An international research team has uncoupled the mystery of how Tuvan throat singers produce distinctive sounds in which you can hear two different pitches at once—a low rumble and a high whistle-like tone.
Other
Mar 10, 2020
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Researchers say they've mimicked the voice of a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy by recreating much of its vocal tract using medical scanners, 3D printing and an electronic larynx.
Archaeology
Jan 23, 2020
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Sound doesn't fossilize. Language doesn't either.
Plants & Animals
Dec 12, 2019
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Beatboxing is a musical art form in which performers use their vocal tract to create percussive sounds. Sometimes individual beatboxers perform as a part of an ensemble, using their vocal tracts to provide beats for other ...
General Physics
Nov 7, 2018
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Macaques and baboons – two distantly related primates – are able to produce a similar range of voice-like sounds to humans.
Plants & Animals
Jan 19, 2017
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Researchers recently managed to recreate the voice of 5,300-year-old Ötzi the iceman by recreating his vocal tract. The technology is promising and could be used to digitally produce the voices of other mummified remains. ...
Archaeology
Oct 3, 2016
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Some species of male land-based mammals can vary vocal sounds to exaggerate their body sizes to attract mates.
Plants & Animals
Sep 8, 2016
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Ronan, a California sea lion at Long Marine Laboratory at the University of California, Santa Cruz, became an Internet sensation last year when UCSC scientists published a paper describing her ability to bob her head in time ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 15, 2014
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The question 'How do songbirds sing?' is addressed in a study published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Biology. High-field magnetic resonance imaging and micro-computed tomography have been used to construct ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 7, 2013
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In a world first, the sounds of Mars and Venus are revealed as part of a planetarium show in Hampshire this Easter.
Space Exploration
Apr 2, 2012
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