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  • Why we find the sound of our voice cringeworthy

    Why we find the sound of our voice cringeworthy

    Neel Bhatt, The Conversation
    · May 22, 2021 · 11:30 pm
  • We know what the Covid-19 lockdown looks like. But what does it sound like?

    We know what the Covid-19 lockdown looks like. But what does it sound like?

    Pete Stollery, The Conversation
    · Jan 24, 2021 · 09:30 pm
  • Watch: Researchers have recreated the voice of an Egyptian mummy, and it is spooky

    Watch: Researchers have recreated the voice of an Egyptian mummy, and it is spooky

    Scroll Staff
    · Jan 25, 2020 · 12:46 pm
  • Woer woer and bullroarer: The instruments used by Stone Age ancestors in Africa to produce sound

    Woer woer and bullroarer: The instruments used by Stone Age ancestors in Africa to produce sound

    Sarah Wurz, Joshua Kumbani, Neil Rusch and Justin Bradfield, The Conversation
    · Aug 12, 2019 · 11:30 pm
  • Turning hurricanes into music: Can listening to storms help us understand them better?

    Turning hurricanes into music: Can listening to storms help us understand them better?

    Mark Ballora, The Conversation Jenni Evans, The Conversation
    · Dec 08, 2017 · 11:30 pm
  • Why do we find some voices sweet and soft, others rough or dark?

    Why do we find some voices sweet and soft, others rough or dark?

    Pavlo Shopin
    · Nov 20, 2017 · 07:30 pm
  • Edison invented recordings – but it was the phonography studios of Spain that popularised them

    Edison invented recordings – but it was the phonography studios of Spain that popularised them

    The Public Domain Review
    · Aug 19, 2017 · 11:30 pm
  • Silence of the seas: How our oceans are going quiet

    Silence of the seas: How our oceans are going quiet

    Ivan Nagelkerken, Sean Connell and Tullio Rossi, The Conversation
    · Sep 20, 2016 · 05:30 am