AUG 25, 2010 |
Translator Phones A specialized telephone may serve as a translator for troops in Afghanistan. |
AUG 11, 2010 |
Penguin Calls The steadiness of a male Adélie penguin’s call is what attracts a mate. |
AUG 5, 2010 |
Autism Vocal Screen A new voice-analysis technique may help doctors screen young children for signs of autism. |
AUG 2, 2010 |
Duetting Wrens In the tropics, male and female wrens team up to sing duets. |
JUL 26, 2010 |
Flamingo Romance Playing flamingo calls from speakers helps put captive birds birds in the mood to breed. |
JUL 2, 2010 |
Mating Psychology Roundup Research suggests that we’re more attracted to people when others find them attractive. |
JUN 16, 2010 |
Frog Vibrations Some frogs communicate through vibrations. |
MAY 28, 2010 |
Music Intelligence Roundup Can listening to Mozart really make you smarter? |
MAY 6, 2010 |
Finch Genes The zebra finch genome could provide insight into vocal learning in humans. |
MAY 4, 2010 |
Knuckle Cracking A 60-year-long experiment shows that knuckle cracking does not cause arthritis. |
MAR 10, 2010 |
Language & Music Evidence from patients with brain damage suggests that music and language overlap in the brain.
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FEB 25, 2010 |
Driving & Talking Driving interferes with speaking and language comprehension. |
JAN 11, 2010 |
Panda Love Songs Vocalizations by female giant pandas change to indicate when they are fertile. |
JAN 7, 2010 |
Feather Songs A South American bird serenades potential mates by rubbing its wing feathers together. |
NOV 23, 2009 |
Newborn Accents The sound of a newborn baby’s cry depends on the language its parents spoke while it was in the womb. |
NOV 16, 2009 |
Whale Clicks Researchers are learning how sperm whales avoid interrupting each others’ echolocation signals while they hunt for prey. |
JUL 13, 2009 |
Virtual Sounds New computer programs generate real-time, accurate sounds for virtual-reality events. |
JUL 1, 2009 |
Computer Composer A new computer program can generate an infinite amount of original music. |
JUN 22, 2009 |
Prairie Dog Alarms Prairie dogs have different alarms calls for predators of different colors and different species. |
JUN 16, 2009 |
Estrogen & Hearing A lack of estrogen may cause hearing loss. |
JUN 15, 2009 |
Birdsong & Climate Birds that live in more variable climates sing more sophisticated songs. |
MAY 25, 2009 |
The Hyena's Laugh A hyena’s laugh is far from funny. |
MAY 11, 2009 |
Dancing Animals Some animals can dance to a beat, while others have no rhythm. |
FEB 26, 2009 |
Infant Rhythm Newborn babies can sense when a musical rhythm goes off the beat. |
FEB 2, 2009 |
Dolphin Voiceprints New technology turns dolphin sounds into 3-D images. |
