed of language
Language is a tool to communicate and communicate information between people. The current world population has about seven billion people, sharing life on five continent…
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Finding out the real reason makes us afraid of dentists
Japanese scientists have explained that many people feel scared when they hear the sound of drilling in their mouths.
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Decode the 100-year mystery of the howling kettle
Researchers have finally deciphered why the whistle-boiled kettle boils - a puzzle for the scientific community for more than 100 years.
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5 senses 'unmask' limits the peak of humans
Researchers point out that 5 human senses also have certain limitations.
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Why can't firefighters hear the alarm?
Firefighters are equipped with emergency alarms with quite large sound intensity. However, their colleagues participating in fire fighting often do not hear this alarm.…
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Decode the screeching sound of wolves
According to researchers, wolves are more likely to cry out loud when a close member of their family leaves the flock.
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The heartbreaking truth behind the photo of vultures waiting to eat the baby
At the photo festival Rencontres d 'Arles is taking place in France, Chilean artist Alfredo Jarr has exhibited a work called Silent Sounds.
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Strange language: Whistling to communicate
Despite numerous objections, all elementary students residing on the island of La Gomera in the Canary Islands of Spain must learn an ancient whistling language called S…
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Imagination can change what we hear and see
A study from Karolinska Research Institute in Sweden shows that our imagination can influence the way we experience the world more than we ever thought.
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The mystery behind the names
Naming children, parents subconsciously have been influenced by profound factors originating from evolution as well as social impacts.
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The Earth Core rotates at an unstable speed
Earth's inner core actually rotates at different speeds - a finding was published in Nature Geoscience.
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10 mysterious languages are still used
Most languages are known today because they have similarities with fields in life. However, there are also languages that make us unable to understand.
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Why do Koreans like cosmetic surgery?
Korea has a higher rate of plastic surgery than any other country in the world, one in 77 people has used cutlery for beauty.
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5 types of sounds make people afraid
The sound of nail clippings on the blackboard is one of the five sounds that make the listener the most annoying. A new study has discovered an interaction between the a…