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A cave showing ancient rock art

Humans

We can finally hear the long-hidden music of the Stone Age

Ancient rock art was meant to be heard as well as seen and now acoustic archaeologists are bringing the sounds of prehistoric rituals to life

Features

Close-up of man's ear

Mind

Our brain 'swivels' to focus on sounds from different directions

News

2JHRXY3 London, England, UK. London Underground - young woman with mobile phone and wearing headphone walking along the platform of Tooting Broadway station

Society

Powerful new book explores how noise has taken over the world

Culture

Handout film still from Cyborg: A Documentary. Colour-blind artist Neil Harbisson is the world?s first formally-recognised cyborg. He has an antenna implanted in his head that allows him to ?hear? colour. Now Neil is on a mission to convince the world to follow him and adopt his credo: Design Yourself. Neil?s childhood friend Moon Ribas has collaborated with him on his journey. A dancer and choreographer, she has had implants in her arm and foot which allow her to perceive earthquakes from all over the planet as vibrations in her body. In Carey Born?s engaging documentary Neil and Moon confront their detractors head-on, communicating their controversial ideas about the technological future of humankind.

Technology

Documentary tells the fascinating story of a man wired to hear colour

Culture

Sonic Spider

Life

New ˾þ recommends eight-legged musical instrument Sonic Spider

Culture

Life

How bats pick out their own calls when flying in enormous swarms

News

Young woman listening to music in headphones while walking in a city

Technology

AI noise-cancelling headphones let you focus on just one voice

News

Technology

Underwater data centres could be destroyed by loud noises

News

Environment

Climate change could make it harder to detect submarines

News

Physics

‘Sound laser’ is the most powerful ever made

A new device uses a reflective cavity, a tiny bead and an electrode to create a laser beam of sound particles ten times more powerful and much narrower than other “phonon lasers”

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Health

Zinc provides new clue for why loud noise causes hearing loss

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Physics

Human cells have a resonant frequency – and it’s just barely audible

News

Humans

What makes the best sounding didgeridoo, according to science

News

Technology

Corkscrew-shaped microbot could use sound to spiral through human body

News

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