Why some voices sound more attractive
Some people's voices seem to have been made for the radio. Others grate on our nerves.
Other
Nov 5, 2010
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News tagged with vocal sounds
Researchers solve mystery of Tuvan throat singing
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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Birds can dance, really
Researchers at Harvard University have found that humans aren't the only ones who can groove to a beat -- some other species can dance, too. This capability was previously believed to be specific to humans. The research team ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 30, 2009
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The sounds of Mars and Venus are revealed for the first time
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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When did humans first start to speak? How language evolved in Africa
When did humans first begin to speak, which speech sounds were uttered first, and when did language evolve from those humble beginnings? These questions have long fascinated people, especially in tracing the evolution of ...
Evolution
Dec 12, 2022
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Toothed whales catch food in the deep using vocal fry register
Dolphins and other toothed whales are large brained top predators that captivate our imagination; they are extremely social, they cooperate, and can hunt prey down to 2 km deep in complete darkness with echolocation.
Plants & Animals
Mar 2, 2023
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Why the human voice is so versatile
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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Examining how primates make vowel sounds pushes timeline for speech evolution back by 27 million years
Sound doesn't fossilize. Language doesn't either.
Plants & Animals
Dec 12, 2019
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Simplified voice box enriches human speech
An ongoing debate among scientists, on why chimpanzees and other nonhuman primates cannot speak or sing like humans, has focused mainly on evolutionary changes in human brain development. Attention has now expanded to anatomical ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 11, 2022
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Beat-keeping sea lion shows surprising rhythmic ability
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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