When two musical notes are played simultaneously, the human ear can perceive weak additional tones called combination tones. These subjective tones result from the nonlinearity of the inner ear and are attributed to the amplification ...
General Physics
Nov 1, 2022
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Fujitsu Laboratories has announced development of speech synthesis technology that can create a variety of high-quality synthetic voices in a short period of time, and that can convey information in a tone that is appropriate ...
Computer Sciences
Mar 31, 2014
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In speech and music, words and notes depend on each other. Humans are highly sensitive to such dependencies, but the evolutionary origins of this capacity are poorly understood. Cognitive biologists at the University of Vienna ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 19, 2018
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Depictions of race and skin tone in anatomy textbooks widely used in North American medical schools could be contributing to racial bias in medical treatment, new research suggests.
Social Sciences
Mar 1, 2018
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This false-colour image featuring the Manicouagan Crater was captured by the Sentinel-1A satellite on 21 March.
Earth Sciences
Oct 30, 2015
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Scientists at the University of Queensland, Australia, have identified key genes that help burrowing frogs avoid muscle wastage whilst they are dormant. These genetic insights could help prevent muscle atrophy in bedridden ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 1, 2014
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Those odd characters on your emails and text messages are about to see more diversity—sending a message that humanity comes in many colors.
Internet
Nov 4, 2014
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Facebook posts by members of the U.S. Congress reveal the depth of the partisan divide over the COVID-19 pandemic, new research shows.
Social Sciences
Jul 14, 2021
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Female professionals will soon be better represented in emoji form.
Internet
Jul 14, 2016
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The Black Lives Matter movement has brought increasing attention to disparities in how police officers treat Black and white Americans. Now, research published by the American Psychological Association finds that disparity ...
Social Sciences
Jul 13, 2021
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