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What if sound was as fast as light?
If sound were a million times faster - at the speed of light - humans would not be able to survive the terrifying impact of the sound waves.
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Animal world
'Alien hunt' in a town surrounded by armadillos in America
The silence in the town was suddenly broken by the sound of an air gun.
Conquer Mars
For the first time, experts have mapped the Martian subsoil
Experts map the Martian subsoil by listening to the sound of wind bouncing off layers of soil and rock near the equator.
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Science step by step deciphers the phenomenon of hearing 'sounds from the dead'
A person can claim that they hear the voice of the dead. What is the cause of this phenomenon?
Conquer Mars
The first NASA recording on Mars reveals life?
NASA's Perseverance rover has recorded realistic sounds lasting 5 hours on the surface of Mars.
Oceanography
Scientists find ways to talk to sperm whales, what will they tell us?
An interdisciplinary team of scientists launched the project with the goal of decoding and communicating with sperm whales.
Animal world
The strange ghost crab has no tongue but still makes a cry, the X-ray expert has just figured it out
Can ghost crabs make calls? How is that?
Useful software
'Shazam for birds' app detects songs with incredible accuracy
Merlin Bird ID's machine learning-based Sound ID engine gives impressive results when it comes to recognizing individual bird songs despite noisy environments.
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Why do cars cause drowsiness?
There are a number of reasons why we may feel sleepy in cars. One is that the body wants to make up for sleep because the night before the trip we are busy preparing to…
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The catastrophic dam failure in China once killed 171,000 people
The disaster of Ban Kieu dam in China in 1975 is one of the horrific dams in the world.
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Golden Gate Bridge emits strange sounds as far as 5km
The famous 83-year-old bridge emits low low echoes after the replacement of the new railing.
New technology
Headphones transmit sound through bones: What is it and how it works?
True wireless headsets have almost dominated the wireless headphone market in recent years, but it is not the only wireless technology that has caught people's attention.
Space science
Why can't we hear when we sleep?
While sleeping, our bodies tell themselves not to care about the surrounding noises, movements and smells so we don't wake up. This decision is controlled by the brain.
New technology
Remote eavesdropping technique thanks to light bulb vibration
Observing the sound vibrations around light bulbs, the scientists demonstrate the technique
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Decipher the mystery of the scary sound coming from the Golden Gate Bridge in the US
There have been recent reports that a strange sound appeared as if someone were