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    Why we find the sound of our voice cringeworthy

    Neel Bhatt, The Conversation
    · May 22, 2021 · 11:30 pm
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    Pete Stollery, The Conversation
    · Jan 24, 2021 · 09:30 pm
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    · 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
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    Why do we find some voices sweet and soft, others rough or dark?

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

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    Silence of the seas: How our oceans are going quiet

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