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Bats jamming bats: Food competition through sonar interference
Interesting article at Science Mag on a special call Bats do for interfere in their own sonars: Communication signals are susceptible to interference (“jamming”) from conspecifics and other sources. Many active sensing animals, including bats and electric fish, alter the frequency…
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sound of an atom, music of molecules
Two interesting articles on microsonic adventures in science: the sound of an atom (more info at science / via motherboard) “Researchers at Columbia University and Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology say that they have, for the first time, “captured” the…
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The Visual Microphone, Translating Subtle Vibrations into Audio (from Video)
Interesting project by MIT scientists who have found a way of translating subtle vibrations of solid objects into audio information, through the use of high-speed cameras. When sound hits an object, it causes small vibrations of the object’s surface. We show…
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Songs from the Caves
Significant evidence now exists for the importance of sound in prehistory and research in this area has progressed over the past 30 years, with a number of archaeological finds that are thought to be musical instruments found in caves associated…
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Curious Quarterly: Noise
Royal BC Museum has published the second issue of Curious Quarterly, dedicated to explore the theme of noise. Noise gets a bad rap when perceived only as irritation. But what if, instead, we consider Noise as a signature of multiple…