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Cyborg: A documentary tells the fascinating story of a man wired to hear colour
The back of Neil Harbisson’s head and his sound generator Sideways Film Cyborg: A documentaryCarey BornFirst Born Films In…
How bats pick out their own calls when flying in enormous swarms
A swarm of hundreds of thousands of bats roosts in the Jornada caves in New Mexico Laura Kloepper…
AI noise-cancelling headphones let you focus on just one voice
Selectively cutting out some external noises could leave you hearing only the sounds you want Cavan Images/Alamy Prototype…
Underwater data centres could be destroyed by loud noises
Researchers tested how sound affects computer hard drives in a metal enclosure submerged in a water tank Adnan…
Climate change could make it harder to detect submarines
The attack submarine USS Hampton is surfaced through ice on the Arctic Ocean in 2024 Specialist 1st Class…
‘Sound laser’ is the most powerful ever made
A “phonon laser” emits particles of sound instead of light Dmytro Razinkov/Alamy A tiny, levitated bead is at…
Zinc provides new clue for why loud noise causes hearing loss
Exposure to loud noises, such as at a music festival, can worsen our hearing SERGEI ILNITSKY/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Exposure to…
Human cells have a resonant frequency – and it’s just barely audible
Objects will vibrate more strongly at certain frequencies buuzzaa/Shutterstock Living human cells have resonant frequencies – rates at…